- We learn how and why things break so that we don't break them later, when we care about it. Right? And if it does break, we figure out why and make it better the second time. That's engineering. - You can't become a biologist without doing the biology. York College is supportive of experiential learning as a whole. And I think in the Kinsley School we're the poster child of that. - When students step on campus from their freshman year, they get a lot of firsthand experience with equipment, with experimentation, with formulating their own methodologies, you know, guided by their faculty. - There's a real focus on the applications of what you're learning. So to come into class and not just learn about facts and things that have been done, but to then translate that into our laboratory setting where we're able to actually have the hands-on learning and apply what we're learning and apply it to new concepts and new ideas. And we don't know if they're gonna work, but we're gonna see and we're gonna have a good time trying. - [Jessica Fautch] We have so many pieces of equipment that students can work on right away as freshmen. And that's not something that's very common in schools of this size. - Our lab facilities are super cool. If you haven't noticed, there's a wind tunnel behind me. I fell in love with the old building. - We really try to strive for sustainability. So having a building that encompasses that, where we have different aspects of the previous building as well as the new, upgraded view is awesome for Kinsley. It's also LEED certified, which plays to that sustainability role. With the buildings having these different spaces and areas, they'll oftentimes see students working from your classes, from other classes, from other years. It encourages collaboration just by being around each other. - As part of the Kinsley School, I find that because we are in science, engineering, and technology we have a lot of synergy of interests that overlap. When we talk about issues we're having, we can problem-solve together as a larger network and exposure to maybe different projects, but also greater resources of expertise. - That's one of the beauties of the Kinsley School. It has a wide range of disciplines. It's a great arena in which to have disciplines collaborate with each other. The more we can approach projects from a variety of disciplines, the more our students and our faculty are actually contributing to a more holistic understanding of things. - One of the really exciting things in the Kinsley School is this exposure to internships, to co-ops, and to early research. - Not only are we encouraged to do research, but in our curriculum there is actually a research series. That was really exciting for me 'cause at a lot of those schools, it's super competitive to do research with your faculty. But here everyone does it and there's options to do even more beyond the curriculum. - We give you that smaller school experience, the college environment, you get the liberal arts part of the equation as well. And that's what makes the York College experience a little bit different than say, more of a technical school. - I'm glad I chose a smaller school. It's definitely nice to have the professor walk around and be able to help you in class when you're working on problems. - There's a lot of faculty here that they care about you and they want to help you with growth, even outside of necessarily just your science classes. And that's really awesome. - This faculty is fantastic. I love each and every one of them. They've made a true impact in my education but also just in my life in general. - We're here because we wanna work with undergrads. I have office hours. My students have no idea when they are; they just show up. Right? And that's the kind of thing we want. We're here 'cause we want the aha moment. - We're training them to be independent, think critically, and solve those problems. Just in anything in life. I hope that our students reflect back on their experience and realize how much the faculty care and how much it's important to us that they succeed and know that we're proud of them.