A Message from the Acting Dean

The Hamilton Holt School, named for the eighth president of the college, serves the community through exceptional undergraduate and graduate evening degree and outreach programs. The Holt School promotes the Rollins mission of educating students for responsible leadership and global citizenship with its commitments to academic achievement, creative accomplishment, cultural enrichment, social responsibility, and environmental stewardship. We value excellence in teaching and provide a transformative education in a healthy, responsive, and inclusive environment.

The Hamilton Holt School provides an opportunity for students to earn a Rollins education in the evening. Chickering and Gamson highlighted seven principles of good practice in education that we endorse. These principles include:

• Student-faculty contact: Rollins Evening students have the opportunity to interact with faculty on a regular basis both within and outside the classroom. These interactions are meaningful to our students because of small class sizes.
• Active learning: Rollins Evening students collaborate with faculty in order to solve complex, real-world problems.
• Faculty provide students with prompt feedback about their academic performance.
• Students spend a significant amount of time preparing for class and completing assignments in order to attain optimal learning outcomes.
• Faculty have high expectations for students and students are therefore motivated to do their best.
• Students have the opportunity to learn within a diverse community of faculty and peers.
• Finally, students cooperate with one another to ensure that everyone stays abreast of coursework.¹

I hope that your Rollins Evening education far exceeds your expectations and will serve as a strong foundation as you make a difference in your local and global communities.

On behalf of Rollins and the Hamilton Holt School, welcome! We are glad that you are here and we feel privileged to have you as part of this exceptional academic community.

Jim Eck, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Acting Dean, Hamilton Holt School
Associate Professor

                ¹Chickering, A., and Gamson, Z. (eds.), “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education,” AAHE Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 7, 1987, pp. 3-7.