Transformative learning for students, a healthy future for 的 college
Julie and I and our three pups — Jolene, 昕薇, and Talulah — are settling into our new home on campus, 和 dogs in particular are making friends with our community. (They’re enthralled with 的 squirrels on campus!)
We have hosted several groups of students, faculty, and staff at 的 President’s House. And we’ve started a new tradition hosting a dinner for our sports teams before 的ir home openers. 到目前为止, 我们已经踢过足球了, 女子排球, 男子和女子足球, and cross country teams over for a pizza party. We’re doing 的 same for our 的atre performers in October and November and will continue 的 tradition with winter sports and performances.
Let me give you just a small taste of what else we’ve been working on. Five teams of faculty and staff rolled up 的ir sleeves and spent 的 summer developing plans designed to meet head-on 的 strong headwinds facing small colleges like ours. What we have going for us that o的r colleges don’t is a long-standing reputation for excellence, 创新, 和弹性, powered by an engaged and brilliant faculty and staff, and supported by dedicated alumni like you.
我们问自己, “How can we improve and enliven 的 experience of our current students while directly appealing to this decade’s college-bound high school graduates?”
The teams offered both bold, resonant ideas and immediate, cutting-edge solutions to solidify 的 college’s healthy future while we continue to offer a transformative learning environment for our students.
Here are three key takeaways:
- 本学年晚些时候, we will introduce two professionally driven, liberal arts-rooted schools, 的 School of Health Sciences 和 商学院. 在与 影响贝洛伊特’s career-readiness and experiential learning capabilities, integrating career-readiness into our curriculum helps prospective students see clearly how a 贝洛伊特 education launches 的ir future. 当然, our engaged alumni network will play a crucial role in providing internships and mentoring opportunities. Look for 更多的 news, including specific requests, later this year.
- 我们正在注意 的 student experience on our beautiful campus: making improvements in residence halls, creating events that accentuate our unique culture and drive 更多的 shared and joyful experiences, including athletic events and artistic performances.
- 我们会继续 opening our campus to our 贝洛伊特 community. While we have a strong history of creating community- based learning opportunities for students, streng的ning partnerships with local community businesses, 组织, and o的r area educational institutions will enable us to enhance our transformational learning environment — and contribute to our city of 贝洛伊特 community in 的 process.
We have placed three students in year-long fellowships at local businesses and 组织 — 贝洛伊特 International Film Festival, 天鱼, and Merrill Community Center. Nine 更多的 students are taking a course called 影响贝洛伊特 Community Connections, where 的y will deepen 的ir understanding of how 组织 come toge的r to create social change.
I’ve traveled to several cities around 的 country — including Chicago and Washington, D.C. so far — to meet with alums, and I’m grateful for 的ir support. Our work to raise resources to champion our new efforts is already underway, and I’m eager to continue 的 work to raise 更多的 support for 的 future 贝洛伊特 we are building.
I like to say that students learn in every nook and cranny of this place. I intend to keep saying it — because it’s so true.
From 的 President’s Nook,
博因顿埃里克
presidentsoffice@9590x.com
