|
|
|
September 28, 2007 Students Urged to Become Engaged in University Life
Winthrop Group Helps Create School for Nicaraguan Children
Did You Know?
|
Students Urged to Become Engaged in University Life Faculty members are traditionally the first to greet students after Convocation outside Byrnes Auditorium, just as professors line up after graduation and bid farewell. Winthrop celebrated the start of its 122nd academic year with the opening of two new academic buildings and a challenge to students to become engaged in university life. The Convocation ceremony set the tone as speaker Montrio Belton `96 `99 urged freshmen to take advantage of the lessons and opportunities provided during the college years. “You will find Winthrop rich with history and tradition, yet contemporary in its thoughts,” said Belton, principal of Monroe Middle School in Monroe, N.C. Read more of Belton's speech. Dustin Evatt, chairman of the Council of Student Leaders, also urged students at Convocation to get involved to enrich their Winthrop experience. “As you embark on the journey ahead, remember to Live …life to the fullest. Learn …from your mistakes, and Lead …this university into the future,” he said.After the ceremony, freshmen walked in the Blue Line procession out of Byrnes Auditorium and received an official welcome from faculty members lined outside. When classes started the next day, the doors opened for two new academic buildings. The much anticipated Lois Rhame West Health, Physical Education and Wellness Center is the home for the health, physical education and sport management programs. As the university’s first environmentally friendly building and the largest structure on the main campus at 137,000 square feet, the West Center cost $27 million. Also providing more academic space is Owens Hall, a three-story classroom building named for trustee Glenda Pittman Owens `59 and her husband, Jerry. The $6.3 million building of 32,220 square feet will be used by Winthrop’s five colleges. The beginning of this academic year marked a particular milestone for President Anthony DiGiorgio and his wife, Gale. The two arrived at Winthrop in 1989, the year most of the incoming freshmen were born, as the president noted in his opening address. |
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||
| Winthrop University Alumni Relations Make a Gift University Relations Academics Admissions Student Life Winthrop Eagles |
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina
29733
Copyright © 2005 - 2007
University Disclaimer Statement
.gif)
