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Above: Lt. Dan Carey with a colleague in the ARVN, Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1970. Right: Groundbreaking for The Stream, 2011. The visual and theatre arts center opened for students in the fall of 2012, and is the second LEED certified building on campus.
SPRING.14//EDGEWOOD COLLEGE MAGAZINE
Expanding and Strengthening Academic Programs Under Dr. Carey’s leadership, the College has expanded academic offerings and strengthened the foundation of the liberal arts educational experience. Students entering in the fall of 2010 began their studies under the auspices of the new COR curriculum. Named in honor of the College motto ‘Cor ad Cor Loquitur’ (“Heart Speaks to Heart”), the revision to the general education curriculum was a process that stretched over several years. Now in place, COR encourages students to examine the connection between learning, beliefs, and actions in order to build a more just and compassionate world. The 44,000-square-foot home to the College’s Art and Theatre Arts departments opened for students in the Fall of 2012. The Stream – as this state-of-the-art facility is now known - provides theatre, classroom and studio space for these growing academic programs. In 2013, The Stream was named Commercial Design Project of the Year by InBusiness magazine. In 2014, The Stream became officially LEED® certified, the second ‘green’ building on campus.
A major renovation of DeRicci Hall was launched in 2012. The third floor was transformed into a single home for the Henry Predolin School of Nursing, more than doubling the space dedicated to the School. The renovation created some 15,000 square feet of classroom, office, conference and meeting spaces for nursing students. The expansion comes at a critical time, as the number of Nursing graduates at the College has grown significantly the past 5 years. In August 2013, the College announced a one-milliondollar gift given to the College to create the Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin Center for Primary Care Innovation. The Center will engage and enlist Edgewood College Nursing students and graduates in innovative, progressive models of primary care delivery. New academic programs added during the Carey years include the Master of Science in Accountancy, Master of Science in Organizational Development, the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. In 2011 the College began offering classes online in some select graduatelevel programs.