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SAU history department reconnects with 1940’s Army WWII Glider and Laurinburg-Maxton Air Base

A Scotland County military footnote that began near Maxton in 1942 became even more newsworthy and significant in early June this year when a replica of the Army’s WACO CG-4A Glider was built and dedicated at Fort Bragg’s Special Warfare Training Group by the 1stBattalion at Camp Mackall, about seven miles from Fort Bragg.  Named after Pvt. John Mackall, he is thought to be the first paratrooper casualty in World War II and is the only Army base named after an enlisted soldier.  The glider’s tail number, 111242, corresponds to the date

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Brian Oliver – Pioneer

Pioneer College Caterers provides food service for St. Andrews University and has announced that a new food service director has been assigned to St. Andrews. Brian Oliver replaces Brian Johnson who was at St. Andrews for the past two years and was recently promoted to a district manager position in the Midwest for Pioneer. Mr. Oliver arrived July 1, having been with Pioneer at Campbellsville University (KY) since 2016.  His duties there consisted of hiring, training and supervising 50-75 hourly and student workers in the main dining room, supervising the

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Laurinburg Campaign for St. Andrews exceeds $500,000 goal.

The annual Laurinburg Area Campaign for St. Andrews University exceeded its 2018 goal of raising $500,000 from the Laurinburg/Scotland County community.   Co-chairs Richard and Betsy Massey, both of whom are alumni, reported that the campaign exceeded the goal by raising $503,203 during the university’s fiscal year ending May 31, 2018.  Just over 200 individuals, businesses, corporations and local alumni made 243 gifts to the campaign.  Gifts to the campaign are used for student scholarships, faculty support, and the maintenance of campus buildings and grounds.  “Betsy and I would like to

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Rooney Coffman’s photographs of St. Andrews campus have been selected for a forthcoming publication in “The Cultural Landscape Foundation and Pioneers of American Landscape Design”

SAU photographer’s photos selected for architectural publication St. Andrews University photographer and logistics director Rooney Coffman’s photographs of St. Andrews campus have been selected for a forthcoming publication in “The Cultural Landscape Foundation and Pioneers of American Landscape Design” (an in-depth multimedia library chronicling the lives of significant landscape architects and educators). Mr. Coffman’s photographs display buildings and grounds that are credited to the architect Lewis Clarke who is the “original master planner” of St. Andrews campus, an Englishman who was at North Carolina State University School of Design and

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St. Andrew’s Connor Smith earns American Quarter Horse High Point Western Rider at College Nationals

Conner Smith, a graduating senior from Gastonia, NC, won the 2018 Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) National Championship Horse Show Team Open Western Horsemanship and earned the AQHA High Point Western Rider.  His St. Andrews team went on to finish fourth in national competition against schools including Ohio State University, Middle Tennessee State University and the first place team from the University of Findlay (OH). Results were released on May 8.  The competition was held at the Pennsylvania Farm Complex in Harrisburg, PA.  St. Andrew’s Hunter Seat Team finished 10th in

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Graduation – May 2018

Baccalaureate and graduation took central position on St. Andrews University’s campus as they held their 121stCommencement on Sunday, May 6, on the DeTamble Library Terrace for 115 graduates in the class of 2018 with degrees covering the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration. The weekend began Saturday with Baccalaureate in Harris Courts in the Physical Education Center.  The speaker, the Rev. W. Robert Martin III, a 1986 graduate of St. Andrews, recently returned to Laurinburg to serve as the Pastor for Laurinburg Presbyterian Church.  His

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21st Century Class – Zack Garst

St. Andrews alum Zack Garst ‘10 spoke to the 21st Century Management class on April 20 about his career for the Department of the Army as well as his job as a real estate investor in the Northern Virginia and Washington, DC area.   He talked with the class about how he began his career with the Federal Government during his breaks from college and how he started investing in real estate at the age of 22, following in his father’s footsteps.  The main message he wanted to give to the class is

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Baccalaureate and Commencement

St. Andrews University announces their Baccalaureate and Commencement services for May 5 and 6. Baccalaureate will be held in Harris Courts at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 5.  The speaker is the Rev. W. Robert Martin III, St. Andrews Class of 1986.  He has recently returned to Laurinburg to become the Pastor of Laurinburg Presbyterian Church after serving as Senior Pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Palo Alto, CA, for the past 15 years.  He holds a Master of Divinity degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary. St. Andrews choir and

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21st Century Class – Steve Plummer

Steve Plummer is the General Manager at Roaring Gap Club,a 2,000 acre summer camp with a 54 acre lake and a golf course among many other amenities. The club has 40 buildings and a year around staff of 20 individuals. During the summer there are 170 employees. The maximum club membership is set at 300 and they have 175 private residences on the premises. Mr. Plummer explained about starting relationships with people and showed us how to do it as he talked to each student by asking questions when he

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