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Welcome
Welcome from the PresidentThank you for looking at Lexington College. Welcome. We hope that you enjoy your virtual visit on our new website.
Lexington is taking big strides this year.
We launched our bachelor's degree program and this summer
doubled the size of our campus in Chicago. These are firm
steps in providing women an enriched and valuable professional
and educationally well-rounded education-- as well as serving
the needs of the hospitality industry.
The hospitality industry is
known for its customer service, but we can see that at times,
professional training of personnel in the industry has been
lacking and narrow in scope. At Lexington we combine personalized, professional training with a solid foundation of general education courses to truly serve the needs of women. We hope that the knowledge that each young woman internalizes from her study at Lexington enables her to be a strong professional who works well, and is also a leader for her colleagues. Our curriculum combines foundational skills along with pathways for specialization, so that each student can pursue goals according to her interests. For example, our general education curriculum at Lexington includes solid components of English and literature, humanities, philosophy, mathematics, and theology, as well as an exposure to economics, history, and social science. Our hospitality management degree requirements provide a strong group of management courses ranging from human resources, business administration, marketing, strategic marketing, business law, to entrepreneurship. Our concentrations in culinary arts, event planning or hotel/restaurant management give students specialized skills and knowledge that when coupled with the management component of our curriculum, equip them to enter the industry ready to succeed in entry-level management positions. And our grads report they are well prepared for professional life after college! Throughout our curriculum, we foster critical and analytical thinking in students. And all courses have the goal of helping students to become life-long learners as they progress in their careers.
But at Lexington, professional competence
is not enough. Students also need to grow socially and spiritually.
So, we provide an educational environment that fosters these
key aspects in each woman's life.
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