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Lyon College will bring the “Samuel Beckett and Nature” international conference to Little Rock on Oct. 7-8 at Lyon College’s location in the Heifer International headquarters complex, 1 World Ave.Beckett, an Irish author, critic and playwright, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Writing in both French and English, Beckett is perhaps best known for his plays, especially “En attendant Godot” (1952; Waiting for Godot).Taking a cue from contemporary developments in…

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By Colton StraderThis is the first in a series of Sesquicentennial Moments that will delve into the history of Lyon College during its 150th anniversary celebration, which begins in October 2022. Lyon College will be focusing on the people, places and things that made Lyon College what it is today.During the turn of the 20th century, university and college literary societies started to gradually lose their position of prominence in the extracurricular…

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Constitution Day recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. It’s a commemorative day of reflection and recognition.For this Constitution Day, Lyon College Barrett Moore’s “Recent Developments in Constitutional Law” lecture was held on Friday, Sept. 16, in the Maxfield Room, Edwards Commons, on the Batesville campus at 2300 Highland Rd.“Constitution Day happens every year, but we have some particularly interesting things to discuss this…

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Photo SubmittedThe Gravel Yard Lyon College will host a Pack the Chapel sesquicentennial benefit concert on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m., featuring Arkansas bluegrass musicians The Gravel Yard with singer/songwriter Grace Stormont in the Sloan Auditorium of Brown Chapel on the Lyon College campus, 2300 Highland Road, Batesville.Hosted by The Gravel Yard, Lyon College Advancement and Alumni Relations, and the Lyon College Sesquicentennial Committee, the concert is part of Lyon College’s…

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Members of Lyon College’s Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter, or TKE, recently announced that they had the honor of joining TKE’s prestigious $5,000 Club and were recognized at the TKE Conclave in Houston, Texas. Lyon College’s chapter worked diligently over the past year to help raise money to donate to its main philanthropy, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, with the final amount totaling $5,405.“Our organization chose St. Jude as our primary philanthropy as…

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