September 2013 - Kennebec Valley Community College

Kennebec Valley Community College

Annual Lynx

HISTORICAL EVENTS: ▪ September 19, 1993 Carter Hall dedicated ▪ March 27, 2003 Maine Community College System is born ▪ May 7, 2003 Lunder Building dedicated ▪ Mickey Marden Center opened Fall 2004

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Building by Name Donald V. Carter Hall: The second building constructed on the Fairfield campus was posthumously named after State Representative Donald V. Carter. During his 24 years in the legislature he was a strong advocate of post-secondary technical education and a staunch supporter of the college.

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Lunder Building: Prior to the construction of the newest building on campus, Peter and Paula Lunder had already established an endowed scholarship. With further financial support for furnishing and décor the administration sought to

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honor the couple by naming the building after them. Marden Center: The Marden family, having previously established the “Mickey Marden Memorial Scholarship”, sought to further assist students here at KVCC by contributing roughly 70% of the funding needed to create the “Harold „Mickey‟ Marden Center for Student Success.” Marden Dedication Stone

From the Archivist’s Desk In the previous Annual Lynx I commented that I had been nominated to serve on the Board of Directors for The Association of Maine Archives and Museums. I was voted in as a member at the annual conference and began my first term this past January. I was excited to learn at the conference that the Maine Memory Network has been using our exhibits as an example of what small preservation groups can achieve. The Maine cultural and historical preservation community has always been a very cooperative and inspiring body so I am very proud that our little archive is now being held up as a positive role model. I am pleased to further report that the KVCC Archive has also provided advice and professional assistance to other community colleges outside of Maine (Texas and Illinois among them) seeking to establish their own historical collections. Thanks, David O. Smith, Librarian/Archivist

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Boxing comes to Gilman

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Over the years Kennebec Valley Community College has added a variety of “firsts” to its resumé. We have had any number of unique courses and programs. Our faculty, staff, and students have distinguished themselves in a variety of ways. We also sponsored and/or hosted numerous one-of-akind or first-of-their-kind events. Sometimes those events are in areas you might least expect.

"Life must be lived forward, but it can only be

I recently came across a series of articles on amateur boxing. As it turns out, we once hosted a veritable boxing extravaganza. The gymnasium at the Gilman Street School had been used for a variety of events before, during, and after KVCC‟s occupancy. While we were located there in the early nineteen eighties the school hosted a couple of boxing events. Both events were rather notable.

understood backward." Cheryl Brown

Soren Kierkegaard

On March 6th 1981, Kennebec Valley Vocational Technical Institute hosted the first ever

A couple of 1981 Bangor Daily News Headlines

Maine Tournament of Champions. An estimated 150 amateur boxers from varying weight classes competed to move on the state level semi-finals. The event was sponsored by the Augusta Area Boxing Club and the Northeast Amateur Boxing Association. Some of the better known amateur boxers of the time that competed and placed included; Mike Perry of Waterville, Bob Knowles of Unity, and Steve Pottle of Benton. A few years later the Gilman campus once again hosted an important amateur boxing contest. Cheryl Brown defended her Maine Women‟s Featherweight title from Laurie Holt on March 23, 1984. It was the first significant challenge to the title she won the previous year.

By Definition: Accession n. ~ 1. Materials physically and legally transferred to a repository as a unit at a single time; an acquisition. - v. ~ 2. To take legal and physical custody of a group of records or other materials and to formally document their receipt. - 3. To document the transfer of records or materials in a register, database, or other log of the repository's holdings. Society of American Archivists KVCC Archive maintains a log of all accessions

Birth of MCCS

Logo that appeared on the 1985-1986 System’s Annual Report

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Maine Community College System.

Left: email announcing the birth of MCCS

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Carter Hall Construction The Donald V. Carter Hall was the second building added to the Fairfield campus. The construction project, estimated at 3.3 million dollars, was approved in a November 1990 referendum. The ground breaking ceremony was overseen by then President Barbara Woodlee along with General Advisory Chairman Gerard Viens and Student Council President Dana LaFlass on October 22, 1991. Construction was completed and the building officially dedicated on September 19, 1993. Ground breaking; L-R: Barbara Woodlee, Gerard Viens, and Dana LaFlash

Above Right: “Moe” Frappier checking out the construction Above Left: Structure is completed Right: Holiday card featuring Carter Hall Below Right: Adding “flesh” to the structure Below Left: Patio being built

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At the Origin: Benjamin M. Leighton (November 8, 1908—November 19, 2003) A 1994 Morning Sentinel piece aptly described Benjamin Leighton as “a man who has become a virtual institution in his home town.” The only aspect of this statement that should be corrected is the implication that his influence was limited to Fairfield, the hometown referenced. Even though he served Fairfield directly as a fireman for 35 years and as Fire Chief for 16 of those years, retiring in 1978, he was deeply involved in a variety of organizations and institutions throughout the state. He was of great importance to our own school. As an adamant supporter of vocational and higher education Benjamin joined the College‟s Advisory Council in 1977. He went on to participate in a number of KVCC related committees. He was one of the Building Committee members who ultimately chose the location of our current campus here in Fairfield and oversaw its early development.

Above: Benjamin’s 90th Birthday celebration at the college Below: Attendance from General Advisory Council minutes

Even after Benjamin stepped back from his official duties he continued to be a friend to the college. As a final show of support the Leighton family asked that in lieu of flowers and gifts people donate to the Fairfield Fire Department or to Kennebec Valley Community College.

News Snippets Archive Webpages

MAM Board of Directors

Over the past year Kennebec Valley Community College Archive has added more material to the College‟s website. The school‟s earliest year book as well as a variety of other photos and documents can now be viewed online. The pages can be found at: www.kvcc.me.edu/Pages/Archive/Archive-Home

January 2013 I began serving a first term as a member of the Association of Archives and Museums (MAM) Board of Directors. As part of my duties as a Board Member I sit on MAM‟s Advocacy Committee and Communications Committee.

HSLIC In October of 2012 I agreed to serve as advisor to a newly formed Archive Task Force of Maine‟s Health Science Libraries and Information Consortium (HSLIC).