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Veterans Appreciation Luncheon November 2011

LWC Publications — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:05:44 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- More than 200 guests attended Lindsey Wilson College's ninth-annual annual Veterans Appreciation Luncheon, held Wednesday afternoon in the Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center.

The record crowd heard from Southcentral Kentucky native and Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer.

Meyer urged guests to always seize an opportunity.

"It's about what you do tomorrow, it's about what you do today, it's about what opportunities you take that matter," Meyer said.

Meyer, 23, also thanked the older veterans "for my generation."

"I see sacrifice, I see commitment among you," he said. "I see that you all stood up in a time of need and you took an oath to defend your freedom and give your life at a moment notice, just like I did, and for that I thank you."

That's why Meyer said it's important to encourage young people to be patriotic.

Meyer also thanked veterans' family members.

"They sacrifice so much for us while we go through our duty," he said.

Meyer -- who has been a popular speaker since receiving the Medal Honor from President Obama on Sept. 15 for his actions during the Battle of Ganigal on Sept. 8, 2009, in Afghanistan -- said it was an honor to begin this year's Veterans Day events in Columbia.

"Its not only about being here with the veterans … but this is my hometown, and I wanted be with my hometown," he said.

Mark Twain Show November 2011

LWC Publications — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:44:58 GMT

Assistant Professor of Theater Robert Brock will give a one-person performance
of Mark Twain at 7 p.m. CT on Nov. 15, at the college's V.P. Henry Auditorium.

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The author Mark Twain will be brought to life on Nov. 15 at Lindsey Wilson College.

And when it comes to the legendary author, Lindsey Wilson College Assistant Professor of Theater Robert Brock has no regard for time -- or mortality.

Twain will "live" in Brock's one-person show at 7 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Nov. 15, in V. P. Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street. The event -- which is part of the 2011-12 Lindsey Wilson Cultural Affairs Series -- is free and open to the public.

"I'll be doing Twain as an old man, looking back on his famous and varied life," Brock said.

Owing money to friends because of several bad investments, Twain embarked on a series of lucrative lecture tours in his later years. Brock said his Nov. 15 characterization of Twain will draw in part on those lectures, along with Twain's writings about himself in journals and published articles.

When Twain died in 1910, President William Howard Taft said of the writer: "Mark Twain gave pleasure -- real intellectual enjoyment -- to millions, and his works will continue to give such pleasure to millions yet to come. … His humor was American, but he was nearly as much appreciated by Englishmen and people of other countries as by his own countrymen. He has made an enduring part of American literature."

Brock said his goal is to bring some of that pleasure to modern audiences.

Lindsey Wilson College Assistant Professor of Theater Robert Brock will give a one-person performance of Mark Twain at 7 p.m. CT on Nov. 15 in the college's V.P. Henry Auditorium. For more information: brockr@lindsey.edu or (270) 590-4803.

Center for Entrepreneurship Seminar November 2011

LWC Publications — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:44:55 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Good accounting practices can make the difference when operating a successful small business.

That's the message Lindsey Wilson College Assistant Professor of Accounting Lisa Crowe will deliver at free business seminar on Nov. 17.

Crow is the final speaker in the "Build Your Own Job" seminar series sponsored by the LWC Center for Entrepreneurship

Crowe's seminar about accounting programs and practices for entrepreneurs will be at 11 a.m. CT on Thursday, Nov. 17, at Mulligan's at The Pines at Lindsey Wilson College, 275 Country Club Road.

The one-hour seminar is free and open to the public. A complimentary lunch will follow the seminar.

In her presentation, Crowe will review basic paperwork entrepreneurs should keep and file with their accountants, including items such as invoices for business expenses, payroll records and sales documents.

"Entrepreneurs who stay on top of their paperwork and their cash flow can make their money work hard for them through good times and challenging ones," said Crowe, who is also chair LWC's business and computer information systems division.

Crowe will also talk about affordable accounting software that is available for small-business owners.

"Accounting doesn't have to be a nightmare for entrepreneurs," Crowe said. "It's all a matter of getting off on the right foot, of saving the right written records and recording them in the right way."

Lindsey Wilson College Assistant Professor of Accounting Lisa Crowe will discuss small-business accounting at 11 a.m. CT on Thursday, Nov. 17, at Mulligan's at The Pines at Lindsey Wilson College, 275 Country Club Road. To register or for additional information, contact LWC Director of Community Education and Outreach Linda Grider at griderl@lindsey.edu (270) 384-7385 or griderl@lindsey.edu.

Nursing Ceremony February 2012

LWC Publications — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:37:31 GMT

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COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Lindsey Wilson College honored 29 students Saturday who took the next step toward becoming nurses.

The college held a "Bachelor of Science Nursing Student Ceremony of Blessing & Transition" ceremony in V.P. Henry Auditorium. The 29 students recognized at the ceremony had completed much of their classroom and campus work; through Saturday's rite of passage, they were symbolically sent into the professional world to work with patients in clinical settings.

The 29 second-year nursing students are on track to graduate with a bachelor of science degree in nursing in May 2014.

"This is a time for us to gather to recognize a rite of passage, to recognize a milestone in a journey of education," said Marian Smith, interim director of the LWC nursing program. "They are beginning the journey to become a BSN nurse. … We have some of the very best nursing students in Kentucky right now."

To underscore the college's affiliation with the Kentucky Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, LWC Assistant Chaplain blessed the students' hands.

"Soon your hands will be doing something new -- they will take care of patients as you work in the role of a student nurse," said LWC nursing faculty member Elle Adams. "There is nothing simple about what you will be doing, but we are confident that healing and comfort will be possible through your hands."

Following the blessing of the hands, the students were given a white laboratory coat to wear at the clinical settings. The coats were donated by Dr. Phil Aaron of Columbia.

Aaron told the students that by wearing a white laboratory coat, they were assuming a position of authority in society.

"If you see someone in a white coat, you know that they are in charge," Aaron said in remarks to the students. "As a nurse, wearing a white coat, you're automatically put in a position of authority."

Aaron challenged the students to be involved causes and crusades in the profession of medicine

"You have a wonderful opportunity to show compassion to our patients," he said.

Aaron also reminded the students not to forget "the routine things."

"Do the preventive care to keep people alive," he said.

The students honored at the ceremony were:

Rebecca Abner of Columbia;
Daniel Caluag of Columbia;
Stephanie Caluag of Columbia;
Alicia Colon of Columbia;
Michele Coomer of Glens Fork;
Reagan Deaton of Greensburg, Ky.;
Brittany Grant of Glasgow, Ky.;
Hillary Hutchinson of Columbia;
Morgan Jackson of Manchester, Ky.;
Megan Keltner of Columbia;
Megan Laster of Elkton, Ky.;
Heather Loy of Columbia;
Kelli Mann of Columbia;
Susana Salvador-Meda of Marriottsville, Md.;
Angela Mlachnik of Muskego, Wis.;
Megan Moody of Somerset, Ky.;
Shawna Noe of Cawood, Ky.;
Megan Peake of Elkhorn, Ky.;
Rachel Ray of White Mills, Ky;.
Ashley Reliford of Columbia;
Shelby Robertson of Columbia;
Tyler Scott of Tompkinsville, Ky.;
Chase Simpson of Bardstown, Ky.;
Kisha Tarter of Russell Springs, Ky.;
Debbbie Taylor of Nicholasville, Ky.;
Patricia Tupman of Columbia;
Rachel Vincent of Slaughters, Ky.;
Ashley Wiser of Somerset, Ky.;
and Logan Wetzel of Owensboro, Ky.

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MGQ Advance February 2012

LWC Publications — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:19:09 GMT

Members of the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet are Joseph Hagedorn, Steven Newbrough,

Ben Gateño and Wade Oden. They perform at 7 p.m. CT at the W.W. Slider Humanities

Center Recital Hall.

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- A variety of guitar music will be performed on Thursday night at Lindsey Wilson College.

The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet will perform at 7 p.m. CT on Thursday, Feb. 2, in W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital Hall, 155 Blue Raider Drive. The concert -- which is part of the 2011-12 Lindsey Wilson Cultural Affairs Series -- is free and open to the public.

With the passion, style, and musical sophistication borrowing from the best chamber music and string quartet traditions, the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet has successfully made its case as one of the world's leading guitar ensembles since its founding in 1986. The MGQ has performed throughout the United States both in recital and with orchestra, balancing a dizzying array of first-rate repertoire ranging from Renaissance and Baroque to Spanish, Latin American and Romantic, to highly imaginative existing and newly commissioned contemporary works.

The MGQ consists of Joseph Hagedorn, Steven Newbrough, Ben Gateño and Wade Oden, who often appear to teach and present workshops at festivals and universities throughout the United States.

Since 2006, the MGQ has collaborated with Flamenco dancer Colette Illarde, developing two different productions with music by the great Spanish composers Joaquin Rodrigo and Enrique Granados.

The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet's concerto appearances include the Austin Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra and the Columbus Symphony, among others. In recital, the MGQ has performed in more than 30 states in such cities as Seattle, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Omaha and Boston.

The MGQ has been heard on the nationally syndicated Saint Paul Sunday, and on National Public Radio's Performance Today. The group's first four CDs on the Albany and GSP labels has garnered unanimous international critical acclaim.

Backpack Hope Advance November 2011

LWC Publications — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:11 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Lindsey Wilson College student Kelli Semones wants to make sure that every Adair County family has a meal this Thanksgiving.

That's why she is leading a team of about 30 LWC Bonner leaders who are teaming up with Sgt. Dakota Meyer to create the Backpack HOPE program. The initiative aims to provide area needy residents a backpack filled with a Thanksgiving meal.

Through the end of this week, the Bonner scholars program is accepting donations of canned food and boxes of dressing. They will purchase meat through a grant to the Bonner scholars program.

Food may be donated at either the Career Services-Civic Engagement-Bonner Program House, 203 Lindsey Wilson St., or Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center, 430 Helen Flatt Drive.

Semones said they hope to collect enough food to fill 240 backpacks.

"We decided that 240 is the number it's going to take to meet those who will be in need this holiday season," said Semones, a human services & counseling junior from Versailles, Ky. "We arrived at that number by consulting with members of the community -- including the school system and local agencies -- who could help us determine that need."

The backpacks will be distributed before Thanksgiving from the Career Services-Civic Engagement-Bonner Program House. Semones said they can make deliveries to families who are unable to collect a backpack.

"We're so pleased to be teaming up with Sgt. Meyer to address this need in his home community," said Semones, who is co-leader of the Bonner program's Team Poverty and Global Health.

For more information about Backpack HOPE, contact LWC Director of Civic Engagement and Student Leadership and Bonner Leader Co-Director Amy Thompson-Wells bonner@lindsey.edu or (270) 384-8689.

Free Resume Workshop November 2011

LWC Publications — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:10 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- A free resume workshop will be offered to community members on Wednesday afternoon at Colonel William Casey Elementary School.

The free workshop -- offered by the Lindsey Wilson College Career Services Office -- will be held at 4 p.m. CT at Colonel William Casey Elementary School, 220 General John Adair Drive.

"This workshop will share tips and tools for building an award-winning resume," said LWC Director of Career Services Ashley Meadows Miller. "People will learn ways to help put their resume at the top of the stack."

The free program is being offered thanks to a $750 grant the LWC Bonner Scholar Program awarded to Camp Casey. The LWC Lindsey Wilson Bonner Scholar Program made the grant from its Community Partnership Enrichment Fund to offer enrichment programming for students and parents in the community.

For more information about the free resume seminar, contact LWC Director of Career Services Ashley Meadows Miller at millera@lindsey.edu or (270) 384-8164.

Crucible October 2011

LWC Publications — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:50:27 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The Lindsey Wilson College Players will perform Arthur Miller's classic play The Crucible on Nov. 2-3 and Nov. 6. The production will be directed by LWC Assistant Professor of Theater Robert Brock.

In the years since the play made its debut on Broadway in 1952, Miller's The Crucible has been regarded as one of the more thoughtful, challenging and thought-provoking American plays.

Brock, who joined the LWC faculty after a successful career as a professional actor and artistic director of a regional repertory theater, said he selected The Crucible because of its "marvelous writing," underlying message and because of the size of the cast.

"I want to be able to involve as many people who are interested in being in a play, and I also want to keep it challenging for them," he said.

A total of 21 students have been cast in the Lindsey Wilson Players' upcoming production of the play.

"It has a lot of even roles. Most of the roles get a lot of stage time," Brock said. "In this play you've got to come out of your shell -- you really have to step out for a play like this. There are some profoundly emotional scenes in this play."

The play -- which is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in what was then the province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693 -- is an allegory to America's dark days of McCarthyism. But Brock points out that its themes can be related to any time when truth and logic take a back seat to hysteria and duplicity.

"The Crucible is a really challenging play. It's got a lot of meat to it," Brock said. "It's also current -- you can relate it to so many things. Arthur Miller was a great writer, and I like to do the work of great writers because they give you so much to work with. The scenes are so well-structured -- they rise to a climax at the end that have you hanging."

The Lindsey Wilson Players will perform Arthur Miller's The Crucible at 7 p.m. CT on Nov. 2-3 and at 2 p.m. CT on Nov. 6 in V.P. Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson St. The play is directed by LWC Assistant Professor of Theater Robert Brock. General admission tickets are $5. For more information: brockr@lindsey.edu or (270) 590-4803.

Two Buildings Dedicated & an ARC Grant October 2011

LWC Publications — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:32:01 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The Lindsey Wilson College community celebrated one of its most historic days in the college's 108-year history on Friday, Oct. 28. Two buildings were dedicated, and the college received a major gift.

Members of the LWC community dedicated the Jerry and Kendrick McCandless Hall and Dr. Robert and Carol Goodin Nursing and Counseling Center, and college officials received a $400,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission.

"What a roll this college is on, and I give thanks to all of you for investing in this college and our students," LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. told 247 guests at the annual LWC Endowed Scholarship Luncheon, held in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. "I don't know when we've had a more exciting day in the life of this college."

On Friday morning, members of the LWC community first dedicated McCandless Hall. Named in honor of longtime LWC trustee Jerry McCandless and his wife, Kendrick, of Campbellsburg, Ky., the 16,100-square-foot, one-story residence hall can house up to about 120 students.

LWC Director of Residence Life Heather Davis said since the residence hall opened in August, McCandless Hall has become "a place that is loved, that is home to so many ladies."

"McCandless Hall has proved to be a great addition to our residential community, and it continues to foster our mission," Davis said.

McCandless Hall is the second residence hall opened at LWC in as many years as the college's resident student population has increased by more than 45 percent in the last two years. For the second consecutive school year, LWC has more than 1,000 students living on campus.

LWC's Physical Plant Division, whose members used some materials that had been cast away and refashioned and recycled them into a new residence hall, performed much of the work on McCandless Hall.

The Biblical significance of that was not lost on Jerry McCandless.

"What this means to me is that Christ took us as worthless people and no 'count people and by his shed blood he made us beautiful," he said. "And that's exactly what's happened here."

The Goodin Nursing & Counseling Center is named in honor of LWC alumnus Dr. Robert Goodin and his wife, Carol, of Louisville, Ky. An Adair County native, Dr. Goodin also is a longtime member of the Lindsey Wilson Board of Trustees.

"Dr. Robert and Carol Goodin may very well be the most highly respected couple associated with this college," Luckey said at the dedication ceremony. "We've received several substantial gifts in their honor. … You are both decent human beings with a servant's heart."

Goodin, one of nine children who grew up in the Millersfield area, said attending LWC "opened a whole new world to me." A total six members of his family attended the college.

"I never in my wildest dreams imagined standing here, or when I was a student I would be standing here," said Goodin, who is a longtime cardiovascular surgeon. "This building means so very, very much to us because of hopefully what it is going to do."

The two-story, 27,100-square-foot Goodin Nursing & Counseling Center houses LWC's nationally accredited School of Professional Counseling and baccalaureate nursing program.

The Gooding Nursing & Counseling Center offers students skills laboratories -- including a simulated hospital floor -- extensive computer suites, specialized training, evaluation and study areas, and technologically supported lecture classrooms.

"The Dr. Robert and Carol Goodin Center promises an ideal setting for contemporary nursing education," said LWC interim Nursing Director Marian Smith. "When I think of the potential outcomes of this program of nursing, which is possible through your generosity, my heart swells up and pounds -- yes, I have palpitations, tachycardia and some dysrhythmias.

"Deep in my heart, I know that these students will graduate from Lindsey Wilson, and they will become nursing educators, and advanced practice nurses in areas such as pediatrics, community health, midwifery, anesthesia, family practice, emergency nursing, medical surgical nursing, oncology and, true to your specialty, critical care/cardiovascular nursing."

LWC Associate Dean of the School of Professional Counseling Jacquelyn Montgomery said the Gooding Center for Nursing & Counseling is an ideal central location from which to direct the school's 26 community campuses in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

"The Dr. Robert and Carol Goodin Nursing & Counseling Center stands today as a symbol of the fruit that is born of opportunity, academic excellence and dedication to service," Montgomery said.

Also at the dedication, LWC received a $400,00 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission. The grant will be used to purchase equipment for the baccalaureate nursing program.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear "was so impressed with this project and so impressed with the progress you are making at Lindsey Wilson," Commissioner of the Department for Local Government Tony Wilder said. "We're proud to make Lindsey Wilson the educational destination for this entire commonwealth in four-year nursing degrees."

Despite the day's celebrations, Luckey told supporters at the annual Endowed Scholarship Luncheon that LWC must press ahead toward one of its next major goals: increase the Lindsey Wilson endowment from its current level of $11.7 million to $100 million by 2025.

"The time is now upon us to put our collective feet on the accelerator to launch this college forward and to secure its future for the next generation," he said "It can happen, it must happen, it will happen if we act and act now."

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Church Celebration Day October 2011

LWC Publications — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:23:41 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The Rev. Terry Swan remembers when visitors to Lindsey Wilson College had to look hard in order to find symbols of the school's relationship with The United Methodist Church.

During a campus visit to the A.P. White Campus by members of the United Methodist Board of Higher Education in the early 1990s, LWC officials were told that symbols of its church heritage were few and far between.

"One of the conclusions of that team was we didn't have many symbols of our church connection here at Lindsey Wilson," Swan said during Church Celebration Day, held Wednesday in V.P. Henry Auditorium.

In the two decades since that visit, LWC has done a much better job displaying its church heritage, Swan said.

"You can hardly miss the symbols anymore -- you have to not be looking for them," said Swan, who is a professor of religion and dean of the chapel and has been a member of the college's faculty since 1985. "The list goes on and on and on -- we're surrounded by symbols and reminders here."

Church Celebration Day is an annual event every fall in which the LWC community affirms its relationship with The United Methodist Church. The college was founded in 1903 as a training school by Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Swan noted several major events have underscored LWC's church relationship in the last two decades. In addition to the building of the John B. Begley Chapel, LWC has opened the Sumner Campus Ministry Center, Norma and Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship, and added a bachelor's and master's program in Christian ministries.

"Now, today, what a difference 20 years later, the very symbol of our school on our literature is the crown of the beautiful Begley Chapel," said Swan, who is a professor of religion and dean of the chapel. "And it's seen, lit up like a beacon, on the Lindsey Hill from miles at night."

The Rev. Todd Love, who is superintendent of the United Methodist Church's Columbia District, credited the Lindsey Wilson mission with helping bolster the college.

"For I see on this campus, every day, that the mission statement of Lindsey Wilson College is not just theoretical jargon concocted to sound appealing," he said. "It is in fact a credo lived out in very practical ways of active caring and Christian concern for every student every day. I am undeniably proud to be associated with such an institution."

Swan also noted that LWC has evolved into a place where students can grow intellectually and spiritually.

"It's where faculty and staff imprint the beauty of their lives and the wisdom of the ages into the young adults who come to our school," he said. "A private, church-related college should be the very environment where you have the freedom to give attention to and even give priority to the deepest, existential questions of life that each of us have."

Because LWC is a place that encourages students to develop intellectually and spiritually, Swan said the college is a kind of "spiritual greenhouse."

"For students, college can become a spiritual greenhouse or it can become a spiritual graveyard. And at Lindsey Wilson College we choose the former," he said. "We want this to be a safe place where we consider our deepest values, life's direction and purpose, and the meaning of a good and rich and full life."

Although LWC has experienced unprecedented expansion over the last decade, Swan noted that has not been the norm for many church-related liberal arts colleges.

"At a time in history when many church-related colleges in rural areas are retrenching and are cutting staff, their enrollments are diminishing, faculty are in opposition to the administration, colleges are distancing themselves to their historic church connection, instead we still have a degree of difference here," he said. "There is something special about Lindsey Wilson College, and I think that is because we are always trying to improve."

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Clothesline Project October 2011

LWC Publications — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:23:39 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Members of the Lindsey Wilson College community are decorating the atrium of the Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center this week with t-shirts that pack a message.

The decorated t-shirts are part of the Clothesline Project, a nationwide effort that marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Students, faculty, staff and visitors to the Cranmer Dining & Conference Center are invited to decorate a donated t-shirt from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. CT through Friday. There is no cost to decorate a t-shirt; each t-shirt will be displayed on a clothesline strung in the atrium of the Cranmer Dining & Conference Center.

T-shirts can recognize a survivor of domestic violence, share an experience of domestic violence or make a statement about violence against women, said Molly Ferguson, LWC assistant professor of English and women's studies and the organizer of the project.

Ferguson said the project recognizes "all different forms of violence -- from incest to domestic violence to sexual violence."

In addition to raising awareness about individual cases of domestic violence, Ferguson said she hopes the display of t-shirts will also cause viewers to ponder different forms of violence against women.

"Violence does not have to be physical, it can be emotional, threatening or otherwise damaging to one's self," she said. "We've had some response, and it's very exciting. I think it's going to be a beautiful display and also a very moving message to be sent."

Appalatin Advance October 2011

LWC Publications — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:18:15 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Columbia-Adair County will get to hear one of Kentucky's more original homegrown bands Tuesday night at Lindsey Wilson College.

The fusion band Appalatin will perform at 7 p.m. CT on Tuesday at W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital Hall. The concert -- which is part of the 2011-12 LWC Cultural Affairs Series -- is free and open to the public.

Appaltin blends Latino, Caribbean and Appalachian rhythms for a unique sound that is both swinging and cool.

Formed in 2006, Appaltin hails from Louisville, Ky., but its six members' sounds come from all over the world. Two of its members have Appalachian roots, although one of them was born to a Greek father; one is a native Louisvillian; and the other three members are natives of Ecuador, Mexico and Nicaragua, respectively.

The group was formed through band members' mutual love of the folk music sounds of Latin America and the Caribbean. Appalatin's original music is a fusion of Latin and Appalachian folk music from the band member's homelands in Central America, the Andes and Appalachia.

Instrumentation features the guitar, charango, mandolin, Andean flutes, bongos, congas, and cajón. The band's songs reflect messages of freedom, community, empowerment, human rights, spirituality and environmental stewardship.

Homecoming 2011 Live

LWC Publications — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:58:24 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- If the Lindsey Wilson College alumni who visited the A.P. White Campus this weekend shared one common opinion, it was how much the college has changed.

That's what college officials heard from alumni who attended events at the college's 80th homecoming weekend.

"The one comment I heard over and over again was how much this place had changed, how much it had grown with the expansion and new buildings," LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. said at the homecoming awards brunch on Saturday morning in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. "And these were comments from students who had graduated two years ago … not 40 years ago."

At the brunch, the Lindsey Wilson National Alumni Association honored two of its graduates and made a longtime LWC staff member an honorary member of its association.

The Distinguished Alumnus Award was presented to longtime educator Bill Mauney of Somerset, Ky., a 1961 LWC alumnus; Dr. Ricky Farmer of Somerset, a 2000 alumnus, received the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award; and Nancy Sinclair of Summersville, Ky., who has been an LWC staff member since 1987, was named an Honorary Alumna of the association.

Also on Saturday afternoon, a new king and queen were crowned at the LWC-Kentucky Christian University football game. Lydia Tiller of Columbia was crowned 2011 homecoming queen, and Daniel Pulliam of Crestwood, Ky., was crowned king.

Tiller, who represented the Bonner Scholars, is the daughter of Mike and Linda Tiller of Columbia. She is an LWC junior, majoring in biology, Christian ministries and secondary education.

Pulliam, who represented the Student Activities Board is the son of Wayne and Karen Pulliam of Crestwood. He is a psychology junior.

Since Luckey became the college's eighth president on July 1, 1998, more than a couple dozen buildings have been added to the A.P. White Campus and enrollment has almost doubled. This Friday, the college will dedicate its two latest buildings - Jerry and Kendrick McCandless Hall will be dedicated at 11 a.m. CT, and Dr. Robert and Carol Goodin Center for Nursing and Counseling will be dedicated at 11:30 a.m. CT.

But Luckey said the essence of LWC has remained the same.

"While the physical appearance of the college continues to change as we dedicate two new buildings next Friday, it is our mission, our commitment to students, that remains constant," he said.

Luckey said probably the biggest change at LWC over the last 13 years has been one of the least-noticed -- the number of full-time faculty has increased by 170 percent. LWC had 42 full-time faculty when Luckey became president; this school year it added 18 new faculty positions to increase that number to 113.

"And while you can see and experience the physical changes in the new facilities, I would argue that it's the growth and the strengthening of the faculty where the most dramatic changes are taking place," he said. "That to me is so much more important than a new building."

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Enrollment 2011-12 October 2011

LWC Publications — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:36:31 GMT

The Jim and Helen Lee Fugitte Science Center, left, and the Dr. Robert and Carol Goodin
Nursing & Counseling Center, right, are two of the major academic buildings
LWC has opened in the last five years.

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Lindsey Wilson College has enrolled a record 2,600 students for the 2011-12 school year, college officials announced today.

The college's record enrollment for 2011-12 is part of a steady five-year enrollment growth at the 108-year-old liberal arts college. Since the 2006-07 school year, LWC's enrollment has grown from 1,792 students to its current level of 2,600 students -- a 31 percent increase.

"This is such wonderful news for our college community and our region," said Lindsey Wilson President William T. Luckey Jr., who has been the college's eighth president since July 1, 1998. "This growth is an affirmation of the Lindsey Wilson mission. More students and their family members have discovered Lindsey Wilson, and they like what they have found."

Lindsey Wilson's enrollment increase has been fueled by a dramatic expansion in the college's academic programs, co-curricular opportunities and extracurricular programs.

This school year, the college opened its latest academic building -- the two-story Dr. Robert and Carol Goodin Nursing & Counseling Center. The college's undergraduate majors have grown to 26, including its first baccalaureate programs in science -- nursing and psychophysiology. Lindsey Wilson has also expanded its number of full-time faculty to a record level. Since the 2007-08 school year, LWC's faculty has expanded by 37 full-time members to its current level of 113, the most in college history.

"We have made a significant investment in expanding our academic programs, classroom buildings and faculty because they are at the heart of a great liberal arts college," Luckey said.

LWC has also expanded undergraduate research opportunities for students, it has increased its investment in service-learning initiatives by more than $500,000, and it has added several intercollegiate sports programs.

Lindsey Wilson has also kept a college education affordable for working-class families. During the 2010-11 school year -- the last school year in which total figures are available -- LWC students received more than $49 million in financial aid, $14.9 million of which came from the college. This year, LWC expects to award more than $15 million institutional aid.

"Even during these challenging economic times for our nation, Lindsey Wilson remains committed to helping every deserving student earn a college education," said LWC Vice President for Student Services and Enrollment Management Dean Adams. "Few things are more valuable or important in a person's life than to earn a college education, and Lindsey Wilson will continue to help people realize that goal."

Veterans Luncheon Advance October 2011

LWC Publications — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:36:30 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The Lindsey Wilson College community will hold its annual Veterans Appreciation Luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 9.

The speaker will be Sgt. Dakota Meyer, the Marine Corps veteran who received the Medal of Honor earlier this year from President Obama.

The luncheon begins at 11 a.m. CT on Nov. 9, in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center.

The luncheon is open to veterans and their spouses or a guest, along with veterans' widows and widowers. There is no charge to attend the luncheon, but guests are asked to RSVP by Nov. 1 by contacting the Lindsey Wilson Alumni Office at alumni@lindsey.edu or (270) 384-8400.

This is the ninth consecutive year Lindsey Wilson has held the luncheon. The event is sponsored by the Lindsey Wilson National Alumni Association.

Lindsey Wilson started the luncheon in 2003 as part of the college's centennial celebrations. The annual event is not held on Veterans Day so that it does not conflict with community celebrations on that day.

"We started this luncheon as a way to show the college's appreciation to those individuals who have served our nation during both times of war and peace," said LWC Vice President for Student Services and Enrollment Management Dean Adams, who is an LWC alumnus. "In just a few years, the luncheon has become one of the more popular events on campus. It's also one of the LWC community's favorite events because faculty, students and staff enjoy interacting with veterans and thanking them for serving our country."

The Lindsey Wilson College Veterans Appreciation Luncheon will be held at 11 a.m. CT on Wednesday, Nov. 9. The luncheon is free to all veterans, veterans' survivors and a guest. Guests should RSVP by Nov. 1 by contacting Lindsey Wilson at alumni@lindsey.edu or (270) 384-8400.

Safe Halloween Advance October 2011

LWC Publications — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:58:16 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Area children might want to bring an extra-large bag to this year's "Safe Halloween" at Lindsey Wilson College.

At least that's the advice from the college's residence life officials.

Lindsey Wilson's 18th-annual "Safe Halloween" will be held from 6-8 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

The annual event -- which is free and open to the public -- allows area children to collect candy by trick-or-treating through the college's residence halls. Area children and their guardians are led through decorated residence halls by LWC students; resident students, many of whom are also in costume, hand out candy to children. All items distributed are individually wrapped, pre-packaged store-bought candy. The tour takes about 45 minutes to one hour.

With the opening of Jerry and Kendrick McCandless Hall this fall, children will now collect candy from LWC resident students in six residence halls.

"We try to make sure they take home a lot of candy, and this year that shouldn't be a problem with six residence halls part of the tour," said Assistant Dean of Students Andy McAllister.

The six residence halls will be decorated in themes that will range from the ghoulish to the comical.

"One of the things children like about touring the residence hall is the differences between the halls and how they are decorated," said LWC Director of Residence Life Heather Davis. "The students love to decorate their halls. Some of the students spend weeks planning for this one night because they love to entertain the kids who tour the halls."

Lindsey Wilson College's 18th-annual "Safe Halloween" will be from 6-8 p.m. CT Tuesday, Oct. 25. For more information about "Safe Halloween," contact LWC Director of Residence Life Heather Davis at davish@lindsey.edu or (270) 384-8375.

Center for Entrepreneurship Seminar October 2011

LWC Publications — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:40:15 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Learning how to develop a successful business communication strategy is the focus of the next seminar in the "Build Your Own Job" Seminar Series sponsored by the Lindsey Wilson College Center for Entrepreneurship.

The free seminar is scheduled for 11 a.m. CT on Thursday, Oct. 20, in Mulligan's restaurant, located at The Pines at Lindsey Wilson golf course, at 275 Country Club Road. A complimentary lunch is included.

The featured speaker will be LWC Assistant Professor of Communication Anne Streeter.

"Too often business owners think that buying an ad or having a website or Facebook page is all they have to do to increase customers and sales," Streeter said. "But there is more to business communications, including some simple, inexpensive strategies that are often overlooked."

Streeter will discuss a step-by-step method for developing a strategic business communication plan.

Streeter has held a variety of leadership positions in marketing and public relations in diverse industries, including health care, tourism and public utilities. She has also been a small business owner for several ventures, including a souvenir shop in Lahaina, Maui, and more recently of her own marketing and public relations agency. Before moving to Liberty, Ky., in 2003 to pursue a doctorate in communication from University of Kentucky, she was assistant vice president of marketing and public relations for Baptist Health South Florida in Miami. She is accredited in public relations by the Public Relations Society of America.

The last of the six-seminar series offered by Lindsey Wilson's Center for Entrepreneurship will be on "Accounting Practices and Programs" on Thursday, Nov. 17.

To register for a seminar or to get additional information, contact LWC Director of Community Education and Outreach Linda Grider at griderl@lindsey.edu or (270) 384-7385.

Homecoming 2011 Advance

LWC Publications — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:40:14 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The Lindsey Wilson College National Alumni Association will honor two alumni and one longtime employee of the college at this year's homecoming weekend.

LWC will celebrate its 80th-annual homecoming weekend on Oct. 21-22.

The theme of this year's homecoming is "Blue Raiders for Life."

"Whether you graduated from Lindsey Wilson in the 1940s or in the 21st century, the one thing you share in common is that you are a Blue Raider for life," said Lindsey Wilson Director of Alumni Relations Randy Burns.

Three individuals will be honored at the homecoming awards brunch, to be held at 9:30 a.m. CT on Saturday, Oct. 22, in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center.

The LWC National Alumni Association will present the Distinguished Alumnus Award to longtime educator Bill Mauney of Somerset, Ky., a 1961 LWC alumnus; Dr. Ricky Farmer of Somerset, a 2001 alumnus, will receive the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award; and Nancy Sinclair of Summersville, Ky., who has been a Lindsey Wilson staff member since 1987, will be named an Honorary Alumna of the association.

"All three of these individuals epitomize what it means to be a Blue Raider for life," Burns said. "They have dedicated their lives to serving others and to making the world a better place through their work."

This year's homecoming will include one new event -- the Helen G. Flatt Homecoming Alumni Art Show. Alumni and friends are invited to display original works of art in the Norma and Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship. The show will be displayed throughout homecoming.

The art show is named in memory of the late LWC professor, who taught at the college for almost four decades.

"Helen Flatt was one of the giants in the 108-year history of Lindsey Wilson," Burns said. "She not only taught art at the college for nearly 40 years, but she also graduated from the college as well. It's only fitting that we name our homecoming art show in her honor because of the hundreds of alumni who knew her."

Other events planned for this year's Lindsey Wilson homecoming include the 11th-Annual Morris Shepherd '53 Pingpong Tournament, the fourth-annual Running With the Blue Raiders 5K Run/Walk, a Friday evening varsity men's soccer match at Walter S. Reuling Stadium, a Friday night alumni men's basketball game at Biggers Sports Center, and a reunion concert of alumni and current students who have performed in Lindsey Wilson choral groups.

This will be the second year Lindsey Wilson's homecoming has been celebrated around a football game. Last year's homecoming celebrated the return of football after a 75-year hiatus from the college, which Burns said made it a big success.

"We've had some great homecoming weekends on the hill, but there's something about adding football that makes homecoming on a small-college campus a great experience," he said.

Lindsey Wilson College's homecoming 2011 will be Oct. 21-22. For information about the weekend, contact the LWC Alumni Office at alumni@lindsey.edu, (800) 264-0138 or (270) 384-8400. Click here to go to the Homecoming 2011 home page.

2011 Homecoming Honorees

Students Get Motivated October 2011

LWC Publications — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:40:11 GMT

Twenty-nine LWC students attedned a daylong "Get Motivated" business seminar at Lexington's Rupp Arena.

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- A group of Lindsey Wilson College students "got motivated" recently at a daylong business seminar in Lexington, Ky. The 29 LWC students attended the popular "Get Motivated" seminar on Sept. 28 at Rupp Arena.

The seminar attracted more than 15,000 people, who heard from a roster of speakers that included University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Gen. Colin Powell, Forbes president and CEO Steve Forbes and former college football coach Lou Holtz.

"This was one of the most enjoyable and informative seminars I've ever attended," said Kenton Ryan Lee, an LWC freshman from Danville, Ky.

LWC senior Brett Boles said that he learned from Powell that, "It doesn't matter where you start in life, it's where you end up."

Holtz taught him that, "If you don't have hope, you aren't dreaming; everything starts with a dream."

The students' trip was funded by the LWC Horizons Program, which provides funds for student activities that develop a broader worldview through study-related fieldwork and travel.

The students were from a business applications course led by Director of Community Education and Outreach Linda Grider and a leadership communication course led by Assistant Professor of Communication Anne Streeter. Also attending the event were students from LWC's Somerset Community Campus, who were accompanied by Somerset Community Campus Coordinator Kesha McClure-Hunley.

Students from the A.P. White Campus who attended the seminar were: Karrisa Atkinson of Campbellsville, Ky.; Jordan Blair of Dunnville, Ky.; Anthony Blankenship of Columbia; Brett Boles of Carrollton, Ky.; Holly Brimhall of Russell Springs, Ky.; Rachel Burris of Columbia; Cole Castleberry of Orlando, Ky.; Jacob Cowan of Columbia; Christopher Cox of Clarksville, Tenn.; Jae Craycraft of Mount Sterling, Ky.; Kyla Curry of Edmonton, Ky.; Emily Greyling of Hodgenville, Ky.; Trey Grider of Columbia, Ky.; Lacy Harris of Scottsville, Ky.; Ashlie Haworth of Lanesville, Ind.; Brandon Hopkins of Columbia; Todd Humphrey of Covington, Ky.; Jeffrey Kerian of McCook Lake, S.D.; Ryan Lee of Danville, Ky.; Tyler Martin of Bedford, N.H.; Ranika Rone of Niceville, Fla.; Tiana Row of El Cajon, Calif.; Matthew Russell of Russell Springs, Ky.; Natalie Slinker of Greensburg, Ky.; Ford Smith of Owensboro, Ky.; Jessica Starnes of Albany, Ky.; Michael Thrower of McMinnville, Tenn.; Blake Walters of Melbourne, Fla.; and Tremaine Wooldridge of Somerset, Ky.

Senior Scholars Classes January 2012

LWC Publications — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:20:55 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Area high school students can get an early start on college by enrolling in select classes this spring at Lindsey Wilson College. And area senior citizens can take select courses at the college for free.

LWC's 2012 spring semester begins on Wednesday, Jan. 18.

Qualified high school seniors can select up to two classes from six being offered this from Lindsey Wilson. And qualified high school students can also take online courses from Lindsey Wilson.

In addition to giving students a head start on college, the courses also help students save a considerable amount of money -- the cost for each three-hour course is $180.

"I am pleased Lindsey Wilson offers a range of dual-credit courses to high school students this semester," said Lindsey Wilson Vice President of Academic Affairs Bettie Starr. "These courses allow students to engage in college-level learning and earn credits toward a college degree while they are still in high school. It's a great opportunity."

Courses offered to this spring to high school students are:

"Public Speaking," 1:30-2:45 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Thursday;
"Intermediate French," online;
"Principles of Psychology," 1:30-2:20 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, Friday;
"Christian Beliefs," 2-3:15 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Thursday;
"Principles of Sociology," online;
and "Elementary Spanish II," 1:30-2:20 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

Area residents who are 62 years or older are eligible to take one of four classes offered by LWC's Christian ministries program. There is no cost to take a class, although students must pay for books and any supplies for the class.

The four Christian ministry courses offered this spring are part of the LWC Senior Scholars Program, which allows area citizens who are 62 years or older to take one undergraduate class at no tuition expense. The Lindsey Wilson Board of Trustees created the Senior Scholars program as a way to show the college's appreciation to the region's senior citizens.

The spring Senior Scholars classes are:

"Christian Beliefs," 8:30-9:20 a.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, Friday; or 2-3:15 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday;
"Old Testament," 9:30-10:20 a.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, Friday;
"New Testament," 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday;
and "World Religions," 3:30-4:45 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Thursday.

For more information about enrolling in the classes, contact the LWC Admissions Office at admissions@lindsey.edu, (270) 384-8100 or (800) 264-0138.