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Billy Wagner on the mound in Chicago Cubs vs Atlanta Braves game 2010.

President E. Clorisa Phillips and Executive Director of Athletics Christopher Holt request the honor of your attendance at a benefit dinner to “Raise the Roof” of the Smith-Canter Gymnasium. Guest speaker: Billy Wagner – Seven-time Major League Baseball All-Star, Southwest Virginia native, and Virginia Sports Hall of Famer.

Friday, February 22, 2013 in the Smith-Canter Gymnasium.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for a reception. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m.

Cost: $100. Please RSVP by February 12, 2013.

About the Raise the Roof Campaign:
The Smith-Canter Gymnasium, affectionately called the “Cobra Den,” is known in the Appalachian Athletic Conference for its lively, loud atmosphere that heightens the VI basketball teams’ home court advantage.  VI has initiated the “Raise the Roof” campaign, a $400,000 capital improvement plan, to benefit students and the entire College community.

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The Smith-Canter Gymnasium, or “Cobra Den,” has been deemed a priority project for vital repairs and lasting improvements which will boost the quality of student life and allow opportunities to realize the full potential of the Gym as a campus and community venue. While use for athletics is top priority, the Gym is an ideal facility for other events such as academic and professional fairs, receptions, community sporting events and summer camps.

During more than eight decades since the Gym was constructed in 1928, hundreds of students have improved their wellbeing through athletic training and competition, physical fitness and supporting classmates with Cobra team spirit. Combined with the academic experience, these activities contribute to students’ developing happy, healthy and productive lives.

Recently, the Gym floor was beautifully restored and the walls updated. The Cobras have returned to the Gym for competition, and support for the teams is increasingly strong.

Goal
To embark on a lasting improvement project, a $400,000 fundraising campaign to “Raise the Roof” and make additional Gym improvements. Improvements will be complete by the beginning of fall semester 2012.

Plans
Plans for improvements to Smith-Canter Gymnasium:

• Replace the roof and repair damage to ceiling

• Install new guttering

• Replace windows

• Install new exhaust fans

• Install ramp for access by the physically challenged

• Re-landscaping of Quad in Gym area

Pick your seats while they are still available! Richmond Ballet, The State Ballet of Virginia, awakens and uplifts the human spirit through dance. The new second company, Richmond Ballet II, is an elite group of ten professional dancers led by Richmond Ballet’s own Resident Artist, Igor Antonov. They will present a mixed repertory program of classical ballets and invigorating contemporary works. Tickets on sale now! Click the “Buy Tickets” button above or click here. Group rates (for groups of 10 or more) are available. To purchase tickets at the group rate please contact Will Hankins at 276-466-7170. Also, VI faculty and staff should contact Will to purchase tickets.

RICHMOND BALLET II Dancer in “Notturno” by Salvatore Aiello. Richmond Ballet 2012. All rights reserved.

Richmond Ballet II is partially supported by funding from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

 
Professors Jessica Turner and Chuck Pearson, and the two will host a reception for the middle school students and their families in Harrison-Jones on Friday April 19, 4:30-5:30 p.m.  The media and anyone interested in astrophotography are invited to attend.
 
For the past six weeks, Drs. Pearson and Turner, with the assistance of interns at the College, have worked with at-risk students from Virginia Middle School and Vance Middle School in Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee. The students will exhibit their photos alongside a digital exhibit at the reception. During the six-week program students were introduced to a wide variety of resources in the Smithsonian’s Micro-Observatory Telescope Network, including the ability to control the robotic telescopes via the Internet and use its software to capture their versions of the cosmos. The students’ chosen images, as well as their captions, poems, and reflections on the program, will be on display during the reception. Refreshments will be served.