My son David is a sophomore at Louisiana College. He was recently involved in an automobile accident.
My wife and I were pleasantly surprised when Louisiana College President Dr. Joe Aguillard arrived at Rapides Regional Hospital to pray with us. Also on the scene was Jeremy Huffman, David’s cross-country coach at LC. He took quite a bit of time to sit with David at the hospital. Numerous students followed suit.
Additionally, Dr. Aguillard called other LC staff and they began to make arrangements to help David, who had suffered a concussion and a broken foot.
The staff could not have been more helpful. Dr. Peggy Pack of Student Development assisted us by discussing the issues David would face and also helped secure a wheelchair (she even offered to drive us to get it!).
The dorm staff at Tudor Hall helped David get into a first-floor room, so he could get in & out more easily. Brandon Robin, Director of LC’s Baptist Collegiate Ministry, helped arrange students to wheel David around campus. Brandon himself was among the first to personally wheel David over to the BCM where LC students provided fellowship & encouragement as he began his recuperation.
I want to publicly thank Dr. Aguillard as well as the Louisiana College staff and students. LC has proven to be more than “just a college” to us during this time. They have proven to be a “college family.”
This gives me great confidence to entrust my daughter, currently a high school senior, to the “LC family” this next fall!
Shawn Thomas,
Lake Charles