PRESIDENT’S PEN
Roanoke College Magazine
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt of a letter President Michael C. Maxey shared with the College community on Aug. 17, 2017, a week before the start of the fall semester.
Editor Leslie Taylor Contributing Editor Teresa Gereaux ’87 Alumni News Linda Lindsay
n a few days, Roanoke College will begin its 176th year of educating future leaders for society. We look forward to your presence because we value you individually, but we also value the community that we all create together. Events in Charlottesville, Virginia this summer cause us to remember how important community is, but also how fragile it can be. Our hearts and sympathies go out to the loved ones of all three Virginians who lost their lives, and to others who were injured or traumatized. This, too, is a moment to pause and remember what makes communities thrive or falter. The critical bedrock for any successful community is formed when individuals are both respected and affirmed. It is wrong to direct hateful behavior toward particular groups of people. We must affirm that fact, without equivocation. In times of trial it is helpful to go to our common roots of purpose and mission. The Constitution of the United States and its Bill of Rights have served our nation for 228 years. We can look there now for guidance. We can also look to the Roanoke College mission statement for guidance: “In keeping with its history and mission, the College strives to be a diverse community, nationally and internationally,” it states. I look forward to welcoming you soon to this wonderful community. I respectfully request that we work together to live our mission, build our community and make our society a better place for all. That is the Roanoke College way.
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Michael Creed Maxey
2017 – 2018 | board of trustees Mr. Morris M. Cregger, Jr. ’64, chair Ms. Kathryn Snell Harkness ’73, vice chair Mr. James S. Frantz, Jr., secretary Mr. Mark P. Noftsinger, treasurer Mr. Michael C. Maxey, president of the College Mr. Kenneth J. Belton, Sr. ’81 Mr. Kirk Howard Betts Dr. Paris D. Butler ’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 Mr. Malon W. Courts ’92 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 Ms. Helen Twohy Whittemore ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Messick (Wendy M.) (Ex-officio, Co-Chairs of the Parent Leadership Council)
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