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Benedictine Heritage

As a part of the Benedictine University family, we share the University's mission and Benedictine values: our past, our present and our future vision. Being in touch with the past and present helps us all to become a part of Benedictine University's future.

Benedictine University fulfills its commitment to the liberal arts, teacher education and professional programs through excellence in teaching and interaction between students and faculty members. A liberal arts core prepares all undergraduate students to participate fully in a diverse and dynamic society balancing their rights and duties as individuals with the demands of the common good. Professional education at the undergraduate and graduate levels build on the liberal arts background of students, is multidisciplinary in nature and prepares graduates for roles of leadership and social responsibility.

Benedictine University is guided by the Roman Catholic tradition which fosters a dialogue between religious and secular cultures, while promoting ecumenical and multicultural understanding. This type of education is designed to broaden and deepen a person's vision of reality, to help all understand the dignity and uniqueness of each human person and at the same time to place an emphasis upon the demands of freedom and social responsibility. In this environment, religious faith and science are both directed toward the pursuit of truth, and both are strengthened through research and study. Central to the University's educational tradition is the rigorous investigation of questions that deal with the ultimate purpose of life.

Focus on Education

The Benedictine approach to teaching has not changed dramatically since its beginnings. We continue to recognize the need to improvise where necessary and to reevaluate and implement strategies ensuring that the orientation and spirit of Benedictine education will remain synonymous with scholarship, community involvement and good citizenship.

The sense of family and the union of hearts are what Benedictines and those associated with their work have stood for and have put into practice since Benedict's own days in the sixth century. The elements are the same today: intellectual development, faith, ecumenism, service and an active concern for human welfare and progress.

Students and faculty members at Benedictine University and in the 18 other Benedictine colleges and universities know the Benedictine commitment to quality education, spiritual awareness and community participation, and they enthusiastically make these the unshakable elements of their lives, underscoring their resolute approach to addressing the needs of tomorrow.

We identify ourselves as a Catholic and Benedictine university. The question might be asked of us, "Is it possible for students at Benedictine University to be non-Catholics and still share in the rich heritage of Benedictine education that will put graduates squarely in the center of secular community involvement and leadership?" The answer to this question is an unqualified "yes."

Those who come to us as undergraduate or graduate students receive a quality education rooted in the 1500-year tradition of Benedictine and Christian ideals, an education that prepares not only for a career but also for service to people. Our graduates will have a special sensitivity for those beset with poverty, infirmity or loneliness.

Benefiting from the learning environment formed and supported by the Benedictine heritage, graduates come to realize that a fulfilling life is multi-focused. Benedictine values demonstrate that spiritual convictions, professional goals, community obligations and a happy and rewarding family life are not only parallel paths in the structure of life. By their very nature, these paths converge.

At Benedictine University, we strive to integrate every avenue of life, every stage of development as human beings. Lessons such as these are, most certainly, imperishable.