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INSIDE MOREHOUSE, OCTOBER 2009
Inside Morehouse is
about the people who
make up the Morehouse
College community.
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Welcome Home, Fellow Morehouse
Alumni, Parents and Friends
We are excited to have
you join us for Home
coming 2009. Alumni
from across the nation
have arrived in Atlanta to
celebrate this annual tradi
tion. This year, our Home
coming theme is Winners
Take All.
We hope you will join
President and Mrs. Robert
M. Franklin ‘75 and our
Fighting Maroon Tiger
Football Team for a fun-
filled and victorious Hom
ecoming weekend as we
take on our Atlanta
University Center rival,
Clark Atlanta University,
at B.T. Harvey Stadium
beginning at 2 p.m.
Whether you are retur
ning to reflect, reconnect or
revive that Ole' Morehouse
spirit, we look forward to
celebrating the festivities of
Homecoming with you.
• Experience the Alumni Arts
Panel and Showcase.
• Enjoy the taste of Home
coming at our world
famous Tailgate experience.
• Engage with fellow
classmates.
• Expect a victory on the field.
(See page 5 for the full
Homecoming calendar.)
DONATE FOR
TOMORROW
And we hope you will
not leave your checkbook
and philanthropic spirit at
home. Our brothers need to
know you care.
The Morehouse Home
coming experience is
enhanced only by your
generous financial sup
port. Today, fewer than
20 percent of our alumni
give back to support
Morehouse. With more
than 20,000 people expect
ed to attend Homecoming,
imagine if everyone made
a special Homecom-ing
gift to fund the dreams and
aspirations of deserving
Morehouse students who
may not be able to contin
ue their education. We
hope each Morehouse
alumnus will make a
monthly commitment to
support our Annual
Giving Campaign.
To make a donation, go to
http://alumni.morehouse.edu
Once again, welcome
home and we hope you
enjoy the experience of
Homecoming 2009 and see
that Winners Take All!
In the Spirit of Morehouse,
Henry M. Goodgame Jr. ’84
Director, Alumni Relations
Magazine Tabs Morehouse
as One of the Nation's Top
Black Colleges
Morehouse’s stellar reputation
for academic excellence has earned
it the No. 3 spot in U.S. News &
World Report magazine’s ranking
of the nation’s top historically
black colleges and universities.
It is only the third time the
magazine has compiled a list of
the nation’s top ranked HBCUs in
its annual “America’s Best
College’s” issue. Morehouse was
third behind Howard University
and top-ranked Spelman College
among 80 of the nation’s HBCUs
that met the magazine’s criteria.
Americas Top 5 Black Colleges
1) Spelman College
2) Howard University
3) Morehouse College
4) Fisk University
5) Xavier University of Louisiana
EXCLUSIVE RANKINGS
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Franklin urges students, particu
larly juniors and seniors, to reach
out to the Office of Financial Aid
to inquire about the Coca-Cola
scholarship funds. The criteria for
receiving the scholarship include
academic performance, seniority
(though some freshmen were
scholarship recipients), financial
need and student responsiveness
in seeking the funds.
The gift is important as students
and their parents nationwide con
tinue to deal with a struggling
economy, tighter credit market
and fewer available loans.
Coca-Cola also gave $1.2 mil
lion to the Robert W. Woodruff
Library to upgrade the facility’s
information technology infra
structure and enhance the ability
to manage and provide access to
critical archival documents, such
as the Morehouse College Martin
Luther King Jr. Collection.
“The Coca-Cola Company
will always look for opportunities
to make a difference in the com
munities where it operates, espe
cially in our hometown,” said
Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola’s chair
man and chief executive officer.
“On behalf of our associates
who call Atlanta home, we are
proud to provide $7.2 million to
these leading institutions of high
er learning. We view this as an
investment in the next generation
of students who will pass through
these campuses, continue their
education and benefit from hav
ing Dr. King's papers within arm's
reach.”