At University of Providence, our faculty are so used to working with students. We have a small campus. Small classes. And then our faculty walk into a classroom with maybe 20 students -- who they've had several times before -- so they know if a student walks in with a long face, "Hey, what's the matter? Can I help you?" Once they've been through four years with us, we're happy to write references for graduate school, for internships, for a job. That's the value of knowing our students.
Teaching is really our first love. As much as we value doing research and we value the life of the mind. We love our students and we love teaching. And that's what we spend the bulk of our time on and the bulk of our attention on. And we're the kind of a university because of that, where you're going to have ample opportunities for one-on-one connection with your with your professors. We're here for you, we really want to help to form you as whole people.
Our faculty come from various walks of life, which is fantastic because they can totally relate to some of our students. Many of them have come from top-tier universities with their doctorates. So our students get that "outside our textbook" experience. There's a finite number of textbooks printed in the world. And if a faculty member can say, "Okay, this was the experience that I had in this industry. These are the people who I network with and how can I help you use that in your life?"
