Welcome to the Class of 2015 and all of our new and returning students! Please click on my video to see a special message for you.
The summer has been an extraordinarily busy one on campus with summer classes, sports camps, science camps, the Horizons Program for youngsters from the Rochester City School District, and our international programs, which attracted more than 125 students from around the globe. We also listened to the sound –the sweet sound, I should add—of the construction of the Integrated Center for Math and Science building, which is on schedule for completion a year from now.
Now, the campus will come alive as the freshmen and transfer students arrive for orientation. A few days later, the upper-class students move in and will add to the excitement. I suspect that the students are making preparations as well-- finishing summer jobs, saying good-bye to friends, and for those living on campus, trying to select the clothes and other items to bring to school.
I am looking forward to welcoming the new students to the Nazareth Family. They will find that they have selected one of the very best schools in the country. I, of course, am biased but my view was confirmed earlier this summer when we received notice that we again are included in Princeton Review’s Best Colleges in the United States. Fewer than 15% of the schools in the country are included in this publication, and we are very proud of this distinction.
Princeton Review’s very favorable description of us is right on the mark. It stressed that we are an especially personalized school, and it included student comments praising the professors for their excellent teaching and the faculty and staff for their genuine concern about students. To quote from the book, “Nazareth is a close community of students and faculty working together to pursue positive educational experience.” “Nazareth is a close- knit community [,] …a beautiful school with many opportunities.” “The greatest strength is the sense of community. Everyone looks out for everyone else.”
It is both an exciting and perhaps anxious time for students who soon will leave for college. But, I am confident that once our students arrive they quickly will know that they made the right decision!
Comments