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MMI Welcomes 301 Freshmen
Marion Military Institute was pleased to report its initial college enrollment at 465 overall. That figure includes 405 full-time college students (104 returning cadets and 301 new freshmen), plus 60 part-time students. The high school class consists of 10 students, two of which are dual-enrolled in college classes.
In comparison, the 2007-08 school year began with 353 full-time college students (109 returning/244 freshmen), and 44 part-time students-for a total Fall college enrollment of 397. This represents a growth of 15 percent in college enrollment from 2007-2008. |
Fallen Warriors The Tuscaloosa News recently featured two MMI graduates in its "Honoring Our Fallen Warriors" series: Army Sgt. Andrew Joseph Derrick (1980-2005) and Army Sgt. Dennis Sellen Jr. (1987-2007). Both gave their lives while serving in Iraq. |
Birmingham
Alumni,
You're Invited... We encourage all Birmingham-area alumni to come out and support the MMI Corps of Cadets during the Birmingham Veterans' Day Parade, held downtown on Tuesday, Nov. 11. This is a full-dress parade, and the Corps of Cadets is the highlight of the event each year. In 2007, the
MMI Corps captured two trophies for their participation: The Raymond Weeks Trophy and The George G. Seibels Marching Trophy, while the MMI Brigadier Band won the Visiting Band Trophy.
DATE: Nov. 11
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
PLACE: downtown
Birmingham
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Distinguished
Speakers This fall, the Corps has heard from two Distinguished Speakers during Wednesday's Chapel programs. Major General A.C. Blalock, Adjutant General, Alabama National Guard was our first guest speaker of the year, followed by Bill Pogue, an MMI Trustee Emeritus from Birmingham. Pogue (pictured below) attended MMI in 1944-45 and graduated from West Point in 1950 before serving in Korea. After military service, he joined Chicago Bridge and Iron Company as a draftsman and retired 35 years later as Chairman and CEO.
Click here to view the full Distinguished Speaker schedule. Send speaker recommendations to jgibler@marionmilitary.edu | |
MMI Alumni and Friends:
The Alumni Office strives to keep you informed of campus happenings through regular communications. We hope you'll enjoy this new Gig Line format, which is now more interactive for our subscribers. |
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ROCs Crested in September
 MMI held its first parade of the school year on Saturday, Sept. 13 in honor of the traditional Cresting Ceremony, which marks the end of the "Recruit on Campus" (ROC) cycle and the official entry of new students into the MMI Corps of Cadets.
By 10:30 a.m., the stands were full of family members in attendance. Grandmothers, siblings and parents had traveled from as far away as Mandeville, La. and as close as Montgomery to celebrate the special event. Colonel Jim Benson, MMI President, addressed the audience and the Corps, remarking on how poised and confident cadets in uniform will appear to their own friends. He also encouraged the cadets to seek rank in order to learn the valuable lessons of leadership.
Immediately following the parade, cadets were "crested" by company leadership and proudly wore the MMI crest on their covers for the first time. Pictured: Cadet R.J. Zeegers and his father LTC Randy Zeegers of Chelsea, Ala. |
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Dove Shoot Raises $30K
MMI hosted its 32nd Annual J.C. Webb Memorial Dove Shoot on Thursday, Sept. 25 at the home of Stanley & Gerri Webb. In attendance were more than 150 friends and supporters of MMI. Sales from Shotgun Drawing tickets, auction items and gifts made during the invitational event helped raise more than $30,000 for the MMI Foundation.
After spending a day in the fields, hunters enjoyed entertainment by the Kudzu String Band as well as a steak dinner before prizes were drawn. Birmingham guests were the big winners of the night: Cory Troiano walked away with the coveted Weatherby Athena D'Italia III, a 20-gauge shotgun; Julian Smith won the overnight quail hunt at Cottonwoods Sportsman's Lodge, donated by Mary Elizabeth Glass of Gallion; and Bill Satterfield won a two-night condo stay in Gulf Shores/Orange Beach, courtesy of Sheila McKenzie with Kaiser Realty.
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Women's Tennis: Rossi Wins Regional Championship MMI freshman tennis star Rachel Rossi lived up to her No. 1 seeding and uprooted all players in her path to win the Women's Junior College Wilson/ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Small College Southeast Regional Championship, hosted by Central Alabama Community College Sept. 26-28. Rossi, a graduate of Venice High School in Venice, Fla., played with an unparalleled amount of grit and determination, as well as a seemingly endless supply of fierce competitiveness, great serves, and unbelievable down-the-line and crosscourt ground strokes.
"I've never seen anyone play at that high of a level for that many matches in a row in a major tournament," said MMI head tennis coach Chuck Wright. "What she did is incredibly astounding and totally incomprehensible. If seeing is believing, I still don't believe what I saw."
What Wright and other tennis aficionados witnessed during this three-day event was a star, a supernova, in the making. Rossi, a tennis tightwad, gave up only five games in five matches. As the singles champion from this regional event, Rossi moves on to play in the 2008 ITA National Small College Championships at the Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Ala., on October 16-19.
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Class Notes: We'd Like to Hear from You! We are currently seeking submisssions for the Alumni section of our winter Pass in Review magazine (now published biannually). Just send us an update on what you're doing. Have you gotten married? Changed careers? Retired? Had children or grandchildren? Traveled lately? Deployed? Seen any classmates recently?
Please send submissions via email to mholmes@marionmilitary.edu no later than October 24, 2008. Photos to go along with your update make wonderful additions to our magazine! You can also report news by calling Marietta Holmes at 334-683-2349, faxing a note to 334-683-2351 or mailing the Alumni Office: 1101 Washington St., Marion, AL 36756.
Thank you for your participation.
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Alumni
Weekend April 3-5 |
Alumni Weekend 2008 will be here soon. We hope you'll join us in Marion for all the fun. This year we will honor all classes ending in "9" for their special reunions. The weekend also coincides with Judson's "J Day" in Marion, so be sure to make your reservations early. Recommended accomodations are posted online. Contact Carrie Williams at 334-683-2350 if you are interested in becoming a class agent. |
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Oct. 17-18 - Parents' Weekend/Homecoming
Oct. 24 - Tupelo Area Alumni Mixer
Oct. 31 - *AL Military Hall of Honor Induction
*10:30 a.m. ceremony, followed by parade. The 2008 inductees are CWO David R. Jackson, killed in action in 1969, and MAJ Bertram Bank, survivor of the Bataan Death March. Lunch by reservation only. Email wnichols@marionmilitary.edu before Oct. 13.
Nov. 6-9 - Pre SAP (Recruiting Camp)
Nov. 11 - Birmingham Veterans' Day Parade
Dec. 18 - Fall Graduation & Commissioning
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