Centrepiece Online
Welcome to Centrepiece Online, the Web edition of Centre’s magazine for alumni, parents, and friends of Centre College.
Faculty Conversations:
Two retiring faculty legends—Jane Wilson Joyce and Vince DiMartino—reflect on translating, trumpet, and the joys of teaching.
Congratulations, Graduate. Now What?
by Peter Gairing P ’11, ’14, ’15, Managing Director, Raymond James
A financial expert offers new graduates 12 tips for surviving in the real world.
Ormond Beatty-1835
by Stuart W. Sanders ’95, Kentucky Historical Society
Centre’s 19th-century guiding hand served the College for more than five decades.
The Marrying Kind
Nearly 20 percent of alumni take the Centre Connection all the way to the altar. Here are some of their stories: George and Zan Gray Edmiston ’51 and ’50, Matt and Carmel Herde Bowman ’84 and ’84, Dave and Victoria Gregoriades Watkins ’96 and ’95, Brian and Alysson Ramsay Reynolds ’97 and ’95, Chris O’Bryan ’96 and Jessica Coleman ’04, Adam Johnson ’97 and Kristi Rinehart ’99, Jay and Bethany Wilson Carnes ’07 and ’08, and Jake and Leslie Hast Hill ’08 and ’08.
Endpiece
Everything I Need to Know about Poker I Learned at Centre
by Matt Blevins ’99
Summer 2012Vol. 53, No. 2
FRONT COVER Often it’s the Colonel Connection that clicks in the search for a lifelong companion. Photo by Chris Floyd