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Dr. Berte sports his administra- tive thinking cap while dishing up delicacies in the cafeteria. 18 — Academics Dr. and Mrs. Berte receive their guests in the Sundial Plaza. Dr. Berte savors his Shamrock punch on the Library Plaza. Dr. Berte takes a break from his never-ending duties as President of the College.
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Dr. Berte and his wife, Ann, are smiiing folJowing the gala din- ner held in the coliseum. Gala 71 2 Honors Ten Years of Service The Berte Bash By Sharon Lynch In 1976, a young Neal Berte came to Birmingham-Southern College while the institution was going through trou- bled times. This year he celebrates his tenth anniversary at the college. We have seen the college experience a renewal, says Berte of the last decade. His anniversary was marked by a Decade of Excellence celebration in conjunction with the annual alumni weekend April 19. During the dinner in Bill Battle Coliseum, various alumni and community leaders gave Berte ac- colades not only for his work at the col- lege, but also for his service to the com- munity. The program also included a video tribute to the Berte ' s produced by the Office of Public Information that documented their accomplishments. To honor the Berte ' s ten years of ser- vice to the college, a one million dollar President ' s Anniversary Fund has been established from donations and pledges. The fund will endow the Ann and Neal Berte Honors Scholarship and support other programs of institutional renewal. Soon after the celebration Berte said that ' Southern (not him, he emphasizes) has accomplished three major goals during the decade: achieving recogni- tion for the academic program, strengthening the liberal arts mission, and placing the institution on a firm fi- nancial footing. Looking toward the next decade, he predicts that it will be a tough one for all of education. For this reason, one of his goals is for BSC to do all it can to strengthen the liberal arts mission in higher education. Berte has 2 goals for BSC itself. First, he would like to fulfill all the school ' s capital needs. The first step in this process is the construction of the new Harbert classroom building to replace Ramsay Hall. Other projects include renovations on Andrews and North Dorms, and Phillips Science. Second, Berte would like to see the school ' s endowment increase to 35 million dollars in order to offer more scholarships in time of cutbacks. Besides honoring the Bertes, the alumni weekend was also used to an- nounce major monetary grants. The most important and largest of these was a three-million dollar pledge from John M. Harbert III toward the 4.2 million needed to construct the new classroom. The weekend was, for the Bertes, one of looking forward as well as looking back. Dr. Berte says that he and Mrs. Berte enjoy what they ' re doing here and have no intentions of leav- ing. H Honoraries chat over dinner at the head table during the Berte Gala. The Bertes— 19
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