In that time, the couple has made life-long friendships with individuals who have become members of their extended family. As a result, they have remained committed to giving back to their adopted home, and they recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Dr.
Kenneth A. Wall International Travel Award. During the spring of , Ken and Sonja unveiled their mission of making sure financial assistance would be available to students to support their international endeavors. The Dr. It was an event that witnessed the campus community coming together to support Ken, as he walked laps around the indoor track, with individuals making donations to the fund by sponsoring any number of the laps on that day.
As a follow-up to the five-year anniversary, Ken and Sonja recently increased their own financial support to the fund, with the goal of allowing even more Springfield College students the opportunity to experience international education. President Mary-Beth Cooper, students, colleagues, staff, friends, and family, all supported Ken in walking as many laps as they desired.
Their participation demonstrated the importance of friendship, and how important it is to give back and support others. And we walked with them.
During those formative days, the international dimension of SC inspired our future goals. Upon completion of their graduate degrees, Ken and Sonja accepted an invitation to teach and coach internationally in Venezuela, where they would spend the next eight years enhancing their international relations by teaching the importance of physical education at the Pedagogical University of Caracas.
