Pathways to Student Success at Lynchburg College

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Pathways to Student Success at Lynchburg College

• NACADA
• October 2006

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Lynchburg College

• Private, co-educational college in central
  Virginia
• 2,398 total enrollment
• 2054 undergraduate enrollment
• 19 increase in last five years
• 13 students of color
• 38 states represented
• More than 35 majors/minors
• Liberal arts/sciences with strong professional
  programs

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Pathways to Student Success

• Academic and Career Services
• Academic Advising
• Career Development
• Internships
• First Year Programs
• Learning Resources
• Disability Services
• Tutoring and Learning Resources
• Academic Coaching

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Academic Career Services Center
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Contact information

• Mari Normyle
• Assistant Dean, normyle_at_lynchburg.edu
• Jessica Baldwin
• Director, Learning Resources
• baldwin_at_lynchburg.edu
• Beverly Reid
• Director, Career Development
• reid.bc_at_lynchburg.edu
• Corri Pfister
• Graduate Assistant
• pfister_c_at_students.lynchburg.edu