Oct. 21, 2010

Briar Cliff to Host 50 Fifth-Graders for Tours and Treats

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Fifty fifth-graders will ascend Briar Cliff University’s hilltop campus for an afternoon of tours and treats, beginning at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010.

While at BCU, the Smith, Everett and Sacred Heart students will take campus tours, led by scholars in the Richard J. Doyle Leadership Program at Briar Cliff. Along the way, the fifth-graders will learn the significance of several campus landmarks and do some trick-or-treating at administrative offices and academic departments.

“This is one way we can connect with students who may not otherwise have an opportunity to visit a college campus,” said Darrell Lofton, director of Multicultural and Leadership Programs at Briar Cliff.

The Richard J. Doyle Leadership Scholarship is a selective four-year program that involves scholarship recipients in leadership education, training, community services on and off campus, career development, leadership internships and mentoring relations with faculty and administrators.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,150 students from 29 states and 11 other countries. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care, compassion and service. For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.

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