Rugby alumni and
current rugby team
members with Vickie
Palmer, center, in
front of the Palmer
Academic Health
Center at the
Davenport Campus
Homecoming 2007. |
The Olde Boys Rugby Endowment, currently at $363,585, is one
of the five largest alumni endowments set up for Palmer. The
rugby alumni are diligent about growing their endowment each
year through contributions from an annual rugby-sponsored seminar,
plus individual contributions.
During Homecoming 2007 on the Davenport Campus, rugby
alumni celebrated the naming of two rooms in the Palmer College
of Chiropractic Academic Health Center (AHC) in Pisciottano
Hall. To do this, they raised more than $50,000 in support of
Palmer’s capital campaign. The highlight of the Homecoming
celebration was presenting two national championship plaques to
then-Chairman of the Board of Trustees Vickie Palmer. During the
presentation, members of the Olde Boys Rugby Club as well as
current Palmer Rugby Club members serenaded Ms. Palmer with
the Palmer Alma Mater.
This year’s annual Sunshine Tour Seminar was held in Deerfield
Beach, Fla., Feb. 22-24. All proceeds were again donated to the
rugby endowment.