Riverland News
Riverland Community College President's Column -- September 2012
I am excited to be spending the next year as Riverland Community College’s interim president. I see Riverland as a college with unlimited potential while serving three impressive campus communities and the surrounding region. One thing that I noticed immediately upon my arrival is Riverland’s overwhelming dedication to student success. With the academic year just beginning and the nationwide search for Riverland’s new permanent president moving forward, I felt this was an excellent opportunity to introduce myself and my plan for Riverland this year.
Riverland Music presents ‘The Story of Music, Stories from Home’ Sept. 18
Award-winning poet and essayist Gary Holthaus and internationally acclaimed musician Lauren Pelon team up to offer a unique new program called The Story of Music, Stories from Home. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Riverland Community College Austin Campus in the Frank W. Bridges Theatre.
Pelon plays a variety of ancient and modern instruments ranging from lute, lyre, and concertina, to recorders, gemshorn, electric wind controller and pedalboard. Holthaus reads from his poems and essays. Both the music and the readings offer unique perceptions of the natural world, and celebrate our sense of place, community, and home.