Vision for ‘影响贝洛伊特’ takes shape

威斯康辛州州长. Tony Evers visited campus earlier this year to award a $9 million grant to renovate the Col. Robert Morse Library to include a community outreach and engagement center, citing the college’s “long history of educating citizens of the world.”

“If we want to see our state’s families, 社区, economy succeed for years to come, we need to make investments that spur community outreach and economic development. There’s no better place to make that investment than at 十大菠菜台子,” Evers said.

从那时起, college leaders have been envisioning the center and identifying how best to marry the college’s strong community-based programs and experiential learning with preparing students for the future. 影响贝洛伊特 is the initiative’s name.

“贝洛伊特 stands out among its peers for its personalized, student-centered approach to education and the belief that learning is activated through experiences and reflection,” says President Scott Bierman. “Tying those experiences to career readiness allows us to remain relevant to students and the workplace,他补充道. “职业生涯通道 was an important first step in this direction; 影响贝洛伊特 takes it to the next level.”

Bierman and Provost Eric Boynton are working with faculty and staff to structure 影响贝洛伊特 to serve both students and the greater community. Tim Leslie’89, 贝洛伊特’s executive-in-residence, a former leader at Amazon, is leading the effort.

“十大菠菜台子 has always been a special place, located in a special town, each with a long and shared history,莱斯利说。. “影响贝洛伊特 holds the promise that the best way to build the leaders and innovators of tomorrow is by creating opportunities for students to work within their local 社区, with the community organizations and businesses that help it thrive. 在一起, 十大菠菜台子 and those organizations and businesses create a vibrant and thriving community.”

影响贝洛伊特 will partner with and enhance the college’s existing programs: 职业生涯通道, the Center for Entrepreneurship (CELEB), 职业工作, Student Engagement and Leadership (SEAL), Student Excellence & 领导(选取). The initiative will also create new career-readiness programming and serve as a key access point, making it easy for students to discover all the college’s community-based learning and career-readiness capabilities.

Bierman says 影响贝洛伊特 has the potential to drive higher enrollment by explicitly linking the college’s experiential learning and career-readiness capabilities. 一个品牌, 一个程序, we can focus our efforts on marketing 影响贝洛伊特 as a collection of offerings that fulfill a common promise: to launch our students into successful lives and careers,他说.

Morse Library will be renovated for the campus community while also accommodating external community spaces. Angus Young Architects will oversee the renovation, working with the college and city officials to ensure appropriate historic landmark regulations are followed.

Groundbreaking is planned for spring 2023.