Florida Southern Names Building for Racing Legend FLORIDA SOUTHERN–GAMMA PI
Sam Houston honors Snow GAMMA TAU– SAM HOUSTON STATE
Ronny J. Snow ’87 was a recipient of Sam Houston State’s 2017 Distinguished Educator of the Year Award, the highest award the College of Education bestows on its alumni. The award was in recognition of Snow’s administrative expertise and outstanding service in the classroom, school, district, and community, as well as his significant contributions to the field of education and to society. More than 100 nominations were submitted for the award before Snow was selected. Snow is the principal of Malakoff Elementary in Malakoff, Texas, and led his school to be recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a National Blue-Ribbon School in 2015.
NEWBERRY ALUMNI PAVE THE WAY NEWBERRY–DELTA EPSILON
Delta Epsilon alumni have honored all their deceased brothers by supporting the Newberry College Alumni Walk Brick Campaign. A brick was placed in honor of each deceased brother. The bricks were shared with the families at Homecoming on Saturday, October 21, 2017. The memories of brothers will help Newberry College continue its mission of offering a great education and faith to all.
Florida Southern College dedicated a new administrative building that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright scholar Jeffrey Baker, naming it the Sharon and Jim France Admission Center. Overlooking Lake Hollingsworth in Lakeland, the building has been named for legendary racing executive James C. France (Gamma Pi–Florida Southern ’66) and his wife, Sharon. Jim is Chairman of the Board of International Speedway Corporation. He was elected to the ISC Board of Directors in 1970 and has served as the company’s secretary, assistant treasurer, vice president, and executive vice president before being named the ISC’s president and chief operating officer in 1987. He was also named to the NASCAR Board of Directors in November 2000, and serves on the Board of Directors for SunTrust Bank, East Central Florida College President Anne Kerr says, “We are so blessed to have the France family who have supported us and made an investment in the college and the students who come here.”
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