The Raymond Phoenix Institute (RPI) was incorporated in January 2006 to help Raymond College alumni, faculty, and associates connect with old friends, meet other alumni, coordinate events, find resources, develop educational programs, and engage in ongoing dialogues. It’s our personal, private alumni association.
RPI serves as the business entity for the Raymond community. It raises and manages money, provides financial support and direction, and reflects the needs and interests of the Raymond community.
Many different alumni, professors, and others have contributed their thoughts and ideas, their skills and training, their efforts, and even their cold hard cash to the cause.
The Raymond College Phoenix is the ultimate symbol of strength and renewal. As both a fire and solar symbol, the phoenix is symbolic of the sun, which “dies” in setting each night only to be reborn in rising the next morning. Every student at Raymond went through their own transformation. For the college itself, the Phoenix represents the rebirth of the college with each new student who attends, and each new professor who teaches. After the college formally closed, the phoenix represents our transformation from a physical college to an intentional community.
Culture The Raymond Phoenix Institute is an intentional community committed to interdisciplinary learning, academic exploration and service to the greater Raymond College alumni, faculty and friends. Raymond Phoenix Institute arose from the open, ethical and caring Raymond College community. It promotes dialogue, respect, intellectual exploration, rigor and civility among its members. Our community values intellectual vitality, the well-being of its members and service to our larger communities.
Values- Intellectual vitality and rigor
- Academic freedom, dialogue and the free exchange of ideas
- Interdisciplinary analysis, dialogue and research
- An ethical, respectful, caring and diverse community
- The well-being of Raymond College alumni, faculty, associates and partners
- Service to the citizens of our communities and the larger human community
Vision The Raymond Phoenix Institute will be the nation’s finest incubator of interdisciplinary exploration and discipline based in a virtual community.
Mission The Raymond Phoenix Institute is a nonprofit institution committed to insuring dialogue and the exchange of intellectual ideas, opinions, experiences and pursuits among its members. It promotes dynamic and critical analysis, founded on the history and tradition of Raymond College and its liberal arts curriculum and interdisciplinary study. Its history is further characterized by excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. Programs incorporate networking, daily internet dialogue, annual events, interface with UOP, maintenance of Raymond College history, research and service to individuals and our greater Raymond community throughout the state, the nation and the world.
