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Timeline of Highlights

2000 - 2009

​2000
LEE CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF THE “OPEN DOOR” CAMPAIGN
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:
             ​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
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2002
NEW BRANDING AND LOGO UNVEILED
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​2004
“PARKER STREET CORRIDOR” CAMPAIGN COMPLETED
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: ​
      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
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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.
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​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.
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​2009
VOICES OF LEE PLACES THIRD ON NBC’S “THE SING OFF”
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.
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
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