Students and faculty reflect on a community-engaged course on aging, death and dying, where students volunteered in a local hospice as part of their learning.
Mike and Nancy McLelland's investment in Lyman Briggs carries forward a lesson Mike first learned as an LBC undergraduate: Education is about more than mastering a subject. It is about learning how to think, how to solve problems, how to learn from setbacks and how to use what you have learned to make a difference.
For one Briggsie, John Morrison, graduation was amplified by an emerald-hued secret: it was the day he could finally reveal to his roommates, friends, family, and professors that he had secretly been Sparty for three and a half years. Once he walked across the graduation stage in those iconic green and white boots, he would never be Sparty again.
Why it matters: The first two graduates of the program, Lauren Grasso, D.O. and Kate Vinkemulder, D.O., reflect on their experiences in the accelerated program from LBC through medical school.
Briggs Career Chats are a way to connect LBC alumni and current Briggsies through conversations about careers. Career fields that will be discussed on November 6 are those in human health care.