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Category: Founders' Day

Friday, November 4, 2022

Lyon College celebrates sesquicentennial Founders' Week

“You can’t really know where you’re going until you know where you have been.”                                                                  &nb... Read More
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Monday, October 10, 2022

Lyon College set to celebrate 150th anniversary

Lyon College will celebrate 150 years of history, heritage and service to Arkansans and the Batesville community during the College’s sesquicentennial celebrations Founders’ Week from Oct. 14 to Oct. 22 on the Batesville campus, 2300 Highland Rd. Celebrations will begin Friday through Sunday, Oct. 14-16, with ScotsFest, the 42nd Arkansas Scottish Festival and Lyon College Homecoming, and will culminate on Saturday, Oct. 22, with the inauguration of Dr. Melissa Taverner, Lyon... Read More
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Friday, October 22, 2021

Lyon community reunites for in-person Founders’ Day convocation

Danell Hetrick (left), Interim Vice President of Student Life, presents seniors Benjamin Norton and Hannah Wu with their Mr. and Ms. Lyon awards.   The Lyon College community had the opportunity to celebrate Founders’ Day together after missing last year’s convocation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Interim President Melissa Taverner welcomed visitors to the convocation, relaying how special it was to be celebrating in person again. “We’re glad you could join us... Read More
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Thursday, October 7, 2021

Beller to discuss Lyon College’s role as a habit and home at Founders’ Day convocation

John Beller, president of the Bank of Cave City, will present “As You Live and Breathe: Lyon College as Habit and Home” at Lyon College’s Founders’ Day Convocation at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 22, in the Sloan Auditorium of Brown Chapel. The Founders’ Day convocation is an annual event to observe and celebrate the College’s founding in 1872.  “We are pleased and privileged to welcome Mr. Beller as our Founders’ Day speaker this year as we resu... Read More
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Thursday, October 10, 2019

Henry will discuss cognitive science, humanities at Founders’ Day

Dr. Charles Henry will discuss “Riddles: A Spell between Cognitive Science and the Humanities” at Lyon College’s Founders’ Day Convocation at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, in Sloan Auditorium. Lyon President Dr. W. Joseph King said the Founders’ Day convocation is an annual event to observe and celebrate the College’s founding in 1872.  “This day is a chance for the Lyon community to reflect on the origins of the College, who we are as an institutio... Read More
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