Olympic Gold Medalist Billy Mills was the featured presenter on Wednesday, April 12th, at the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes. Mills, who won the 10k at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, spoke about his work with indigenous people of America and his opportunity to be an inspiration and role model. LMC Team Member Ronda Hassig commented, “It’s not every day that you get to meet a Gold Medal Olympian, but Fort Scott had that opportunity. Billy Mills, the only American to win the 10,000m race, spoke to a large and excited crowd!” Mills’ visit was made possible by a Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area grant celebrating the leadership qualities of the Unsung Hero Chief Hiawatha. Using Hiawatha as a role model for current leaders, discussions ensued between Billy Mills and the community about “The Leader We Need” today. Find out more about Billy Mills and his story at https://bit.ly/newsroom-mills.
STUDENT COMPETITIONS
The 2023 ARTEFFECT Finalists are live!
Thank you to all the 2023 ARTEFFECT Competition participants. This year we received more submissions than ever before! The 2023 Finalists are now viewable on the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes website. Watch our social media for updates on the announcement of this year’s winners.
ARTEFFECT was recently at the 2023 NAEA Convention in San Antonio!
Art educators and organizations were able to visit the ARTEFFECT booth to learn about the annual competition and about new professional development offerings launching this summer for art educators.
ARTEFFECT staff and educators had the opportunity to share about the Unsung Heroes, hand out some swag and showcase ARTEFFECT award-winning student artwork.
LMC VISITORS & REVIEWS
VISITORS FROM 107 COUNTRIES HAVE TOURED THE
LOWELL MILKEN CENTER FOR UNSUNG HEROES!
Belinda Flynn, a foreign exchange host for two students in Topeka, KS, brought seven foreign exchange students to tour the Lowell Milken Center.
Belinda, formerly from Bourbon County, Kansas, is the aunt of David Foster, one of the students involved in the Ken Reinhardt project.
These students represented Germany, Italy, Egypt, France, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Kyrgyzstan.
The students from Malaysia, Indonesia, and Kyrgyzstan were the first people from their countries to visit the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes, allowing us to change the number on our visitor map from 104 countries to 107 countries!
Heather, a Travel Blogger (View her Blog at Raulersongirlstravel), visited the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes recently and shared this review with her readers, https://bit.ly/3Kpk2jV. Thank you, Heather!
