Residence Hall Drop-In Sessions
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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
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- Friar Family
- Our friar family
- Having welcoming people
- The family, community
- Somewhere people will get to know each other
¶ 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
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- Accepting more students
- Expanding student body
¶ 9 Leave a comment on paragraph 9 0 Internship & Career Opportunities
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- More internships
- More job opportunities
¶ 11 Leave a comment on paragraph 11 0 Alumni
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- Huge Alumni network
- Alumni get-togethers
¶ 13 Leave a comment on paragraph 13 0 Sports
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- Known for sports
- Competitive D1 Athletic Program for its size
¶ 15 Leave a comment on paragraph 15 0 Catholic Tradition
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- The impact of the Dominican Tradition on the lives of the students
¶ 17 Leave a comment on paragraph 17 0 Going Green
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- Environmentally friendly campus
¶ 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
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- Expand non-business majors (i.e. sciences and technologies)
¶ 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
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- Fund for charitable activities that students can participate in
¶ 30 Leave a comment on paragraph 30 0 Diversity, Equality, & Support
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- More diverse student body
- More inclusivity and equality
¶ 32 Leave a comment on paragraph 32 0 Security
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- Improve security, help security become more aware to who is on the campus
- Help prevent people walking into buildings to take stuff
¶ 34 Leave a comment on paragraph 34 0 Study Abroad
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- Fund additional weekend trips when people have studied 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
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- 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
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- More financial aid
- Offer/provide more financial aid
- Fund endowments to permit low income students in Providence to attend the college
¶ 43 Leave a comment on paragraph 43 0 Food & Dining Options
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- New food provider (no more Sodexo)
- Have restaurants within the campus
¶ 45 Leave a comment on paragraph 45 0 Student Services (General)
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- Improve/expand counseling center
- Housing software (user friendly)
¶ 47 Leave a comment on paragraph 47 0 Administration & Faculty
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- Fund dedicated to payment of quality faculty and staff.
¶ 49 Leave a comment on paragraph 49 0 Clubs & Organizations
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- Provide more student activities
¶ 51 Leave a comment on paragraph 51 0 Going Green
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- Consciousness of sustainability and effect on environment.
¶ 53 Leave a comment on paragraph 53 0 Parking & Accessibility
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- New parking structure
¶ 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
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- % 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
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- Students interacting
- Inclusive community
- Involved students
- The feeling of being welcomed to campus and not excluded
¶ 64 Leave a comment on paragraph 64 0 Retention, Employment & Debt.
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- Graduation rates
- % of graduates employed or in school 1-2 years after graduation
- Employment/grad school rates
¶ 66 Leave a comment on paragraph 66 0 Academics
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- Improvement on grades
¶ 68 Leave a comment on paragraph 68 0 Student Resources, & Support
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- Showing that the resources on campus are helping students
¶ 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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