The Muriel Pollia Sculpture Garden takes art at - University of La Verne

E D I T O R ' S N O T E
Taking Time To
Reflect on a Great
Achievement
What is that cool-looking thing on the
cover?
It's called "Inhale/Exhale," a sculpture by
Phillip K. Smith of Indio, and while it looks
real, for now, the cover of the Voice is the
only place you'll find it. Soon, however, it
will be standing tall — 54-feet tall — on the
University of La Verne campus.
The piece is one component of the Muriel
Pollia Sculpture Garden, which will complement
the new Abraham Campus Center
building at the heart of the La Verne campus.
If you've been on campus during the past
five years, you've seen your share of blueprints
and backhoes, hard hats and hammers — all
signs of progress in the transformation of the
university to meet the needs of the future.
Come back in the fall and you'll see "Inhale/Exhale"
for real, standing next to a newly
opened Campus Center building, adjacent
to the new Frank & Nadine Johnson Family
Plaza, next to the renovated Sports Science &
Athletics Pavilion.
Not to be lost in the dust and din of construction
is the all-important reason for the
commotion — serving the needs of the students
of the future.
That happens on different levels, of course,
and while the Campus Center Project was in
the midst of fundraising and then construction,
some pretty amazing things were going
on elsewhere around the University of La
Verne.
We've chronicled some of these milestones
in this issue of the Voice, and woven them into
the celebration of the Building on Excellence
Campaign, Campus Center Project, and the
new art on campus. These will be a source of
pride for generations to come.
Read on and see how far we've come in the
past five years. It's been an unprecedented outpouring
of support by an unheard of number
of supporters. Of that we can all be proud.
Rusty Evans
Editor
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University of La Verne
VOICE
Vol. 89 No. 2 Winter/Spring 2009
Victims of 1960 racism reunited
After last spring's issue of the Voice recounted the
story of La Verne students' encounter with racism,
five members of the group held a touching reunion.
Paving The Way For Excellence
The five-year, $42 million, Building on Excellence
Campaign gave the university the resources to meet
the needs of its faculty, students and facilities.
The Sky's The Limit
The Muriel Pollia Sculpture Garden, soon to be
installed near the Campus Center, will take art to a
higher level at University of La Verne
System of a Crown
With just the right blend of calm and intensity, an unquenchable
thirst for knowledge and natural rapport
with athletes, Don Flora builds a volleyball dynasty.
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4 News & Notes
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The Shape of Things To Come
Geometric sculptures of Indio-based artist Phillip K.
Smith will set the tone for a new art consciousness at
University of La Verne.
Leo Lines
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