Spring 2025 Exercise Classes
2025-02-19 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-02-24 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-02-26 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-03-03 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-03-05 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-03-10 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-03-12 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-03-17 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) and 4 more dates
Classes are open to the public. Classes will focus on cardio-respiratory endurance, muscular strength, endurance, and core.
Location: Hunt PE
$40 per semester or $5 per class
Contact: Janet McMurray

Black History Month Luncheon
2025-02-20 11:00 - 13:00
Honor the Past, Inspire the Future – Join Us as a Sponsor for McMurry’s 3rd Annual Black History Month Luncheon.
This luncheon celebrates Black history, culture, and contributions and is organized by McMurry University’s PAATH and TRIO Clubs. Your sponsorship will help foster educational growth and empower students at McMurry University.
We are honored to announce Dr. Hope Pamplin ’01, current McMurry Board Member, as the featured speaker. Her presentation is titled: “Authentically YOU: Loving the Skin You’re In.”
Location: Garrison Campus Center Mabee Room A
Contact Information
Dr. Jessica Thompson
325.793.6710
thompson.jessica@mcm.edu

Women's Bible Study
2025-02-23 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-03-02 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-03-09 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-03-16 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-03-23 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-03-30 16:00 - 17:30
Location: Mabee Rm. D

Men's Bible Study
2025-02-25 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-03-04 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-03-11 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-03-18 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-03-25 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-04-01 12:00 - 13:30
Location: In front of the Grill (Campus Center)

Society of Physics Workshop
2025-02-28 12:00 - 13:00

Before, During and After the Badge: A Journey from South Beaumont to a Career in U.S. Probation
2025-03-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Mabee Room
Join Ms. Kirkwood Montique as she shares her experiences in law enforcement, offering insights into her remarkable career and the lessons she has learned along the way.
This session is open to the public.
MYRA KIRKWOOD MONIQUE
Myra Kirkwood Montique is a native Texan and retired Chief U.S. Probation Officer in the Eastern District of Texas. She was the first African American and female to hold this position. Myra is a graduate of North Texas State University with a BA in Political Science, and Prairie View A&M University with a MA in Sociology, both with honors.
Myra was a 3rd grade teacher for two years in the Beaumont Independent School District, a Texas State Parole Officer for 5 years as the 1st location monitoring officer, and in 1994 began employment with the United States Probation Office in the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division. In 2002, she was promoted to Supervising U.S. Probation Officer and transferred to the Plano office, where she was also promoted to Deputy Chief U.S. Probation Officer in 2014-2018, as the 1st African American and female to hold this position.

Wilson-Bennet Lecture Series
2025-03-18 19:30 - 20:30
Who are My People: Revolutionary Belonging in the Book of Acts
Dr. Jennings is a famous Black theologian and accomplished author who won the 2020 book of the year award from Publisher’s Weekly.
Dr. Willie James Jennings is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University Divinity School.
In addition to being a frequent lecturer at colleges, universities, and seminaries, Dr. Jennings is also a regular workshop leader at conferences. He is also a consultant for the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, and for the Association of Theological Schools.
He served along with his wife, the Reverend Joanne L. Browne Jennings as associate ministers at the Mount Level Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina, and for many years, they served together as interim
pastors for several Presbyterian and Baptist churches in North Carolina. They are the parents of two wonderful daughters, Njeri and Safiya Jennings.

KINESIOLOGY KLUB ANNUAL GARBAGE PICKUP
2025-03-25 18:00 - 19:00
Location: McMurry Campus
Contact Pamela Verhulst for more information.
verhulst.pamela@mcm.edu

Women‘s Leadership Luncheon
2025-03-27 11:45 - 13:00 | Mabee Room
McMurry University’s annual Women’s Leadership Luncheon will host Shannon Sedgwick Davis ’96 as the keynote speaker. Join us in celebration of women’s achievements!
Shannon Sedgwick Davis ’96 is the CEO of Bridgeway Foundation and the author of To Stop a Warlord. The Bridgeway Foundation is a philanthropic organization dedicated to ending and preventing mass atrocities around the world. Established in 2000 as the charitable giving arm of Bridgeway Capital Management, the organization serves as a catalyst for peace and reconciliation in international communities suffering from oppression, genocide, and other human rights violations. An attorney, activist, and passionate advocate for social justice, Ms. Sedgwick Davis has guided the Bridgeway Foundation in pioneering solutions to seemingly intractable issues around the world. The organization has supported the work of groups like Aegis Trust, Resolve Uganda, Human Rights Watch, Invisible Children, and dozens of community-based organizations. Ms. Sedgwick Davis and the Bridgeway Foundation have been credited for their pivotal role in mobilizing awareness, civilian protection, and recovery efforts to counter the violence of the Lord’s Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony, the first-ever indictee of the International Criminal Court. Ms. Sedgwick Davis and the Foundation’s work have been featured on NBC’s TODAY, TEDxSanAntonio, PBS NewsHour, and in Forbes.
Before joining Bridgeway Foundation in 2007, Ms. Sedgwick Davis served as Vice President of Geneva Global, a leading philanthropic consulting firm that advises individuals, foundations, non-profit organizations, and corporations on international development, global health, and poverty solutions. Previously, Ms. Sedgwick Davis was the Director of Public Affairs at the International Justice Mission (IJM), a human rights agency that focuses on ending slavery, forced prostitution, and illegal land seizures in the developing world. Her work in helping rescue children from sex trafficking in the Svay Pak village of Cambodia was featured in the 2005 Emmy award-winning piece, “Children for Sale,” on Dateline.
Ms. Sedgwick Davis is an honors graduate of McMurry University and Baylor Law School, from which she received the institution’s Young Lawyer of the Year Award in 2011. Her other recognitions include the Nomi Network’s 2014 Abolitionist Award; a Global Human Rights Hero award from Saving Innocence; the Navy SEAL “Fire in the Gut” Award; and the 2022 International Citizen of the Year Award from the World Affairs Council of San Antonio. Ms. Sedgwick Davis serves on the advisory council of The Elders and is a board member of several organizations including Humanity United, charity: water, Verdant Frontiers, and, formerly, TOMS.
All proceeds from this event benefit the Dr. Sandra S. Harper Women’s Leadership Scholarship at McMurry.
