Dialogue with President Beth Paul

Dear Nazareth Community, I am grateful to so many of you who have reached out in support of opening lines of communication within our community and the ways in which we keep in touch. These days, there are so many channels of communication. As such, we are working to engage with our community with various touchpoints. With that in mind, I am pleased to share with you that I am starting the “ Prez Paul Podcast” for us to engage and hear honest and compelling dialogue about Nazareth College, the people at the heart of who we are, and the important topics of our time. Nazareth College is full of exceptionally talented, fascinating people and inspiring perspectives and possibilities.  Through this podcast, I invite you to join in, open your mind to new ideas, and enjoy the power, beauty, and momentum of the Nazareth College learning community, as we have meaningful conversations that speak to Nazareth’s place in the world.   I welcome you to the inaugural podcast focusing on

At Convocation back in August, I shared with our incoming new students my hopes and expectations for their Nazareth College experience:  Individually and collectively, you will define the future of our world — a world that is in the midst of a revolution… The key to this path is your mindset about challenge. Too many people in our world are afraid of challenge — and, as a result, we are struggling as a people with so many pernicious and hurtful problems. If you are afraid of or resistant to challenge, you are limiting yourself, the power of your learning and your life, and your purposeful impact on our world.   And so, my personal goal for you is to relish challenge: to be a person who seeks out challenge, to move toward — not away from — challenge, to thrive in challenge.   And this learning community at Nazareth is where you can learn to relish challenge and distinguish yourself as a courageous learner and leader.  How quickly our whole community has indeed relished chal