Never forgetting about elephants |
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Beacon anthrozoology instructor, Dr. Michelle Szydlowski, and Annabel DeSmet, a senior student interested in animal husbandry and cross-cultural research, completed a research trip last month to study elephants in the Terai, a tropical region on the plain bordering the Indian-Nepalese border. READ MORE
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Sounding the ‘anthem’ for neurodiversity |
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Beacon College’s neurodiversity-focused television show “A World of Difference” earned a Bronze Award for Best Strategy, Health in February in the inaugural Anthem Awards. READ MORE
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The Equestrian Club completed community service last month at the Wild Horse Rescue Center in Webster, Fla. Members cleaned the tack room [the room where horse equipment is kept] and all the equipment inside.
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From suburban San Diego to Leesburg, Sarina Alford was driven by the hope of a college education and a career in her future. It was something that had seemed all but impossible earlier in her life as she wrestled with dyslexia and other learning issues and later divorce and single motherhood. Last year, however, her mother found Beacon online and Alford found her direction. READ MORE
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Most eight-year-olds dream of playing in the rain. Fiorella De La O wasn’t playing when she dreamed of saving the Amazon rainforest. That dream remains, but she first is trying to save her own backyard. Combining her twin passions of conservation and art, the Beacon anthrozoology major has brought her ardent advocacy to the pages of an educational calendar. READ MORE
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As a little girl, Kelly Hurley, ’21, knew both the heartbreak of loss and the unwavering love of family. Today, Hurley, now a teacher of children with special needs in the Orlando area, has channeled her hurt into helping children who need the uncommon patience and love for others that she has born of sorrow. READ MORE
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Submit your Beacon College alumni updates, news, weddings, births, career changes, etc. for consideration in the next issue of the "Lighting the Path" newsletter. We look forward to hearing from you! EMAIL US
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On this episode of “A World of Difference,” you’ll discover the latest assistive tech gadgets and gizmos in an “In the Know” interview with David Dikter, chief executive officer of Assistive Technology Industry Association. Next, we’ll take a deeper dive into AT in our “Ask the Experts” conversation with Google’s accessibility guru Laura Allen. Later, you’ll met our latest “Difference Maker,” Jeanne Betancourt, who leveraged her dyslexia to write a happy ending as a popular children’s book author.
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Limited copies of the Beacon College 30th Anniversary remain available. “Beacon College: The Unique History of a Singular Institution” features 100+ pages chronicling the college’s founding and evolution, its multimodal pedagogy and unique learning-specialist education model, the social fabric, and the college’s global-leaning advocacy and innovation through narrative and personal reflections. Appendices offer a roll call and class photos of Beacon graduates, terms of service of the Board of Trustees, a timeline, and a salute to the “Life Abundant.” ORDER YOURS TODAY
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March 10 — Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King examines injustice, racial bigotry, and corrupting power through the lens of two monstrous cases in Lake County in the late 1940s and 1950s connected only by a central figure, infamous Lake County Sheriff Willis V. McCall, in his presentation “Bedeviling Confluence: Injustice and Willis McCall through the Prism of ‘Devil in the Grove’ and ‘Beneath a Ruthless Sun.’”
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April 13 — Giant pandas have captured the hearts of many people around the world and have been a recognized symbol of conservation. During this thought-provoking lecture, Beacon anthrozoologist Dr. Brian Ogle will explore why these animals have created controversy in the scientific community, caused zoologists to scratch their heads, and why they are a challenge for zoos. REGISTER.
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April 21 — Praised for its “authentic, soulful, and orchestral sound,” The String Queens is a dynamic trio that creates stimulating musical experiences that inspire diverse audiences to love, hope, feel, and imagine. With an array of repertoire spanning from the Baroque era to the Jazz Age to today’s Billboard Hot 100 Chart, TSQ performs versatile programs that transport audiences through time and musical genres. REGISTER.
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Keep up with the latest COVID-19-related schedule and policy changes by monitoring the Beacon College COVID-19 Information Center. CLICK HERE
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King
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