雪的大学 to celebrate Founders Day
Officials will break ground on the new Robert M. 和Joyce S. 葛培理科学楼 and accept a generous donation for the Eccles Center
EPHRAIM – In 1888, Danish Mormon settlers founded 雪的大学, first called Sanpete Stake Academy, for the purpose of educating themselves and their children. 第一个 class of 150 students met on the top floor of the local Co-op. 专门的老师 and staff with this same vision have been educating students for 127 years.
By looking through history books and visiting with students, it is apparent that much has changed in those 127 years, and, yet, so much has remained the same. 这个地方 is saturated with a “Spirit of Snow” that permeates the college community. 这种精神 will be the focus of the scheduled Founders Day events.
11月5日，星期四，上午11:30.m., officials will break ground on the new Robert M. 和Joyce S. 葛培理科学楼. From 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, a science extravaganza will take place on the footprint of the new building, located on the campus corner 100号东街和中心街的交叉口. This event will include interactive science and math activities to engage all that choose to attend. 动手活动预示着 the opportunities with science exploration and discovery that will be available once 大楼完工了. Students and community members of all ages are invited to join 雪的大学 employees in this exciting celebration.
Construction on the new science building is scheduled to begin in March 2016 and will 完成2017年秋季课程. The 56,600 square foot building is organized into two wings – a classroom/office wing and a laboratory wing. 两翼支撑着一个庭院 dedicated to STEM learning events and are linked by a glass bridge that includes student 研究空间. The state legislature appropriated nearly $20 million to the project, and private donations totaling approximately $3.五百万已经确定. 董事 乔治五世. and Delores Doré Eccles Foundation chose the name of the new facility; Mr. Graham, a native of Fairview, Utah, and 1950 graduate of 雪的大学, is the current Secretary, General Counsel, and Treasurer of the Foundation.
加里·L. Carlston said, “This groundbreaking is significant for the college. Many, many people have spent a great deal of time getting us to this point. 我们赞赏 the support of the state legislature, the generosity of so many donors and friends, and the tireless work of our faculty and staff. 我们期待着完成 of the new facility and pay tribute to those who have influenced and taught students within the walls of the current building.”
Music faculty and students will also receive a gift this Founders Day: a 1873, Steinway 九英尺大钢琴. In May of 1898, the then-Sanpete Stake Academy received word from the Superintendent of Schools for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reporting there would not be enough funds to send the appropriation for the small 学校的作业. Because students were enrolled and the Sanpete Valley saints were determined to see their academy survive, academy President Newton E. 诺伊斯卖掉了 school’s only piano – which had been purchased by local donations – for $600 to a 当地商人. Recent graduates were asked to come and teach as, “service missions,” and once again the academy and its people showed their resilience.
Through a current, generous donation, a piano similar to the one sold by Mr. 诺伊斯 has returned home and will be presented to the college during the annual Founders Day concert on Friday, November 6, at 7:30. Mr. Brent Brown will be recognized during the concert for his piano gift, and LaVar Jensen, a former faculty member and accomplished musician, will be inducted into 霍恩音乐学院 Hall of Fame. 公众 is invited to attend the concert which will showcase 200+ student musicians.
“This story of selling the only piano illustrates the sacrifice and commitment of the college’s founders and early leaders,” says 加里·L. Carlston. “我们的教师, staff, and stakeholders today are equally committed to the success of this great institution. We recognize and appreciate all who play and who have played a role in this important endeavor of educating students and changing lives.”
The Spirit of Snow can also be experienced during Founders Week as students organize a food drive for the needy and faculty and staff participate in an employee scholarship campaign, where every dollar goes back to help 雪的大学 students. 每周的毕业典礼， which is held every Thursday at 12:30, will celebrate innovation by welcoming author Russ Beck and honor veterans with a musical number performed by the students from 霍恩音乐学院.
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雪的大学, founded in 1888 by Mormon settlers, is a two-year college with campuses 犹他州的以法莲和里奇菲尔德. Serving 5,000 students, the college has been nationally recognized for its student success rates, affordable cost-for-value, involvement opportunities, 以及卓越的教学. Learn more about all 雪的大学 has to offer online at http://www.雪.edu