AROUNDCAMPUS McMurry Highly Ranked in US News Best Colleges Guide
Students Attend Fundraiser Featuring Former President George W. Bush Four McMurry students received an opportunity of a lifetime due to the generosity of McMurry board member Melody Hunt and Dr. Sandra Harper earlier this fall. Lindsey Vines ’16 , Andre Artis ’17, Ashlea Beckner ’17, and Casey Bargsley ’16, attended a fundraising event for Global Samaritan Resources at the Abilene Civic Center featuring former President George W. Bush. “I was excited to see him because he was president the entire time I was growing up,” said Vines, who visited his presidential library at SMU twice during the summer. “He is one of my favorite people.” When she was asked by Debra Hulse, vice president of Advancement, if she wanted to attend an event featuring Bush, Casey Bargsley at first thought it was a joke. But she jumped at the chance when Hulse said it was for a Global Samaritan fundraising event. “He was president for the majority of my life,” said Bargsley. “When he came out, I had tears in my eyes. It was very cool to see him.” Bush spent a little more than an hour answering questions about his time as governor of Texas, as owner of the Texas Rangers, in the White House and what he is doing now. “Being in the same room with the president is definitely an experience I’ll never forget,” said Bargsley.
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THE MESSENGER / FALL 2015
McMurry University is proud to be recognized as a top-ranked institution for the 20th consecutive year by U.S. News and World Report Best College Guide. McMurry was ranked 17th in the top ranked institutions in the Western Region of the Comprehensive CollegesBachelor’s category for these rankings. McMurry also was highly ranked in several other categories in this year’s US News report. McMurry ranked eighth in ethnic diversity in the regional college category with a Hispanic student population of 22 percent. The University also was cited in the Great Schools, Great Prices category as the number seven school in the West region. Finally, McMurry was ranked as one of the best colleges for veterans in its region, coming in at number 13. In all categories, the top 20 schools in Tier 1 are numerically ranked, while schools in tiers 2, 3 and 4 are listed alphabetically. According to U.S. News and World Report, rankings are based on seven categories: assessment by administrators at peer institutions, retention of students, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, alumni giving and graduation rate performance.
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