30th Anniversary History Book

Table of CONTENTS 2 Preface

A letter from President Hagerty

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Chapter 1 Students of Determination; The Founding of Beacon College; Beacon College’s Creation Was ‘A Leap of Faith’; Beacon’s Formative Years a Group Effort; Transition at the Top; Majors, Minors Added, Early Campus Expansion; Highlights: Beacon College Navigators 5K; Reaching Students in Different Ways; Beacon Wins Accreditation, Opens Dorms; Early and Evolving Study Abroad Offerings; More Degrees, Quality Enhancement Plan Adopted; A Transition in Institutional Leadership and Governance; Beacon Hall Opens; George Hagerty Named Beacon’s Third President; Beacon Student Earns Internship at Walt Disney World; Anthrozoology Major Announced; The Future Chapter 2 The Beacon Undergraduate Model: A Larger Context; Envisioning the Whole: Innovating and Weaving the Core Elements; Reflections: Debbie Resnick; Beacon’s Teaching and Learning Model, The Learning Specialist Model; Highlights: Media Chapter 3

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Editor Darryl E. Owens

Knitting the Social Fabric; Graduate Profile: Davian Isom; Graduate Profile: Dr. Rosalyn Johnson; Graduate Profile: Hannah Walk; Graduate Profile: Nathan Plung; Annual Duck Hunt; Reflections: Debbie Townley; Highlights: Dean Logus Chapter 4 Campus as Catalyst; Highlights: 2016 Congressional Briefing; Highlights: Beacon Salon Series; Reflections: Deborah Brodbeck, President Emerita Timeline of Events Appendices Beacon College Graduates 1990-2019; Board of Trustee Terms of Service; 25th Anniversary Founders Day Honorees; The Life Abundant

Writers Chapter 1: Dan Tracy

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Chapters 2, 3, 4, Graduate Profiles: Loraine O’Connell Highlights and other features: Darryl E. Owens

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Reflections: Self-Authored