Meet the 2015 Lakeside Leadership Academy Photography/Graphic Design Intern, Rachel Meert:
Name Rachel Meert
Position Photography/Graphic Design Intern
School Indiana University (IU)
Major/Minor Journalism/Music
Hometown South Bend, IN
Hotel Lakeside, a notable National Historic Landmark, will celebrate its 140th Anniversary this summer. Lakesiders are invited to a Birthday Celebration on the Hotel Lakeside lawn from 1:15-1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2 during Heritage Day.
Built in 1875 during the beginning of the Chautauqua Movement, the historic Hotel Lakeside sits stoically along the Lake Erie shore, a one-of-a-kind edifice representing the architecture and history of another era.
Throughout the years, the hotel has provided accommodations for many famous guests, including President William McKinley, Rutherford B. Hayes, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart.
The original Hotel Lakeside was built in 1875 for $14,000 and included the west wing and dining room. In 1879, an annex was built with an additional 60 rooms, but it was not until 1890 that the two structures were connected.
Serving as President of the Moscow Theological Seminary of The United Methodist Church in Moscow, Russia, the Rev. Dr. Sergei Nikolaev is a global leader of the church.
Born in 1972, he accepted Christ in the Russia United Methodist Church while studying engineering physics at Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research University). Having served as a Sunday school teacher and assistant to the pastor, he entered the Russian United Methodist Theological Seminary in Moscow, Russia, and was a member of the first graduating class in 1997.
Academically, the Rev. Dr. Nikolaev specializes in the fields of evangelism, interchurch relations, history and theology of the Methodist Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the history of Christian thought. He also holds a PhD in Christian Tradition from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
In 2005, the Rev. Dr. Nikolaev returned to Russia as the E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at the Moscow Theological Seminary of The United Methodist Church, and in 2008, he was elected President of the seminary.