Idaho
University Dedicates Rendezvous Center to Honor Transformational Leadership
To honor the management, dedication, and friendship of Dick and Connie Bowen, Idaho State College has named the Rendezvous Heart of their honor. The Richard L. and Connie S. Bowen Rendezvous Heart, which was initially envisioned by the Bowens practically twenty years in the past, was devoted throughout a ceremony on Might 20 that introduced collectively the Bowen household, their associates, previous colleagues, and the campus group.
“It’s so becoming that this student-focused area now bears their identify,” mentioned President Kevin Satterlee. “The Bowens envisioned this facility as an area for all of our college students to assemble collectively to stay and study.”
Richard (Dick) Bowen served because the president of Idaho State from 1985 to 2005, and Connie, who handed away final yr, devoted her time to cultivating group relationships and enhancing long-standing campus traditions. Throughout their tenure at Idaho State, the Bowens introduced a number of tasks to completion, together with the Stephens Performing Arts Heart and Rendezvous Heart.
Elizabeth Bowen, Dick and Connie’s daughter, joined President Satterlee to disclose the middle’s up to date signage.
After the identify was revealed, Dick spoke to the gang, reiterating Connie’s lasting affect on the College’s success, each previous and current.
“It is vitally good to see that this mission we have been engaged on, Connie particularly, now stands on this campus. I’m extraordinarily pleased with this accomplishment. This facility was necessary to Connie,” he mentioned.
Diane Olson, an ISU alumna and longtime director of alumni relations underneath the Bowens, additionally offered temporary remarks on the occasion. Olson shared how Dick and Connie labored collectively for twenty years to develop and enhance Idaho State. Enrollment elevated considerably throughout these years, she mentioned.
Olson mentioned Dick was nice at working with elected leaders to garner help, and Connie was additionally a robust chief with imaginative and prescient and enthusiasm.
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The Rendezvous Heart consists of lecture rooms, pupil housing, eating, pupil help companies, workplaces, examine areas, and convention rooms.
“Idaho State is the college it’s at this time due to the dedication, laborious work, and fervour of the Bowens. Their dedication elevated the status of our College, and the successes now we have at this time are due to their laborious work,” Satterlee mentioned.