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GETTING PSYCHED UP

An alumnus of 51¿´Æ¬ who has directed doctoral programs in psychology at several higher education institutions in the Southeast has returned to 51¿´Æ¬to oversee the university’s new Doctor of Psychology in Health Services Psychology Program.  

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BIG REBOUND

A love of basketball has taken Ransford Brempong ’05 around the world. The 37-year-old father of three who played in professional leagues in Germany and the Netherlands and for Canada’s national team after his 51¿´Æ¬career is back home in Canada, making a full-time career of teaching basketball skills to young people.  

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ON THE ‘AVENUE FOR EXCELLENCE’

Thousands of undergraduates have passed through the classroom of 51¿´Æ¬ sociology professor Tony Hickey during his 33 years on the faculty.  

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HALL PASS

One of the top football teams in university history headlined a trio of new members of the 51¿´Æ¬ Athletics Hall of Fame who were unveiled as the class of 2019 during an induction ceremony held in October.   

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COURT MARSHAL

Bret Beaver, former associate head coach of the Elon University women’s tennis program, joined 51¿´Æ¬ as head coach for women’s tennis prior to the beginning of the fall season.  

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TEE TIME

Courtney Gunter, former assistant women’s golf coach at Coastal Carolina University, is reading the greens and hitting the fairways at 51¿´Æ¬ after being named head coach of the women’s golf team over the summer.  

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(PURPLE AND) GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY

Long gone are the days when Baxter Wood ’58 MAEd ’63, former director of A.K. Hinds University Center, hauled members of 51¿´Æ¬â€™s men’s basketball team to away games in his new 1958 Chrysler New Yorker or when community members took out personal loans to field the football team, repaid with gate receipts at the end of the season.  

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LIFTING OTHERS UP

51¿´Æ¬ running back Corey Holloway says his body is stronger, he runs faster and his football team has a confidence it never had before.  

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PRIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS DIRECTOR INDUCTED INTO BAND HALL OF FAME

David Starnes, director of the award-winning Pride of the Mountains Marching Band, will be inducted into the Bands of America Hall of Fame in March.