Southwestern College Founders Day Weekend April 22-23
Winfield,
Kan., April 18, 2022 — Southwestern College graduates and friends will be
inducted into four halls of fame during the annual Founders Day weekend at
Southwestern College Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23.
The celebration will include recognition of
inductees entering the Leaders in Service Hall of Fame for the Social Sciences,
as well as the Fine Arts, Business, and Educators Halls of Fame.
All of the induction ceremonies are open to the
public at no cost, but there is a cost for associated meals and seating is
limited for those meals. To make meal reservations, contact Ashleigh Hollis at
(620) 229-6155.
Hall of fame festivities will begin at 5:30 p.m.
Friday, April 22, in Deets Library with dinner honoring the Leaders in Service
Hall of Fame for the Social Sciences. The induction ceremony will begin
at 6:15 p.m. Meal cost is $20.
On Saturday, April 23, the Business of Fame
breakfast will begin at 8 a.m. in Deets Library, followed immediately by the
induction ceremony at 9 a.m. The ceremony will take place in Richardson
Performing Arts Center. Meal cost is $15.
A brunch will be held for the Fine Arts Hall of Fame
in Deets Library at 10 a.m., with the induction ceremony to begin at 11 a.m. in
Richardson Performing Arts Center. Meal cost is $15.
At 12:45 p.m. in Deets Library, there will be a
luncheon for the Educators and Scholars Hall of Fame inductees. Lunch cost is
$15. At 1:30 p.m., the induction ceremony for the Educators Hall of Fame will
begin. Immediately following the Educators ceremony (at approximately 2:30
p.m.) the Scholars Hall of Fame induction ceremony will begin.
Other events include:
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Hall of Fame lecture
presented by Stephen Woodburn, professor of history at Southwestern College,
Friday, April 22, at 2 p.m., in Richardson Performing Arts Center. The title of
his lecture is “Well, What’s Putin Gonna Do?” Woodburn has been the recipient
of the Kopke, Fassnacht, United Methodist, and Student Government teaching
awards during his 19 years at SC. His doctorate is in Russian history, he has
completed the first English translation of three Russian books and other
articles, and he has traveled to Russia in 1996, 1998, and 2005. He has
practiced “armchair Kremlinology” for local audiences including Sunflower
Parish, Winfield Rotary Club, and the readers of the CourierTraveler newspaper.
“Despite all this,” Woodburn says with a wink, “fair warning, I don’t actually
know what he will do.”
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South Kansas
Symphony concert at 3 p.m., on Sunday, April 24, in Richardson Performing Arts
Center.
Individuals entering the various halls of fame
include:
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Leaders in Service:
Dr. Wallace Gray (posthumous); Rev. Jim Reed ’64; and Mona Petrocco Klein ’74.
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Fine Arts: Misty
Maynard ’75, Frieda Lindburg ’70, and Tom (posthumous) and Mari (Waite)
Wallrabenstein ’59 and ’60.
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Business: Thornton
House ’94, and John Nichols ’87. Business Builder award will be presented
to RCB Bank.
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Educators: Ruth
Franklin McKeefery ’45 and Lynn (Bales) Hunter ’75. Marilyn McNeish Award
for Special Education – Ralph Hanna Jr. (posthumous)’60.
Southwestern College hall of fame displays are
located in Mossman Hall, Darbeth Fine Arts Center, Beech Science Center, Deets
Library, and Stewart Field House.
