2025 Founders Weekend
2025 Founders Weekend Schedule | April 10-12
Thursday, April 10
4:00 pm Honor's Convocation, Richardson Performing Arts Center
77 Steps Honors Processional, 2025 Grads and Faculty - Line the steps at 3:45 pm
Speaker: Lindsay Wilke '08, Associate Director of Network Mobilization at the Kansas Health Foundation
Friday, April 11
Founders Weekend Lecture
5:00 pm LaShawn Jefferson | Messenger Recital Hall
Topic - The Unifying Force Of Human Rights: Our Path Forward Together
Leaders in Service Hall of Fame
6:00 pm Leaders in Service Dinner & Ceremony | Deets Library RSVP Required
Leaders in Service Hall of Fame Ceremony to immediately follow the dinner
Inductees
- Greg Cole `10
- Ina (Turner) Gray
- Thad Leffingwell `92
RSVP by April 3, 2025. Cost for the dinner is $25/person. To RSVP, submit RSVP form, email alumni@sckans.eduor call
Concert
7:30 pm Yakja Hona: Experience Pakistan on the Plains | Richardson Performing Arts Center
A Pakistani/Kansas collaborative arts project featuring The Switchgrass String Quartet and The Multifarious Trio.
Saturday, April 12
Business Hall of Fame
8:30 am Business Hall of Fame Reception | Christy Lobby RSVP Requested
8:45 am Business Hall of Fame Ceremony | Richardson Performing Arts Center
Inductees
- Jim Thomas `76
- Vineeta Sherring `80
Business Builder Award
- Millard Management
RSVP by April 3, 2025. To RSVP, submit RSVP form, email alumni@sckans.eduor call
Donate to support the Hall of Fame event
Fine Arts Hall of Fame
10:00 am Fine Arts Hall of Fame Reception | Darbeth Lobby RSVP Requested
10:30 am Fine Arts Hall of Fame Ceremony | Messenger Recital Hall
Inductees
- Lori (Alexander) Borger `76
- Bill Borger `74
RSVP by April 3, 2025. To RSVP, submit RSVP form, email alumni@sckans.eduor call
Donate to support the Hall of Fame event
Educators Hall of Fame
12:00 pm Educators Hall of Fame Luncheon | Deets Library RSVP Required
12:45 pm Educators Hall of Fame Ceremony | Deets Library
Inductees
- Jane Bodman-Smith `93
- Susan (Ingerson) Porter `64
- Ken Rickard `69
RSVP by April 3, 2025. Cost for the luncheon is $25/person. To RSVP, submit RSVP form, email alumni@sckans.eduor call
Benefit Auction
5:30 pm Builder Benefit | A Night for Southwestern College | Winfield Country Club
Dinner and auction event by invitation. For additional information, please email alumni@sckans.edu.
Sunday, April 13
2:00 pm A Cappella Choir Spring Concert | Richardson Performing Arts Center
