Attending the annual Meeting of Minds tri-campus undergraduate research forum (hosted by our campus this year) always leaves me inspired by the work that our students, with the guidance and direction of their faculty mentors, engage in. In their research posters, oral presentation, and (new this year) their art exhibition, our students demonstrate the critical value of mentored research and its ability to help students apply the theoretical materials that they learn in class to real world problems. The pride that they manifest and the enthusiasm that is evident when they talk about their work is inspiring and clearly reaffirms that the college’s decision to make this high impact practice a priority for its students is on the mark.
Likewise, the culmination of our annual Promotion and Tenure cycle highlights the many scholarly accomplishments of our excellent faculty. The breadth and depth of their work, along with its impact and critical reception, is a testimony to true meaning of our Teacher/Scholar model and infuses the classrooms of these faculty members (and, of course, their students’ classroom experience) with intellectual energy and leading-edge content. For more on our most recent Promotion and Tenure cases please see:
Congratulations to both our students and these outstanding faculty members for their accomplishments and for making tangible the impact of research and scholarship, both on the individual, and upon the wider world.
