Onyx Spring-Summer 2018

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods C o l l e g e NEWS FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS

SPRING- SUMMER

Vol. 93

No. 1

Kristy Fry Editor/Designer Director of Publications

Sue Weatherwax Designer/Photographer Associate Director of Publications

Dianne Frances D. Powell Marketing and Communications Specialist Dee Reed ’08 Executive Director of Marketing and Communications Karen Dyer Vice President for Advancement and Strategic Initiatives Susan Turner ’14G Senior Director of Advancement and Alumni Relations Heather Newman Assistant Director of Advancement Services

President Dottie L. King hosted SMWC legacy students at the Pomeroy Legacy Tea on Wednesday, April 18, in the Formal Parlor. This was an opportunity to celebrate these students and the special connections they have at The Woods. Those attending included (L to R) President Dottie King, Shannon Sonderman '18 , Jessena Goddard, Allee Taylor, Mackenzie Slone, Kelsey Hollis, (back row) Allison Payonk '18 , Justine Gibson, Karah Ellis '18 , Anwyn Payonk, Elizabeth Trausch, Jacob Turner and Allison Mauk.

President’s Message

Contributors: Lindsey Richardt ’07 Tiffany Stroud

As another academic year reached its end at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, we hosted a tea for our legacy students and a new tradition was born in a college that embraces traditions. The occasion provided the perfect setting to think about how the past and the future flow together at The Woods. Our fortitude to endure and thrive into the future is the hallmark of the Aspire Higher Campaign. We launched the campaign with a Roaring 20s party in Le Fer Hall, a building that opened in the early 1920s and is approaching its 100 year birthday! This well-loved building has provided a home away from home for our students and it has withstood the tests of time by continuing to evolve while still holding on to its own grand legacy at the same time. No longer boasting three beauty salons, a flower shop and soda shop, Le Fer is now home to a dance studio, a newly renovated Sacred Heart Chapel and student parlor on the main floor! And the best is yet to be!

Please send correspondence to: Office of Advancement P.O. Box 70 Saint Mary of the Woods, IN 47876-0070 Phone: (812) 535-5270 Fax: (812) 535-5245 E-mail: alumni@smwc.edu

Dottie L. King, Ph.D. President Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

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