Brent Rowe:
CLASS OF 1986
Hatfield High SchoolClass of 1986
Hatfield, AR
University of Central ArkansasClass of 1992
Conway, AR
Hatfield Elementary SchoolClass of 1980
Hatfield, AR
Brent's Story
Life
Who'd have thought a degree in Communication would lead to not just one job in finance, but two! I am employed with a finance company in Little Rock and am LOVIN' it (most of the time). People can say what they want about the South and about Little Rock, but, this place is the biggest little city I know: there is plenty to do and see and some FANTASTIC local restaurants with their own unique cuisine. It's close enough to "home" without living there. I'm in close contact with my immediate family and more and more with friends from high school(thanks to Classmates)! I am a little sickened that Hatfield High School is no more and I applaud the people who had the courage to stand up and try to save it. It's shameful, in my humble opinion, that our legislator's didn't look beneath the number of students and at the results of getting a quality education in a small, rural school! That said, some of my fondest memories of high school were created by virtue of having gone to school there....and thanks to my parent's for not allowing me to transfer to Mena, to play football, in hopes of becoming a member of the University of Arkansas football team(what was I thinkin')....
School
I loved going to school at Hatfield. I can't imagine having a better time in a small school. I wish I had concentrated more on academics my freshman year and the first half of my sophomore year. My greatest regret was being so neurotic and wanting to be liked by everybody and caring what people thought about me. In hindsight, I might have enjoyed HHS even more if I'd have lightened up a little more. What I find ironically sad and humorous at the same time is all the ramblings we put into each others' yearbooks....the entire "let's keep in touch" and we'll be "friends' forever" business. At the time it was a nice sentiment with good intentions but I'm amazed how often people look the other direction when they see you in a store(namely Wal-Mart)and take a hard left(or right)down the nearest aisle. On the upside, how many people will now be able to say that knew everyone in their c...Expand for more
lass, much less everyone in their high school, now that HHS is no longer there....
College
I graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway on December 18, 1992. I majored in Communication, minored in Journalism and pledged and was inducted into Sigma Phi Epsilon social fraternity. I made a lot of good friends with whom I maintain contact. I'm looking strongly into graduate work at this point in my life. In hindsight, college was a BLAST! My parents wanted me to attend Harding University and steered me away from the University of Arkansas. I reasoned that if they wanted me to go to a Church of Christ college, it should be Pepperdine University on the Pacific Coast in California. Ultimately, going Greek brought on a major change in my life. I've heard the "rent-a-friend" comments and I fully respect that social Greekdom isn't for everyone but unless you've been on the inside, you really have no idea what it's all about. There were over 115 active memebers and 44 pledges my last active semester with Sig Ep...we were one of the 15 largest undergraduates chapters in the nation out of 250 active chapters. Our house was a square and surrounded a courtyard which was the hub for mixers and other parties. Being inducted into Sig Ep was an amazing experience because at that point I learned just how deeply rooted in religion and spirituality the social Greek system is(and how far away from those roots it has grown). I served on the Student Judicial Board, had items published in the student newspaper and the yearbook and did work in the theatre and the college TV station and had my own program on the campus radio station. Sig Ep volunteered with the Boys and Girls Club, the Conway Human Development Center, Adopt-A-Street and United Cerebal Palsy. It was at this point I became involved with the Miss America Organization through a Sig Ep little sister. Many of my college experiences helped mold who I am today and who I am becoming and helped my realized how truly, truly blessed I am. If I had the opportunity to go back and do it again, I might....
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