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“Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition — such as lifting weights — we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.”
— Stephen Convey
Stay Up to Date
Keep up with the latest COVID-19-related schedule and policy changes by monitoring the Beacon College COVID-19 Information Center: CLICK HERE
Speaker Series Gets National Nod
Beacon Salon Speaker Series alumnus Lydia Kang and author of Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, last month appeared on CBS Sunday Morning. The interview featured a clip from her 2018 Beacon Salon Speaker Series appearance. Click on the image to watch. Come for the nice peek of the Beacon College backdrop but stay for the timely interview.
Psych-ing out the Pandemic
Beacon College psychology students Isabella Chavez and Anita Rollins were slated to present their research at a prestigious psychology conference, but social distancing restrictions quashed that. Still, even the coronavirus couldn’t stop their research from possibly going viral.
Art as Rx for COVID-19
You can’t keep a good artist down — quarantine or not. Case in point, Connor Cremo. The Beacon College senior showed off his artistic chops last month in Mount Dora’s virtual art expo. READ MORE
Open House, Online Anyone?
With prospective students on COVID-19 lockdown, the Beacon College admissions team shifted its April Open House event online to give prospective collegians and their parents a virtual taste of Navigator life. READ MORE
Celebrating Leadership
With so many exceptional students to recognize, Beacon College student affairs officials determined the show must go on — and conducted this year’s Student Leadership Awards via Zoom videoconference. READ MORE
Virtual Van Goghs

Neither rain, snow, sleet — or COVID-19 — was going to keep the Beacon College studio arts faculty from their appointed rounds of saluting its stable of talented artists who competed in the college’s Seventh Annual Juried Student Exhibition.

A Walk We Never Imagined
Beacon President George J. Hagerty reflects on the COVID-19 upheaval in this letter to the Beacon community. READ MORE
Racking up Rankings
Continuing an impressive string of national accolades, Beacon College landed in College Consensus’ Top 30 college programs for students with learning disabilities. READ MORE
Bringing Home the Hardware
Beacon College Director of Communication Darryl E. Owens’ campaign to boost attendance for the 2019-20 Beacon Salon Speaker Series was saluted during a virtual version of the 2020 Florida Public Relations Association’s Mid-Florida Image Awards. READ MORE
Are You Hungry Yet?
Stroll through the new Beacon Dining Commons now underway and scheduled to open in this fall. Click on the image to view
Holocaust Fellow
Dr. Christopher Huff was selected a fellow for the prestigious The Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwest University Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization. READ MORE
Con-graduations!
Erin Chambers receives her Master of Science degree May 1 from Southern New Hampshire University. The executive administrative assistant to the provost in the Office of Academic Affairs began her coursework in July 2018 on her degree in marketing with a concentration in marketing research analytics.
Alumni Updates

Submit your Beacon College alumni updates, news, weddings, births, etc. for consideration in the next issue of the Lighting the Path newsletter. We look forward to hearing from you! EMAIL US
Presidents in Florida
George Washington didn't like it. Thomas Jefferson claimed he bought it. James Madison had a secret plan to steal it and Abraham Lincoln thought he could invade it. For 200 years, presidents and Florida have found themselves intertwined — whether they wanted to be or not. Florida historian Dr. James C. Clark shared the story in his March Beacon Salon Speaker Series presentation “Presidents in Florida.” Click on the image to view
Going, Going … But not yet all Gone
Limited copies of the Beacon College 30 th  Anniversary remain available. “Beacon College: The Unique History of a Singular Institution” features 100+ pages chronicling the college’s founding and evolution, its multimodal pedagogy and unique learning-specialist education model, the social fabric, and the college’s global-leaning advocacy and innovation through narrative and personal reflections. Appendices offer a roll call and class photos of Beacon graduates, terms of service of the Board of Trustees, a timeline, and a salute to the “Life Abundant.” Order yours today: ORDER HERE
Roll Cameras
Beacon College is considering launching a new Facebook talk show series that explores learning disabilities and attention issues from birth to the baccalaureate years. Please take a moment to provide us with your valuable opinion regarding this potential project.