VALLEY VIEWS
Renowned Pianist Performs Capacity Concert Madame Ruth Slenczynska H’75, the last living pupil of Sergei Rachmaninoff, performed a two-hour concert to celebrate her 97th birthday and the release of her new album by Decca Classics, My Life in Music, in February. Slenczynska, who received an honorary doctor of music degree from LVC in 1975, performed music by Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev before returning to play a piece by Chopin after a standing ovation from the capacity crowd. Writers, photographers, and videographers from the New York Times, CBS Sunday Morning Show, and Voices of America covered the concert.
Dr. Brown-Haywood Named AVP President James M. MacLaren, Ph.D., announced the appointment of Dr. Felicia Brown-Haywood as LVC’s first associate vice president of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Institutional Success. Brown-Haywood oversees the Office of Intercultural Affairs & Inclusive Programs in this new cabinet-level position. Brown-Haywood forged a successful career working in Inclusive Excellence. Before LVC, she was the chief diversity officer at Millersville University. There, she developed initiatives to ensure that underrepresented members of the Millersville community were supported and valued. Previously, Brown-Haywood worked at Penn State– Harrisburg, where she developed and executed programs to achieve equity on campus. “After eight months in my new role, I remain excited about leading positive change
Madame Ruth Slenczynska H’75 and Dr. Shelly Moorman-Stahlman, LVC professor of music
throughout the Lebanon Valley College community,” said Brown-Haywood. “In my brief time interacting with the College’s students, faculty, staff, and alumni, it is clear that the goal is to create a climate of Inclusive Excellence through diversity, equity, and inclusion-driven curricular and co-curricular practices is a high priority.”
Hispanic Heritage Celebrated Last fall, LVC’s Hispanic Heritage Celebration included presentations by Dr. Larry LaFountain Stokes of the University of Michigan and Nicole M. Guidotti-Hernández of Emory University. There also was a day of traditional food
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in the Lehr and Phillips Dining Hall.
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