Melinda Rangel, Ed.D., Marvin Sellberg Professor of Business & Entrepreneurship
Stan Shelden, CEO, Shelden Architecture
Susan Franz Koslowsky (g’84), Chair of Tabor’s Board of Directors
David Janzen, Ph.D. (g’90), President of Tabor College
Ron Braun (g’75), Vice President of Philanthropy, Tabor College
Porsha Zweifel (cs), Student Senate President, Tabor College
Fran Oleen, District Director, Congressman Derek Schmidt
Matt Stiles, City Administrator, City of Hillsboro, Kan.
Tayton Smith (cs), Student, Business & Entrepreneurship Center Committee
HILLSBORO, Kan.— Tabor College ushered in the next chapter for its newest academic space, breaking ground for the Business & Entrepreneurship Center and setting the course for the remodel of the former Mary J. Regier Building (MJR) and its attached atrium and north expansion.
Over 100 community members attended the afternoon ceremony to celebrate the academic and business impact the Business & Entrepreneurship Center will have at Tabor, in the City of Hillsboro and the state of Kansas. The event was livestreamed and is available for replay via www.tabor.edu/bec.
Speakers at the afternoon ceremony included (in order):
Ron Braun, Vice President of Philanthropy, Tabor College
David Janzen, Ph.D., President, Tabor College
Susan Franz Koslowsky, Chair, Tabor College Board of Directors
Melinda Rangel, Ed.D., Marvin Sellberg Professor of Business & Entrepreneurship
Porsha Zweifel, Student Senate President, Tabor College
Matt Stiles, City Administrator, City of Hillsboro, Kan.
Fran Oleen, District Director, Congressman Derek Schmidt
Tom Byford, Pastor, Parkview Mennonite Brethren Church
Nearly $9 million has been raised toward the $11 million project. Additionally, less than $500,000 remains to meet the challenge grant issued by the Mabee Foundation in January.
The building is also part of the Next Century Campaign, Tabor’s $90 million initiative to build on the rich legacy of the college’s first century and secure a thriving future for generations.
The event was held on Tabor Day, a major milestone in the college’s 117-year history. On April 30, 1918, the college’s first building burned down. Hope arose from that tragic day as the generosity of the greater campus community and God’s faithfulness led to the construction of the MJR and the H.W. Lohrenz Administration Building. Those two buildings were commissioned on April 30, 1920, and one year later, the date was officially recognized as Tabor Day, celebrating perseverance through tragedy and what God has and will do through the college community.
To learn more about the Next Century Campaign, visit www.tabor.edu/nextcentury. Online gifts can be made via www.tabor.edu/give. Contact Ron Braun at ronb@tabor.edu or 620-947-3121 (ext. 1710) to make a gift via check or assets such as stocks, property, or cryptocurrency.
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Established in 1908 and located in Hillsboro, Kan., Tabor College is a Christian liberal arts college affiliated with the Central and Southern Districts of the United States Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches.