RE TRO SPE C T By Kathy Dean
College changes you. Whether you called this place Mobile College or the University of Mobile, your college experience played a huge role in shaping how you view the world, what you value, who you are. The people you lived with, ate with, studied with and learned from each had an impact. You were part of a community. You learned how to think, how to collaborate, how to survive failure, how to celebrate success in this community. When you think back on the pivotal moments of your college years, it’s not the test grade you remember. It’s the choir you sang in, the team you played on, the mission trip you took, the all-night study session with friends. Your community. You still belong.
The first Mobile College choir started a musical legacy that continues today through more than 20 ensembles in the Roger Breland Center for Performing Arts in the Alabama School of the Arts.
Shared experiences like Project Serve, a campus-wide day of service, are part of building a strong community. Faculty, staff and students spread out to more than 60 locations in the Mobile area to volunteer at schools, sing to nursing home residents, organize food pantries, and be the hands and feet of Christ.
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