The list continues to the point Strother and Moulton say the College contains one of the widest and most diverse selections of music instructors in the region.
Many of the students that he meets are first-generation students so they’re just learning how the process works. The scholarship pledges, along with the opportunity to meet Hernandez, help show the students that they will have support and can succeed at the College.
Those two numbers pushed the College’s total enrollment to 1,145 students, the largest number in the 130-year history of the school. The previous high of 1,144 was set in the Fall of 2014. The previous highs in freshmen (360) and total new students (403) both came in the Fall of 2019.
“It is always rewarding to see the combined efforts of our world-class faculty, coaches and staff recognized as one of the top institutions of higher learning in the nation and the No. 1 school in the state,” said Co-President Doug Brigham.
The seniors, though, had a full freshman experience before the highly unusual circumstances of the past two years and are anxious for a full senior experience this year, beginning with Wednesday’s first day of classes on campus.