September 2022

Howard Payne University’s School of Education and Office of Alumni Relations joined together to recognize the more than 160 HPU alumni who serve as teachers and administrators in the six school districts within Brown County. Each alumnus or alumna received an HPU alumni t-shirt, delivered to his or her school at the beginning of the school year, with a note of encouragement from the two departments. The goal of the initiative was to celebrate the impact the teachers and administrators have in the Brown County area.

When it came to choosing what to wear, my mother considered going to the grocery store — or going to any store for that matter — to be maybe one notch down from going to church. It was post-World War II America, and women simply did not leave the house unless their makeup was done, their hair was coiffed, and their outfit was fashionable.