Center College's Rick Axtell Brings Students Face to Face with Homelessness

Centre College Associate Professor of Religion and College Chaplain Rick Axtell knows that some lessons are best learned outside of the classroom. By bringing his students to Louisville area homeless shelters for first-hand observations and in showing them the real faces of poverty, his class returned to Danville better prepared in arriving at a better understanding of some of the ills that plague our society.  In truth, the victims of homelessness become less statistical and more human when meeting the impoverished face to face. During their rounds to various homeless shelters, these students witnessed poverty in a real world context. After all, these students represent the next generation of leaders.  Some of life's most valuable lessons are learned by experience.  Educational experiences as this serve to prepare these students for the long road ahead.   It was our pleasure in playing a part in our guest students' eye-opening visit to Louisville.