{"id":7250,"date":"2017-09-25T14:18:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2017\/09\/25\/newbold-opens-myrna-dorland-wing\/"},"modified":"2017-09-25T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:18:38","slug":"newbold-opens-myrna-dorland-wing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/newbold-opens-myrna-dorland-wing\/","title":{"rendered":"Newbold Opens Myrna Dorland Wing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>25 September 2017 | Binfield, UK [Kirsty Watkins]&nbsp;Following a thorough and much needed refurbishment, the north wing of Newbold\u2019s Salisbury Hall was reopened on Wednesday 20 September 2017.&nbsp; Now called the \u2018Myrna Dorland Wing\u2019 in recognition of Myrna\u2019s contribution to the College over so many years, the refurbishment was made possible thanks to a generous bequest from her estate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing-ribbon_cutting.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-7246\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing-ribbon_cutting.jpg\" alt=\"Myrna Dorland Wing ribbon cutting\" width=\"250\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" title=\"TED President, Raafat Kamal, cuts the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the refurbished Myrna Dorland wing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing-ribbon_cutting.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing-ribbon_cutting-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing-ribbon_cutting-1024x919.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing-ribbon_cutting-768x689.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing-ribbon_cutting-350x314.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing-ribbon_cutting-700x628.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing-ribbon_cutting-900x808.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing-ribbon_cutting-1100x987.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing-ribbon_cutting-560x503.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Myrna\u2019s gift was used to refresh and refurbish the top corridor and the upstairs toilets in Salisbury Hall, and to redecorate and refurnish all the classrooms, both upstairs and downstairs.&nbsp; These are the classrooms where Myrna taught History, English Literature and English Language during her service at the college, 1954 \u2013 1960 and then from the mid-70s until her retirement in 1996.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Salisbury Hall itself dates from 1956 and was badly in need of modernisation.&nbsp; Today it houses Newbold&#8217;s English, History, Music, and Fine Arts programmes, as well as the Principal\u2019s and financial administration offices and the main auditorium.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_obit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-7247\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_obit.jpg\" alt=\"Myrna Dorland obit\" width=\"250\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: right;\" title=\"Myrna Dorland, whose life of selfless service influenced 1,000's of students who studied at Newbold, Stanborough School or in Nigeria\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_obit.jpg 449w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_obit-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_obit-350x440.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Myrna passed away on 10 December 2013 at the age of 82, and we were humbled to receive this generous bequest from our friend and former colleague,&#8221; said Newbold Principal, Dr John Baildam. &#8220;The changes we&#8217;ve been able to make to The Myrna Dorland Wing will have a long-lasting and significant impact on countless future students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Myrna\u2019s career in education spanned over 40 years, and her contribution to Adventist education was felt through her work at Stanborough School, the Nigerian Training College, and the Adventist Seminary of West Africa \u2012 now Babcock University. She was also a great supporter of Newbold Primary School.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The event was attended by Newbold staff and students, and representatives from the Trans-European Division (TED), including Pastor Raafat Kamal (President), Audrey Andersson (Secretary), and Nenad Jepuranovi\u0107 (Treasurer).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing_opening.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-7248\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing_opening.jpg\" alt=\"Myrna Dorland Wing opening\" width=\"250\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" title=\"Myrna's great-nephew, Steven Hulbert (front left), and niece, Luisa Hulbert (front right), represented her family along with 3 great-great-nieces who currently enjoy Sabbath school in the very classroom where Myrna taught\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing_opening.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing_opening-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing_opening-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing_opening-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing_opening-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing_opening-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing_opening-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing_opening-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing_opening-1100x825.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_Wing_opening-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Myrna\u2019s family was also represented by the Hulbert family &#8211; her great-nephew Steven Hulbert who is currently studying postgraduate Theology at Newbold, and Myrna\u2019s three two-year-old great-great-nieces accompanied by their grandmother, Luisa Hulbert, wife of Myrna\u2019s nephew, Pastor Victor Hulbert. Victor was unable to attend himself due to an overseas appointment as TED Communication Director.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_wing-Opening1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-7249\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_wing-Opening1.jpg\" alt=\"Myrna Dorland wing Opening1\" width=\"250\" height=\"203\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: right;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_wing-Opening1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_wing-Opening1-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_wing-Opening1-1024x829.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_wing-Opening1-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_wing-Opening1-350x284.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_wing-Opening1-700x567.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_wing-Opening1-900x729.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_wing-Opening1-1100x891.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/images_news-2017_Myrna_Dorland_wing-Opening1-560x454.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\u201cBeautiful thoughts and stories were shared about my great aunt Myrna and her contribution to education while she was with us,\u201d said Steven. \u201cIt was so good to witness that legacy continued in the restoration done at Newbold, and that so many came to see it happen. My great aunt was a significant contributor in my own educational journey when it came to music and to my undergraduate studies at Newbold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMyrna was more than a teacher: her caring nature helped many students in quiet ways,\u201d said Victor. After she retired Myrna volunteered with Bracknell Victim Support and continued to mentor a number of students. Her legacy lives on worldwide with the many students whose lives she touched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/adventist.uk\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0011\/37010\/Myrna-Dorland-tribute-27-December-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tribute to Myrna Dorland 27 December 2013<\/a>&nbsp;[<em>ted<\/em>NEWS]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>ted<\/em>NEWS Staff: Victor Hulbert, editor; Deana Stojkovic, associate editor<br \/>119 St Peter&#8217;s Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3EY, England<br \/>E-mail:&nbsp;<span id=\"cloak1c6082dd5c87472bbc711a29faff2a9b\"><span id=\"cloak9104de432f8c33bf066dc06fdea34021\"><span id=\"cloak358cf9f50b7de1531be507ca8b1b4fb0\"><span id=\"cloak26dd4548b6fcc49a1a6b1d2840d8842d\"><span id=\"cloak910cff3318e3d5166bd1017ff235a582\"><span id=\"cloak58a0c9b1c1b6efee4cc2d7157a0e2e41\"><a href=\"mailto:tedNEWS@ted.adventist.org?subject=tedNEWS\">tednews@ted.adventist.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>Website: www.ted.adventist.org<br \/><em>ted<\/em>NEWS is an information bulletin issued by the communication department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European Division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25 September 2017 | Binfield, UK [Kirsty Watkins]&nbsp;Following a thorough and much needed refurbishment, the north wing of Newbold\u2019s Salisbury Hall was reopened on Wednesday 20 September 2017.&nbsp; Now called the \u2018Myrna Dorland Wing\u2019 in recognition of Myrna\u2019s contribution to the College over so many years, the refurbishment was made possible thanks to a generous bequest from her estate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1571,7,1588],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-educational-entities","category-news","category-united-kingdom-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}