By Nicole Cato
Staff Writer, ’15, Spanish
LaGrange College recently hosted two cultural enrichment events with speakers Reverend Otis Moss, Jr. and Reverend Olu Brown, who both shared the message of Martin Luther King, Jr. In celebration of Black History Month, The Hilltop News looks back to the words of these inspirational speakers. Continue reading
by Sarah Gordon
Copy Editor, ’14, Painting & Drawing
For sisters Linda Burt and Sally Harrison, starting a student-centered business was a natural progression from a lifetime of teaching. These two Wisconsin-born educators have dedicated their lives to helping students all around the world.
Dr. Harrison has traveled across the United States, helping to start innovative new schools and creating modern teaching environments for all ages. Ms. Burt spent years battling low budgets, natural disasters, and cultural prejudices to teach underprivileged children in Saipan, a small island in the South Pacific.
Now approaching retirement, neither intends to end their lifelong goals of helping students. Their new business, Comfort Sweets, will provide care packages of freshly-baked goods for college students. Burt and Harrison believe LaGrange is the perfect location to launch their new venture. “There is an energy, an intelligence, and a spirit that comes from students, and that’s very healthy for a town,” Dr. Harrison remarks. “The college, the involvement of the Callaway Foundation, and the local arts really attracted us to LaGrange.”
Burt and Harrison have arrived in LaGrange to do more than just satisfy the college’s sweet tooth, however. They know that academic success involves three parties: the school, the students, and the parents. They hope to integrate themselves into the college’s culture by providing a way for parents to stay involved in the lives of their college-aged children.
