Lycoming College continues to be recognized annually as one of the best liberal arts and sciences institutions in the country. The College’s 21st-century education unites the traditional liberal arts with the power of experiential learning, enabling students to develop a deeper understanding of their major field of study while preparing for lives of meaning and careers of distinction. Lycoming’s upward movement in rankings reflects its commitment to providing an unparalleled educational experience where our students THINK DEEPLY. ACT BOLDLY. LYCOMING COLLEGE ACC LADES During a pandemic that prevented international travel, Lycoming College faculty and students worked together to continue providing students with a global perspective and an opportunity to learn through service. Education classes led by Rachel Hickoff-Cresko, Ed.D., Amy Rogers, Ph.D., and Spanish courses taught by Sandra Kingery, Ph.D., collaborated to bring interactive teaching methods to classrooms in Las Terrenas in the Dominican Republic by leveraging remote technology. As a continuation of the College’s committed partnership through the Interdisciplinary Dominican Republic Program and associated Warrior Coffee Project, students learned to apply a community-centered, needs-based approach in creating and delivering a variety of lessons. Students in the early childhood education class worked with the Anacaona Library on their remote storytelling project. They chose age-appropriate books and developed lesson plans and CONNECTING THE WORLD THROUGH REMOTE TEACHING BY BAILEY (SPENCER) INNERARITY ’23 reading questions to better facilitate student engagement and understanding. Students in the modern languages class then worked on translating the materials into Spanish so that they could read the stories and pose questions developed by the education students to the audience, demonstrating interactive teaching strategies in educational videos shared with Dominican teachers. The secondary education course students developed content lessons specific to the culture and region, with topics ranging from probability and metaphors in literature to coastal erosion and ocean conservation. College students learned to better identify community needs and gained a global perspective while providing teachers with supplementary teaching materials that serve as a model of interactive, student-centered pedagogy. Named one of the best Tier 1 National Liberal Arts & Sciences Institutions by 2022-23 U.S. News & World Report, leaping 13 spots to No. 111, and jumping 21 spots to No. 11 in social mobility Praised as a “Best College” for a sixth consecutive year in The Princeton Review Best 388 Colleges for 2023, and included on its Best Value List Continued to be ranked among the best liberal arts colleges in the country by Washington Monthly, landing in the No. 89 spot the 2022 Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking, and No. 35 in social mobility Recognized as one of the Best Value Colleges in the nation by Money Magazine, ranking No. 46 among 236 private colleges committed to needbased financial aid with enrollments less than 2,500 students Recognized as a Member School by the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium Accepted as a member of The Annapolis Group, a higher education consortium that convenes institutional leaders from the nation’s very best liberal arts colleges 9 www.lycoming.edu
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