Sunday, June 9, 2019

Closing Dinner for the 67th Annual VFIC Meeting

Closing dinner for the 67th annual Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges meeting at The Homestead in Hot Springs — host of the VFIC meeting for 60 of those years. Pictured with good friends and colleagues: (above) Bernie Niemeier, President and Publisher of Virginia Business magazine, and Ken Garren, President of the University of Lynchburg. (Pictured below) With long time VWU trustee George Birdsong and Todd Lawrence, husband of Hollins University President Pareena Lawrence. With a $30 million endowment, VFIC advances the distinctive values and strengths of Virginia’s 15 most distinguished private colleges. They do so by securing financial support from the private sector, increasing visibility, facilitating innovative and collaborative programs, and supporting initiatives which ensure that this personalized educational experience remains an affordable choice for tomorrow’s citizen-leaders.