“We’re focused on making sure that all of our [academic] programs are career relevant. We try to tie them back to industry, and the best way to do that is having an understanding of how we get students from their university application, to their first class, to graduation—and making sure …

“Something that happens, particularly in small colleges, is that we’re forced to rely on each other a little bit more, which makes what’s happening in Briggs right now with the peer mentoring program so exciting. We’re creating opportunities and opening doors for our students, and that’s what really is important …