Join Berry College Biology Professor Martin Cipollini on a guided hike of the Longleaf Pine Trail beginning at the Old Mill on Feb. 20.
From 2 to 4 p.m., take in the history and scenery surrounding the trees, which are featured in the work of author and ecologist Janisse Ray. Ray is the featured speaker for the inaugural Buzz and Barbara Mote McCoy Southern Women Writers Lecture series at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Berry College Chapel.
Author of six books including “Ecology of a Cracker Childhood”, Ray has an MFA from the University of Montana, and has been awarded two honorary doctorates from Unity College in Maine and LaGrange College in Georgia. In 2015 she was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame.
The new lecture series honors the generosity of Berry alumna Barbara Mote McCoy and her husband, Buzz. Barbara McCoy graduated from Berry in 1961 with a degree in English and later provided leadership as a member of the Executive Steering Committee for the college’s successful $100 million Century Campaign. Buzz McCoy is a nationally recognized writer and teacher of business ethics who has served as executive-in-residence for the graduate business schools at Stanford University and Notre Dame and as adjunct professor for the Pacific School of Religion, UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and the University of Southern California’s graduate real estate program. The retired Morgan Stanley executive has authored many works on the subjects of business ethics and real estate finance, including the Harvard Business Review classic, “The Parable of the Sadhu.” Both are avid readers whose previous support of Berry’s Southern Women Writers Conference made this series possible.
Both events are free and open to the public.
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Written by Student Public Relations Assistant Abbie Smith
