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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/pegasusyearbook284wash Co Washington VoJyme:B4 Seniors 32 Amzie and Betsy Parcell With the renovation of the Gibson Center for the Arts, the music deportment saw great advances and interest in its program from students, faculty and even those outside the school; after this year, however, itwill bear an incredible loss with the joint retirement of Amzie and Betsy Parcell. They both said that they greatly enjoyed "the opportunity to work with so many intelligent and talented students" and the "level of cooperation and thoughtfulness that existed between the members of the music faculty for the benefit of the students." To them, it was clear that the most important thing was to create an environment where students could cultivate a love for music, and whether or not they were majors or minors, they loved being able to share their own love for music with them. Though they were not able to make much use of the new facilities of the Gibson Center for the Arts, they both mode great headway within the music department, one of the most lasting being the annual Renaissance Dinner. Because of their great contributions to the music department - and the college as a whole - they will be sorely missed and well-wished in their departure. Dedication lotoCredit: Melissa Grimes-Guy Unfold Opening4 The 2009-2010 academic year was a landmark for many students. For some, it had been their first year at campus without constant construction; for others, the culmination of what they had been promised. For still more individuals, it was the great start to a new beginning. With the opening of a brand-new fine and performing arts building and a fully decked-out student center and dining hall, celebration was at hand for every Washington College student. This year was, however, the final step in a progression that had been occurring throughout the past few years for many. It finished what had been started. But its evolution will continue long after we are gone, and the history of WAC will continue to unfold. We create this history, and it is because of all of us that Washington College is able to evolve. This yearbook is our yearbook. This evolution is our evolution. Washington College's future will continue to unfold with us, because of us and for us, and we will always remember it proudly and with joy. 5 Opening This year, the campus exploded with activity. The brand new Gibson Center for the Arts held an event nearly every weekend, and the recently renovated Hodson Commons became a hot spot for students. While these buildings led Washington College from its brick-and-wood antiquity into a glassy modern age, the transformtaion didn't stop there: we were transforming as well. We began to expect more of our campus - to think of it as more than just a place of learning where we were to spend four years. Now, it was a center of life for all WAC students, and we thrived because of it. We were able to branch out and explore new things, from playing Guitar Hero on a big screen TV to visiting the Kohl Gallery and seeing paintings L. by Renoir and Monet. As students, we became even more excited about going here. And that is X our most important transformation of all. Washington College is not just n^>k m a center of academia, it is a place of growth and living, and this year s studentLife6 proved just that. 1