During spring term, while most seniors finished their senior thesis, searched for a job, prepared for graduate school or just enjoyed their last few weeks on campus, class officers Thor Benander, David Levine, and Dawn Schwartz vigorously encouraged all of their classmates to give to the 1995 senior gift drive.
On an almost daily basis, Benander, Levine and Schwartz posted signs in the Reamer Campus Center and left reminder messages on seniors' voice mail and in campus mailboxes. Someone was always sitting at the senior class gift booth in the Campus Center. When, on graduation day, the last gift was counted, the Bicentennial Class had much to celebrate 232 seniors (56% of the class) had contributed $2871.18.
The Class of 1995 voted to link themselves forever with the College's most recognizable landmark, the Nott Memorial: the senior gift was used to help defray the landscaping costs. If you haven't yet seen the finished product, landscaping and all, come to campus soon… it is a sight “Nott” to be missed!