2021 Lycoming College Summer Magazine

On May 22, 2021, Lycoming College was delighted to welcome the return of members of the Class of 2020 to campus. Participants had the time-honored tradition of walking through the Oliver Sterling Metzler Gates, which are opened only during commencement ceremonies, before taking their seats on the Fultz Quadrangle. The class was unable to celebrate together last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and an online conferral of degrees was previously presented on May 16, 2020. Daniel Egan ’20 delivered the senior greeting for this year’s in-person ceremony. A business administration and corporate communication double major, Egan is assistant director of sales and marketing, overseeing the implementation of new branches for Grassworks Landscape and Design Inc. Mikayla Feldbauer ’20 was bestowed the 2020 Chieftain Award during a virtual presentation held last year. She is a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the biological and biomedical sciences program. Other 2020 Chieftain nominees included Sarah Bain ’20, Braeden Gonzales ’20, and Victoria Ricedorf ’20. 2020 Senior Class Gift Members of the Class of 2020 identified the need for an outdoor classroom on the College campus and dedicated their senior class gift to incorporating an instructional space into the new Founders Plaza, slated for completion in the fall of 2021. The Founders Plaza will be centrally located on the campus’s historic upper quad where Old Main once stood, surrounded by Clarke Chapel, the Krapf Gateway Center, and Lamade Gymnasium. Members of the Founders Society will be permanently recognized and celebrated in this Plaza, and it will include seating areas to welcome alumni and visitors on campus. CLASS OF We didn’t get to finish out our senior year like most people did. But then again, we aren’t most people. The people I am looking at right now have the capabilities to change the world. It is our responsibility as graduates to impact the world for the better and make the changes necessary for our future generations. That degree, that piece of paper, is going to become very important. A piece of paper can recognize new life, a lifetime that has passed, the creation of art, the complexity of law, the cure to disease, or in our case, four years of experiences, education, and expedition. – Daniel Egan ’20 (L to R) Feldbauer and Gonzales with Maya Merhi 15 www.lycoming.edu