From exploring the rainforest to learning about wildlife rehabilitation, a group of Beacon anthrozoology students gained a firsthand understanding of the critical importance of tropical ecosystems and the conservation efforts underway to protect them in Costa Rica. READ MORE
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Amid an economy still rattled by recession worries and pandemic angst, U.S. colleges are facing growing public pressure to step up their game in preparing students for an ever-changing job market. That means a whole new volume of challenges for higher education, even at schools like Beacon College, which consistently is on the vanguard for graduate employment numbers.
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This fall, as Beacon College’s popular Beacon in Tuscany study abroad program emerged from COVID-19 hibernation, nearly two dozen students jetted to Italy to study business essentials and learn to appreciate and navigate cultural differences — and they did just that forging a unique bond that evolved into a tight-knit community. READ MORE
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Pegged to Valentine’s Day and staged by the college’s Community Mindfulness group and Beacon Voices glee club, the "Music & Mindfulness" event offered the Leesburg community some much-needed “loving kindness.” READ MORE
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Beacon students recently participated in the college’s first resiliency event of 2023. The event focused on teaching students positive self-affirmation through journaling.
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Beacon psychologist Dr. A.J. Marsden recently was featured on the "Leveraging Thought Leadership" podcast where she discussed model validation. You can listen to the conversation here.
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Drs. Nicole Casillas, A.J. Marsden, and Nicki Nance of the human services and psychology department recently participated in the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities Employment Webinar Series presenting on the topic “It Takes More Than A Smile.” The talk outlined experiences with advertising, interviewing, and hiring student workers for teacher assistant and research assistant positions at Beacon College.
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Drs. A.J. Marsden and Nicki Nance of the human services and psychology department appeared on the National Organization for Human Services’ "Roundtable Podcast." Marsden and Nance discussed students with learning and attention issues. This is part one of episode 22, “The Student of Neurodivergence.”
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Join us on March 21 as noted author/poet Darlyn Finch Kuhn explores "Turning Adversity into Art." Kuhn will illustrate that it’s the difficult moments in life that shape our character, become fuel for self-expression, and ultimately inspire artistic expression in others. Sharing excerpts from her poetry and prose, Kuhn will show the benefits of paying close attention to pain, sharing the universal through the specific, and being vulnerable enough to collaborate with others through ekphrastic art. REGISTER TODAY
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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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"A World of Difference: Embracing Neurodiversity"
February’s episode of “A World of Difference: Embracing Neurodiversity” explores how state vocational rehabilitation programs can help defray college for neurodivergent students and introduces our latest “Difference Maker,” Jeremiah Josey, a baker who is cooking up a multi-layered brand of success as a model, author, and neurodiversity advocate.
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Beacon Salon Speaker Series
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes ... a little bit of rat poison in their coffee cup. When love goes wrong, out comes the Victorian obsession with female poisoners: delicate and seductive, these ladies made headlines in the age of yellow journalism for offing their lovers with poisoned food. Explore their stories with noted author and food historian Sarah Lohman.
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Beacon Salon Speaker Series
Pulitzer Prize-winner Cynthia Tucker and award-winning author Frye Gaillard reflect on their series of compelling essays considering the role of the South in shaping America's political and cultural landscape. They find the South partially responsible for the ills of our society but also view the South as a beacon of hope, a hope that might lead the nation on a path of redemption.
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Beacon Salon Speaker Series
The world can feel bleak. There are more things to worry about than we can hold in our heads. Yet, we also live in a world filled with wonder, joy, surprise, and delight. Dylan Thuras of Atlas Obscura highlights how reframing what “travel” means can allow us to uncover remarkable “hidden gems” — the obscure experiences or locations that every destination possesses. From places like the Gates of Hell, a fiery crater in Turkmenistan, to the centuries-old Root Bridges of Cherrapunji, India, Thuras talks about how travelers can look for their own hidden gems.
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Beacon Salon Speaker Series
David Kirby (National Book Award finalist) and Barbara Hamby (Kate Tufts Discovery Award) tell their students that the best mind you can have is the mind of the writer. Writers are magpies. They pick up shiny objects in their beaks and then fly home and put them in a certain order and show early drafts to others and incorporate (or ignore) what they say. But isn’t that what a scientist does as they set up an experiment or a lawyer as they prepare an argument for a jury or a chef as they try out a new dish? It’s all one mind. They just call it the mind of the writer.
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Support Beacon College through iGive
Hint: It’s even easier than AmazonSmile!
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If you have chosen Beacon College as your AmazonSmile charity, we greatly appreciate your support. Unfortunately, AmazonSmile closed in February. You may not realize that we already have set up a great alternative. Join iGive today (for free) here. When you log in and shop their 2,000-plus stores (think Chewy, Walmart, Expedia and so many more), Beacon College receives donations at least TWICE what we earned through AmazonSmile. The average donation through an iGive store is about 3%, with some offering 25% or higher. It’s easy to make it all automatic by downloading the iGive Button and turning your browser into a donation-generating machine!
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“Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”
― Malcolm Forbes
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