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Renovating for the Future @ your library ® :

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May 2008
Renovating for the Future! Honoring RBC Graduates @ your library®

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The Richard Bland College Commencement Ceremony
Friday, May 9 at 6pm

2008 Commencement Speaker:

Joseph J. Plumeri (1966 graduate of The College of William & Mary),
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Willis Group Holdings Limited

Joseph J. Plumeri

Read all about it!
The Progress-Index featured an article about RBC's 2008 Commencement ceremony.

The library's Graduate Books program allows proud parents, friends and relatives to fund the purchase of books for the library in the name of an RBC graduate. Forms are available online.

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How does the Graduate Books program work?
In a nutshell...

  • A minimum donation of $30 is made to the library by a loved one or friend of a graduating student.
  • The library staff orders a book in honor of the graduate.
  • A book plate is added to the book noting the name of the graduate, the name(s) of the donor(s), and the year of graduation from RBC.
  • The special RBC graduate receives honorable mention in LION (the RBC Library catalog) and on the library web site!
  • As a special bonus for the graduating class of 2007, the RBC graduate whose friends/family have made a donation to the library may stop by to pick up a complimentary copy of a Parks Duffey print of the campus from the Friends of the RBC Library.

What is a Parks Duffey print of the campus?

In February of 2001 The Friends of the Richard Bland College Library commissioned Parks Pegram Duffey III to paint the Richard Bland College campus.  For eight months Mr. Duffey visited the campus, solicited input from faculty and staff, and worked on a canvas that evolved into a painting that includes architectural renderings of buildings, whimsical remembrances of people and events, and an overall lovely depiction of the campus. 

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Graduates whose family and/or friends have contributed a minimum of $30 to the RBC Library's Graduate Books program will be eligible to pick up a complimentary 27.5" x 22" Parks Duffey print of the campus.

Looking for more info?

For more information on the library's Graduate Books program, please click here.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to The Friends of the RBC Library for providing the complimentary prints by Parks Duffey, and sincere thanks to Dr. LeAnn Binger and Ms. Jacqueline Harrison in the Development Office for overseeing mailings and donations.

 

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