August 31, 2001
President Roettger reviews progress, plans for new year
Lyon College President Walter B. Roettger welcomed faculty and staff back for the 2001-02 academic year at an all-campus luncheon Wednesday, August 22, and announced that the college is anticipating a third consecutive year of enrollment growth.“Our residence halls are full,” Dr. Roettger said, “and we have the wonderful question of how to handle future overflow.”
He reviewed the recent progress made possible by the Campaign for Lyon, which concluded last year after raising more than $90 million.
“This has made possible new scholarships for our students,” he said, “and it has provided support for our academic and co-curricular programs from Campus Ministry to Spragins House.”
Dr. Roettger announced that it will provide an additional $1 million in endowment for the Nichols Travel Program that will enable the program to grow and make it possible for students to travel to additional locations.
He said it also has made possible the Derby Center for Science and Mathematics, which is currently under construction. This $11.8-million, 55,000-square-foot facility will serve all students and be home to programs in biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental studies, mathematics, physics and psychology.
He listed several other improvements in the physical plant that have been funded by a bond issue and campaign fundraising. These include:
• New tennis courts are being constructed to replace those lost to construction of the Derby Center. The new courts are adjacent to the existing courts east of Becknell Gymnasium. This will provide the college with six tennis courts, which is the benchmark to hold intercollegiate matches.
• A parcel of land near Young House has been cleared to create an attractive park-like area.
• The Nichols Administration Building has been renovated with new carpeting, painting and the installation of modular work spaces in the central area.
• In the weeks ahead, a locker area will be constructed in Becknell Gymnasium for women’s varsity sports, the public dressing rooms will be renovated, and a temporary modular building will be located east of Becknell to provide additional office space for staff.
He said the capital campaign also funded the Lyon Information Technology Initiative.
“This multi-year faculty and staff development initiative will significantly increase our effective use of instructional technology,” he said. He said the college also plans to convert to a new administrative information system in the months ahead.
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The class of 2005 has arrived |
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| The Class of 2005 arrived on campus Friday, August 24, to begin the 2001-02 academic year. The Freshman Advising Program began immediately to help ease the new students' transition into college life. As is the custom, Lyon College faculty, staff and upperclassmen helped the freshmen move into the residence halls. |
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| Registration for the fall semester was held Monday and Tuesday (August 27-28). Classes began Wednesday, August 29, as Lyon opened its 129th year. |
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Freshmen and transfer students were matriculated Saturday and signed the Roll of Honor as part of the ceremony. Matriculation is the official reception of new students into the college community. In signing the Roll of Honor, each student agrees to abide by the student-run honor code and pledges to follow a high standard of honesty in all academic work. All freshmen, transfer students and new faculty members sign the Roll of Honor at the beginning of each academic year. |
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Carl Garner to be inducted tonight into the Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame
Carl Garner ’38 will be inducted into the Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame at a banquet tonight (August 31) in Little Rock.Garner will be one of three 2001 inductees honored by the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation.
A resident of Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas, Garner is a retired resident engineer for the U.S. Corps of Engineers at Greers Ferry Lake. He helped build the lake in the early 1960s and stayed on as resident engineer into the 1990s.
Garner initiated annual clean-up campaigns on the lake, which attracted national attention and resulted in a lake virtually free of litter.
Garner is a native of Sulphur Rock and played on the college basketball team. The William Carl Garner Center at Greers Ferry Lake, named in his honor, is operated by Lyon College.
The other inductees tonight are Richard Davies, director of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, and Nancy DeLamar of The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas.
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Annual college picnic, raft race will be Monday |
| All staff, faculty, and their immediate family members are invited to the All College Picnic on Monday afternoon, September 3, at 5 p.m. near Bryan Lake. Following the picnic the freshman advising groups will race their rafts across the lake in the annual raft race. Rumor has it that a faculty/staff raft will take on the winners of the freshman races. |
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Come join the fun! |
12 noon Catholic Campus Ministry EDH 002
John Brown U. Volleyball Tournament Siloam Springs, AR
Saturday, September 1
9 a.m. Lyon College Cross Country Team Time Trial Lyon Course
12 noon John Brown U. Volleyball Tournament Siloam Springs, AR
Sunday, September 2
4 p.m. Catholic Mass Small Chapel
6 p.m. Kappa Sigma Meeting Alphin, Arkansas Room
7:30 p.m. Tau Kappa Epsilon Meeting Alphin, Patterson Room
8 p.m. Phi Mu Meeting Lyon, Nucor Auditorium
Zeta Beta Tau Meeting Lyon, Citizens Bank Room
Monday, September 3
12 noon Alpha Chi Meeting EDH 002
4 p.m. Academic Affairs Council Lyon, Worthen Bank Room
5 p.m. All-Campus Picnic and Raft Race Bryan Lake
Tuesday, September 4
10 a.m. Executive Cabinet Meeting Lyon, Worthen Bank Room
12 noon Erosophic Society Meeting Union Conference Room
5 p.m. SAC Meeting Union Conference Room
7 p.m. Volleyball – Lyon vs. Christian Brothers U. Memphis, TN
Wednesday, September 5
9 a.m. Student Life Staff Meeting Lyon, Seminar West
10:30 a.m. VPB&F Staff Meeting Lyon, Seminar West
12 noon Presbyterian Connection Meeting EDH 002
Tau Kappa Epsilon Meeting Union Conference Room
3-7 p.m. Block Party (SAC & RLS) Young House Parking Lot
7 p.m. All Athletes’ Meeting Lyon, Nucor Auditorium
Thursday, September 6
11 a.m. Opening Chapel Convocation Bevens Music Room
12 noon Campus Ministry Board Meeting EDH 002
Black Students’ Association Union Conference Room
5:30 p.m. Lyon Fellows Meeting EDH 002
6 p.m. Chi Alpha Christian Meeting Union Conference Room
Volleyball – Lyon vs. Harding University Becknell Gymnasium
8 p.m. Coffeehouse Edibles, Edwards Commons
Friday, September 7
12 noon Catholic Campus Ministry EDH 002
President’s Cup Committee Union Conference Room
8 p.m. SAC Game Show Lower Union
