Shorter College News

Shorter College will have a wrestling program starting in the fall of 2010, the college announced today.

Madge and Will Crawford of Rome share a dance. Will is a sixth-grader at Darlington Middle School.

Two Shorter College seniors recently received $1,000 scholarships from the Atlanta Alumni Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon.

McHenry second-grader MaKenzee Liggons plays a bongo drum. Dozens of first- and second-graders from the Floyd County School System took a field trip to Ghana by way of Shorter College thanks to a special partnership designed to broaden cultural understanding among elementary school students.

An exhibit of artwork by Shorter College senior Matt Clark titled "A Trip to Australia" will be on display Nov.

Rome, Ga. - Christmas cards featuring scenes from Shorter College and downtown Rome are now on sale and are available for $15. The cards, sold by the Shorter College Parents Council, showcase the original artwork of Shorter students Elisabeth Watts and Brittni Dekle.

It's Halloween in Rome and the Downtown Development Authority really got into the spirit Friday during its monthly Coffee Break.

Shorter College's Roberts Hall will be transformed into dorm full of frights, as the Hill will play host to a Halloween Haunted House on Oct.

Sophomore Justyna Mudy dominated the field by nearly 45 seconds and sophomore Sarah Massey posted a 13th-place finish to lead No.

Shorter students Emily Tweedy, who plays Gretel, and Jasmine Habersham, in the role of Sandman, meet up in the forest during a scene from the upcoming opera.

Shorter College and visiting Bethel combined for four goals in an end-to-end first half, but neither side could find the net in the final half or two overtime periods as the squads settled for a 2-2 draw in the first-ever soccer match held at Shorter's new Ben Brady Field.

Shorter College rallied from a 1-0 match deficit and a 23-17 deficit in the fourth set to score an important 3-1 victory over Columbia College in Southern States Athletic Confer-ence volleyball action on Saturday afternoon.

A suspended Shorter College student was arrested Friday afternoon after he entered a room at Roberts Hall and removed items without permission, police said.

Shorter student Ashleigh Tatum helps Floyd County first and second graders color the Ghana flag.

Art majors from freshmen to seniors have entered their best creations to be displayed for everyone to see in the Shorter College Student Art Exhibit.

Students from Shorter College stand near trash collected alongside the Etowah and Coosa rivers and Armuchee Creek during the Rivers Alive cleanup Saturday.

After suffering a heart-wrenching loss at Lambuth last weekend, the Shorter College Hawks fought their way to a 45-10 win over the Knights of Kentucky Christian Saturday at Barron Stadium.

Shorter College freshman Leslie Welch notched a match-high nine kills to lead the Lady Hawks to a 3-0 win over visiting Southern Wesleyan University in Southern States Athletic Conference volleyball action on Wednesday night.

Since Tuesday night, 1.19 inches of rain has been recorded at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport and more is likely Thursday.

Fred Christopher has been named Credit Administration Assistant at Greater Rome Bank.