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DeSales University has long been known as a place where we hold doors open for each other, but is a campus tradition enough to get our students through the rest of their lives? As a community, we have made the decision to formally educate our students on the 'ins and outs' of door holding. DeSales is proud to offer its newest required course—Door Holding Science. Learn more at desales.edu/doorholding

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Holding the door is an important life
skill to master because you'll be using

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it throughout your everyday life. DeSales University is proud to offer one

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of its newest required courses, Door
Holding Science. Students will learn the

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proper techniques for holding a door, the
mathematics and the physics involved

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with holding a door, as well as the
etiquette for how long you should hold a

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door open for somebody. We like to keep
our finger on the pulse of what our

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students would be interested in. Door
Holding Science provides the skill set

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our students need to be successful both
inside and outside of the classroom. I've

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spent my life attemping to hold
doors open, but never understood the

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proper way to do it. I'm really looking
forward to it and I can't wait to

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prepare for the future.


Learn more at desales.edu/doorholding

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