Inspire, Spring 2009

14 spring 2009 Our students experience the full breadth of a college program, including apartment-style living, student life, life skills development, and spiritual growth. This is college as it was meant to be, in an environment that meets the students’ unique needs: • Life Skills Training Through functional academics, students grow in their daily living abilities while also developing the necessary social, emotional, and mobility skills. The courses prepare them to succeed in the workplace and to cultivate meaningful and healthy relationships. • Specialty Majors Initially, Shepherds College is offering two areas of study — culinary arts and horticulture. Culinary arts majors learn to work in a variety of food service occupations, from fast food to catering. They study culinary skills, institutional cooking, food preparation, sanitation, and nutrition. Those with a green thumb may enroll in horticulture, learning floral design, landscaping, nursery and garden operations, equipment maintenance, greenhouse plant production, and work safety precaution. • Spiritual Formation We believe that students moving toward independence are best prepared when they have a strong spiritual foundation. Shepherds College provides ample opportunity for them to discover God’s specific purpose for their lives. In addition to biblical teaching in the classroom, students benefit from weekly chapel services and meetings with a spiritual mentor. • Life Coaches The life coach component of Shepherds College enlists volunteer “shepherds” from local churches to support our alumni when they graduate into the workplace and community.