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Hirsh Alert
On June 1, Dr. Jayson Boyers will join Rosemont College as our 14th President, as President Sharon Latchaw Hirsh retires. Please join the Rosemont Community by sharing a brief greeting to welcome him to Pennsylvania. Click Here for more information
Most recently serving as President of Cleary University in Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Boyers was the Vice President and Managing Director of Continuing Professional Studies (National Online Division) for Champlain College in Vermont. In 2017, he earned a Doctor of Education in Interdisciplinary Leadership at Creighton University. He has a Master of Leadership Development degree in Organizational Leadership from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies from the University of Indianapolis. Read more about Dr Boyers in the Spring 2020 edition of Rosemont Magazine.
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Dear Members of the Rosemont College Community,
I am writing today to say good-bye and to thank you. Over the past several weeks, I have surprised myself by being much more reflective about the past fourteen years than I ever thought I would be. Realizing now that I had agreed to step in under tragic circumstances within 24 hours of being contacted by the Executive Committee, I have to admit that it was quite an amazing first couple of months. And now I am leaving in the middle of a pandemic! But it was all that went on in between that mattered most to me. I have wonderful memories of my time as President: all of the opportunities to get to know so many of you, faculty and staff, students, and alumnae and alumni, all of the games, performances, and presentations that I was able to watch, and enjoy, and all of the challenges that we faced, and got through, together. And, as I have said before, I am pleased to be handing over the college to an experienced leader, Dr. Jayson Boyers, who was already working in May to establish a plan for our phased-in reopening in cooperation with the Governor’s mandated phases. Rosemont will be in good hands. I never anticipated this job, but I feel as though I have been blessed by the opportunity to serve as President of my alma mater. I will be always enormously thankful for your support of the college, and of me. Please also know that I will be coming back to the college and to campus – at least for my 50th Reunion next June! With great gratitude,
Rosemont College Online Magazine May 2020
Hirsh Alert | 1 Campus Events | 3 Virtual Toast for President Hirsh | 4 Athletics | 5 Campus Ministry | 6 Class of 2020 | 7-8 SGPS | 9-10 Alumni | 11-12 Development | 13 Experiential Opportunities & Post Graduate Success | 14 ROCO Life | 15
Click Here to Learn the Details For Residential Students (On-Campus Housing) Regarding Moving Belongings from Campus
“I Cannot Dance, O Love”
Text by Jean Wiebe Janzen Music by Sarah Kitten, Young Women Composers Camp alumna Winner of the 2019 WSMP Commission
Sunday, May 31, 3:00pm (via Zoom) Click Here to access the Zoom Link
Forum Going Virtual for the Fall Every semester, Rosemont College offers a series of non-credit offerings through the Forum, exploring facets of art, religion, history, theatre, literature, and more through our coffee lectures and courses. Our instructors include retired Rosemont faculty members as well as scholars and experts from the greater Philadelphia community. The Forum is open to adults of any age.
Because of the pandemic, Rosemont Forum will be held online during the fall of 2020. Please complete this form to share your ideas for an exciting, but virtual, Forum semester.
During this unprecedented time, Rosemont College remains open for business with employees and faculty fully accessible and working from home as many activities and operations have moved to virtual formats. As we have done since the campus closure began in mid-March, we will continue to keep all members of the Rosemont community informed by email and by posting here: rosemont.edu/covid-19/. Rosemont College remains in the “Red” phase until at least June 4th under Governor Wolf’s Process to Reopen Pennsylvania. Rosemont will align our reopening with the governor’s plan. When President-Elect Boyers assumes office on June 1st, unveiling the plan for reopening the College will be among his top priorities. Dr. Boyers will continue to work closely with the Rosemont Taskforce for Reopening and monitor the governor’s plan so that the College opens in the safest manner as possible and in accordance with CDC guidelines. We encourage you to check the Rosemont website frequently in the coming weeks for updates.
Distinguished Faculty AWARDS
Click Here to read the announcement of this year’s Distinguished Faculty Awards
Click Here to read how Rosemont Students joined a Virtual Event with Main Line Chamber of Commerce hosted by Rosemont College.
“After attending the Virtual Business Card Exchange organized by Rosemont College, I watched how the ‘Power of Small’ could have a positive impact on those around us,” said Brie Muldoon, a rising sophomore marketing major who has a part-time marketing coordinator job with Regen America – Centers for Regenerative Medicine.”
Abiding by the governor’s stay-at-home order did not stop
the Rosemont community from honoring students, faculty,
and staff at the annual Founders Day awards. On Thursday,
April 23, members of the Rosemont community gathered
virtually to recognize individuals and groups.
Click Here to Find Out the Full List of Winners
Faith Byrne From payroll to puzzles, the winner of the 2020 Founders Day Community Spirit Award spoke with RoCo about carrying out her role during the pandemic. Click Here to Read More:
