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Dr. Walter Roettger, president of Lyon College since 1998, announced his retirement from the presidency at the conclusion of the 2008-09 academic year. Roettger made the announcement at the spring Board of Trustees meeting Thursday. "For ten years, I have had the great good fortune to work with terrific faculty, staff and trustees and wonderful students and alumni," Roettger said. "We've worked together to build a college of national consequence. I've been blessed with the steady support of my family and wonderful friends in the Batesville community. It's been a fulfilling and thoroughly rewarding experience for Peggy, Dan and me. Now, with key milestones achieved, it's time to see what other opportunities might be out there." Ray LaCroix of Batesville, chairman of the Lyon College Board of Trustees, said the College's Board of Trustees would soon begin discussions about the search for a successor. More Jon McLaughlin concert set for April 29
McLaughlin is a 24-year-old Indiana-based singer who grew up in a home surrounded by music. His siblings played piano, and he began taking classical lessons at age 4. But it wasn’t until he was 18 years old that he realized he could start blending his skill with his love for pop music. McLaughlin attended Anderson University School of Music and began to write songs. In June 2005, he went into the studio to record his first album. He just finished recording his latest album, “Indiana,” and can be seen performing on a ballroom stage in the movie, “Enchanted.” Gates will open at 6 p.m., with an opening act to play at 7 p.m. Lyon College students will be admitted free. Tickets for others are $5 and are available at the Student Life Office. Lyon Board commends departing trustees The Lyon College Board of Trustees approved citations Friday acknowledging the service of members who are leaving the board as their terms expire in June. These included longtime trustee Larry Derby of Warren and Adam Long '06, the first Young Alumni Trustee. More Students recognized at Honors Convocation Lyon College recently had its annual Honors Convocation in Brown Chapel. Several students took home awards in various disciplines. More SCARF winners announced at last week's forum Samantha Lopez won first place in the Student Creative Arts and Research Forum (SCARF) April 17. Lopez earned the top honor with her research paper "Expectancy Effects on Memory Performance and Affect." More
NAICU's
President Warren to speak
Two Lyon College seniors recently won graduate fellowships awarded by Alpha Chi National College Scholarship Honor Society. The honored students are Blake Perkins of Smithville and Nathan Reinhardt of Little Rock. Perkins and Reinhardt won two of only 10 H. Y. Benedict Fellowships awarded nationally by the society, which has chapters on more than 300 hundred college and university campuses. Each fellowship is valued at $2,500 and is intended to support the recipients in their first year of graduate study. More Sonnier to present library lecture
The Lyon College Flute Choir will perform its spring concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27 in Bevens Music Room on the Lyon campus. Flute choir members include Martha Beck, Jeanne Fitzgerald, Holly Geis, Douglas Harding, Angela Mahoney, Hope Spragins, Laura Stinson and Anelisa Wood. Dr. Russell Stinson is the piano accompanist. The flute choir will perform works by Bach, Brahms, Francis Poulenc, Franz Doppler, and Samuel Barber. Concert band to host spring concert The Lyon Concert Band will present its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 28, in Brown Chapel. The concert will feature the band performing several styles of music including “Don't Cry For Me Argentina” from the opera Evita and “In The Mood.” a Glenn Miller classic. Other selections for the concert will include “Pressure,” a depiction of the adversity we face on a daily basis, “Pictures At An Exhibition,” a six-movement piece originally written by Modest Moussourgsky, “Different Voices,” a representation of the different ways the human voice produces sound and “Chorale and Shaker Dance II,” based on the traditional American Shaker tune "Simple Gifts." Admission is free and the event is open to the public. Regional Studies Center releases new CD
Following the success of its 2005 double-CD, "Sounds of
the Ozark Folk: The 1963 Arkansas Folk Festival," the Lyon College
Regional Studies Center has released a second CD, "Sounds of the Ozark
Folk, Vol. II: Middle Americana." Since 1990, the staff at Lyon College's Mabee-Simpson Library has offered students a chance to get out of paying fines for overdue books while offering "Help and Hope" to area residents in need. Camille Beary, assistant director of the library, said each year during spring and fall finals, the library forgives all outstanding fines if the student brings in a non-perishable food item to be donated to "Batesville Help and Hope." This year they can also bring in linens, towels, toiletries, and shampoo for flood victims. These are items that "Help and Hope" does not purchase. More |
April 21, 2008
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Island Records recording artist Jon McLaughlin will be
in concert at Lyon College April 29 in Couch Garden.
The
president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)
will lend his knowledge and give best wishes to graduating seniors at
Lyon College’s 135th commencement May 10.
David Sonnier, associate professor of computer science
at Lyon College, is presenting a lecture on "Fides et Ratio" (Faith and Reason) at
noon Wednesday, April 23, at the Mabee Simpson Library. He will talk about the
balance of faith and reason as one of the central issues in the
philosophy of religion, and one which emerges as frequently today as it
did 100 or 1,000 years ago. 
The Lyon College Regional Studies Center is once again
inviting listeners to step back in time on a new CD of songs from the
renowned John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection. 