New banners around campus celebrate LSC's 100Anniversary

There are new banners on the light posts around school to commemorate Lyndon State College's centennial.

"We are doing different things to recognize the college's 100 anniversary," said Keith Chamberlin, the director of communications and marketing. "This seemed like a natural opportunity to freshen up what is out there."

There are 100 light posts with new banners using 13 designs.  The majority of the banners portray the centennial; while the rest depict different aspects of life around campus; such as the new hornet logo, history of the school, as well as athletics. 

"They were deliberately picked to show a couple different slices of student life," said Chamberlin. 

There are banners that celebrate T.N. Vail and Rita Bole as well as a comparison of the old Vail mansion with the current Academic and Student Activity Center.

They took a few months to complete when the process started in October. 

"We finalized them the first week of January," said Chamberlin.  "It took 15 days to get them manufactured."

The cost of the banners was almost half of what the previous banners cost five years ago. They cost $25 apiece while the old banners cost $45 for the same material.    The total cost of the banners including setup was less than $3000. 

"It is a lot of face lift for not a lot of money," said Chamberlin, adding that for the drop in price for making the banners themselves, "The technology has become much more accessible, much more widely available, and much more competitive."

There are also plans to let the town know about LSC's big year.

"We are hoping to get a banner across Main Street sometime in the next month or two," said Chamberlin.  "The sorts of things an institution does at this juncture just to remind people of our presence here and how important this college is to the region and the students it serves."