As someone who has both participated and worked at the Center, I was absolutely crushed by the decision to close SCOE. This stems not only from my personal connections with the staff and participants of Sargent, but because this entity was something uniquely "BU". Very few urban campuses also offer this component to their students to truly become well-rounded. The experiential education component of Sargent Center helps participants (and staff!) the ability to learn more on those 700 acres than most students will learn in any classroom on the urban campus. It is hard to believe that a university that seeks to provide exceptional standards in education would want to cut out a main source of these stellar educational resources. I hope naively that BU rethinks its decision; however, if that is impossible, I hope there are interested parties out there that will be able to allow Sargent Center to continue operations at the same high-level it has throughout the years.