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The Core Division
While Champlain College enjoys a widely acclaimed reputation for its professionally focused programs, the secret to the success of Champlain graduates includes another key ingredient—the core curriculum.
Students in every major will take courses in humanities, sciences and economics, and explore important themes that form the foundation for critical thinking and communications. You will learn to be a global citizen, learn to think critically, and learn to see connections between your major, your future career and the global economy.
You'll begin in the first year with a focus on the "concepts of self" and "concepts of community." The Core Curriculum continues into the second and third years with courses in the Western tradition and the global condition, culminating with a senior capstone course.
So, practically speaking, how will this affect your college education? Imagine that you are a business major. You will take traditional business classes like accounting, marketing and management. Yet, additionally, you will learn about the emerging economies of China and India. You will interact with students from both those countries. You may study their history and read their literature. The end result? You will be prepared to do business with these countries and to interact with their people.
A Brief History of Aiken Hall: Home of the Core
Year of Construction: 1885
Original Owner: Frederick Kennedy
Year Acquired by Champlain College: 1981
Aiken Hall was designed by the architect A.B. Fisher, who designed many homes and office buildings in Burlington between 1870 and 1893. He came from Albany, New York, and lived first in Barre, Vermont and then in Burlington. The house was built in 1885 for Frederick Kennedy, who was not only involved in civic affairs in the city, but also in turn the manager of the Burlington Woolen Company, the Colchester Mills, and the Burlington Flouring Company.
Designed in the Queen Anne style, the house cost $15,000 to build. Mr. Kennedy was so intent on having every modern convenience in his new home that he even petitioned the city of Burlington to have telephone poles erected on Summit Street so that telephone service would be available between his office at the woolen mills and his home. In 1900 Mr. Kennedy moved to rooms over the Masonic Temple on Church Street, and in 1902 the house was bought by General Stephen Perry Jocelyn, who wanted to settle his family in Burlington before setting off to the Philippines in 1902. General Jocelyn later commanded a military unit that was posted to San Francisco to help with the earthquake relief in 1906. The house was inherited by his daughter Dorothy and her husband William Westervelt.
Throughout most of this century Burlingtonians knew the house and its formal gardens as the "Westervelt Estate" [link to Foster Hall & Wick Hall]. William Westervelt died in 1960, and his widow continued to live there until her death in 1981. The estate was sold to Champlain College by the Westervelt's daughter Jane in 1981. Aiken Hall was named for Lola Aiken, widow of the late Governor of Vermont and Senator George Aiken. Mrs. Aiken was a trustee of Champlain College for many years.
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