MILLIGAN COLLEGE –Alpha Chi Honor Society hosted the New Instructing Faculty Reception and Grand Opening of the P.H. Welshimer Library on Tuesday.
This is the 2nd annual New Instructing Faculty Reception that Alpha Chi has hosted. Milligan chapter Alpha Chi Student President Katie Linder said that Alpha Chi had planned on hosting this again so they decided to combine it with the library grand opening (see video interview).
The faculty members that were honored are instructional professors only. They included Rebecca Catron, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Writing, Grete Scott, Instructor of Developmental Studies and Composition, and Leslie Hanneken, Instructor of Wellness. The new faculty members and about 30 students and other faculty members mingled and enjoyed refreshments.
Hanneken said, “I think it’s a great event; it helps to put names with faces. That’s always nice for somebody who’s new on campus.”
Alpha Chi was established on Milligan’s campus in 1994 and is an exclusive society that only invites the top ten percent of juniors, seniors and graduate students to join. Lori Mills, Ph.D., John Jackson, Ph.D., and Mary Jackson are the sponsors for the club, and Dr. and Mrs. Jackson are alumni from Alpha Chi.
The society is required to have one event per a semester that is open to the entire campus. Alpha Chi also hosts an event for the retiring faculty at the end of the year. “The faculty that are retiring are able to give one last lecture of their thoughts or in their field,” Mills said.
The library reopening comes after this summer’s renovations including new paint, furniture, flooring and a new room. Mary Jackson promised that more renovations are coming soon.
This article was written for Multimedia Journalism
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