In fact, it is an old and cherished tradition at Lyon that current students work hard to make new arrivals feel at home. This combination of diversity and community creates an environment in which understanding, respect, and tolerance for others come about naturally. Lyon students join in a larger community of learners. The Lyon community brings together this diverse group of talented, original and highly motivated students with an equally diverse group of respected, accomplished teachers and scholars. That mix produces an amazingly dynamic atmosphere of inquiry, creativity, and sheer joy in learning.
Campus life is integral to the Lyon experience.
Some of the most valuable lessons of a college career may be learned in the residence hall or on the athletic field. Life at Lyon exposes students to a diversity of people, opinions, and life-styles. It affords them a great measure of personal freedom and requires of them an equal measure of personal responsibility. Social life at Lyon is active and varied. Lyon College students work and play with equal inventiveness and energy.