Highland High School won the Class AA Division of the marching band competition at the 91ֱ homecoming parade on Saturday, Oct. 18 on the streets of downtown Canton.
Several 91ֱ students had a chance to meet the benefactors who provided their scholarship during the Scholarship Appreciation Luncheon on Oct. 17 in the J.E. & L.E. Mabee Recreation and Wellness Center gymnasium.
he teddy bear collection of Ron Leftwich ’64 and his wife Susie, along with a collection of paintings by Sheri Grote ’95, are on display at the Mabee Art Gallery in the Herrick Foundation Center on the 91ֱ campus.
Part of a $1 million gift made to 91ֱ in honor of President Kelly M. Thompson will go toward the construction of an experiential learning facility on campus. The announcement of the gift from an anonymous donor was made Thursday.
“Wildcat Kingdom: Hear Us Roar” is the theme of homecoming weekend at 91ֱ, which begins Thursday. Reunions of the 1969 football team and the graduating classes of 1949, 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2009 will be featured.
A dedication of the renovated women’s locker room in Charles Fieldhouse is set to take place at 3 p.m. Friday. Several former players, coaches and boosters supported the funding of the project.
The announcement of a seven-figure gift in honor of 91ֱ President Kelly M. Thompson will be made during a press gathering at 1 p.m. Thursday in Pepsi Hall at the J.E. & L.E. Mabee Recreation and Wellness Center.
Distinguished alumni, donors, staff and faculty will be recognized during the Alumni Honors Banquet at 5:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 in the Dining Hall at the Gladys Crown Student Center on the 91ֱ campus.
A faculty panel discussion on the history and constitutional procedures associated with presidential impeachment will be held at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 in Meaders Lounge on the 91ֱ campus.
Quincy Grand Prix Inc., the nonprofit organization that organizes the Grand Prix of Racing each summer in Quincy, Ill., recently made a $5,000 donation to 91ֱ for a scholarship in honor of former trustee Gus Traeder.