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The video piece reflects Richard McBride’s accomplishments during his 25 years of service at Elon, and was played during his 2009 retirement party. McBride served in many capacities at Elon and within the community, which include: served as the Chaplain of Elon; placed the time capsule bottle in Moseley Center; spoke at New Student Convocation in 2001 on diversity; led the university to make tangible increases in the creation of Elon’s traditions; obtained volunteers for Habit for Humanity along with different community needs; challenged students to work within the community to make an impact on their lives, as well as to improve the community; dedicated the Vera Richardson Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life; offered prayers at the groundbreaking and dedications including the Center for the Arts, Moseley Campus Center, McMichael Science Center, Belk Library, Rhodes Stadium, and the Academic Pavilions. Some notable photographs include: founders of Elon in a black and white photograph; Thad Eure sitting on a bench; Richard McBride standing with Susan Klopman; J. Fred Young; McBride talking during a Baccalaureate program; McBride lecturing in Yeager Hall; McBride meeting with a student in his Whitley Auditorium office (currently the Green Room); McBride speaking on improving academic excellence and student life at Elon; George (Smith) Jackson in the Parish House (now the Community Life Center, 2012) of the Elon Community Church; McBride in Whitley Auditorium holding up one of Carolyn Nelson’s banners; Moravian Love Feast Service; McBride hanging up over 14,000 ribbons in front of the Alamance building (honoring the first anniversary of the Iraq War on March 20, 2004); second free-standing Habitat for Humanity house being built on the field across from Elon’s Fire Station (now the Station at Mill Point neighborhood) with Steve Messenehi and John Barnhill; McBride leading a reaffirmation on religious traditions and services with Pam Kaiser and Robert (Bob) Anderson in the Black Box Theatre; McBride leading a meeting in the Vera Richardson Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life conference room with Jane Wellford, Rene Barnhardt Summers, and a student intern; McBride sitting with a student on the edge of the 1982 Fonville Fountain in Scott Plaza; McBride participating in a discussion of men and masculinity with Lamar Bland and Laurence A. (Larry) Basirico in the Isabella Cannon Room; McBride reading from the Polar Express book during the traditional Luminaries event; Benazir Bhutto (former 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan) with McBride as he prayed during the 2002 Fall Convocation; McBride and a student talking in his Baxter House office (now where McMichael Science Center building stands today); dedication of the Vera Richardson Truitt Center Program with Edna Truitt Noiles (Class of 1944), Vera Richardson, and Richard McBride; exterior of the Vera Richardson Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life (now the Sklut Hillel Center, 2013); McBride with The Most Rev. Bishop Thomas Gumbleton (Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan) giving the 2004 Baccalaureate sermon; McBride standing in the shrubs between Powell and Duke buildings taking photographs; Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, (national director of the Islamic Society of North American’s Office of Interfaith and Community Alliances) delivering the 2007 Baccalaureate address; Ann Lashley bench dedication (in front of Alumni Gym) with Richard McBride, Faith Shearer, and David Henderixson. Some notable people include: Richard McBride, Thad Eure, Jo Watts Williams, J. Fred Young, Susan Klopman, John Sullivan, John Barnhill, George (Smith) Jackson, Carolyn Nelson, Steve Messenehi, Pam Kaiser, Robert (Bob) Anderson, Rene Barnhardt Summers, Lamar Bland, Laurence A. (Larry) Basirico, Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Edna Truitt Noiles, The Most Rev. Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, Ann Lashley, Faith Shearer, and David Henderixson.

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