Established to honor the generosity to Virginia Wesleyan University of business leader, philanthropist, and former Virginia Wesleyan Chair of the Board Joan P. Brock, The Joan P. Brock School of Mathematics and Natural Science promotes teaching and research at an uncommonly high level for a small university. The study of the technical, natural, and physical world is fundamental to the human experience. With the addition of a new state-of-the-art environmental center, advances in experiential learning, and expanded faculty-student research collaboration, The Joan P. Brock School of Mathematics and Natural Science will place Virginia Wesleyan University in the forefront of instruction in vigorous, accelerating disciplines.