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Jan 21

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For Myers, Early Silence Transformed Into Golden Words of Thanks in New Memoir

December 2, 2021

He spent the first years of his childhood in silence, as doctors and his parents began to think he might never speak.

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Partlow Helps Local Seniors Wrap Themselves in Some Holiday Love

December 1, 2021

Like elves in Santa鈥檚 workshop, Remy Partlow and Nancy LaPoint have spent months creating gifts for some of the neediest folks in Lake County.

Arts

Bellamy鈥檚 Statutes Stand Out in Recent Exhibit Meant to Reduce Art Buyer鈥檚 ‘Visual Tension’

December 1, 2021

Orlando interior designer Jos茅 J. Cabrera helped support regional artists by mounting and sponsoring Visual Tension: Artspace 2021, an exhibition staged in November at Mills Gallery in Orlando.

Alumni News

Alumnus Brown Takes Unconventional Trek From Rural Hills To High-Tech Hub

November 30, 2021

From a small country house in the North Carolina hills to a high-rise in one of America鈥檚 technology hubs, Xander Brown鈥檚 trek in life has been anything but conventional.

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How to Prepare For Online Success After The Thanksgiving Break

November 10, 2021

To minimize the potential spread of COVID-19, 海角社区 students will complete the fall semester exclusively online after a well-deserved Thanksgiving break.

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海角社区 Student Turned Sales Dynamo Earns Her Props In The Work World

October 31, 2021

That legendary snack food 鈥 its peanuts, popcorn, and caramel coating immortalized in the baseball anthem, 鈥淭ake Me Out to the Ballgame鈥 鈥 touts a trademarked slogan that affirms that 鈥渨hen you鈥檙e really good they call you crackerjack.

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Elephant Research Will Take 海角社区 Students and Professor to Nepal

October 28, 2021

When Meghan Woerner received an email from her anthrozoology instructor, Dr.

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海角社区’s “A World of Difference” Goes Big On New Cable Home

October 27, 2021

After an award-winning inaugural season on public access TV, what could 海角社区鈥檚 neurodiversity television show 鈥淎 World of Difference鈥 do in season two for an encore?

Alumni News

海角社区 Graduate Energized By Work At Walter Reed Hospital

October 26, 2021

Christine White鈥檚 career voyage took many turns before she reached a harbor.

Faculty

Anthrozoology Department Wins Grant To Help Save Kingly Monarch Butterflies

October 5, 2021

海角社区鈥檚 anthrozoology department won a grant in September to construct a small refuge to help the monarch butterfly which faces extinction in part because of habitat loss and climate change.

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Pomp And (COVID) Circumstances: Two 海角社区 Classes Finally Walk The Walk

October 4, 2021

An old English proverb promises that 鈥渁ll things come to those who wait.

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海角社区鈥檚 New CFO Takes The Surprising Change Without Breaking Stride

October 4, 2021

Only days before her planned retirement, Sandi Rysell found herself offered the promotion of a professional lifetime.

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Learning Differently

Featured in Florida Trend Magazine.
At 海角社区 in Leesburg, students navigate learning differences and disabilities to earn a college degree and prepare for a career.

How to Navigate College Admissions With a Learning Disability

Featured in U.S. News & World Report.
The college admissions process can be overwhelming for any student, but it can be especially challenging for those with learning disabilities.

College, with Learning Differences

Featured in Campus News. Despite excelling academically in聽school, Benjamin Strauss faced challenges due to his learning difference. His transition to 海角社区 has empowered him to pursue聽 business management.

Best Regional Colleges South Rankings

Featured in U.S. News & World Report. These colleges focus on undergraduate education but grant fewer than half their degrees in liberal arts disciplines. These rankings are split into four regions: North, South, Midwest and West.

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海角社区鈥檚 faculty experts, our unique teaching model, and our students often are featured in electronic and print media because of the college鈥檚 expertise in learning differences and other disciplines.

Reporters who wish to interview 海角社区 experts or pursue stories about the college should contact the Office of College Communications at (352) 638-9789 or email dowens@beaconcollege.edu.

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