and Discovery

GO FORTH FOR

INTELLECTUAL GROWTH AND DISCOVERY

Mindful of the pulse and vitality in education today, Go Forth engaged a holistic, globally conscious model of curriculum development and innovative programming. It prioritized student support while modernizing the Backer Memorial building for its next century of forming leaders of competence, conscience, courage and compassion.

CAMPAIGN ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Creating the James Guth Costigan ’62

Innovation Lab to anchor STEM programming.

This 5,200 square-foot strategically planned space features a fabrication workshop,

Peacock Family Classroom, workshop, robotics construction space and collaborative meeting areas.

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• Hiring a Director of the Innovation Lab,

Mr. Jeff Schaefer. • Renovating six science labs.

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• Opening The J. Anthony '57 and Donna

M. Dill Center for Academic Success, a 6,300 square-foot space for School

Counseling, College Counseling and Academic

Administration. It features 14 offices, three reception areas and two conference rooms. • Launching the College Counseling

Department with four College Counselors and an array of programming; simultaneously creating capacity in the Student Counseling

Department to prioritize student holistic health and well-being. • Creating the Learning Center and

Curriculum Outreach Program.

• Establishing the first Director of Global

Education, Mr. Rob Chura. • Starting Arabic Language and

Culture Studies.

• Expanding foreign- and English-based exchange programs, and integrating a global dimension into our curricular intentions for every SLUH student. • Developing new immersion partnerships with Jesuit schools in Columbia and Taiwan, as well as service opportunities at multiple international locations. • Facilitating a Comprehensive Curriculum

Review and providing interdepartmental professional development. • Conducting a Strategic Summit among SLUH academic leaders to build a plan for curriculum and programming that could be implemented after the pandemic.

“I supported Global Education initiatives through Go Forth because I believe that we should educate students to appreciate diverse cultures and understand their connections to the wider world. As members of the SLUH community, it is imperative to carry out our Jesuit mission and educate youngsters, regardless of economic circumstances, to serve our society and to reach out to the world.”

DR. CHINGLING TAI

FORMER SLUH FACULTY MEMBER WHO LED THE CHINESE PROGRAM FROM 1987-2005

Pictured (from top, clockwise): Interior of the Dill Center; Dr. Brock Kesterson speaks with a student in his office in the Dill Center; aviation simulator; students work on a project in a renovated science lab.

“The key to our future comes through innovation. Creativity and the ability to envision that which has not been conceived before is a skill that has defined the American story. Automobiles, movies, cell phones, kidney transplants, the light bulb – they all stem from the ability to find new ways to solve legacy problems. SLUH is devoting time and energy to nurturing this in their students and we felt an imperative to help.”

DAVID AND JANE PEACOCK (Past Parents)

CREATED THE PEACOCK FAMILY CLASSROOM IN THE JAMES GUTH COSTIGAN ’62 INNOVATION LAB