Greensboro College Alumni PrideNotes, November 2013

  (Cities are in NC unless otherwise noted.)

General Lynn Wright-Kernodle 1968, Greensboro, was honored by the North Carolina Humanities Council with an endowed scholarship in her name for NC public school educators. The scholarship honors her for her work with professional development for teachers. April Thompson 1997, Greensboro, a Reidsville High assistant principal, was chosen as the 2014 RCS Assistant Principal of the Year. April has been an assistant principal at Reidsville High since 2012. She has 9 years in education and has served as a GEAR UP coordinator and an assistant principal in Asheboro City Schools. Amy Whitaker Ward 2003, Mooresville, was selected as one of Lake Norman Magazine's Top Teachers of the Year. Article Jamar M. Tyree 2011, Greensboro, performed as King Balthazar on November 22-23, 2013 in Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors presented by Starmount Presbyterian Church in Greensboro.  Additional cast members include GC's Associate Chair of the Music Department and Director of Choral Activities, Dr. Jonathan Brotherton, who performed the role of King Melchior, and chorus members, Jane Case Brooks 2006 and April N. Hamilton 2006.  The production was directed and conducted by Robert W. Overman, former vocal faculty member and accompanied by Michael Parker,  former accompanist at GC. Deaths Jo Adair Bertken Swan 1977, Sun City - Bluffton, SC, passed away Saturday, November 16, 2013. Obituary Elizabeth Jocelyn Mackey 1953, Muncie, IN, Professor Emerita of Musicology, passed away October 27, 2013. Obituary Tempe Bradley Gardner 1949, passed away October 30, 2013. Obituary Louisa T. Sholar 1945,  Mooresville passed away  November 30, 2013. Obituary Sympathy Lynda W. Sholar 2007, Mooresville on the passing of her mother Louisa Templeton Sholar '45, on November 30, 2013. Diane Swan Pohanka 1984, in the passing of her mother Jo Adair Berkten Swan '77 on November 16, 2013. Births Kathryn Ford 1968, Pinehurst celebrates her daughter's baby girl born September 20, 2013.