Lenoir-Rhyne unveils University Rising: The Campaign for L-R On August 26 several hundred alumni and friends of Lenoir-Rhyne gathered together on campus. Formal wear was seen, indicating a big event must be taking place. It was. During the evening, University President Dr. Wayne B. Powell announced to the L-R and Hickory community the kickoff of University Rising, a capital campaign sought to raise $65 million toward an oncampus chapel and a face-lift to the fifty-threeyear-old Minges Science Building. The chapel would be a vital part of how Lenoir-Rhyne is Rising Up to meet the spiritual needs of students, the community and those beyond campus. While the chapel is not designed for conventional church attendance, it will meet the Wednesday chapel needs for faculty, staff, and students, as well as provide an appropriate ambience for A Cappella concerts and more. If Lenoir-Rhyne University is to Rise Up in Science and technology, it must first have a updated
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science complex. This complex will provide the highest quality educational experience to students. In addition, the complex will allow the development of additional programs thereby growing enrollment at Lenoir-Rhyne. The design for the complex calls for 35,000 square feet of additional state-of-the-art laboratories and classrooms for biology, chemistry, zoology, anatomy and physiology, botany, ecology and conservation, physics, and genetics. Three goals of Lenoir-Rhyne: 1.) Provide the latest and highest quality educational experience to Lenoir-Rhyne Students. 2.) Allow the development of additional programs and foster increased enrollment growth. 3.) Promote economic development in Hickory, Catawba County and the Carolinas. Rise Up and check it out. For more information about University Rising, to learn how to give, or see more architectural renderings, go to http://universityrising.lr.edu/
Alumni Newsletter Fall Edition 2011
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Lenoir-Rhyne University creates Center for Graduate Studies in Asheville In an effort to offer diverse programming to a broad range of western North Carolina residents, LenoirRhyne University is announcing the creation of the L-R Center for Graduate Studies - Asheville. This center is being created to serve the educational needs of the residents of Asheville and surrounding areas, and in a collaborative effort the university will be seeking the input of those in the area as to the specific graduate programs they would like to see offered. L-R expects to open the Center for Graduate Studies in the fall 2012 with five to six graduate programs and expand the offerings each year thereafter. To begin laying the groundwork for these programs, Lenoir-Rhyne recently appointed Dr. K. Paul Knott as the founding director of the Center for Graduate Studies. Dr. Knott began his professional career as a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service in Washington, DC. He went on to join the staff of the American Red Cross National Headquarters as the coordinator of the National Health Promotion Training Network and in his final role he directed the worldwide communication production and distribution system. He also served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the USO in Washington, DC. Over three decades, his higher education experience has included faculty and staff positions at the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of California, Davis, Montgomery (MD) College, Cape Fear Community College, Brunswick Community College, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Mount Olive College, and the
University of North Carolina, Wilmington. As director of the Lenoir-Rhyne University Center for Graduate Studies-Asheville, Dr. Knott will be considering a variety of programs in formats designed to meet the needs of graduate students. Lenoir-Rhyne expects to provide several offerings in health care, business development, and education. Programs that delve into creativity, innovation, and sustainability will be considered for possible inclusion in the curriculum. Dr. Knott has been married for over 28 years to Melanie Timberlake, a retired senior manager with the U.S. Public Health Service. They reside in Mills River, NC and have one daughter, Hillary, a registered nurse, and a granddaughter, Kai Luna.
Greetings, from your Alumni Association Board President! It is hard to believe that summer is already over and classes are back in session. What an exciting time of year! New beginnings for the freshman class and the conclusion of four years of growth and development for the seniors. Let’s not forget football games with the tailgating and cheering on our Bears. Your Alumni Association has been hard at work with numerous, exciting ideas for the year. Our annual BBQ is just a few weeks away - Homecoming 2011. Can you smell Alfred’s BBQ? On November 11 we will launch a new Alumni web site. Be ready to have more information, social networks at your fingertips, and update YOUR information with a click of a few buttons. This endeavor will replace the previous Alumni website and give you easier access. Be on the look out over the next couple of weeks as we are currently planning several University Rising and holiday receptions. These will take place in Asheville, Salisbury, Charlotte, D.C., Columbia, and High Point. Want to be a part of these events? We want you there, too. Checking out the event listing at the current Alumni web site will keep you informed. We are excited about a recent endeavor created for the Alumni Association. The Alumni Society was formed this summer to provide volunteer opportunities for our alumni and friends. This group will assist the university and the Association in promoting all the multi facets of our great alma mater. If there has ever been a desire to help Lenoir-Rhyne or the Association, the time is now. Lenoir-Rhyne has also been hard at work making our alma mater even greater. The university launched its largest capital campaign – University Rising - on August 26 to provide state-of-the-art facilities for our future alumni to make the impossible possible. Yes, what an exciting time it truly is to be a Bear. A time like no other to “Fling Wide the Red and Black!” Go Bears! Michael Ervin, Class of 1988 Alumni Association President
What is the Alumni Society? The Alumni Society consists of eight subcommittees: * Alumni Events Commission * Diversity Commission * Student Life & Parents Liaison * Young Alumni Liaison * Church Relations Liaison * Admissions Liaison * Athletics Liaison * Graduate & Evening College Liaison
These committees work with those in faculty and staff positions on campus to enhance the LenoirRhyne experience. To learn more about the Alumni Society, or to become a member of one of the subcommittees, go to: alumnirelations.lr.edu/alumni-society-home
Gearing up for Homecoming 2012 October 7 and 8 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 23rd Annual Hanley H. Painter Bear Memorial Golf Tournament Lake Hickory Country Club Two Shotgun Starts: 8:30 am and 1:00 pm Entry fee is $125 per person (Event was sold out last year so sign up early). To sign up call 828 328 7130 or e-mail moserc@lr.edu. This event will benefit LenoirRhyne athletic scholarships.
Casual gathering for the brothers of the Theta Chi Fraternity reunion Crowne Plaza Hickory, L-R Blvd (off I-40, exit 125) 8:00 - 10:00 pm Gather for a pre-reunion event in the lobby area of the Crowne Plaza. Reunite, rest, and find out about all that is happening at Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Natural Sciences Alumni Reunion Breakfast Minges Science Building (library-side entrance) 8:30 - 10:00 am All former Natural Sciences majors and minors are invited to this casual drop-in breakfast beginning at 8:30 am. RSVP no later than October 1 to 828 328 7171 or lru.director@alumni.lr.edu. Homecoming Registration Voigt R. Cromer Center Lobby 8:30 - 11:00 am Sign up and let us know you were here - and grab a Homecoming button to commemorate your time here. Dedication of the newest statue on campus - a saxophone - placed in front of the Mauney Music Building. Given by Mr. Irwin Belk. 10:00 a.m.
LRU Tent at Downtown Hickory’s Oktoberfest Downtown Hickory - Union Square 6:00 - 9:00 pm Hickory’s own Greenway Transportation will have pick-up and drop-off locations throughout L-R’s campus. 10th Annual Homecoming PEF / Bears Club Gala Lake Hickory Country Club (Viewmont location) 7:00 - 11:30 pm Cost is $50 per person. Heavy hors d’oeuvres, two complimentary drinks and dancing to The Extraordinaires are included in ticket cost. To order your tickets call 828 328 7130 or e-mail moserc@ lr.edu. This event will benefit Lenoir-Rhyne athletic scholarships.
Annual Lenoir-Rhyne Homecoming Parade 10:30 - 11:30 am Best seating on Stasavich Place Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony P.E. Monroe Auditorium Starting at 11:00 am Open to the public at no charge and no reservations required. Inductees for 2011 are Scott Crawford, Tracy Hyman Davis ‘00, Perry Fewell ‘84, and Alexander “Mac” MacDonald ‘69. The Fund for Lenoir-Rhyne Annual Donor Thank You BBQ and Reunion Luncheon Moretz Stadium Practice Football Field 11:00 am - 1:30 pm THANK YOU to all who have given to the 2010-
Cash bar. RSVP by October 1 to 828 328 7171 or lru. director@alumni.lr.edu. $25 per person. ‘80s Decade Reunion Cloninger Alumni House Backyard 7:00 - 10:00 pm It’s a decade-sized reunion for all those who graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne from 1980 through 1989. Come casually to this adult-only gathering. Finger-foods, beer, and wine available. RSVP by October 1 to 828 328 7171 or lru.director@alumni.lr.edu. $10 per person 2011 Fund for Lenoir-Rhyne, and honor those at Reunion Row for the classes of 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006. Tents will also be available for the African-American Alumni, Natural Sciences Alumni, Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Alumni, and celebrating a reunion gathering for the Theta Chi Fraternity and the 30th-year anniversary of LenoirRhyne’s Evening College. Third Annual Corn Hole Tournament Moretz Stadium Practice Football Field 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Join us for the Third Annual Corn Hole Tournament at 11:30 am. All Alumni are invited to put a team together and compete against current students. Space is limited to 32 teams so please respond quickly to 828 328 7351 or brendan.haney@lr.edu. Lenoir Rhyne Bears vs. Brevard Moretz Stadium Football Field 2:00 - 5:00 pm Lenoir-Rhyne will host South Atlantic Conferencerival Brevard at Moretz Stadium on Saturday, October 8, beginning at 2:00 pm. Gates will open at 12:30 pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. At halftime, Lenoir-Rhyne honors its newly inducted Sports Hall of Fame members and puts on its annual ring ceremony, which recognizes the championships teams from the past year and acknowledges all 20 Bears sports teams. Theta Chi Fraternity Reunion Gathering Crowne Plaza Hickory Ballroom 6:00 pm - midnight Join in the brotherly love. Special guests will be the Hastings and Dwyer families. Dinner and DJ available.
Homecoming Wrap-Up Fireworks Moretz Athletic - Sports Complex 9:00 pm This new tradition on campus is now in its third year proving that a Lenoir-Rhyne Homecoming wouldn’t be complete without going out with a bang! Hickory’s own Greenway Transportation will run stops throughout Lenoir-Rhyne’s campus to the annual downtown Hickory Oktoberfest during the late afternoon and evening on Friday, October 7, only. Need more info or want to register for reunion events? 828 328 7171 / lru.director@alumni.lr.edu
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World Premier of Play Comes to the LRU Stage The Lenoir-Rhyne University Playmakers will present the world premiere of In the Garden by Amina S. McIntyre September 28 – October 2 in the Belk Centrum on campus. McIntyre was a Visiting Playwright-in-Residence at Lenoir-Rhyne in the spring of 2011 and In the Garden has been in development over the past several weeks in conjunction with the theatre program and the cast of the production. A native of Atlanta, GA, McIntyre received a BA in Anthropology at Colby College, a MA in African American and African Diaspora Studies from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a MFA in Creative Writing from Spalding University. In addition to productions of her short plays, Point of View and In Those Jeans, she has had a staged reading of her one-act Two Card Table and a Clothes Rack and a cold reading of her play Doin’ The Work at the Indiana Theater Association ITWorks 2008, as well as poems in various publications. Her full-length play, Most Eligible Bachelor, was produced at Wabash College in April 2009. In the Garden is a creative retelling of the Song of Solomon. The world of the play is dreamlike and surreal – filled with lush language, shadow puppets, and the fantastical walled-garden where Shelly lives as captive of her elder brother Benji and discovered by the enigmatic Solomon. The show also includes the voices of Cody Watson and Tiffany Fields as puppet characters and puppeteers Michelle Sapanaro and Sara Pulitizer-Prize Winning Poet at LRU Ginn. The show will run Wednesday, September The Visiting Writers Series 28 – Saturday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m. and at Lenoir-Rhyne University Sunday, October 2 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 continues on Thursday, October 6 for adults, $5 for senior citizens, children and with “An Evening With Natasha non-LR students, and free for L-R students with Trethewey.” The event will begin ID. For additional information and to make at 7:00 p.m. in the Belk Centrum reservations, call 828-328-PLAY or go to theatre. on the L-R campus. The event is lr.edu. Tickets will also be available at the door. free and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Teaching Annual Giving to Students (tags) educates students about the importance of giving back to Lenoir-Rhyne once they become alumni. Want to know more? Check it out on Facebook! www.facebook.com/pages/Lenoir-RhyneUniversity-tags/155680684488921
Jack Hanna to Visit LRU Campus Renowned animal expert and conservationist Jack Hanna, from the world-famous Columbus Zoo, will be coming to Hickory on Monday, October 3rd for a special event titled “Our World, Our Responsibility: A Joyful Evening with Jack Hanna and his Animals.” The event will be held at Shuford Gymnasium on campus at 7:00 p.m. Tickets to the event are $5 each, and families and children of all ages are invited. Tickets will go on sale at 6:00 p.m. the day of the event.
Traveling Bears In April, Claude Deal ‘59 and his wife Libby (Herion) Deal ‘61 traveled to Wittenburg, Germany. While there they stopped at the famous doors at Castle Church where Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses in 1517 (although the pictured doors were replaced in 1858). (Left) Claude playfully conversed with a statue of Luther at the Lutherstadt Hotel in Wittenburg. Where will you go? Tell us at lru.director@ alumni.lr.edu (All those wearing L-R gear will be featured in a future issue.)
Show support to Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Business Council members by supporting their businesses. Leadership Council ($10,000 and over) Broyhill Family Foundation Burroughs Wellcome Fund Charles A. Cannon Trust ELCA Foundation ELCA Vocation & Education Unit* George Foundation, Inc* The James M. Johnston Trust Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation The Moretz Foundation NC Community Foundation, Inc NC Synod of the ELCA North Carolina Arts Council North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities Piedmont Educational Foundation The Unifour Foundation North Carolina Community Foundation
Executive Council ($5,000 - $9,999) Century Furniture Co. E.J. Snyder Family Foundation Hickory Furniture Mart James R. Alexander Trust Thrivent Financial for Lutherans United Arts Council of Catawba County
Directors Council ($2,500 - $4,999) ARAMARK - Facilities Management* Bank of Granite* Carolina Orthopaedic Specialists Catawba Valley Community College Catawba Valley Medical Center* Corning Cable Systems*
Duke Energy Frye Regional Medical Center HBF Lutheran Community Foundation Peoples Bank Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hky Shurtape Technologies, Inc.
President’s Council ($1,500 - $2,499) A-1 Printing, Inc. ARAMARK - Food Service BB&T Blackwelder Properties, FLP* The Bolick Foundation CBSA Architects, Inc. CT Management Deloitte and Touche, LLP Greer Laboratories Hickory Mechanical, Inc. The Jackson Group, Inc. Lenoir Mirror/Jonas Foundation Lutheran Chapel Church The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation PRISM Development LLC Resource Partners, LLC Schneider Mills Inc. Sherrill Furniture Co. Wachovia Bank (a Wells Fargo Company)
Associates Council ($1,000 - $1,499) A SignCo Adden Furniture B & M Mailing C. R. Laine Furniture Co. Capital Concepts Financial Group Century-Link Chair City Supply Co., Inc. Charlotte Paint Co., Inc. CommScope* Community One Bank David E. Looper and Company The Dickson Foundation, Inc. Dixon Hughes PLLC Edward Jones-Steve Reese and Mike Bell
First Citizens Bank Gastroenterology Associates, PA Hambrick Memorial Foundation Hancock & Moore, Inc. Hanes Industries, Inc. Hickory Construction Company Hickory Daily Record Hickory Dickory Dock Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. Hickory Sheet Metal Co., Inc. Hickory Springs Manufacturing* Larry’s Carpet Installation Martin Starnes & Associates, CPAs McCreary Modern, Inc. Meisner Appraisal & Consulting Mike Johnson’s Hickory Toyota Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Mountain 1st Bank & Trust NC Association of CPA’s Patrick, Harper & Dixon, L.L.P. Piedmont Natural Gas RBC Bank Recycling Equipment , Inc. Sign Systems Inc. Snyder Paper Corporation St. Pauls Lutheran Church St. James Lutheran Church St. Johns ELCA Systel Tri-City Electronics, Inc. W & W Services Wallace Printing Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA Windstream Youssef 242