On July 2, while most of us were distracted by holiday plans, Roanoke College quietly rewrote the rules of the American bachelor’s degree. It is a transformative moment for higher education in the Roanoke Valley and Southwest Virginia. Lisa is a professor at Roanoke College and Joe is a retired lieutenant with the Salem Police Department and now Director of Campus Safety at Roanoke College. Lisa Stoneman and Roanoke College brought the institutional will to build something new within an accreditation framework that does not always reward innovation. Steve Capaldo is a former longtime attorney for Virginia Tech, a professor of practice at Roanoke College, and an attorney in West Virginia.