Students also learn some distinct life values in the areas of time management, decision making and the importance of working together. And students nearly always reconsider their relationship with God. He is in Drama Club, Psychology Club, Campus Ministry, is a Student Ambassador, on the Mount Mercy Activities Planning Board, and chairman of his apartment council. Pudzuvelis echoes the thought. Often students say that being in a play helped them keep everything on track.
Many student athletes report similar learning.
Formal classroom learning and co-curricular activities build on each other as they help develop the whole person. The training students get on the field turns into essential life and professional skills. Good athletes can make good students and good students make good athletes. Self-discipline, prioritization and personal time management contribute to success in and out of the classroom. Mount Mercy offers 13 sports, which McCormick sees as excellent life laboratories.