Ken
Horner of Sterling, a graduate of the 1947 Class at Sterling Junior College, now
Northeastern Junior College, served as the 2012 mace bearer at the college’s
commencement exercises last week. He joined current faculty/staff marshal Kevin
Stump to escort the symbolic mace to the front of the Jackson and Edwards Arena
in the Bank of Colorado Event Center. The two also led the procession of
graduating students faculty and staff.
The
mace is a symbol of the long tradition of academic excellence and the strong
history of student success at NJC. A beautiful, maple wood piece with a carved
cast bronze NJC headpiece, it features brass plates on the staff which are
inscribed with the names of past through current presidents of the college and
the years that they served. Each year a distinguished alumni is chosen to serve
at the mace bearer.
Horner, who was a member of the first football team at
NJC, lives in Sterling. He has a colorful history of being in business here, and
being a lover of history, photography and writing, all passions he has combined
to create several books documenting information about various locations and
people in northeast Colorado. Horner currently coordinates the Annual Nell
Propst Northeast Colorado Essay Contest which allows students from schools
within eight counties of northeastern Colorado to write essays and compete for
scholarship dollars each year.
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