September 7, 2016
Volume CXXXVI Issue 13
Opening Convocation opens academic year
Dr. Sands Wise gives speech on happiness, encourages goodness instead By BAILEE BOGGESS Staff Writer At the start of each academic year, Georgetown College hosts the Opening Convocation—a chapel service of sorts to welcome returning and new students to campus. As with many campus ceremonies, it was presided over by President Dr. Greene. The ceremony opened in a processional, featuring Glenna Metcalfe on the organ. Mr. Andrew Adler, the Librarian and Public Services Coordinator, led the attendees in prayer, asking the Lord to bless the faculty, staff and students for the upcoming academic year. The congregation sang “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” led by the Director of Choirs, Thomas Stewart. Dr. Greene then provided the audience with a greeting, in which he shared his excitement and high hopes for the upcoming year. He recognized both first–time and returning students. Dr. Laura Johnson, Vice
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President of Student Life, then inducted Senior Turner Altman as the 2016–2017 President of the Student Government Organization. Altman introduced each member of the Student Government Association (Jordan Meade, Emily Altman, Brooke Billings, Peyton Griffee, Bailey Milam and Ben Martin) and inducted them into their officer positions for the upcoming year. While on the theme of introducing new members into their positions for the school year, Provost Dr. Rosemary Allen introduced three new faculty members into their positions. Dr. Allen then presented psychology professor Dr. Jennifer Price with the John Walker Manning Distinguished Mentor and Teacher Award. This award has been long– standing at the college, and is given to a tenured or tenure track member of the faculty at Georgetown who demonstrates an above and beyond level of care and consideration
for their students. The faculty member who is given this award receives a cash award and the Manning Medallion designed by alumna Emily Lackey. Throughout her time here, Dr. Price has been a mentor, friend, professor and source of knowledge for many of her students. Dr. Greene then introduced Dr. Jonathan Sands Wise, Vice President of Enrollment Management and a philosophy professor, as the speaker for the ceremony. Titled “The Secret of Happiness,” Dr. Sands Wise addressed that many students at Georgetown forget how privileged they are to receive a liberal arts education, something that most people take for granted. He startlingly claimed that Snapchat does not bring happiness in the beginning, introducing his topics. He gave various statistics on both the elite and the impoverished around the world and even some statistics for Kentucky. All in all, he concluded
that students receiving an education at Georgetown are more fortunate than the majority of the world, and especially in the state. He also encouraged students to live lives of goodness, not of the endless pursuit of happiness, saying that we will find happiness in being good. To finish up the ceremony, Turner Altman led the audience in reciting the Commitment to Community which allows a member of the college to pledge that they will accept the challenge of Georgetown’s community life. In conclusion, Choir Director Thomas Steuart led the singing of the Alma Mater of the College, and the Georgetown Chorale sang the traditional benediction “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” by Peter C. Lutkin.
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Above: Turner Altman inducts the new Student Government Association Executive Cabinet. Below: The three new faculty members (left to right), sociology professor John Johnson, biochemistry professor Amanda Hughes and library faculty Sandy Baird.
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