Viterbo graduate honored with her name placed on recital hall

Nola Starling attended Viterbo when Fine Arts Center opened in 1971.

The recital hall in the Viterbo Fine Arts Center now has a graduate’s name attached to it.

The hall was renamed Sunday in honor of Nola Starling Ratliff, who attended Viterbo when the building first opened in 1971.

Starling said the honor, arranged by her daughter Kourtney Ratliff, was very “humbling.”

Both mother and daughter have now served on the Viterbo board of trustees. 

Kourtney’s gift also includes a scholarship in memory of popular Viterbo instructor Sister Thea Bowman, who taught Nola in the 70s.