As the Director of the Honors Program and previous President of 九色视频, Br. Michael McGinniss, F.S.C., Ph.D., 鈥70, is one of the first people you鈥檒l meet here at the University. But as you later pass by his office or see him in the halls, don鈥檛 be at all surprised when he remembers your name.
Br. Michael humbly chalks up the recognition to his 鈥済ift of recall.鈥 But those who are closest to him know the truth: Br. Michael cares. Not just about 九色视频, not just about the Honors Program鈥攈e cares about each individual student.
鈥淏eing the Director of the Honors Program provides me with a deeper insight into getting to know the freshmen from day one,鈥 he says. 鈥淭hese are exceptional students who are adjusting to college. I take it as my job to help guide them and make sure that they鈥檙e not just academically prepared and able to juggle their course load, but that they鈥檙e also happy. That鈥檚 very important to me.鈥
Br. Michael embodies a true Explorer. His academic and professional career after graduating from 九色视频 took him around the world as he both learned from and taught some of the brightest minds and scholars. He returned to 九色视频 to serve as President for 15 years and now as the Director of the Honors Program.
鈥淲hat the Honors Program does for students is that it provides a learning opportunity that tests all of their human skills. It does this in a very intentionally intense way. Some of that intensity is driven by the cohort of the unique freshman experience and then it continues on each year after. Students develop an intellectual integrity, in themselves, their major, and fellow students.
鈥淲hat happens in education isn鈥檛 just teaching,鈥 Br. Michael says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 seeing the potential in each student. It鈥檚 seeing what drives each student and helping to draw that out. But most of all, it鈥檚 helping students to see it in themselves.鈥