Wabash Center Ribbon Cutting
The new facility for the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion was officially opened Sunday. From left, John Lindstaedt, Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects, Greg Jacoby, Browning Day, Craig R. Dykstra, Lilly Endowment Inc., Nadine S. Pence, Director of Wabash Center, Dr. Patrick White, Wabash College President, William Placher, Chair of Wabash Center Advisory Committee, Larry Griffith, Wabash CFO, Gary Phllips, Wabash Dean. Photos by Howard W. Hewitt, Wabash College
President White speaks about the place of the Wabash Center in the overall program of Wabash College.
Craig Dykstra, Vice President for Lilly Endowment Inc. religion division, spoke to the role of the Wabash Center over the past 12 years in fostering faculty excellence in teaching and learning in theology and religion.
John Lindstaedt, architect, relfected on the design of the structure as both an anchor for the south side of the Wabash Campus ana reflection of the hospitality and gavitas of the Wabash Center programs.
Nadine Pence, Center director, focused attention on both the accomplishments of the Wabash Center and highlighted future directions of the Wabash Center mission.
A nice crowd gathered for the ceremony despite inclement weather and a power outage.
Raymond Williams must have felt proud as the founding director of the Wabash Center.