We had a spectacular Induction Ceremony on a beautiful spring day last week. One of the factors that made it a wonderful day was that we hosted three visitors from the Universidad de Monterrey (Mexico). Click here for the E-Net story written by Jennie Proto (’13).
Another great addition to the event was our visiting Periclean-in-Residence Tesla Mellage, Periclean Scholars Class of 2008. Tesla lives in Honduras and was able to offer the new Class of 2016 insight into their country of focus. Tesla also participated in the Corporate Social Responsibility panel earlier in the afternoon and presented some information about the CSR activities of Cargill International, her current employer.
Selected by his Classmates, Ross McFarland, ’14, was named Periclean of the Year. Congratulations to Ross! There is a $500.00 scholarship award that goes along with this honor but Ross, with his Class, has decided that these funds will go toward Class initiatives in Appalachia. This is the same decision made by every previous Periclean of the Year awardee and their Class, underlining the reality that, in true Periclean tradition, is is always about “us” not “me.”
The Class of 2015 did an absolutely amazing job of hosting this event complete with authentic Honduran food to begin the festivities. Kudos to all of the hard working ’15’s!
Here’s a short video:
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