Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…
Historical materials of Captain Lenora B. Weirick as the first recipient of the Evangeline G. Bovard Award. She is also an alumni of the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing program. She enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps in March, 1944.