August 31, 2016
Volume CXXXVI Issue 12
Georgetown College continues to grow
Georgetown welcomes largest freshman class in five years By EMILY PENNINGTON Staff Writer Georgetown College is known for its small school environment with faculty and staff who care deeply about each student’s success. However, while Georgetown still holds the small school charm with about 1000 undergraduate students, our freshmen enrollment is at its highest in five years. Georgetown is proud to have 358 new, incoming students as of the start of the fall term. This is a 10% increase from the 2015 new student enrollment. Dr. Jonathan Sands Wise, Vice President of Enrollment Management and Associate Professor of Philosophy said, “Georgetown College has long been one of the best colleges in Kentucky, with exceptional academic quality, a vibrant and fun Christian community, small class sizes and unique programs like Equine Scholars and Oxford Honors, but we have not always been one of the best colleges at communi-
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cating to prospective students and their families what a good value we are for them.” “Over the past three years,” he continued, “and especially
them.” “The simple truth,” he said in conclusion, “is that we are a wonderful school at a good price that can help many stu-
programs were the factor in choosing town. Tom Young, a of the class of 2020,
deciding Georgemember said, “I
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The class of 2020 in the John Hill Chapel. over the past year, we have simply tried to communicate in ways that are effective with 17– and 18–year–old potential students, including texting and calling, and we have striven to be transparent about every aspect of our costs and financial aid. “As we do that, more and more students are discovering that we are the best school for
dents to achieve more than they even dream leaving high school, so the more open we can be about who we are and what we offer, and the most consistently we can communicate that to students, the more students we will have.” Just as Dr. Sands Wise pointed out, Georgetown has an array of programs to offer new students. For some, these
chose Georgetown because of the Equine Scholars Program and the location as it is right outside of Lexington. I also heard about the relationships a student can develop with their professors and I like the idea of a small college because it is easier to create longer–lasting relationships with people.” Our excellent athletics department also does a fan-
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tastic job of recruiting new students and getting them interested in attending Georgetown. Freshman Sara Shawver said, “I chose Georgetown College for the lacrosse program and I really wanted a small school, where teachers actually cared about their students. I came for Lacrosse camp last year and the coach recruited me to be the Goalie and from then on I became more and more interested in the school and its community it had to offer.” While Georgetown has unique programs, the incoming freshmen in no way fall short academically. With the largest honors class and an average ACT score of 23.51, it is abundantly clear that Georgetown’s new students will be an asset not only to this college, but to this community. It will be exciting to see how these new students thrive while here at Georgetown and pave the way for an even better school for the students after them.
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