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| <TITLE>It's almost impossible to describe </TITLE> | |
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| <CENTER><FONT FACE="Cooper Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+3>A funky | |
| island home</FONT></FONT> | |
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| <P><B><FONT FACE="Harlow Solid,Courier New"><FONT SIZE=+3>It's almost impossible | |
| to describe</FONT></FONT></B> | |
| <BR><B><FONT FACE="Harlow Solid,Courier New"><FONT SIZE=+3>Sheldon Jackson | |
| College.</FONT></FONT></B> | |
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| <P><IMG SRC="Imagea.gif" HEIGHT=115 WIDTH=81><FONT FACE="Cooper Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+2> | |
| On the <U>one hand</U>, Sheldon Jackson is a mainstream,</FONT></FONT> | |
| <BR><FONT FACE="Cooper Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+2>private,</FONT></FONT> | |
| <BR><FONT FACE="Cooper Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+2>liberal arts | |
| college</FONT></FONT> | |
| <BR><FONT FACE="Cooper Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+2>of the 21<SUP>st</SUP> | |
| Century:</FONT></FONT></CENTER> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1><B>Accredited</B>.</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>Very fine campus <B>computer network.</B></FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>All students take a core of <B>general | |
| education courses</B>. </FONT><I>(<B>Transfer</B> students who hold | |
| an associate degree are required to take only one general education course: | |
| world role of Christianity.)</I></FONT></LI> | |
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| <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Bodoni Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+2>Majors</FONT></FONT></B><IMG SRC="Imageb.gif" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=119 WIDTH=71></CENTER> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>Aquatic resources: aquaculture, fisheries, | |
| marine biology</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>Business administration</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>Elementary education</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>Interdisciplinary studies</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>Liberal arts: art, English, humanities, | |
| human services, social science</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>Natural resources: natural resource management, | |
| outdoor recreation</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>Secondary education: language arts, math/science, | |
| social science</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <CENTER><I><FONT FACE="Bodoni Black,Bookman Old Style">If the rain comes, | |
| they run and hide their heads.</FONT></I> | |
| <P><I><FONT FACE="Bodoni Black,Bookman Old Style">They might as well be | |
| dead.</FONT></I> | |
| <P><FONT FACE="Arial">-"Rain," Lennon & McCartney</FONT> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>Authorized by <B>Microsoft</B> as an Academic | |
| Training Program.</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1><B>No</B> classes taught by television, | |
| computer, or grad students. Highly-educated professional faculty only!</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>70% of SJ's full-time faculty have <B>doctorates</B>.</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <P><BR><B><FONT FACE="Bodoni Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+1>Alaskan | |
| axiom: <I>No bad weather, just bad gear.</I></FONT></FONT></B> | |
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| <P><IMG SRC="Imagec.gif" HEIGHT=130 WIDTH=95><FONT FACE="Cooper Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+2>On | |
| the other hand, Sheldon Jackson is an extraordinary college - in at least | |
| four ways:</FONT></FONT> | |
| <P><FONT FACE="Cooper Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+2>#1 Well, how | |
| many colleges do <I>you</I> know of on an island in Alaska?!</FONT></FONT></CENTER> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial">SJ sits directly on the Pacific Ocean;</FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial">… amidst the 17-<B><I>million</I></B>-acre Tongass National | |
| Forest;</FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial">… surrounded by <B>islands</B>,<B> mountains</B>, and | |
| Mt. Edgecumbe <B>volcano</B>! <I>(Don't worry! Edgecumbe has been dormant | |
| for 9000 years!)</I></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial">Sitka was established by Tlingit Indians, then governed | |
| from 1799 until 1867 by Russians. October 18, 1867, Sitka: US "buys" Alaska | |
| from the Russians … 586,412 square miles for 2 cents/acre.</FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial">Average Sitka <B>temperatures</B> range from 34 to 62. | |
| A coastal, temperate climate.</FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial">Average Sitka <B>rainfall</B> range from 3.2 inches | |
| to 14.7 per month.</FONT></LI> | |
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| <DIR><B><FONT FACE="Harlow Solid,Courier New"><FONT SIZE=+2>Alaska has…</FONT></FONT></B></DIR> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>World's largest concentration of bald | |
| eagles</FONT></FONT><IMG SRC="Imaged.gif" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=139 WIDTH=102></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>World's largest carnivore: Kodiak brown | |
| bear</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>World's largest temperate rainforest <I>(the | |
| Tongass, in which Sitka is located)</I></FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>America's highest mountain: McKinley <I>(Denali)</I> | |
| at 20,320 feet</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>America's largest national park: Wrangell-St. | |
| Elias</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>6640 miles of coastline. <I>(Including | |
| islands, 33,900 miles of shoreline!)</I></FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <P><BR><FONT FACE="Cooper Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+2>#2 99-00 | |
| annual tuition of $6850!</FONT></FONT> | |
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| <P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+2>50% below the national average for | |
| private colleges.</FONT></FONT> | |
| <BR><I><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+2>(And we also give $500,000 in scholarships.)</FONT></FONT></I></CENTER> | |
| <P><IMG SRC="Imagee.gif" HEIGHT=111 WIDTH=109><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>Each | |
| student pays a different amount to attend Sheldon Jackson, because each | |
| student's family financial situation and grades are different. As well, | |
| 90% of our students receive financial aid of some sort. To learn how much | |
| <U>you</U> | |
| will pay at SJ, complete the <I><U>Free application for Federal Student | |
| Aid</U></I>.</FONT></FONT> | |
| <P><FONT FACE="Cooper Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+2>#3<B> Enrollment | |
| of 270!</B></FONT></FONT> | |
| <BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>We will argue that being a small college | |
| <U>improves</U> | |
| a Sheldon Jackson College education, e.g.:</FONT></FONT> | |
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| <B><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>Classes of 10 not 110.</FONT></FONT></B></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1><B>Way more personal attention</B> from | |
| your profs. <I>(This really helps when it comes to looking for a <B>job</B>, | |
| because your teachers will provide your recommendations.)</I> … from your | |
| academic advisor … your student dorm assistant … the financial aid director | |
| …</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1><B>No long lines</B> at registration, | |
| to reserve a racquetball court, or checkout a kayak.</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1><B>Courses rarely fill up</B> . . . you | |
| <U>really | |
| can</U> complete a bachelor’s degree in four years.</FONT></FONT></LI> | |
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| <BR><I><FONT FACE="Bodoni Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+1>I will | |
| make a palace for you and me</FONT></FONT></I> | |
| <BR><I><FONT FACE="Bodoni Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+1>Of green | |
| days in forest and blue days at sea.</FONT></FONT></I> | |
| <P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>-Robert Louis Stevenson</FONT></FONT> | |
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| <P><FONT FACE="Cooper Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+2>#4 Sheldon | |
| Jackson College uses a non-selective <I>("open") </I>admission policy - | |
| without apology.</FONT></FONT></CENTER> | |
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| <DIR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>We want students to <B>go</B> to | |
| college. Seems to us that too many colleges boast about who they <B>keep | |
| out</B> rather who they educate … like a hospital that only accepts wealthy | |
| patients with minor health problems, then boasts about its healing successes. | |
| Too many colleges are more about wealth than wonder</FONT></FONT> | |
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| <P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>…rankings than reading and writing</FONT></FONT> | |
| <P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>…esteem than education</FONT></FONT> | |
| <P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>…image than imagination.</FONT></FONT></CENTER> | |
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| <DIR><I><FONT FACE="Bodoni Black,Bookman Old Style"><FONT SIZE=+1>If you | |
| love the grandeur of nature … then take the trip by all means … but if | |
| you wish to travel on "flowery beds of ease"… then don't. But may God pity | |
| you, for you will lose one thing worth living for if you have the opportunity | |
| to make this trip and fail to do so.</FONT></FONT></I></DIR> | |
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| <CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>-"End of the Trail," C.K. Snow, | |
| February, 1915, Seward, Alaska.</FONT></FONT> | |
| <P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>After coming off the Iditarod Trail.</FONT></FONT></CENTER> | |
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