ENVISIONING THE FUTURE
ROUNDTABLE
Scott Van Bramer
Michelle Meekins-Davis
Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science and Distinguished University Professor (2014–2017)
Chief Diversity Officer
Austin Duckett
Eric Behrens
Vice President for Library and Information Services and Chief Information Officer
Moderated by Emma Irving ’18 and Jeannine McKnight
Assistant Dean of Students
Two hundred years of pride, academic excellence, civic engagement, and community building are behind us. So what does our future hold? Seven leaders from across university departments and disciplines have come together to discuss just that, as they bury a time capsule big enough to hold many diverse visions of our collective future. Nadine McHenry Professor of Education and Director of the Science Teaching Center
Lombuso S. Khoza
Executive Director for the Center of Civic and Global Engagement
Nancy Hesse ’80 Board of Trustees Treasurer, Healthcare Executive, and Chief Nursing Officer
1946— Following passage of the G.I. Bill, PMC begins enrolling World War II veterans, either as commuter or boarding students. Veterans are the first non-cadet students ever to attend PMC. 12
1952—The Pershing Rifles Company Q-5 is chartered and goes on to win numerous awards and national acclaim; it changes to Company Q-15 when it becomes the 15th regimental headquarters in 1967.
