Founders Day celebrates Sandburg’s 60th anniversary Sept. 24

GALESBURG — Sandburg will host a Founders Day celebration Sept. 24 on the Galesburg campus to commemorate its 60th anniversary.

The event will take place at 3 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Graham Health System Science & Technology Center Atrium. All are welcome to attend this free event. The celebration will include opening a time capsule sealed in 1976 during Sandburg’s 10th anniversary. It contains letters from past employees and students, along with other artifacts from 50 years ago. 

The college plans to collect current-era items throughout the course of the year and reseal the time capsule so it can be opened by future generations.

Sept. 24 will mark 60 years to the day of the college’s establishment, and the first classes in Sandburg history took place exactly a year later, Sept. 24, 1967.

For questions, contact Emma Smith, student engagement specialist, at 309.345.3522 or studentlife@sandburg.edu.