Timeline of Highlights
2000 - 2009
2000
LEE CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF THE “OPEN DOOR” CAMPAIGN
LEE CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF THE “OPEN DOOR” CAMPAIGN
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The Open Door Campaign is completed in November, 5 years after it began. Total funds raised top $20 million and the campaign greatly expands the campus along Parker Street by adding two new academic buildings, four dormitories, and numerous other improvements in a 14-block stretch from 6th to 20th streets. Specific projects include:
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1995 Curtsinger Music Building
1995 Livingston Hall 1996 Deacon Jones Dining Hall 1996 B.L. Hicks Hall 1996 Olympic Field 1998 DeVos College of Education 1998 Centenary Building renovation 1999 Keeble Hall 1999 Storms Hall |
2002
NEW BRANDING AND LOGO UNVEILED
NEW BRANDING AND LOGO UNVEILED
2004
“PARKER STREET CORRIDOR” CAMPAIGN COMPLETED
“PARKER STREET CORRIDOR” CAMPAIGN COMPLETED
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The Parker Street Corridor campaign results in new additions along Parker Street between 11th and 20th streets. This significantly expands the campus border north. Projects include:
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2002 Bowdle Hall and O’Bannon Hall
2002 Butler Field relocation 2003 McKenzie Athletic Building 2003 Schimmels Park 2003 Brinsfield Row 2004 Center for the Humanities 2004 Parker Street rebuilt between 11th & 15th Streets |
2006
ENROLLMENT TOPS 4,000 STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME
In Charles Paul Conn’s 20th year as president, the university exceeds 4,000 students for the first time. This growth is fueled by expanding undergraduate and graduate programs, the addition of hosted summer camps and conferences starting in 2000 that attract new students, an enhanced focus on service and calling in the creations of the Leonard Center (2002) and the Center for Calling and Career (2003), increasing national recognition and awards in rankings such as US News and World Report and The Princeton Review, and continued and new accreditations.
ENROLLMENT TOPS 4,000 STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME
In Charles Paul Conn’s 20th year as president, the university exceeds 4,000 students for the first time. This growth is fueled by expanding undergraduate and graduate programs, the addition of hosted summer camps and conferences starting in 2000 that attract new students, an enhanced focus on service and calling in the creations of the Leonard Center (2002) and the Center for Calling and Career (2003), increasing national recognition and awards in rankings such as US News and World Report and The Princeton Review, and continued and new accreditations.
2008
WOMEN'S SOCCER WINS FIRST EVER NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The Lady Flames women’s soccer program goes on to win 4 back-to-back NAIA national championships with wins in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
WOMEN'S SOCCER WINS FIRST EVER NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The Lady Flames women’s soccer program goes on to win 4 back-to-back NAIA national championships with wins in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
2009
VOICES OF LEE PLACES THIRD ON NBC’S “THE SING OFF”
VOICES OF LEE PLACES THIRD ON NBC’S “THE SING OFF”
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Lee University gains national attention as the Voices of Lee reach the finals of NBC’s singing show competition “The Sing Off.” Lee’s success continues as current students and alumni make repeated successful runs in high profile, nationally televised singing competitions.
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2007 Phil Stacey, American Idol, Season 6, Top 6
2009 Voices of Lee, Sing Off, Season 1, Third Place 2015 Clark Beckham, American Idol, Season 14, Runner-up 2015 Jordan Smith, The Voice, Season 9, Winner 2017 Brooke Simpson, The Voice, Season 13, Third Place |
