Against the pandemic odds, Beacon College’s Class of 2021 represents the largest graduating class in the school’s history — a notable milestone as the COVID-19 crisis has caused graduation rates to languish at many universities across America. Beacon will confer degrees to 116 graduates at October’s commencement, a 33% increase from 2020 and double the graduating class of only four years ago, according to figures from the college’s Data Collection & Reporting Office.
Beacon College netted an impressive haul last month in the 2021 Florida Public Relations Association Mid-Florida Local Image Awards. President George J. Hagerty and communications director Darryl E. Owens partnered to win two awards, while Owens also collected a solo win in the regional contest.
Project Discovery grew out of several multi-day workshops Beacon educators conducted in 2017 for UAE teachers who worked with students with learning differences. The Sharjah program mirrors Beacon’s summer immersion residential program, “Summer for Success.”
Beacon College recently earned top honors in two national advancement and marketing communications competitions for its communications and branding campaigns for its popular speaker series and for its new neurodiversity television show.
Beacon College president Dr. George Hagerty joined an esteemed collective of global titans of industry in December to explore the “spheres of influence” that can and do improve the personal and work lives of individuals with disabilities during the 2020 Harkin International Disability Employment Summit. Hagerty, who leads America’s first accredited baccalaureate institution dedicated to […]
John Paul Grigsby transferred to Beacon College as a junior in search of a school better suited to teach a student with ADHD. Grigsby’s academic struggles continued, at least early on. Then a professor told the Class of 2006 graduate that the staff at the Lake County college for students with learning disabilities was not going to abandon him. No way, no how. “That turned a light on in my head that [had me thinking], ‘Well, shoot, if they’re not going to give up on me, I can’t give up on myself,’’’ he said.
In its wake, the unpredictable Tropical Storm Eta has soaked the Sunshine State as it quickly makes its way out of the state.
The Beacon campus fortunately sustained little impact. Tropical storm warnings for Lake county and the region were lifted at 10 a.m. with the Thursday National Hurricane Center update.
If you have been following the weather over the past several days, you’re familiar with Hurricane Eta’s unpredictable path. Meteorologists with the state and the National Weather Service concur that Eta will produce significant rainfall and tropical winds on the northern two-thirds of the Florida peninsula. The Beacon Critical Response Team (CRT) convened earlier and, with safety as our foremost priority, the College is taking the following actions — read on for details.
2020’s unusually active tropical storm season continues to keep the Beacon Critical Response team busy. As we normally do, the CRT has been monitoring Tropical Storm Eta, whose meandering path now includes the Central Florida region. Lake County now is under a tropical storm warning, meaning that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 24 hours.
As you start preparing for the Thanksgiving Break, we wanted to share with you our expectations for your departure and return to campus. Read on for details about departure, return in January, remote learning options and more.
