After all, if everyone at the place remembers its creation, or at least most do, there's little motivation to document or commemorate origins. But UMM is now 40 years old, and most of us on campus or living in the nearby community today were not here when the West Central School of Agriculture became a campus of the University of Minnesota. In fact, as we enter our fifth decade, the number of individuals at the college, or in Morris, with a direct link to our founding days is probably fewer than a couple of dozen. But many of those folks still have sharp and fascinating memories of our earliest academic years, and we should respectfully capture and affectionately preserve those memories, while they are still fresh and first hand. Founders Day will include the following agenda.
All events are open to the public.
Community Appreciation Breakfast, Ardelle's Eatery, downtown Morris Morris Mayor Carol Wilcox will read the Founders Day proclamation. UMM Chancellor Sam Schuman will speak. An opportunity for founding and former faculty, staff and students to reunite, meet and reminisce. Those creators of this college had the breathtakingly courageous conviction that a top quality public institution devoted to liberal learning, belonged in rural west central Minnesota. So, we are celebrating this year because they were right, and what they founded has proven of lasting value.