Dec. 3,
2010 –Several
hundred Valparaiso University students, faculty and staff joined with
members of the community to celebrate the University's inaugural
Christmas tree lighting Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, with carol singing, hot
chocolate and fireworks.
At
about 6:20 p.m., President Mark Heckler threw the switch to light a
30-foot evergreen in multi-colored lights as well as a surrounding
cluster of smaller trees covered in white lights, noting that
University leaders hope to make this an annual tradition.
"It
was really pretty," said Mary Ann Craft, a freshman from Kendalville,
Ind. "The ceremony really helped bring all of us together as a
community."
