Marcus Shantz visits with architect/alumnus Brian Rudy, along with Judy Penner and Jim Tiessen.
An Open House on Saturday, March 26 signified the end of the Fill the Table Campaign as donors were invited to tour the new kitchen and dining room facilities. Food Services Manager Cheri Otterbein noted the vast improvements made in the kitchen and the challenges of feeding students in a construction zone. “When we moved into the new space it was ‘construction clean’, but we needed to make it ‘food services clean’, which meant that we had to wash every item that we own and, as a team, find the best locations for the knives, spices, and pots.”
On behalf of students, Student Council President Jocelyn Bretzlaff thanked donors from the “bottom of our stomachs.”
“Donors gave us inspiration and advice at critical points,” noted President Marcus Shantz. “The encouragement to move ahead with the stairway and elevator to connect the dining room to the chapel foyer was critical.” In the end, 1092 donors and students gave $4,219,877 towards this capital campaign.
