{"id":4095,"date":"2018-12-01T14:19:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T19:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.pages.roanoke.edu\/?p=4095"},"modified":"2018-12-01T14:19:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T19:19:15","slug":"rc-celebrates-founders-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=4095","title":{"rendered":"RC Celebrates Founders\u2019 Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Written by Emily Leclerc<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every year since 1993, Roanoke College has celebrated the life of the college\u2019s founder and first president with Founders\u2019 Day. Dr. Reverend David F. Bittle\u2019s birthday falls on Nov. 19, and t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he Historical Society collaborates with the History Department to celebrate this special day annually. This student-focused event is held to encourage a sense of community and to educate individuals on the fascinating history of our campus community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Founders\u2019 Day is generally characterized by a discussion of Bittle\u2019s life, accomplishments, and a review of his impact on the rich history of the college. Bittle was responsible for the expansion of the college as well as the establishment of the college\u2019s mission statement. A procession is then followed up to Bittle\u2019s grave, where the alma mater and happy birthday are sung in respect to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Starting in 2014, a new aspect was added to Founder\u2019s Day to increase participation and make the celebration more enjoyable. The History Department opened a costume closet, which is composed of a collection of costumes from a range of different eras. On top of the already established Founders\u2019 Day events, students and faculty were encouraged to dress up in period costumes to not only increase the awareness about the costume lab but also to add a fun element to the celebration of Bittle\u2019s life and legacy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year\u2019s Founders\u2019 Day saw the participation of about 100 students and faculty in the dress-up portion of the day. In the evening, a karaoke party was thrown in the History Department as a fun way to wrap up the day.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Emily Leclerc Every year since 1993, Roanoke College has celebrated the life of the college\u2019s founder and first president with Founders\u2019 Day. Dr. Reverend David F. Bittle\u2019s birthday falls on Nov. 19, and the Historical Society collaborates with the History Department to celebrate this special day annually. This student-focused event is held to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":4096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-01-at-2.02.32-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}