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Classroom transformation provides university feel for Business students

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Classroom transformation provides university feel for Business students
Classroom transformation provides university feel for Business students

Thanks to generous donors, the main business classroom at Valor looks more like a university business classroom these days. As students walked in this fall, they were met with new carpet and paint. The desks and chairs were upgraded to be more mobile allowing for the configuration of the room to be a traditional classroom or conference room style.  A ticker tape, a real-time data feed of the New York Stock Exchange, runs along the back wall. A scripture adorns most of the west wall, opposite artwork of all the continents.

Mr. Dave Haar, Business department chair stated, “We wanted to have a university feel, while still affirming our perspective that business can be used to help the poor and needy around the world. It is our desire to make the Valor vision: to prepare tomorrow's leaders to transform the world for Christ, a reality through students' future careers in business. Business is more than just making money -- it is making the world a better place.”

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Galapagos Island Discovery Experience
Galapagos Island Discovery Experience

The Ecuador and Galapagos Discovery trip this past summer is an excellent example of how Discovery experiences extend our students' learning into the real world. When talking about Ecology in Biology class, students learn how ecologists study ecosystems and the challenges they face in preserving our natural world. Are certain species endangered? Do they need particular conservation action? How are we impacting them? However, none of these questions can be answered until we know the types and population levels of species that exist there. This is a challenging but essential job that our students were able to participate in! 

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