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Residence Hall Drop-In Sessions

1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 Session: Residence Hall Drop-In Sessions
Date: March 14, 2017
# Attendees: 15

2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 Question 1: If PC were to be best known for 1 thing (only) within the next 10­20 years what should it be?

3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 Community

5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 Academics & Beyond

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  • Great place to academically and personally flourish
  • The Science department having more people wanting to be a science major
  • Development of Western Civilization program

7 Leave a comment on paragraph 7 0 Financial Aid, Tuition, & Admission

9 Leave a comment on paragraph 9 0 Internship & Career Opportunities

11 Leave a comment on paragraph 11 0 Alumni

13 Leave a comment on paragraph 13 0 Sports

15 Leave a comment on paragraph 15 0 Catholic Tradition

17 Leave a comment on paragraph 17 0 Going Green

19 Leave a comment on paragraph 19 0 Question 2: What should the college be doing in the next 10­20 years that it isn’t doing today?

20 Leave a comment on paragraph 20 0 Curriculum

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  • Making moderate changes to teaching style, allow for even more interactive learning in the classroom and limiting lecture-only classes
  • Redefine/reorganize the core curriculum
  • Expand Civ to be 6 or 8 semesters, and comprise the entire core (Quantitative, Diversity, Civic Engagement, and all), save the study of at least two semesters of Latin, Greek, Italian, French, or German (See Thomas Aquinas College’s Curriculum for an example)

22 Leave a comment on paragraph 22 0 Residence Halls & Renovation

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  • Build a perpetual adoration chapel between Slavin and the library to further make the Catholicism of the school more visible
  • Continue renovations of science center
  • Expand physical size (land wise)

24 Leave a comment on paragraph 24 0 Academics

26 Leave a comment on paragraph 26 0 Administration & Faculty

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  • Professors in all departments should swear the oath of fidelity and profession of faith
  • Increase the number of priests and habited religious teaching on Campus, both Dominicans and non-Dominicans

28 Leave a comment on paragraph 28 0 Community & Service

30 Leave a comment on paragraph 30 0 Diversity, Equality, & Support

32 Leave a comment on paragraph 32 0 Security

34 Leave a comment on paragraph 34 0 Study Abroad

36 Leave a comment on paragraph 36 0 Question 3: If you had $100Million+ new money to spend, how would you spend it?

37 Leave a comment on paragraph 37 0 Residence Halls & Renovations

  • 38 Leave a comment on paragraph 38 0
  • Renovate residence halls
  • Build new residence halls
  • Build new residence halls with the end goal of allowing, and requiring, all students in all year levels to live on campus
  • Update/renovate residence halls
  • Build new residence halls which will provide more housing for students to pick from and create more rooms for students
  • Build a new residence hall
  • Update all residence halls (ex. McVinney’s bathroom)
  • Re-do library
  • Expansion physically of the campus
  • Build another student center and more study spaces/student space
  • Faster construction work (ex. The Multicultural Center should be built faster or students should get updates about the process)

39 Leave a comment on paragraph 39 0 Academics

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  • Adopt more majors and minors
  • Have more biology labs
  • Expand classes
  • Construction, development, and accreditation of a School of Social Work/Social Service.

41 Leave a comment on paragraph 41 0 Financial Aid, Tuition, & Admission

43 Leave a comment on paragraph 43 0 Food & Dining Options

45 Leave a comment on paragraph 45 0 Student Services (General)

47 Leave a comment on paragraph 47 0 Administration & Faculty

49 Leave a comment on paragraph 49 0 Clubs & Organizations

51 Leave a comment on paragraph 51 0 Going Green

53 Leave a comment on paragraph 53 0 Parking & Accessibility

55 Leave a comment on paragraph 55 0 Misc.

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  • Give something back to the city of Providence
  • Shuttle system around entire campus
  • Orientation and sexual assault education/improvements
  • Invest in Smith Hill Annex

57 Leave a comment on paragraph 57 0 Question 4: What should be the most important measure or indicator of the college’s success? Why?

58 Leave a comment on paragraph 58 0 Alumni

  • 59 Leave a comment on paragraph 59 0
  • % of alumni who hire PC students
  • % of alumni who donate back to the college
  • Alumni salary
  • How were personal relationships sustained following graduation?
  • Do alumni feel that they made the right choice coming here, would they send kids here, is it a worthwhile investment?

60 Leave a comment on paragraph 60 0 Happiness, Growth & Success

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  • How happy students are
  • Students feeling happy about Providence College
  • How much students grow in character and person over their four years
  • Providence College is a special place that fosters growth and development not only academically but also spiritually, emotionally, and soulfully

62 Leave a comment on paragraph 62 0 Community

64 Leave a comment on paragraph 64 0 Retention, Employment & Debt.

66 Leave a comment on paragraph 66 0 Academics

68 Leave a comment on paragraph 68 0 Student Resources, & Support

70 Leave a comment on paragraph 70 0 Misc.

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  • The number of people going through the RCIA program and (related) the number of alumni entering priesthood and religious life, because if the college is doing its job of teaching students to seek truth, then those students will put their money where their mouth is and go to that place that has the fullness of truth, the Catholic Church
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