Vacationing Alumni Stop in for a Visit
At all times of the year, but especially during the summer months we enjoy surprise visits from alumni passing through the area on the way to or from a vacation destination or visiting friends. Sometimes Spartanburg is the vacation destination when they are visiting family or friends in the area.
This week we received a visit from Dr. Rick Bishop and his wife, Julie, from Pennsylvania. They had nothing but good comments about the changes on campus. Any alum who hasn't been on campus in a few years just loves the entrance, student plaza and the reception area in the atrium part of the Scallon Building. Even when you've seen it in pictures, you can't help but be impressed the first time to come up the driveway and circle around the small garden and park in front of the plaza.
Dr. Bishop had not yet our president, Jon Schwartzbauer, D.C., and Dr. Jon was available so they had a brief visit and I was able to get a photo before they left.
Last week we saw Dr. William May from New Mexico. We were glad to meet him and hear a few stories about the old days when he and Dr. Taylor took motorcycle rides together. I regret that I didn't think to get a photo, but I'll have found memories of our chat in the lobby near the donor recognition boards.
It was a shame that neither of these docs got to see us while classes are in session. Our three week summer break ends with the July 4 holiday and we welcome an incoming class on Monday, July 6. By Tuesday the rest of the students and faculty will be back and we'll feel all that good, positive energy that permeates the campus when everyone is here. I look forward to that. I've missed everyone!
I hope you have a wonderful July 4 holiday weekend if you reside in the United States, and a wonderful non-holiday weekend if you live elsewhere.
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