Spring Break in Appalachia - Walsh University
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Best of the Year<br />
t o p to b o t t o m :<br />
Record-sett<strong>in</strong>g enrollment<br />
Donor recognition of the Klekotka Tennis Complex<br />
Unveil<strong>in</strong>g of new look for the Cavalier mascot<br />
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Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008-09,<br />
<strong>Walsh</strong> <strong>University</strong> celebrated several milestones that<br />
marked another year of growth and prosperity for our campus. The follow<strong>in</strong>g<br />
timel<strong>in</strong>e provides only a sampl<strong>in</strong>g of the many positive high po<strong>in</strong>ts of the<br />
past school year.<br />
AuGusT 2008<br />
• n<strong>in</strong>th straight year for record-sett<strong>in</strong>g enrollment<br />
• Largest freshman class with 516 students<br />
• Launched newly designed Accelerated BSn program<br />
sEpTEmBER 2008<br />
• Donor recognition ceremony for Klekotka Tennis Complex, eight lane track, baseball<br />
field, milazzo Soccer Field and Vasco Sports Athletic Field<br />
• Formal dedication of the Gaetano m. Cecch<strong>in</strong>i Family health and Wellness Complex<br />
OCTOBER 2008<br />
• 2008 Outstand<strong>in</strong>g Alumni Awards to Darrell Woods (‘83) and Jacquel<strong>in</strong>e manser (‘78)<br />
• Dr. George Duncan, former <strong>Walsh</strong> history Department Chair, honored with Lifetime<br />
Achievement Award<br />
• Joseph C. eaton (‘70) receives Dist<strong>in</strong>guished Service Award<br />
NOVEmBER 2008<br />
• <strong>Walsh</strong> selected as nAIA Champions of Character Institution<br />
• Women’s Volleyball- AmC Champions and nAIA national Tournament Qualifier<br />
• men’s Cross Country- mike Groholy named nAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete<br />
• Women’s Cross Country- Andrea D<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>no advances to nAIA national Championships<br />
• Women’s Cross Country- Jackie misiak and Stephanie Sielski named nAIA Daktronics-<br />
Scholar-Athlete<br />
• Football- Brian Williams Jr. named first-team All-mid-States Football Association<br />
• Football- mark Sexton receives Joshua David Zimmerman memorial Scholarship<br />
DECEmBER 2008<br />
• Women’s Volleyball- megan mcDonald earns AmC player of the Year and northeast<br />
Region player of the Year<br />
• Women’s Volleyball- Krista S<strong>in</strong>gleton named ne Coach of the Year<br />
• Victoria S. Conley honored with Dist<strong>in</strong>guished Service medal<br />
• Brother Robert Gonneville, FIC, Director General and Co-Founder of Terre Sans<br />
Frontières, receives prestigious Founders’ Award