How does Lynn University offer a unique educational experience. What makes Lynn’s approach to learning innovative and personalized. Why do students from around the world choose Lynn for their higher education.
A Pioneering Approach to Higher Education
Lynn University stands out among higher education institutions for its innovative and personalized approach to learning. With approximately 3,500 students from over 100 countries and nearly all 50 U.S. states, Lynn offers a truly diverse and global educational environment. The university’s small size and forward-thinking mindset allow it to implement unique learning methods that larger schools often struggle to adopt.
Some of Lynn’s distinctive features include:
- iPad-powered learning
- Dialogue-based classes instead of traditional lectures
- Early career connections for first-year students
- Accelerated degree programs
- Innovative curriculum across 6 colleges
Academic Programs Tailored for Success
Lynn University offers approximately 100 degree programs across its 6 colleges, catering to a wide range of academic interests and career aspirations. The university’s academic offerings span undergraduate, graduate, and online programs, providing flexibility for students at various stages of their educational journey.
Undergraduate Programs
Lynn’s undergraduate programs are designed to provide a strong foundation in students’ chosen fields while fostering critical thinking and practical skills. The university’s 3-year accelerated bachelor’s degree option allows motivated students to complete their studies faster and save on tuition costs.
Graduate Programs
For those seeking advanced education, Lynn offers a variety of master’s programs and even a doctoral program. These graduate-level offerings are tailored to working professionals, with flexible schedules and online options to accommodate busy lifestyles.
Online Learning
Lynn’s online programs extend the university’s innovative approach to education beyond the physical campus, making quality education accessible to students worldwide.
The Lynn Learning Experience: Beyond the Classroom
At Lynn University, education extends far beyond traditional classroom walls. The institution’s commitment to “boundless learning” is evident in its various initiatives and programs designed to enrich the student experience.
iPad-Powered Learning
One of Lynn’s most notable innovations is its iPad-powered learning program. How does this technology enhance the educational experience? By providing students with cutting-edge tools, Lynn ensures that learners have access to digital textbooks, interactive course materials, and collaborative platforms, all at their fingertips.
The Citizenship Project
Lynn’s Citizenship Project challenges students to engage with real-world civic issues. Through this initiative, students seek solutions to pressing problems, fostering a sense of social responsibility and practical problem-solving skills.
Global Perspective
With 17% of its student body comprising international students, Lynn offers a truly global learning environment. This diversity enriches classroom discussions, broadens perspectives, and prepares students for success in an increasingly interconnected world.
Student Life and Support at Lynn
Lynn University prides itself on creating a supportive and engaging environment for its students. The institution’s commitment to student success is reflected in various aspects of campus life and academic support.
Small Class Sizes
With an impressive 18:1 student-faculty ratio, Lynn ensures that each student receives personalized attention and support. This intimate learning environment fosters meaningful interactions between students and professors, enhancing the overall educational experience.
Career Preparation
Lynn University places a strong emphasis on career readiness. How does the university prepare students for their future careers? By connecting students with potential employers as early as their first year, Lynn helps students build professional networks and gain valuable insights into their chosen fields.
Student Ambassadors
Lynn’s Student Ambassador program allows current students to share their experiences with prospective students and their families. These ambassadors provide valuable insights into life at Lynn, answering questions and leading campus tours.
Athletics and Extracurricular Activities
Lynn University boasts a strong athletic program, with 25 national championships to its name. The institution’s commitment to balancing academic and athletic excellence is evident in the fact that 81% of student-athletes maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Beyond sports, Lynn offers a wide range of extracurricular activities and clubs, catering to diverse interests and helping students develop leadership skills and form lasting friendships.
Alumni Success and Ongoing Support
Lynn University’s commitment to its students extends beyond graduation. The institution takes pride in the success of its alumni, with 98% of graduates either employed or continuing their education within one year of graduation.
How does Lynn support its alumni? The university maintains an alumni resource hub, allowing graduates to stay connected with their alma mater, network with fellow alumni, and access valuable career resources.
Financial Considerations and Value
Lynn University strives to provide value for its students’ investment in education. The institution’s 3-year accelerated bachelor’s degree program allows students to save approximately $50,000 compared to a traditional 4-year degree.
Moreover, Lynn graduates see a significant return on their investment, with an average net economic gain of $729,000 over the course of their careers.
Internship Opportunities
Lynn facilitates over 500 internships per year, providing students with valuable real-world experience and enhancing their employability upon graduation.
Recognition and Accolades
Lynn University’s innovative approach to education has not gone unnoticed. The institution has received numerous awards and accolades for its forward-thinking programs, global diversity, and personalized services.
These recognitions serve as a testament to Lynn’s commitment to providing a high-quality, innovative education that prepares students for success in an ever-changing world.
In conclusion, Lynn University offers a unique and dynamic educational experience that combines innovative teaching methods, global perspectives, and personalized attention. With its commitment to “boundless learning,” Lynn prepares students not just for careers, but for lives of impact and purpose in a rapidly evolving global landscape.
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Lynn University’s small size and fearless people let us do things the big schools only wish they could.
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Student Ambassadors
Approximately 3,500 students from over 100 countries and nearly all 50 states. You’ll want to know them.
I chose Lynn because I love the classroom style and its easy to meet different cultures here! Outside of class, I stay active with anything outdoors and adventures with my friends.
After my time at Lynn, I would like to intern for Cosmopolitan Magazine or BuzzFeed.
Paige Platt ’24
Clayton, North Carolina,
Advertising and Public Relations
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I chose Lynn because of the great location along with the atmosphere it comes with and the personalized classes selected for each and every student! Outside the classroom, I like spending my time with friends and going to the beach. After Lynn, I hope to get my MBA and pursue a career in sports marketing.
Grace Bianco ’23
Newtown, Connecticut,
Marketing
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I chose Lynn because of its close proximity to The Bahamas, small class sizes for a more personalized learning experience, and (one of my favorites) iPad-powered learning. When I’m not in the classroom, you can find me reading, journaling, or listening to music! After Lynn, I would like to pursue a master’s degree and work within the information technology/computer science field.
Olga Roussos ’26
Nassau, Bahamas,
Data analytics
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At Lynn University, we offer associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as certificates and a doctorate degree.
Undergraduate students can take advantage of limitless learning partnerships to explore new frontiers and emerging careers. Graduate students enjoy a flexible and convenient curriculum—perfect for work and family obligations.
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- Clinical Mental Health Counseling (M.S.)
- Communication (B.A.)
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- Communication and Media: Digital Media (STEM) (M.S.)
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- Composition (B.M.)
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- Computer Animation (B.F.A.)
- Criminal Justice (B.A.)
- Criminal Justice (B.A.) (online division)
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- Data analytics (B.S.)
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- Digital Media (Certificate)
- Drama (B.F.A.)
- Early Childhood Education (B.S.)
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- Educational Leadership (Ed.D.)
- Educational Leadership: School Administration K-12 (M.Ed.)
- Elementary Education Grades K-6 (B.S.)
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- Elementary Education K-6 (A.S.)
- Entrepreneurial Management (MBA)
- Entrepreneurial Management (Certificate)
- Entrepreneurship (B.S.)
- Entrepreneurship (B.S.) (online division)
- Environmental Policy and Management (B. S.) (online division)
- Environmental Science and Policy (B.S.)
- Event Production Management (B.S.)
- Exceptional Student Education (M.Ed.)
- Fashion and Retail (B.S.)
- Film Production (B.F.A.)
- Financial Valuation and Investment Management (MBA)
- Financial Valuation and Investment Management (Certificate)
- Forensic Investigations (B.S.)
- Graphic Design (B.F.A.)
- Graphic Design (A.S.)
- Healthcare Management (B.S.)
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- Hospitality Management (B.S.)
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- Media Management (MBA)
- Media Studies and Practice (Certificate)
- Multimedia Journalism (B.A.)
- Performance: Instrumental Collaborative Piano (M.M.)
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- Performance: Piano (B.M.)
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- Performance: Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Harp & Percussion (B.M.)
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- Political Science (B.A.)
- Professional Pilot (B.S.)
- Professional Pilot (B.S.) (online division)
- Psychology (B.S.)
- Psychology (B. S.) (online division)
- Psychology (M.S.)
- Public Administration (M.P.A.)
- Social Impact and Entrepreneurship with Watson Institute (B.S.)
- Social Innovation Management (MBA)
- Sports Management (B.S.)
- Sports Management (MBA)
- Sports Management (Certificate)
- Strategic Communication (Certificate)
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People’s Temple / Απολογία.ru
Sect
Western, Pseudo-Christian
I. Basic data
1. Founder: Jim Jones. 1931 – 1978.
Jim Jones was born in the small farming town of Lynn, Indiana to a poor family. His father was a racist member of the Ku Klux Klan, which later played a big role in the life of Jim Jones. Already a pastor, in defiance of his father, he always criticized racism, which attracted many supporters among black Americans.
In the homeland of Jim Jones, the townsfolk were very religious. In the small town where his family lived, there were 6 churches. Little Jim liked to play “church”: he gathered a dozen of the neighbor’s children at his house and read sermons to them, and then forced them to march in columns. One neighbor then told his wife that Jim was destined for the fate of a leader, perhaps a second Hitler. Very early, Jim Jones was influenced by sectarianism: a neighbor, a certain Miss Orville Kennedy, introduced him to the so-called. “Nazarite” faith. Jones was a fairly capable young man. Despite coming from a poor family, Jim was able to attend college at Indiana University. However, he soon dropped out of school. At 1949, at the age of 18, Jones married Marceline Baldwin, who was 4 years older than him. In 1950, he decided to continue his studies and become a pastor in Indianapolis. Jones graduated from Butler University in Indianapolis and in 1954 became the pastor of the Disciples of Christ Protestant congregation.
In 1956 he founded his own congregation called “People’s Temple”. Speculating on the topic of combating racial discrimination, Jones gained immense popularity, which probably turned his head. In Philadelphia, he met Devine, a black preacher who claimed to be God. Perhaps it was through him that Jones received the idea of his own divinity. He began to arrange healing sessions and “predict the future”, increasing his authority among the followers, for whom he became a “father” and “prophet of God.” Jones used his prophecies to solve problems and pressure followers. So, after financial failures in Indianapolis, he, under the pretext of a “revelation” that appeared to him, moved with a hundred followers to California. In California, Jones moved even faster from a liberal Protestant pastor to a cult leader. He changed his image: there was a mantle with satin and dark glasses. The services became longer, and now the orchestra always took part in them. To top it all off, Jones surrounded himself with armed guards.
At 1972 a sect center was established in San Francisco. Thanks to his friendship with Mayor George Moscone, Jones could afford to run the sect uncontrollably, without fear of attracting the attention of the authorities by violating the rights and freedoms of his followers. And these violations became more and more numerous. Jones began to intrude into the privacy of his flock: marriages were often arranged or forced divorces were carried out. Within the framework of the sect, a marriage bureau was even created. Jones himself repeatedly entered into intimate relationships with some of his followers, both with women and with men. There was also sexual blackmail. In Jones’ sermons, an increasing place began to be given to the topic of sex. At the same time, apocalyptic sentiments began to develop. When the most egregious abuses became known to journalists, the authorities were forced to put pressure on Jones. As a result, he decided to leave the United States and move with his followers to the dense jungles of South America, where far from the “spoiled” civilization, you can build an “ideal society”.
At 1977 Jones moved to Guyana, where, on his orders, Jonestown, the city of Jim Jones, was founded. “Ideal society” in the view of Jim Jones looked like a concentration camp. The construction of interracial communism took place behind barbed wire, under the supervision of numerous armed guards. The atmosphere in the camp, where everything was done only at the command of Jones, was unbearably difficult: for the slightest violation of discipline, the leader of the sect severely punished his followers. Jones’ mental state in Guyana clearly deteriorated: he increasingly began to talk about the Apocalypse, preparing followers for mass suicide.
The investigation of the activities of the sect undertaken by the US authorities prompted Jones to a fatal decision: he ordered his followers to commit suicide, and most of them obediently carried out his will. Those who refused to give up their lives voluntarily were shot dead by the guards. Jones himself and his mistress Maria Katzaris were shot in the head.
Jones’ wife was poisoned. After Jones’s will was carried out, more than 900 bodies were left lying on the field in Jonestown. The note on the body of one young man read: “Father, I see no way out, I agree with your decision, I’m only afraid that without you the world will never come to communism.”
2. Founded:
1956
3. Founded:
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
4. Distribution region:
The sect was distributed mainly in the USA, then the bulk of Jones’s followers moved to Guyana (South America).
5. Location of the Leading Center:
The last “People’s Temple” center in the USA was located on Jiri Boulevard in San Francisco. Then Jonestown in Guyana became the center of the sect.
6. Organizational structure:
Initially, the sect existed as a network of “People’s Temples” with its center in San Francisco. After moving to Guyana, she became a monolithic entity, and all management was concentrated directly in the hands of Jim Jones.
7. Basic Literature:
The sectarians themselves considered their movement to be Christian, so Holy Scripture remained the only sacred book. However, biblical truths were accepted in the sect exclusively in the interpretation of Jim Jones.
8. Periodicals:
newspaper “People’s Forum” (circulation 300,000 copies)
9. Other media
In 1972, the sect received 30 minutes broadcast on San Francisco City Radio .
10. Educational institutions:
No data
II. Teaching
1. The origins of the teaching:
liberal Protestantism, socialist ideas.
2. Doctrine Summary:
For a long time, the teachings of Jim Jones were no different from those of most liberal Protestant churches. Particular emphasis was placed on interracial brotherhood and the unity of all people. However, over time, new unorthodox motives appeared in his sermon: he began to talk about the imminent approach of the Apocalypse and the need to build an ideal communist society on Earth.
The central point of Jones’s teachings was the idea of his chosenness and special mission in the salvation of mankind. As a result, his will began to be perceived by sectarians as the will of God Himself. Jones completely controlled the minds of his followers, who saw him as a “prophet” and “father”, and were ready to carry out any of his orders, including the order of murder and suicide.
III. Activities
1. Milestones in History
In 1956, Jim Jones, former pastor of Disciples of Christ, founded his own church called the People’s Temple. In his sermons, he focused on the fight against racism and open sympathy for leftist political ideas. Jones even adopted 7 children of different nationalities. With an undoubted preaching gift, Jones managed to attract a lot of followers who became parishioners of his church. The popularity of the “People’s Temple” grew. Soon, Jones began to declare that he had discovered “new abilities”: “divine foreboding” and the gift of healing.
spruce. His sermons gradually turned into shows, indispensable attributes of which were prophecies and “miraculous” healings. Now he was no longer just a pastor: followers called him “father” and “prophet of God.”
However, the authorities and the public did not notice the trend of turning the “People’s Temple” into a sect. For racial dialogue, Mayor Charles Boswell appointed Jim Jones director of the city’s human rights commission. However, he soon suffered financial setbacks, and in order to avoid scandal, Jim Jones announced in his new “prophecy” a vision of the coming nuclear Apocalypse. Jones’ revelation stated that his flock should follow him to Redwood Valley, California. 100 people obeyed the “prophet” and moved to California. Here Jones continued to act as a “prophet” and “healer”. He preached in Fillmore, a suburb of San Francisco. At the new location, Jones also maintained friendly relations with the authorities. Soon “People’s Temples” appeared in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
At 1972 journalists Lester and Kinsolving noted sectarian tendencies in the Jones community. After that, he turned away from journalists. Jones preferred to “buy” positive reviews about himself and the People’s Temple. For “professional journalism” he nominated a prize of $4,400. A laudatory article about Jones even appeared in the Washington Post.
In September 1972, Jones bought an empty auditorium on Jiri Boulevard in San Francisco for $122,000 and set up his center there. To maintain the image of the Protestant church, Jones tried to find support among black Protestants. He, in particular, was supported by the pastor of the church “Macedonia” George Bradforth. Soon the number of followers of the “People’s Temple” reached 7,000 people. Jones even began publishing his own newspaper called The People’s Forum and got 30 minutes of airplay on city radio. Jones continued to support left-wing politicians, which led him to become friends with Mayor George Moscone. Jones ensured his victory in the elections at the expense of the votes of his followers, and for this on October 18, 1976 received a seat on the city commission for housing management.
Jones hoped that friendship with the authorities would allow him to uncontrollably control the fate of his followers, and numerous sexual abuses began in the sect. In addition, Jones began to preach the imminent end of the world, whipping up apocalyptic sentiments among sectarians. However, Jones’s calculations did not fully materialize. Abuses in the sect became interested in independent journalists and, in the end, the authorities were forced to pay attention to what was happening. Most of all, Jones was criticized by right-wing politicians for sympathizing with the communists and preaching socialist ideas. The conflict grew.
Jim Jones decided to move with most of his followers to Guyana (formerly British Guiana), a Latin American country that gained independence in 1966. In the late 60s, Jones visited this country on a missionary trip and was very pleased: Guyana was a socialist government and many uninhabited territories where “communism on an interracial basis” could be built.
In December 1973, 4 emissaries of the “People’s Temple” arrived in Guyana to find a place for a future settlement. As a result, a remote area in the jungle was bought, 6 miles from Port Kaitum. A settlement was founded there, which received the name Jonestown (“City of Jones”). By the end of 1977, Jones and most of his followers, having sold all their property, moved to Guyana. 100 people remained in the United States, who were supposed to send food and necessary materials for construction to Jonestown, which could not be obtained in Guyana.
In a village completely cut off from the outside world, Jones unleashed his dictatorial habits. A tough totalitarian regime was established in Jonestown: getting up and eating only on command, for violation of discipline – corporal punishment. Not only adults but also children were severely punished. No one was let out of the camp – there were armed guards around. At the same time, sectarians were constantly “prepared” for the Apocalypse, accustomed to the idea of committing suicide, if necessary, by taking poison.
Several times there were “rehearsals” of mass suicides.
All communication with the outside world was cut off, but some reports of abuses in the Jones camp nevertheless leaked out. In the US, the government began to worry about the fate of its citizens lost in the jungles of Guyana. As a result, Jim Jones was charged with a number of charges. California Congressman Leo Ryan, accompanied by a group of reporters, traveled to Guyana.
Upon learning of this, Jones decided to hasten the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven. On November 18, 1978, when Congressman Ryan’s plane landed at the Port Kaituma airfield, sectarian militants met him with gunshots. 5 people were killed. When news of this reached the camp, Jones ordered everyone to take the poison. First, children were poisoned by giving them lemonade with cyanide, then adults took the poison. Those who tried to escape were shot in the back. As a result, more than 900 people, including Jones himself, died. So the story of the “People’s Temple” ended tragically.
