March 2007-Celebrate CSU e-mail newsletter for alumni, friends of Columbus State University

We especially invite you to join us for the 12:30 p.m. April 10 Hunter Lecture by author Carmen Agra Deedy, right; the 6:30 p.m. April 12 President's Recognition Banquet (call 706-568-2280 for reservations); the 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. April 14 Visitation Day for prospective students and their parents, including a special 10-11:30 a.m. open house for prospective graduate students in CSU's Cunningham Center; and a 2 p.m. April 19 College of Business lecture by one of the nation's leading economists.

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Reminder: CSU Alumni Association meets Monday! Maybe you live in the Columbus area and could help with special CSU Alumni Association events such as Move-In Day, right. Or maybe you live further away and want to find another way to serve your alma mater? Whatever your situation, Alumni Association members are invited to the Annual Meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 18 in the Cunningham Center. If you want to attend, call 706-568-2280 or write foundation@colstate.edu. more >
Teams' strong spring helps CSU win conference honors CSU’s baseball, softball and golf teams each finished their spring seasons in NCAA Division II championship rounds, capping a year of successes that led to the athletic department’s second consecutive award for best overall performance by a Peach Belt Conference school. more >
Freshman Convocation bringing back a familiar face in August A former CSU staffer and 2003 alum, Mary Hill Johnson, right, has been asked to talk to new students at Freshman Convocation on Aug. 19 about how to make their academic years ahead productive. Johnson, now a doctoral student at UGA, says she will ask students to think about how they want to grow as a person and about how to develop relationships that will contribute to that personal growth. more >
CSU faculty offer a Pretty Good Essay — on national radio It started with a 2006 discussion about The South, among current and former CSU faculty, and others, with Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor. And it led to an impromptu 2007 invitation for faculty Virginia Causey and Cathy Fussell (plus Fussell's folklorist husband, Fred) to offer an on-air essay about all things Southern. The Fussells' son, Jake, a former CSU student, also performed on guitar and sang during PHC's April visit to Columbus. more >
More events ahead; plan to visit campus soon We especially invite you to join us for the 12:30 p.m. April 10 Hunter Lecture by author Carmen Agra Deedy, right; the 6:30 p.m. April 12 President's Recognition Banquet (call 706-568-2280 for reservations); the 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. April 14 Visitation Day for prospective students and their parents, including a special 10-11:30 a.m. open house for prospective graduate students in CSU's Cunningham Center; and a 2 p.m. April 19 College of Business lecture by one of the nation's leading economists.
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