Primarily, it is an educational institution, a place of higher learning, of preparation for a career and for life itself. A college has classrooms, labs, and lecture halls, but these alone do not make it what it is. After the first perplexing period of adjustment, new students realize that college is more than the courses in a catalogue.
Enlightenment brings awareness that it is much more than attaining a degree.
Through experiences students come to see that it is the spirit that makes it what it is - something that cannot be confined merely to the academic characteristics of the school. Students, with your eager minds and wide hearts, you too can bring something to this spirit - the refreshing eyes of youth, your trust, your faith, and your hope.