MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE STUDENTS CELEBRATED EARTH DAY BY PLANTING A TREE IN HONOR OF THEIR COLLEGE PRESIDENT THURSDAY.
STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT GARRETT ARBUCKLE SAYS IT WAS A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATE TWO DIFFERENT LEGACIES:
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JOHN REYNDERS HAS BEEN MORNINGSIDE’S PRESIDENT SINCE 1999, AND WILL RETIRE NEXT YEAR AFTER MORNINGSIDE BECOMES A UNIVERSITY.
HE AND HIS WIFE ROBIN WERE MOVED BY THE HONOR AND HE SPOKE OF HIS APPRECIATION FOR MORNINGSIDE AND THE COMMUNITY:
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THE TREE WAS PLANTED IN FRONT OF LEWIS HALL AND A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PLACED NEAR THE TREE WITH A MESSAGE THANKING PRESIDENT REYNDERS AND HIS WIFE FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO MORNINGSIDE.
