On April 17 Mercy College President Tim Hall will be inaugurated as the College's twelfth president. The Inauguration will mark the official beginning of Hall's presidency, and celebrate the time he has already spent in office.
On joining and leading Mercy College, Hall said: "From the start I was attracted to the Mercy College mission of "providing motivated students the opportunity to transform their lives through higher education." Now I am committed to it. I believe a college education is about more than accumulating credits, or even preparing for a good job, it's about transforming a life."
Since arriving on campus Hall has been working to enhance the College's tradition of a "high touch" educational experience for students, an experience in which they are showered with individual attention. Hall often quotes John Henry Newman who described a university as: "An alma mater, knowing her children one by one, not a foundry, or a mint, or a treadmill."
Hall said: "I want to make sure that Mercy continues the tradition of knowing her students "one by one." I also want to ensure that we create conditions that support the success of our students. It isn't enough to get them to college - we need to get them through college and to graduation day."
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