I talk to prospective students, even current students and their parents. I think one of the things that jumps to my mind in the first place is the word purpose. We do a lot of things at John Carroll that allows people to investigate what that purpose is for each individual student. The integrative core curriculum at John Carroll drives purpose because not only does it force you to take liberal arts classes, I think what's fascinating about it is how students learn what they're interested in to join up with their major.
It's also going to teach our students really to learn how to learn because most of the jobs that our students are going to have 10, 20, 30 years from now, we can't even envision at the moment.
The types of opportunities at John Carroll are expansive. There's a lot of student organizations that you can be involved with. On top of that, there's service opportunities that are really helpful for students, it really gives you a broader scope into the world.
The kind of student that that I think is attracted to John Carroll is a student who wants to like change the world do things with their education and take it seriously.
I think there are several things that make a John Carroll Arts and Sciences education, extraordinarily valuable. And one is really our faculty and the faculty student relationship.
I think it's very much embedded within what Jesuit educators are trying to do. We look at students, not just as numbers, but as whole persons, cura personalis.
The reason I chose to come to John Carroll University really stem from the community. I saw a lot of students who want to help out faculty and staff that just had smiles on their faces, and that really showed me that this was my home for the next four years.
The professor's here want to be here, they want to teach, I adore my students, I love what I do with them.
I've also gotten to know a lot of students through the immersion experiences, I've gone with John Carroll students to Japan. I've gone with john Carroll students to Guatemala, and you get to learn a different part of our students and who they are through those experiences.
Part of being a college student is to prepare yourself for your future. And part of it is to learn more about yourself and really to do that work of discernment and self exploration. That's particular gift, I think of a Jesuit education.
I think it opens up students minds to show them that they can do anything they want. It really allows them to spark that interest in a variety of things to not only get a degree but to make a difference. while they're at John Carroll, and then well beyond.
To my 18 year old self, I would tell him make the decision that's best for you. But at the end of the day, the next four years, it's going to be your four years. It's incredible. I couldn't have imagined or thought of anything better to do in my past four years. And I will do it again in a heartbeat.
It's all the little things put together, that when you see these students from sort of freshman to senior, there's a an absolute transformation.
The College of Arts and Sciences really instills problem solving, and critical thinking. And again, we do that in such a way that students are able to identify their purpose in life.
One really important part of a liberal arts education at John Carroll, is that it teaches you that there's almost never one right answer. And we pulled together multiple fields of knowledge, but very rarely is there a single right answer. And I think having the willingness to live with the tensions of uncertainty and conflicting perspectives, is such a crucial skill, that sort of flexibility and generosity of mind and spirit is, I think, an intangible but crucial part of a liberal arts education. And it's one that's going to stand our students in good stead not just while they're here at John Carroll navigating this community, but once they graduate, and they're out in the world trying to make a difference in our larger national and global communities.