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2012 Homecoming
Celebrates Pride and Tradition
panning three days and over twenty events, Tennessee
Wesleyan College’s 2012 Homecoming was host to more
than 300 college alumni and friends who gathered together on
the college’s campus to celebrate 155 years of pride and tradition.
Today’s TWC students enjoyed fellowship with TWC alumni
who returned to their alma mater to rekindle cherished memories
and revisit the birthplace of their college educations.
“I was thrilled to see so many alumni returning to campus
to connect with classmates and teammates,” said Dr. Harley
Knowles, TWC president. “I was very much overwhelmed
with the depth of feeling that Wesleyan elicits from our former
students.”
From the Friday night Party Gras on College St., where TWC
students enjoyed a shrimp boil with visiting alumni, to the
Saturday evening Blue and Gold Gala where eight award
recipients were honored with alumni and athletic hall of fame
awards, TWC’s 2012 Homecoming was a three-day celebration
that brought alumni in from all over the country, some flying and
many driving in for the weekend’s festivities.
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“Homecoming 2012 was a wonderful success,” said Jessica
Edwards, TWC director of alumni relations and annual fund,
who is in charge of planning the college’s Homecoming events
every year.
“I had a wonderful time with my fellow alumni celebrating 155
years of pride and tradition and it was great to see so many alumni
back at their alma mater.”
This year TWC had a lot of recent accomplishments to celebrate
throughout the Homecoming festivities. The men’s baseball
team’s NAIA World Series championship win was applauded at
a Friday evening ring ceremony and banquet where the winners
received their championship rings and college and community
representatives congratulated the champions. A Saturday
morning baseball brunch and reception at the McMinn County
Living Heritage Museum launched the museum’s newest exhibit
featuring the history of Tennessee Wesleyan baseball.
In addition to celebrating TWC athletics through the ring
ceremony, museum reception and various alumni/student games
throughout the weekend, other TWC student activities were on
display at the majority of the Homecoming events. A student
art exhibit featured new pieces from TWC students and the
annual Lip Sync contest showcased TWC student organization’s
carefully choreographed musical numbers. As usual, the