From the President’s Desk Please allow me to offer you a warm welcome to the Fall 2015 edition of Concord University’s Alumni Magazine on behalf of our dedicated faculty and staff, and wonderful students. Fall has arrived and with it, the fresh and exciting faces of returning and new students to “The Campus Beautiful.” We are now enjoying the results of our newly developed Freshmen Orientation Days that have climaxed on campus with Freshman Convocation where we invited more than 400 new students to follow the faculty in traditional academic regalia to a ceremony planned to welcome them to campus. It was a wonderful start to the school year and we appreciated all the amazing planners and participants for making it special! Another sure sign that fall is here was the successful Athens-Concord Town Social, which was moved forward one week so that our students could be involved and in attendance. The planning committee held a post-event review and were pleased to learn that there was overwhelming support for the new format. The planning for the next Social in 2016 has already commenced and it’s going to be more fun than ever. So if you couldn’t make it this year, please make plans to join us next year. We hope you’ll enjoy the article and photos of the Social in this edition of the Alumni Magazine. You’ll see that a large section of this magazine is dedicated to our Homecoming. Many alums make this day a destination to meet old friends and to reminisce about times on campus, while watching the Mountain Lions take to the field once again. We enjoyed seeing and visiting with all of you who attended Homecoming activities and events this year. Another several pages of this magazine will provide you with information about the many new accolades that have been awarded to Concord in the last few months. It is humbling to know how difficult some of these distinctions are to earn, yet to know that you’re part of the team who has worked so hard to earn the accolades makes each of us prouder than ever of what we do as an institution. We hope you’ll enjoy the updates and offer kudos to our wonderful faculty and staff who make these awards possible. We are working on a number of new slogans that will serve to distinguish Concord University even more in the near future. One that I like and that we have been using this fall is “History in the Making: Be A Part of It” which refers to our major renovation projects which will begin in April 2016 when we begin renovating the Towers. You may want to drive by and get some “before and after” photos to remind yourself how much they’ll be changing. Our Track restoration project will also take place in early May-late July which will make for some very exciting times on the Concord campus. Please know that your membership in the Concord University Alumni Association is a great way to stay connected. Memberships help support events like Homecoming and the Spring Alumni Banquet, along with the formation of new alumni chapters. I look forward to your visits this year and appreciate your taking the time from your travels to stop in at my office to introduce yourselves and to share your stories. We have had the good fortune to be associated with so many outstanding individuals in our careers as professors, tutors, advisors, and staff members. We will always enjoy hearing from you when you visit! Please continue to send us regular updates on the exciting events taking place in your lives. Our Class Notes section is an important means of staying in contact with our alums. Please know that we always look forward to hearing what our graduates have accomplished and about the milestone events in their lives. Thanks to each of you for your unique and special contributions to Concord and for your ways of staying connected. We look forward to seeing you at an event soon! Dr. Kendra Boggess Concord University President
Calendar of Events December 1 • Holiday Open House • 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. University Point Athens, WV December 12 • Fall Commencement • 11:00 a.m. Carter Center Athens, WV February 2 • Groundhog Breakfast • 8:00 a.m. University Point Athens, WV February 21 • Jazz Ensemble Concert • 7:00 p.m. Tamarack Beckley, WV April 7 • Charleston Dinner Charleston, WV
April 8 • Beckley & Beyond Alumni Chapter Social • 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Calacino's Beckley, WV April 21 • Scholarship Appreciation Dinner University Point Athens, WV April 22-24 • Alumni Weekend Concord University Athens, WV May 7 • Spring Commencement Carter Center Athens, WV October 15 • Homecoming 2016 Concord University Athens, WV For details on any of these events please contact alumni@concord.edu or 1-304-384-5348. We hope to CU soon!
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