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Lindsey Wilson College looks back on 2014 COLUMBIA, Ky. -- A record graduating class, new academic programs, four national championships, vibrant performing arts programs and thousands of hours of community service defined 2014 at Lindsey Wilson College. Commencements On May 10, LWC awarded a total of 246 undergraduate and graduate degrees at its 99th commencement ceremony, held in Biggers Sports Center. Combined with 418 degrees awarded at the 2013 December at winter commencement, LWC's Class of 2014 was record 664 graduates, the most in the college's 111-year history. Then at the college's 100th commencement ceremony on Dec. 13 a total of 399 degrees were awarded. Academic Growth The 2014-15 school year got underway Aug. 20 with a total of 2,641 students enrolled -- one of the largest student bodies in college history. A total of 1,100 students moved into the college's residence halls. That included a new residence hall: Keefe Hall, which was named in memory of the late Carolyn Keefe, who taught English at the college from 1997-2009. The new school year also included two new academic programs: LWC's first doctoral program, in counselor education and supervision, and a fully online master of arts program in interactive design. Another addition to LWC's growing academic programs was veteran counseling educator Daya Singh Sandhu, who was named director of research for the LWC School of Professional Counseling and director of the college's newly formed Center for Excellence in Research. Community Service Led by the award-winning Bonner Scholars Program, community service was another hallmark of 2014 at LWC. When the 2013-14 school year came to a close, the college's students, faculty and staff combined to contribute more than 30,000 hours of service, and that momentum carried over into the 2014-15 school year with initiatives such as Operation Christmas Child. Showtime! LWC's performing arts programs also continued to expand in 2014. The choral program -- under the leadership of Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Programs Gerald Chafin and music instructor Wansoo Cho -- held held a "Spring Music Gala" in April, which included selections from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Te Deum and Georg Philipp Telemann's Laudate Jehovam. In October, the Lindsey Wilson Concert Choir performed its popular "Musical Potpourri"; the Lindsey Wilson Singers held the inaugural United Methodist Youth Chorale in November in Louisville and performed at the 35th-annual Cave Sing in Mammoth Cave in December; and then in December a record crowd attended the second "Messiah"-Sing. The LWC Theatre Program -- under the direction of Assistant Professor of Theatre Robert Brock -- received a major boost in February when it acquired the props, sets and costumes of the defunct professional regional company Kentucky Repertory Theatre of Horse Cave. During 2014, the Theatre Program presented eight productions. Highlights included a production of the first student-written play (Angels My Father Sent, by Erika Finley, which was entered into the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, an annual national competition); the second summer of of TheatreFest! at Lindsey Wilson; the Tony-winning play Proof; and Brock's adaptation of A Christmas Carol to close 2014. A Blue Raider Year LWC Athletics also had another banner season. For the third consecutive year, LWC athletics was the top program in the Mid-South Conference. The Blue Raiders won the 2013-14 President's Cup, an annual award given to the top program in the 10-school conference. Nationally, LWC finished third in the 2013-14 NAIA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings, which ranks the overall success of the NAIA's more than 180 intercollegiate programs. A new Blue Raider Bob mascot was unveiled in September, a month before Heather Collman won the national championship in the dual slalom during the Mountain Bike National Championships on Oct. 26 in Beech Mountain, N.C. Collman is the 16th individual in the program's history to win a national title and the 10th LWC cyclist to win the dual slalom. Collman was the third LWC student to win an individual national title in 2014: in March wrestler Jameel Bryant was NAIA champ in the 184-pound class for the second consecutive year and Joe Cozart won at the 157-pound class. In December, the LWC women's soccer team won the program's fourth NAIA national title: a 3-0 win over University of Northwestern Ohio on Dec. 6 in Orange Beach, Ala. In going 18-3-3 overall, LWC outscored the opposition 102-12 during the season. LWC football also made history. The Blue Raiders won their first Mid-South Conference East title and then a week later won the program's first NAIA playoff game. They finished ranked No. 7 in the final NAIA poll. It was also a record-setting year for LWC softball and volleyball. Softball advanced to its first appearance in the NAIA Softball World Series and finished the season 50-11 overall. Volleyball was perfect in the Mid-South Conference regular season for the second consecutive year, and the Blue Raiders also advanced to the NAIA national tournament knockout round for the first time in program history. The Chair's Challenge In October a two-day challenge by Adair County native and Lindsey Wilson Board of Trustees Chair Allan Parnell helped raise more than $160,000 for scholarship aid. Also in the fall, the annual "Safe Halloween" attracted more than 1,000 area residents for the first time in its 21-year history, and the 12th-annual Veterans Appreciation Luncheon saw Army veteran Larry Burton of Columbia finally received a Purple Heart he had earned more than 46 years ago for service in Vietnam. In Passing Two LWC legends died in 2014: Former men's basketball coach Don Green died April 1, and longtime trustee Truett Beighle died Sept. 30. This story was posted on 2014-12-31 07:04:12
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