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Student Ambassadors Put Beacon’s Best Foot Forward in Collegiate Outreach
December 13, 2018
Student ambassadors Kendall Augustine and Lianne Smith assist guests a recent Beacon Salon Speaker Series event.
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Chandler's Retirement
Jun 12
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Visiting Educators Learn the Beacon Way during Two-Day Fly-in Program
November 30, 2018
Nearly 100 educational professionals from 24 states descended on Beacon College this week to learn more about the school and its pedagogical strategies during the college’s “Professional 2-Day Fly-in” session.
Career Development
Beacon Students Test Career Waters at Annual Diversity Job Fair
November 30, 2018
Ten Beacon College students grabbed copies of their resumes and attended the 10th annual Florida Blue, Florida Classic Career Expo & Diversity Job Fair earlier this month.
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Beacon History Professor Selected for Prestigious Museum Seminar in D.C.
November 30, 2018
Beacon College historian Dr. Christopher Huff will return to Washington, DC in January to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for a faculty seminar exploring how Nazis also targeted the disabled for genocide.
Athletics
Charity Riders Represent Beacon College in Annual Hospital Fundraiser
November 29, 2018
They might not give the Hell’s Angels a scare still a gang of Beacon College bikers (OK, bicycles) delivered a scary good performance for charity earlier this month in The Villages Regional Hospital Auxiliary Foundation’s 4th annual Hearts for Our Hospital Big Bike Challenge.
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Beacon President Delivers State of the College Address
November 9, 2018
Beacon College President George Hagerty in October discussed the continued growth of the college campus-wise and programmatically in his annual State of the College address during Parents Weekend.
Career Development
Annual Survey Shows Beacon Grads Ahead of Pack for Jobs, Grad School
October 31, 2018
Beacon College graduates pace the national average for finding employment or pursuing post-graduate studies, according to the school’s recently released annual post-graduation employment survey.
Athletics
Flag Football Navigators Chomp on Pigskin in Visit to ‘The Swamp’
October 31, 2018
A congregation of Navigators hungry for pigskin glory invaded Gainesville, Fla.
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Beacon Anthrozoologist to Judge Prestigious National Science Clash
October 30, 2018
Here comes the judge. Judge Dr.
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College Honors Couple Who Helped Author Writing Success for Students
October 10, 2018
The Beacon College community Saturday saluted a pair of benefactors and celebrated their generous legacy — one that each year writes new chapters of success — during the dedication of the Robert & Jane Weiner Writing Center.
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Runners Finish for Fun, Fitness, Philanthropy in Annual 5K Run
October 10, 2018
Beacon College students and staffers' fingerprints were all over the Third Annual Beacon College 5K Run or Walk Saturday as two students finished first and second and a Beacon staffer was a top-three female finisher.
Arts
Beacon Graduate Finds New Success in the Art World with Miami Internship
October 1, 2018
Fresh off her successful summer stint with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.
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