LEXINGTON Ky.\u2014Transylvania University welcomed a large, diverse and academically talented class of incoming students to campus this month.<\/p>\n
The university increased its number of first-year students by 19 percent over last year. The 327 new students bring the school\u2019s total enrollment up to 1,065.<\/p>\n
The Class of 2019 also adds to diversity at Transylvania, furthering a main goal of its Strategic Enrollment Plan. About 20 percent of our incoming students identify themselves as members of racial or ethnic minorities. Additionally, a quarter of the class is from outside Kentucky\u2014including locales as far away as Rwanda and Vietnam.<\/p>\n
Transylvania\u2019s first-year students also will ensure the tradition of academic excellence continues at the school, which the Princeton Review recently included in the top 15 percent of the nation\u2019s four-year colleges. Twenty-one of our new students graduated from the Governor\u2019s Scholars program; two are alums of the Governor\u2019s School for the Arts; and eight were National Merit Finalists.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur students\u2019 academic interests are diverse, with many of our incoming students expressing an interest in getting a great education at Transy followed by graduate school in areas such as medicine, dentistry, engineering and law,\u201d said Rhyan Conyers, interim vice president for enrollment. \u201cOur curriculum prepares those students to go on to great graduate programs or find compelling careers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Transylvania\u2019s first-year students participate in a three-week program called August term. During this time, they engage in an academic seminar and acclimate to life on campus before the rest of the students arrive in early September. This year\u2019s August term theme is \u201cReading the Stories of Us: Histories of Entanglement.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are proud of all of our new students and how they are already engaged with each other and our campus community,\u201d Conyers said.<\/p>\n
They arrive at Transylvania during a time of great renewal. The university is building three new residence halls and renovating its library. The school also plans major renovations to its iconic Haupt Humanities Building and has just finished construction of a gathering place in the heart of campus called Alumni Plaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LEXINGTON Ky.\u2014Transylvania University welcomed a large, diverse and academically talented class of incoming students to campus this month. The university increased its number of first-year students by 19 percent over last year. The 327 new students bring the school\u2019s total enrollment up to 1,065. The Class of 2019 also adds to diversity at Transylvania, furthering a main goal of its Strategic Enrollment Plan. About 20 percent of our incoming students identify themselves as members of racial or ethnic minorities. Additionally, a quarter of the class is from outside Kentucky\u2014including locales as far away as Rwanda and Vietnam. Transylvania\u2019s first-year students also will ensure the tradition of academic excellence continues at the school, which the Princeton Review recently included in the top 15 percent of the nation\u2019s four-year colleges. Twenty-one of our new students graduated from the Governor\u2019s Scholars program; two are alums of the Governor\u2019s School for the Arts; and eight were National Merit Finalists. \u201cOur students\u2019 academic interests are diverse, with many of our incoming students expressing an interest in getting a great education at Transy followed by graduate school in areas such as medicine, dentistry, engineering and law,\u201d said Rhyan Conyers, interim vice president for enrollment. \u201cOur curriculum prepares those students to go on to great graduate programs or find compelling careers.\u201d Transylvania\u2019s first-year students participate in a three-week program called August term. During this time, they engage in an academic seminar and acclimate to life on campus<\/p>\n