Clare Foundation Grant Funds New Beacon College Programs to Bridge Learning Differences

| Beacon News, Uncategorized

Beacon College recently received a $50,000 grant from the David R. Clare and Margaret C. Clare Foundation to defray programs to bolster college educators who teach students who learn differently and to boost career-readiness for students with learning differences (LD) through a residential experience, the college announced Tuesday. The grant allows the college to launch […]

Lake-Sumter Logo Request Lets Beacon Students Artists Showcase Creativity

| Arts, Uncategorized

Famed French artist Edgar Degas once noted, “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” For students in Sandy Novak’s visual communications class, that job already halfway was done. Students knew what they had to make youngsters in second though ninth grade see: themselves snagging their soaring dreams. How they would […]

Beacon Club Members Team Up on Thanksgiving for Lake County Families

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Santa and that old sleepy shoemaker relied on tireless (non-unionized) elves. No elves were spotted clocking in at Beacon College this week. Still, the group of altruistic students who banded together for good before classes Tuesday morning proved as industrious. Into a Dodge sleigh, er, pickup truck, members of the Beacon Student Government Association, National […]

ICUF Fellowship Gives Beacon Pair Peek behind the Florida Legislative Curtain

| People, Uncategorized

Two sophomores will represent Beacon College in the 2016-17 academic year as legislative advocates for the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF). Sarah Willingham and Joshua Waldrop, who both are pursuing Bachelor of Science degrees in anthrozoology, will serve as ICUF Presidential Fellows. “Sarah Willingham is a creative, sweet, and kind student who is […]