The Carver Center
About the Carver Center
The Dr. Patricia Carver Center focuses on belonging and success for all Bellarmine
students. The Carver Center’s mission is to educate and form students in the dignity
of the human person and their responsibility to improve the human condition. Guided
by the principles of community, solidarity and social responsibility, the Carver Center
fosters an environment of student success, both academic and co-curricular, where
students develop a strong sense of purpose, interpersonal growth, belonging and commitment
to community.
The Carver Center focuses on relationships and high impact practices, such as peer mentoring, experiential learning, metacognitive strategy-building, holistic development and critical reflection. The goal of the Carver Center’s work is to ensure that all students can persist, graduate and achieve successful outcomes in their continued educational or career pathways. These approaches uphold the Catholic social teachings of community, family, and participation in our community; life and dignity of all human beings; and Solidarity.
The Carver Center is named in gratitude for Dr. Patricia Carver, a retired assistant professor of Business Administration who made a generous gift to the university.
Our Staff
Dr. Emily Dixon
Director of the Carver Center
502.272.7304
edixon@bellarmine.edu
Merris Barber
Assistant Director of the Carver Center
502.272.8302
mbarber3@bellarmine.edu