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Dr. Luckey: Time for LWC to get scared of its dreams

More than 400 at annual event this year
If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough. We - you and I working together - have some dreams still left to fulfill. And, no, it won't be easy, but it will be worth it. - - PRESIDENT WM. T. LUCKY, JR, Founders' Day, 23 Apr 2015

By Duane Bonifer
News from Lindsey Wilson College

COLUMBIA, KY - The Lindsey Wilson College community needs to be scared by its dreams.

That was the message LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. told more than 400 guests Thursday night at the college's annual Founders' Day Dinner, held in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center.

Luckey said that LWC needs bold dreams in order for the college to maintain the remarkable trajectory it has experienced during his presidency, which began in 1998.



"If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough," said Luckey, who is the college's eighth president. "We - you and I working together - have some dreams still left to fulfill. And, no, it won't be easy, but it will be worth it."

One reason Luckey said the college will fulfill those dreams is because of its broad base of support.

"I'm so grateful to be here ... surrounded by so many people who care so deeply about this college and its students," he said.

In the dinner's keynote address, LWC alumnus and Trustee Chris Estes of Lexington, KY, urged audience members to "get out of the fog of the complex, into the clarity of the simple" by focusing on "deposits" that can "help people win."

Estes told the Founders' Day audience to "make deposits with your words, time and resources."

"It's a great flame that follows a little spark, and all we have to be is that little spark that creates the great flame," he said.

Earlier in the day, the LWC community dedicated the Dr. Shilpan M. Patel '04 Amphitheater. The amphitheater, which was built in 2002 when the Campus Quadrangle was opened, was named after the 2004 alumnus because of his support of the college.

"From the first day I stepped foot on this place, it felt like a small family," Patel said. "It felt like somewhere where I could fit in."

Patel, who now practices medicine at Morgan County ARH Hospital in West Liberty, KY, said the hours he spent as a student in the amphitheater that now bears his name prepared him for his profession.

"I spent many hours in this place -- it just seemed like a place where I got to see how people's body language worked," he said. "I think it's a skill I that I learned to cultivate here, and it helps me out in my profession now to build engaging and dynamic conversations to change the way they live."


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Professor Curt Lee blesses the Shilpan M. Patel Ampitheater



2015-04-24 - Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer, Lindsey Wilson College.
Lindsey Wilson College Assistant Professor of Religion Curt Lee, center, blesses the Dr. Shilpan M. Patel '04 Amphitheater on Thursday morning.- DUANE BONIFER, LWC

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Dr. Patel speaks at dedication of Patel Amphitheater



2015-04-24 - Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY - Photo Duane Bonifer, LWC.
Dr. Shilpan M. Patel of Morehead, KY, speaks during the dedication Thursday morning, April 23, 2015. of the Dr. Shilpan M. Patel '04 Amphitheater. The amphitheater was named in honor of Patel because of his support of his alma mater.- DUANE BONIFER, LWC

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Dr. Luckey, Dr. Patel at Amphitheater dedication 23 Apr 2015



2015-04-24 - Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY - Photo Duane Bonifer, LWC.
Lindsey Wilson College President William T. Luckey Jr., left, and 2004 LWC graduate Dr. Shilpan M. Patel of Morehead, KY, dedicate the Dr. Shilpan M. Patel '04 Amphitheater Thursday morning, April 23, 2015. The amphitheater was named in honor of Patel because of his support of the college. - DUANE BONIFER, LWC

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MacKenzie Martin speaks at LWC 2015 Founders Day



2015-04-24 - Cranmer Dining Center, 430 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer, Lindsey Wilson College. As Lindsey Wilson College President William T. Luckey looks on, student McKenzie Martin of Columbia gives a student perspective about the college Thursday night during the annual Founders' Day Dinner at Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. Martin, who will graduate this spring with a bachelor of arts degree in history, will attend the University of Kentucky College of Law in the fall. - DUANE BONIFER
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Jeremy Cloyd, Tompkinsville, KY, speaks at 2015 Founders Day



2015-04-24 - Cranmer Dining Center, 430 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer, Lindsey Wilson College.
As Lindsey Wilson College President William T. Luckey looks on, student Jeremy Cloyd of Tompkinsville, Ky., offers a student perspective about the college Thursday night during the college’s annual Founders’ Day Dinner at Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. Cloyd will graduate this spring with a bachelor of arts degree in English and theatre. - DUANE BONIFER, LWC

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Chris Estes keynote speaker for 2015 LWC Founders Day dinner



2015-04-24 - Cranmer Dining Center, 430 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo Duane Bonifer, LWC.
Lindsey Wilson College trustee and 2001 graduate Chris Estes of Lexington, KY, delivers the Founders’ Day Dinner keynote address Thursday night at Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center as LWC President William T. Luckey Jr., left, and LWC trustee James R. Fugitte of Elizabethtown, Ky., look on.

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