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21-May-1999 
99195 
 
    COLLEGE NEWS 
 
    by Evan Silverstein 
 
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Matthew Stroud, a professor of Spanish in the 
department of modern languages at Trinity University, received the Dr. and 
Mrs. Z.T. Scott Faculty Fellowship award during the university's spring 
commencement ceremonies on May 8. The fellowship, given annually for 
excellence in teaching and advising, includes a $6,000 award as well as 
funds to be used for professional development. 
 
Stroud expressed deep appreciation for being recognized. "We have an 
outstanding faculty at Trinity," he said. "To be singled out among such 
excellent teachers is an extraordinary honor." 
 
Stroud, who joined the Trinity faculty 1977, is the author of three books 
and numerous articles. He is an internationally known scholar of Spanish 
Golden Age drama and other areas of Spanish literature. 
 
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ATLANTA - Summer trips for students that combine community service with 
learning in international settings are a tradition of Emory University's 
Office of Religious Life. This year, however, Emory chaplains and student 
are getting a new slant on the trips by combining service with learning how 
people in other countries deal with issues of reconciliation on a 
day-to-day basis. 
 
Three interfaith groups of Emory students will make "Journeys of 
Reconciliation" to South Africa, Honduras and Northern Ireland in May - 
building homes, meeting with community leaders and religious groups and 
trying to understand the roots of conflict and ways the rifts are being 
healed. 
 
The trip leaders are the Rev. Susan Henry-Crowe, dean of the chapel at 
Emory and a United Methodist, and the Rev. James Schillinger, a Catholic 
campus minister. The interfaith groups of students, faculty and staff will 
meet with religious, political and education leaders, Henry-Crowe said, 
"and will be talking with them about what kinds of initiatives we could 
undertake jointly to further the discourse and practice of reconciliation." 
 
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Hugh L. McColl Jr. School of Business at Queens 
College broke ground on May 3 on a $6.1 million building to be known as the 
John H. Sykes Learning Center. 
 
The four-story, 28,000-square-foot building is scheduled to open in July 
2000. It will include a 214-seat auditorium for the CORE Program in the 
Liberal Arts, a 125-150 space parking deck, 11 new classrooms, 10 meeting 
rooms, 10 faculty offices and a student lounge. Total construction costs 
are estimated at $12 million. 
 
"This is the most expensive building and renovation program in Queens' 
modern history," said Billy Wireman, the school's president. "This project 
will ensure that the living and learning conditions equal Queens' strong 
academic plan that is calculated to position the college for the 21st 
Century." 
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WESPOINT, Miss. - The Rev. Mary Newbern-Williams of the Presbyterian Church 
(U.S.A.) was the graduation speaker at Mary Holmes College on May 8, and 
also was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters. Newbern-Williams is associate 
for racial-ethnic schools and colleges in the Higher Education Program area 
of the National Ministries Division. 
 
During the ceremony, 52 graduates received Associate of Arts or Associate 
of Science degrees, including 12 honored for having grade-point averages of 
3.25 or better. 

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