{"id":1478,"date":"2012-10-16T17:20:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T17:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/news\/specialcollections\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2012-10-16T17:20:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T17:20:16","slug":"harpur-unveils-wall-of-excellence-quad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/2012\/10\/16\/harpur-unveils-wall-of-excellence-quad\/","title":{"rendered":"Harpur unveils Wall of Excellence, Quad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Guests at the Harpur College Quad and Wall of Excellence dedication look at the wall during the ceremony on Oct. 13. The Wall of Excellence, located near Jazzman's Cafe at the entrance of the Library Tower, highlights Harpur's history, students, faculty and alumni. Photo by Jonathan Cohen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Harpur College of Arts and Sciences celebrated its past, present and future during an Oct. 13 ceremony that dedicated the Harpur College Quad and Wall of Excellence.<\/p>\n

\u201cHarpur College has been here 62 years and it is the intellectual heart of the campus,\u201d Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger said. \u201cIt\u2019s quite amazing that we have now put that heart where it belongs \u2013 in the center of campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 300 faculty and staff members, administrators, students and alumni gathered at the Library Tower for the dedication ceremony, which was part of Homecoming 2012. Located along a wall near Jazzman\u2019s Caf\u00e9, the Wall of Excellence features information about Harpur College\u2019s history, along with profiles of outstanding students, accomplished alumni and donors, and distinguished faculty. The Harpur College Quad includes the Pegasus statue, a new walkway and fountain, and the Harpur monument, which was moved from its former location at the University entrance at Bartle Drive.<\/p>\n

Guests entered a tent outside the Library Tower to hear from Stenger, Harpur College Interim Dean Wayne Jones, Provost Donald Nieman, Distinguished Teaching Professor Gerald Kadish, alumni Alex Hupp\u00e9 \u201969, and student Ilana Solomon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis (day) is historic because it recognizes the centrality of Harpur College,\u201d said Jones, who served as master of ceremonies and later led a champagne toast at the Wall of Excellence. \u201cWe started in 1950 and over the last 62 years, we have grown into a major research university with multiple colleges and professional schools, and a body of alumni who are so impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nieman, who preceded Jones as Harpur College dean, noted that there are a number of reasons for Binghamton University\u2019s continued success: \u201cbright, curious students,\u201d \u201ca world-class faculty and a creative staff\u201d \u201cdedicated and accomplished alumni\u201d and \u201cexcellent professional schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut like all great universities, Binghamton\u2019s excellence rests on an outstanding college of arts and sciences \u2013 Harpur College,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Today, Harpur College enrolls more than 60 percent of the University\u2019s students, sponsors more than half of the PhD programs, generates $20 million a year in external funding and offers high-quality core courses for students in all schools, Nieman said.<\/p>\n

Nieman praised Jones and the Harpur dean\u2019s staff, including Lee Nesslage and Leah Joggerst of Harpur Constituent Relations, and Lori Fuller and Matt Tynan of Harpur Communications, for making the dedication possible. He also credited Vice President for Administration James Van Voorst for not only coming up with the plan to redesign the area, but naming it Harpur Quad, as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason this all came about is that we had to replace the water main on campus,\u201d Nieman said. \u201cJim saw this as an opportunity not only to (improve) our physical infrastructure, but to create a beautiful space in the heart of campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nieman said he hopes that the quad and wall will inspire others in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy building on Harpur College\u2019s proud past and its commitment to excellence, we will be able to reach the destination that President Stenger has pointed us to in the road map process: becoming the premier public university of the 21st century,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hupp\u00e9 devoted part of his talk to the stone monument that he said represents not just hope, but home, for many Harpur alumni.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fitting to have the Glenn Bartle Library facing what we call the pylon or monument,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s Glenn looking out over his monument toward his beloved (town of) Maine off in the hills. There is a perfection to the design of this that a lot of us appreciate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Harpur College of Arts and Sciences celebrated its past, present and future during an Oct. 13 ceremony that dedicated the Harpur College Quad and Wall of Excellence. \u201cHarpur College has been here 62 years and it is the intellectual heart of the campus,\u201d Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger said. \u201cIt\u2019s quite amazing that we have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-binghamton-university-events","7":"category-university-archives"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}