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GREEN GLASS ‘RIVER OF DOLPHINS’ GIFTED BY CLASS OF 2009 “THE UNIFYING THEME FROM the discussion at the Green Key meeting was that the campus needed more dolphins,” said Dr. Karen Jackson ’89, the faculty adviser. ACCORDING TO JACKSON, THE 2009 CLASS RAISED MORE MONEY THAN ANY PREVIOUS CLASS AT $2,500 AND HAD THE MOST GRADUATE PARTICIPATION AT 102 STUDENTS. Each year the Green Key organization sponsors the Graduating Class Gift, a way for graduates to say thank you and to help make the University a better place for current and
2009 CLASS GIFT - A RIVER OF DOLPHINS
future students by supporting a gift of their class’ choice. “We looked at buying statues and foun-
was more than willing to develop our ‘River
This year, that choice was a ‘River of Dolphins’
tains — way too costly,” said Jackson. “So we
of Dolphins.’ He created an artistic rendering
featuring six green dolphins made out of glass
went back to the art department who created
we could use to advertise and promote the
placed behind the Gooding Building.
the fountain the year before and Mark Hursty
idea and now they are finally real.”
NELLIE’S DECK REDEDICATED TO CLASS OF ’59 IN HONOR OF THE CLASS OF ’59’s
and tradition to campus like never
50-year reunion, Jacksonville University
before,” said Matthew Kampfe, director of
rededicated Nellie’s deck at the Davis Student
Alumni Relations.
Commons on Oct. 17 as the Senior Plaza. The Senior Plaza was first created by the
NEW SENIOR PLAZA IN FRONT OF NELLIE’S
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“The rededication of the Senior Plaza
class who started the tradition of the senior
during our historic 75th anniversary has
glass gift. The plaza stood in front of the
helped to bring a renewed sense of history
Wolfson Student Center back then.
MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF ’59 AT THE GREEN AND GOLD GUARD INDUCTION CEREMONY