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Beacon 2022 Convocation Kicks Off Historic Year of Scholarship

September 6, 2022

Kathryn Kendall joined a lineup of administrators, faculty members and students who struck an optimistic note as Beacon formally launched its latest academic year.

Academics

Beacon Philosopher Explores the Essence of Humanness in New Book

September 6, 2022

When he was a teenager, Zack Isrow devoured the works of classic philosophers like Immanuel Kant and Martin Heidegger, while many of his peers were reading the latest Avengers comic.

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Beacon College to Air Groundbreaking TV Series in Partnership with PBS

August 25, 2022

 Beacon College, the first accredited baccalaureate institution in the nation for neurodivergent students, and WUCF TV, a PBS member station, have partnered to air the third season of the college’s award-winning television program, “A World of Difference.

Alumni News

Art Alum Places High in International Art Competition

August 1, 2022

Emily Marra, ’22, finished as a finalist in the abstract art category in the Art Show International Gallery 2022 International Juried Art Competition.

Alumni News

Hurdles for Beacon Alum Become Helping Hands for Peer

August 1, 2022

Six months after he capped off his Beacon College career with graduation in 2019, Thomas Minor III stepped into his first real world job, sorting, packing and doing other entry-level work for an e-commerce shipping firm.

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Alum Found Her Mojo at Beacon and Through Martial Arts

June 30, 2022

At the Santa Barbara Dojo — a center for martial arts instruction — they know Shanie Healy for her dedication and inspirational expertise in teaching karate to people of all ages with special needs.

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Marsden Breaks New Ground Bandaging Broken MMA Warriors

June 27, 2022

Blood oozed from the fighter’s nose. His face was battered.

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Beacon Responds to Mental Health Needs with Innovation, Services

June 27, 2022

There has been a growing public interest and awareness around mental health over the past decade and that awareness hasn’t escaped college campuses.

Academics

Anthrozoology Program Proves a Popular Choice for Animal-loving Students

June 27, 2022

Many students have been drawn to the college’s anthrozoology program, only one of two such programs in the United States at the bachelor’s level, with 93 students currently enrolled.

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Partlow Fights the Good Fight of Keeping Florida for Florida Plants

June 2, 2022

Over the decades, Florida has fallen hostage to numerous flora and fauna, from mammoth pythons that have inspired annual snake hunts to iguanas that plunge coldcocked from treetops when the mercury drops.

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Beacon’s “A World of Difference” TV show Earns Honors in the 43rd Annual Telly Awards

June 2, 2022

Beacon College added new hardware to its trophy case after its “A World of Difference” television show collected three awards in the 43rd Annual Telly Awards.

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On Your Marks … Get Set … for Beacon’s Burgeoning Sports Program

June 1, 2022

After years of supporting intramurals and informally organized club sports, Beacon is laying the foundation for competing at the intercollegiate level and elevating the role of sports on campus — from men’s and women’s basketball to cross country and golf.