{"id":34920,"date":"2024-07-26T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/?p=34920"},"modified":"2024-07-23T14:24:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T19:24:42","slug":"kwu-announces-opening-date-for-renovated-sams-chapel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/kwu-announces-opening-date-for-renovated-sams-chapel\/","title":{"rendered":"KWU Announces Opening Date for Renovated Sams Chapel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block rtf align style-default align-default position-right bg-color-default\">\n\t<div class=\"block-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"rtf-content cf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>KWU is proud to announce that a fully renovated Sams Chapel will reopen Saturday, Oct. 19, as part of Homecoming 2024. The new performance space will be christened with a special concert, titled \u2018Come Home,\u2019 which will get underway at 7 p.m. and feature celebrated musical guests from KWU\u2019s recent past. Aine Hakamatsuka \u201912 and Christian McQueen \u201918 are among those scheduled to perform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOct. 19 will be the culmination of the work of many,\u201d said Ken Oliver, executive vice president of advancement and university operations. \u201cOur supporters, university leadership and the local community have come together to embrace this project. Because of this event, Homecoming 2024 promises to be a weekend to remember for years to come!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The renovation of Sams Chapel \u2014 the first in decades \u2014 began in early 2023 and has run concurrently with a complete overhaul of the university\u2019s music spaces. KWU now boasts the Applequist Family Music Center, a dedicated area of new classrooms and top-notch technology, and the new Bieber Hall will add additional foyer space for the department, as well as allow visitors to access Sams Chapel directly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSams Chapel has always been the soul of our campus,\u201d said Dr. Matt Thompson, KWU president. \u201cOct. 19 will be a landmark day in our history, and we hope many alumni and friends plan to come home to celebrate this wonderful occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the \u2018Come Home\u2019 concert and the rest of Homecoming 2024, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/homecoming2024\">www.kwu.edu\/homecoming2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":34921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-fine-arts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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