PRESIDENT’S PEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES

We have shared the understandable and unrelenting waves of angst and worry as we grappled, in recent months, with the campus-wide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

But I have been encouraged by the many thankful, hopeful words from members of the College community, shared through email, social media and, socially-distanced, in person.

I invite you to read the message below that Claudia Jacobs, a member of the Class of 2020, shared shortly after we announced on March 20 that classes would not resume for the remainder of the spring semester. “Today, I received the long-anticipated news that I will not be returning to campus to finish my senior year. But today, I have never been prouder to be a Maroon. Roanoke College’s faculty and administration are the most dedicated and considerate group of individuals. They have come together in these uncertain times to display the level of resilience and patience that we all should try and emulate. I know without a doubt that I made the right decision four years ago when I chose to attend Roanoke College. How lucky are we to have an administration that cares this much and professors who are working this hard to still make our education possible? How lucky am I to actually want to go back to school and sit in lectures and be with my friends? It’s a blessing to have something to miss this much. I am proud to be a Maroon.”

I am confident we will conquer the challenges that lie ahead. My confidence comes because I know one of the most important things we make sure we impart to our students is the ability to care for one another and to remain resolute. Claudia’s words genuinely reflect that.

It is a discouraging time, in many ways, but we will overcome through persistence and resilience. The lessons we learn will carry us well in life and serve us well now.

Go Maroons!

I am proud to be a Maroon. — Claudia Jacobs ’20 “ ”

Michael Creed Maxey

Mr. Malon W. Courts ’92, chair Ms. Kathryn Snell Harkness ’73, vice chair Mr. James S. Frantz, Jr., secretary Mr. David B. Mowen, treasurer Mr. Michael C. Maxey, president of the College

Mr. Kenneth J. Belton, Sr. ’81 Mr. Kirk Howard Betts Dr. Paris D. Butler, MPH ’00 Ms. Pamela L. Cabalka ’76 Dr. M. Paul Capp ’52 Mr. Joseph H. Carpenter, IV ’99 Ms. Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo ’78 Mr. W. Morgan Churchman ’65 Ms. Danae Psilopoulos Foley ’92 The Reverend Dr. Rick J. Goeres Mr. David L. Guy ’75 Mr. Michael P. Haley ’73 Ms. Judith B. Hall ’69 Mr. Richard S. Hathaway ’73 Ms. Peggy Fintel Horn ’78 The Reverend Robert F. Humphrey Mr. John E. Lang ’73 Mr. Patrick R. Leardo Mr. Michael A. Martino ’79 Ms. Nancy B. Mulheren ’72 Mr. Timothy J. O’Donnell Mr. Roger A. Petersen ’81 Mr. J. Tyler Pugh ’70 Ms. Margaret Lynn Jacobs Reichenbach The Reverend Dr. Theodore F. Schneider ’56 Mr. Thomas A. Stevens ’90 Mr. Andrew K. Teeter ’71 Dr. Patrice M. Weiss Ms. Helen Twohy Whittemore ’80 Clifton Ray and Maureen Daisey (Ex-officio, Co-Chairs of the Parent Leadership Council)

Editor Leslie Taylor

Contributing Editors Teresa Gereaux ’87 Alex McCarthy

Archives Linda Miller Dr. Mark Miller

Contributors Karen Doss Bowman James France Rebecca Marsh ’21 Alex McCarthy Sharon Nanz ’09

Photography Richard Boyd Sam Dean Carissa Szuch Divant Keegan Divant Ashley Eagleson ’20 Mariyana McAgy ’20 Marisa Seager ’23

Illustration Jade Bryan ’22

Design & Production Mikula-Harris

Printing Bison Printing

Melanie Tolan

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