This old house… becomes a home
Generosity of spirit helps Extreme Makeover dreams come true. Just ask John Speer ’71 and Matt Henderson ’05

On the last day of a 105-hour push to build a new home for a family, Royce Builders workers and volunteers propped their elbows on fence posts and shook mud off their boots while others whisked remaining items into the house for placement — a landscape painting, wooden bookshelf, pillows for a deck chair.
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Exploring Southeast Asia's beauty and challenges
Malecha lured to Papua New Guinea's economic hurdles and unspoiled landscape

A world away on the islands of Papua New Guinea, a vibrant sunset swirls with a rainbow of breath-taking purples, oranges and pinks overlooking green landscapes, soaring mountains and endless crystal waters. Tucked into the South Pacific and the Coral Sea, the land is dotted with 800 native tribes. Any given night, fire dancers kick at the flames with their leaf-adorned ankles and Mud Men disguise themselves in heavy, fragile masks of mud.
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Neiman Marcus turns to Mays grads

When one of the world’s most famous department stores needs new buyers, it looks first in its own backyard: Dallas-based Neiman Marcus has hired ten marketing students from Mays in just the last four years.
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