Rice celebrated as ‘timeless personality’
Rhonda Wheeler, News Editor
January 29, 2020
Family, friends and community members all gathered in Carter Hall Friday and Saturday to celebrate the life of a university legend. Carter Hall remained silent, with people gathering around to express the loss of the university’s founding president. “We gather here to celebrate a timeless perso...
Campus visitation, funeral for Rice scheduled for this weekend
Riley Guerzini and Rhonda Wheeler
January 17, 2020
Visitation and funeral services for the university’s deceased founding president David Rice will be Jan. 24 and Jan. 25 in Carter Hall according to a press release from the university. The visitation will be Jan. 24 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. followed by a prayer vigil led by Rev. Bernard Lutz, a friend ...
A leading legacy
Riley Guerzini, Editor-in-Chief
January 16, 2020
"Every citizen who desires an education, who is capable of attaining an education, and who is willing to achieve an education shall have the opportunity to do so." - David Rice Founding university President David Rice died at his residence in York, Pennsylvania Jan. 15, the university ann...
Longtime leader to retire
Noah Alatza, Community Engagement Manager
January 19, 2018
Cynthia Brinker walked around her office in the Byron C. Wright Administration building on a cold but sunny Friday morning. Laughing and pointing out pictures from years past at the university’s Higher Education Day at the Indiana Statehouse, her office houses hundreds of items of memorabilia. From a...