In this Pulse Check episode of The Williams Pulse, host Taylor Jeffery sits down with Dean of Students Laquietta Stewart to talk about what makes Williams Baptist University feel less like an institution and more like a community that truly walks with you. Through stories from her 27 years in education and her own experience as a first-generation college student, Dean Stewart shares how WBU surrounds students with people who listen, challenge, and care in ways many never expected but deeply need.

Together, Taylor and Dean Stewart unpack how roles across campus — from Student Affairs to counseling to residence life and beyond — work together to support the whole student. They talk about identity, academic struggle, major changes, pressure, grace, and why it is completely normal to still be figuring out who you want to be. Along the way, Dean Stewart reflects on why she came back to WBU, why “this place is special… it’s like no other,” and what she hopes every student remembers long after they graduate: that they went to a college that really cared about them and wanted the best for them.

If this conversation resonates and you’d like someone to talk with, students can schedule a free counseling appointment with Taylor by visiting williamsbu.edu/counseling