CONWAY, Ark. (January 15, 2014) – The Hendrix community
celebrates Martin Luther King Day 2014 on Monday, Jan. 20.
Campus offices are closed in observance of MLK Day as
community members are encouraged to join the Commemorative march from Simon
Park to the Faulkner County Library at 10 a.m.
Shuttles will take participants from the Faulkner County
library parking lot to Simon Park for the march. The shuttles start at
9:15 a.m. and the last one will leave the library at 9:45 a.m. Following
the march, there will be a commemorative program at the library at 11 a.m. with
recognition, presentations, and songs.
At 1 p.m., Hendrix and UCA students will host a kids
carnival at the Wellness and Athletics Center. The event is free and open
to the public. Hendrix students interested in volunteering should contact
Desh Deepak (deepak@hendrix.edu) to
sign up.
There will also be a MLK memorial chapel service on Monday,
Jan. 27 in Greene Chapel at 6:30 p.m. The service is open to the public.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in
engaged liberal arts and sciences education. For the sixth consecutive year,
Hendrix was named one of the country’s “Up and Coming” liberal arts colleges by
U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix is featured in the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change
the Way You Think about Colleges,
as well as the 2014 Princeton Review’s The Best 378 Colleges, Forbes magazine's list of America's Top Colleges, and
the 2014 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United
Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.