Georgetown, KY – Originally Georgetown College Chorale Director John Campbell planned to take the group on a tour of the northeast that would include Boston, but the cost was prohibitive. He settled instead on Washington, D.C. as the chorale’s ultimate destination for his 10^th tour with his GC singers and a wonderful itinerary literally fell into place.

The Georgetown College Chorale “How Does the Creature Say Praise?” Tour leaves today (Feb. 29) with a first stop in Kentucky at London’s First Baptist Church tonight at 6:30 p.m. and will end with its traditional Home Concert (not on campus this time) at Georgetown’s Gano Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m., March 6.

“God has opened more doors for this tour than any other I’ve taken with the chorale,” Dr. Campbell said.

For instance, Campbell had just decided on a visit to our nation’s capital and environs when his former two-time GC Chorale president, Josh Hearne ’05, called to see if he’d consider bringing the group to Danville, VA, sometime. Voila! They’ll perform at 7:30 p.m., March 1 at a warehouse there that’s connected with a ministry – Grace & Main, which Josh heads up – that serves marginalized people.

The GC chorale will also perform 7 p.m. the next night (March 2) at First Baptist Church of Danville (VA) before heading toward the District of Columbia for two appearances March 4 – 9:30 and 11 a.m. – at First Baptist Church, Alexandria, VA.

Then, looking for a church in a town off I-64 for the return trip, Campbell called First Baptist Church, Weston, WV, “out of the blue” and was met with enthusiasm. Book it: the GC Chorale performs at 6 p.m., March 4, before heading home.

All of these audiences we will be treated to a wide range of works in the chorale’s repertoire. But, Campbell said to especially listen out for several from the spiritual genre – such as “Wade in the Water” and his own arrangement of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.”

Georgetown’s premier choral ensemble, the Chorale is auditioned from throughout the student body, representing 14 different majors. The choir tours the eastern United States, performing for churches, high schools, and conventions.

For more information, contact john_campbell@georgetowncollege.edu.

High school senior Andre Carty, Jr., who will be a Georgetown College freshman this fall, holds the 2012 SCIP Leadership Award that was presented to GC President Bill Crouch, left, on February 16 at Manhattan’s Grand Hyatt Hotel. Also pictured, from left: Miguel and Monica Mancebo, co-founders of The Selective Corporate Internship Program; Robbi Barber, associate director of GC’s Office of Diversity; former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, a GC trustee fellow; (Carty); Doug Freeman, Virtcom Consulting, New York, and a former GC Trustee; Carl Brooks, former president of the Executive Leadership Council, Washington D.C., and a SCIP Honorary Ambassador.

New York, NY – Georgetown College President Bill Crouch received The Selective Corporate Internship Program’s 2012 “Leadership Award” on Feb. 16 at SCIP’s 15^th anniversary celebration – “An Evening with the Stars” – in the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

“For his overall efforts on behalf of diversity, President Crouch is very deserving,” said SCIP co-founder Miguel Mancebo. “The Leadership Award is the most prestigious one we give.”

“I feel so fortunate to be the leader of an institution so passionate about its mission to help all people learn to think better,” Dr. Crouch said. “To be recognized in this special way is a testimony to the quality of people that make up Georgetown College.”

Among the many witnesses to the presentation was New Yorker Andre Carty, Jr., a high school senior at Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice who has received a scholarship to attend Georgetown College next fall. Andre’s SCIP internship was with the American Diabetes Association. He is part of SCIP’s Class of 2011that was also honored at the gala.

“Georgetown College will be a life-changing experience for Andre,” Mr. Mancebo said. “It will be like he won the lottery!”

The SCIP program provides bright, promising New York and New Jersey high school students with corporate mentoring, leadership development and internship opportunities to gain valuable business skills.  Co-founders Miguel and Monica Mancebo have made SCIP a trendsetting organization and their personal mission to increase opportunities for undeserved youth.

The SCIP internship is a six-week program designed to provide a corporate experience for rising high school juniors and seniors. Over the course of the internship, the students meet with corporate executives from leading companies, attend corporate site visits, sharpen their technical and writing skills, learn about business etiquette, and much more.

Other notable “stars” recognized by SCIP at the event were Dan Guadalupe, Esq.,Equity Member, Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A (Partnership Award); Sterling Roberson, Vice President, the United Federation of Teachers [UFT] (Advocate Award); Jeff Klare and Noritza Peritzo, CEO/President, Hire Disability Solutions(HDS) (Humanitarian Award).

President Crouch and these other honorees were recognized for their unwavering commitment and support in the shared vision of SCIP in helping “to enlighten, employ, and empower many future leaders and entrepreneurs.”

Georgetown, KY – University of Kentucky football coach Joker Phillips, second from left, was an especially popular kick-off for the second semester line-up of “Conversations with Champions” series of Georgetown College Executive Scholar-in-Residence Billy Reed, second from right, on Feb. 22. At a private reception at the home of (President) Bill and Jan Crouch, they were flanked by GC football coach Bill Cronin, left, and Athletic Director Brian Evans. The College’s Academy for Character in Sport will have two more of these 7:30 p.m. fireside chats this semester: our March 7 guest is Tori Murden-McClure, the first woman to sail the Atlantic and now president of Spalding College (Richard & Karen Ward Room of the Ensor Learning Resource Center); on April 11, University of Louisville Athletic Director Tom Jurich (John L. Hill Chapel.)

Georgetown, KY – Georgetown College is beginning a new Community Film Series to engage both the campus and larger Georgetown communities in dialogues about issues which influence our sense of community.

The films grapple with issues of race, gender, social class, privilege, and other factors that influence our sense of community. The films are free and open to the public.

The series sponsors – Campus Ministry, and the College’s departments of Education, English, Philosophy, and Sociology, and the Women’s Studies Program – hope to highlight voices and points of view that might otherwise be silenced, according to Dr. Sarah Cribbs, assistant professor of Sociology.

All three films will be shown in Georgetown College’s Asher Science Center, Room 112, starting at 7 p.m.

Feb. 23 – “The Farm” highlights the stories of six inmates in one of the U.S.’s largest prisons, Angola Prison.

March 8 – “Miss Representation” explores the connection between mainstream media’s representation of women and their corresponding underrepresentation in politics.

April 26 –”Take a Look, Not a Glance” was a course project for students enrolled in Sociology’s Cultural Diversity class. Students investigate issues of cultural diversity that directly affect the Georgetown College campus community.

Coach Joker Phillips

Georgetown, KY – University of Kentucky football coach Joker Phillips, whose Wildcats ended 26 years of losing frustration to the Tennessee Volunteers on November 26, will kick-off Billy Reed’s second semester line-up of “Conversations with Champions” guests on Wednesday (Feb. 22). A native Kentuckian and former UK football player himself, Phillips should have a lot to say about character and integrity is collegiate sports – which is what Reed’s series at Georgetown College is based upon.

Reed’s fireside chat with Coach Phillips is free and open to the public at 7:30 p.m. in John L. Hill Chapel.

The UK coach is no stranger to the Georgetown campus, incidentally. He’s been known to accompany his wife, Leslie (a GC assistant professor of Kinesiology) to the occasional Thursday night game involving our Tigers at Toyota Stadium.

Leslie Phillips indicated that her husband will enjoy talking about that memorable 10-7 victory over UT that ended the longest losing streak in college football to one team. He’ll especially enjoy talking about the character of his players.

Of course, anyone who follows Kentucky football knows the legend of Matt Roark – the wide receiver who was converted to quarterback because of injuries to normal starter Morgan Newton and Maxwell Smith and led the Cats to victory. Roark showed much character and toughness in rushing 24 times for 124 yards in the season finale. But, Wednesday night you are likely to hear more about the character of Newton.

Coach Phillips wrote in an email:  “Morgan Newton injured his shoulder and knew he needed surgery but, he elected to wait until after the season to help the team knowing that all he could do was hand the ball off.” 

Although she will be in the audience and not the stage for the “conversation,” Leslie Phillips could tell you a thing or two about character. Standing by her man during a tough (5-7) season beset by injuries and rebuilding, Leslie can see the positives. She said, ”I remember a time while on one of the away game trips last season when a UK senior athletics administrator said to me that he was enjoying watching Joker stand in there and show strength in the face of adversity.”

A Georgetown College Executive Scholar-in-Residence, Reed said, “I’ve known and followed Joker Phillips since he played at UK for Jerry Claiborne in the 1980s. He’s a tough competitor, but also a gentlemen who handles success and failure with class and dignity.” He added what many Kentuckians would like to say in person, “I’m looking forward to seeing him at Georgetown College so I can thank him for beating Tennessee.”

Reed, a former Louisville Courier-Journal sports editor and columnist and Sports Illustrated contributor, continues to bring esteemed guests to campus in Year 2 of his “Conversations with Champions” series and build interest in an Academy for Character in Sport.

On March 7 at 7:30 p.m., Reed will converse with Tori Murden-McClure, the first woman to sail the Atlantic and now president of Louisville’s Spalding University. The Richard & Karen Ward Room of the Ensor Learning Resource Center will be the venue for that fireside chat. Then on April 11, Reed will have the final “conversation” of the semester with University of Louisville Athletic Director Tom Jurich in Hill Chapel.

All “Conversations” are filmed for later showing on Kentucky Educational Television.