Earlham College starts new year with launch of comprehensive Epic Journey program
Earlham College has launched its comprehensive signature student success program, called the Epic Journey, as classes begin today for the 2022-23 academic year.
The Epic Journey is a four-year experience that intentionally combines Earlham’s longstanding excellence in the classroom with transformational career-discerning experiences. As a result, students are prepared exceptionally well life for life after Earlham.
“The Epic Journey provides both an intentional framework and a community of support to help our students discover where their personal interests and career goals intersect,” says Earlham President Anne Houtman. “This is a student-centered, student-focused approach to learning and as such, every student’s Epic Journey is unique.”
Though the incoming class will be the first to experience the Epic Journey in its entirety, this program draws on Earlham’s traditional strengths in experiential learning, off-campus study and community support. New to the program are a more holistic approach to advising, including informal mentors called Epic Guides, many of whom are administrators on campus, and My Epic Journey, a platform that allows students and their advisers to track out-of-class engagement to ensure student engagement and early interventions for students who are at risk.
A key feature of the Epic Journey is the Epic Advantage, Earlham’s offer of up to $5,000 for every student to participate in an internship, collaborative research or important career-discerning experience. Earlham is one of the few institutions in the country with guaranteed funding for every student to participate in at least one of these high-impact experiences in locations around the world.
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