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INSIDE MOREHOUSE, OCTOBER 2009 Inside Morehouse is about the people who make up the Morehouse College community. To tell those stories, WE NEED YOU to send us your ideas, comments and thoughts, along with your news, information about your new books or publications and your commentary for sections like My Word. To send us your information, contact Inside Morehouse Editor Add Seymour Jr. at aseymour@morehouse.edu For more up-to-the minute information about academic departments, adminsitration, athletics, registration, financial aid, as well as the people and places at Morehouse College, go to www.morehouse.edu Inside MOREHOUSE Director of Public Relations Toni O'Neal Mosley tmosley@morehouse.edu Executive Editor Vickie G. Hampton vhampton@morehouse.edu Editor Add Seymour Jr. aseymour@morehouse.edu Calendar Editor Julie Pinkney Tongue jtongue@morehouse.edu Photographers Philip McCullom Add Seymour Jr. Graphic Design Ellis Design Web Services Hana Chelikowsky Kara Walker Inside Morehouse is published monthly during the academic year by Morehouse College, Office of Communications, Office of Institutional Advancement. Opinions expressed in Inside Morehouse are those of the authors, not necessarily of the College. 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 America's Best HOW TO UNO I Ht RIGHT SCHOOL LOR YOU How to Bo ■ Standout Applicant Tha Latest on Loans and Aid FraaJwnan Survival Quids Up-and-Comlng Schools tail Icontinued from page 1) 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.”