Saint Joseph’s University

You are more than a major.

One thing you should know about life at Saint Joseph's is that Hawks are happiest when they're in action.
Simultaneously being an urban and suburban campus, students take advantage of lounging under trees and enjoying some beautiful views as well as walking through the city streets and observing the cultures that make up the city of Philadelphia.
We have over 100 organizations that support student’s academic, social, political, spiritual and athletic interests.
Here, you may play on one of our 20 Division I sports teams or join a club or intramural sports team. Are you more of a creative type? You could act in a professional production, have your artwork on display in one of our student galleries, or DJ for Radio 1851.
We have many award-winning, academically focused clubs and organizations such as our student newspaper, The Hawk, our established student chapter of the American Marketing Association, and the very competitive Villiger Speech & Debate team.
Life during college is meant to awaken your curiosity and inspire your interests, so take advantage of everything that happens on Hawk Hill.

Pope Francis Experts

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  SJU Jesuits on Pope Francis

  Monday, September 21, 2015 Video
  Three SJU Jesuits discuss the World Meeting of Families and the U.S. visit of Pope Francis.
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  SJU Jesuits Speak About Pope Francis

  Friday, September 4, 2015 Video
  In advance of Pope Francis’s visit to Philadelphia to celebrate the World Meeting of Families, three Jesuit priests at Saint Joseph’s University share their thoughts on Pope Francis and the papacy.
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  Saint Joseph’s Celebrates Pope Francis’s Visit to Philadelphia

  Thursday, July 16, 2015
  Saint Joseph's University will host a series of events to honor Pope Francis’s visit to Philadelphia (Sept. 26-27) and the World Meeting of Families (Sept. 22-25).
  
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  "Laudato si" is a Call for Justice

  Thursday, June 18, 2015
  Associate Professor of Biology Clint Springer, Ph.D., comments on Pope Francis's encyclical, "Laudato si."
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  The Influence of "Laudato si" on Sustainability in the U.S.

  Thursday, June 18, 2015
  Diane Phillips, Ph.D., professor of marketing at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, is available to comment on Pope Francis’s anticipated climate change encyclical, “Laudato si,” (Praised Be).
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  Philadelphia Jews and Catholics to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate at SJU

  Wednesday, June 17, 2015
  SJU and the Philadelphia Jewish community will dedicate “Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time,” an original sculpture portraying feminine figures signifying both religions on Sept. 25. The statue was commissioned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s declaration "Nostra Aetate."
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  Scholars and Experts Available to Comment on Pope Francis, Papal Visit

  Monday, June 1, 2015
  The following Saint Joseph’s University faculty and administrators — renowned theologians, scholars and experts — are available to comment on various topics relating to Pope Francis’s scheduled visit to Philadelphia during the World Meeting of Families, September 22-27, 2015.
  
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  Pope Francis and Catholic Philadelphia

  Monday, June 1, 2015 Video
  Katie Oxx, Ph.D., assistant professor of theology, discusses a brief history of Catholicism in Philadelphia and shares her thoughts on how it will inform Pope Francis' visit.
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  Pope Francis and Servant Leadership

  Tuesday, May 12, 2015
  In advance of Pope Francis’s scheduled visit to Philadelphia during the World Meeting of Families, September 22-27, 2015, Saint Joseph's University experts are sharing their thoughts on a variety of subjects related to Pope Francis and the papacy. In this video, Ronald Dufresne Ph.D., associate professor of management, explores Pope Francis' example of servant leadership. Dufresne, along with SJU colleagues Karin Botto and E.
  
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  Pope Francis as Pastor

  Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Video
  In advance of Pope Francis’s scheduled visit to Philadelphia during the World Meeting of Families, September 22-27, 2015, Saint Joseph's University experts are sharing their thoughts on a variety of subjects related to Pope Francis and the papacy. In this video, William Madges, Ph.D., professor of theology and religious studies, discusses Francis in the context of his two immediate predecessors

Lincoln University

History

Originally established as The Ashmun Institute, Lincoln University received its charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on April 24, 1854, making it the nation's first degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU).
As Horace Mann Bond, ‘23, Lincoln’s first African American and an eighth president, so eloquently cites in the opening chapter of his book, Education for Freedom, this was “the first institution found anywhere in the world to provide a higher education in the arts and sciences for male youth of African descent.”
The story of  Lincoln University dates back to the early years of the nineteenth century and to the ancestors of its founders, John Miller Dickey, and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson.  The maternal grandfather of John Miller Dickey was a marble merchant in Philadelphia who made contributions to the education of African-Americans in that city as early as 1794. Dickey’s father was a minister of the Oxford Presbyterian Church. After serving as a missionary and preaching to the slaves in Georgia, John Miller Dickey became pastor of that same church in Oxford, Pennsylvania, in 1832. Sarah Emlen Cresson inherited a long tradition of service and philanthropy through the Society of Friends in Philadelphia. John Miller Dickey was active in the American Colonization Society, and in 1851 took part in the court actions leading to the freeing of a young African-American girl who had been abducted from southern Chester County by slave raiders from Maryland.  At the same time, having been unsuccessful in his efforts to gain college admission to even the most liberal of schools for a young freedman named James Amos, Dickey himself undertook to prepare the young man for the ministry.
In October 1853, the Presbytery of New Castle approved Dickey’s plan for the establishment of “an institution to be called Ashmun Institute, for the scientific, classical and theological education of colored youth of the male sex.”
In 1866, the institution was re-named Lincoln University in 1866 in honor of President Abraham Lincoln.  At that time, Dickey then proposed to expand the college into a full-fledged university and to enroll students of “every clime and complexion.” Law, medical, pedagogical and theological schools were planned in addition to the College of Liberal Arts. White students were encouraged to enroll and two graduated in the first baccalaureate class of six men in 1868.
During its early years, Lincoln was known colloquially as ‘the Black Princeton’ due to its Princeton University-educated founder and early faculty, rigorous classical curriculum, ties to the Presbyterian Church and its similarities in colors and mascots. (Princeton’s colors: orange & black; Lincoln’s colors: orange & blue; Princeton’s mascot: the tiger; Lincoln’s mascot: the lion).
Since its inception, Lincoln University has attracted an interracial and international enrollment from the surrounding community, region and around the world. The university celebrated its 100^th anniversary by amending its charter in 1953 to permit the granting of degrees to women.  In 1972, it formally associated with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a state-related, coeducational university.  Lincoln is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and offers academic programs in undergraduate study in the arts, sciences as well as graduate programs in human services, reading, education, mathematics and administration.
In 2012, Lincoln adopted a new university logo for business use in addition to its established university seal solely for honors and commencement.
From among the first African American Congressional Medal of Honor recipients in 1865, U.S. Civil War veteran Christian Fleetwood, an 1860 graduate, to the first African American president and then Chairman of the Board of Directors of The United States Distance Learning Association in 2009 and 2010, Dr. E. Reggie Smith III, ’92, Lincoln University and our alumni have garnered more than 50 international and national “FIRSTS.”
During our first 100 years, Lincoln graduated approximately 20 percent of the African American physicians and more than 10 percent of the African American attorneys in the nation. Our alumni have led more than 35 colleges and universities and scores of prominent churches. They also include U.S. ambassadors; mission chiefs; federal, state, and municipal judges; mayors; and city managers. Today, Lincoln graduates continue to make names for themselves in the sciences, business, religion, law enforcement, and even, creative and entertainment fields as writers, directors, comedians, and film executives.
Among our most notable alumni include: Melvin B. Tolson, ’24, an educator and one of the most significant African American modernist poets; Langston Hughes, ’29, world-acclaimed poet; Cabell (Cab) Calloway III, world-renowned entertainer and bandleader who left Lincoln in 1930, to pursue his career; Thurgood Marshall, ’30, the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice; Hildrus A. Poindexter, ’24, the first African American to earn both an M.D. (1929, Harvard University) and a Ph.D. (1932, Columbia University) as well as also the first African American internationally-recognized authority on tropical diseases; Roscoe Lee Browne, ’46, author and widely acclaimed actor of stage and screen; Lawrence (Larry) Neal, ’61, one of the most influential scholars, authors and philosophers of The Black Arts Movement; Gil-Scott-Heron, a legendary American soul and jazz poet, musician and author, attended Lincoln in the late 1960s; Lillian Fishburne, ’71, the first African American female U.S. Navy Rear Admiral; judge for the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia; Philip Banks, ’84, former New York City Police Chief; Fred Thomas, Jr. ’91, actor, director and three-time NAACP award-winning playwright; Comedian Will “Spank” Horton, who attended Lincoln in the late 90s, and Brittney Waters, ’13, professional women’s basketball player for the Ulster Rockets in Ireland.
Many of Lincoln’s international graduates have become outstanding leaders in their countries, including Nnamdi Azikiwe, ’30, the first president of Nigeria; Kwame Nkrumah, ’39, the first president of Ghana; Rev. James Robinson, ’35, founder of Crossroads Africa, which served as the model for the Peace Corps; Sibusiso Vil-Nkomo, Ph.D., ’81, the first Black dean of the University of Pretoria after the dismantling of Apartheid, and his wife, Renosi Mokate, ’81,  former executive director of The World Bank Group as well as former CEO, South Africa Energy Fund and Tjama Tjivikua, Ph.D.,’83, the first rector of the Polytechnic of Namibia in Windhoek.
In addition, Lincoln University is one of the largest employers in southern Chester County with 388 full and part-time employees. Sixty-three (63%) of our employees are Pennsylvania residents. Forty-three percent (43%) of the University’s alumni reside in the state. Thus, an increased relationship with the greater Philadelphia corporate community and other agencies is crucial to the provision of a higher quality of life for the residents of the Commonwealth. This partnership along with our instructional, academic support, retention and technology efforts will provide an education that will make our students more competitive in the global market place.

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Carlow University

In 1843, the Sisters of Mercy touched base in Pittsburgh from Carlow, Ireland, with a mission to serve poor people, the wiped out, and the uneducated. On September 24, 1929, in the wake of setting up various schools, a halfway house, and the Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, the sisters established under  name of Mount Mercy College. In 1969, Mount Mercy College was renamed Carlow College.

In 2004, in acknowledgment of the extraordinary staff and duty to imaginative, assorted, and aggressive projects on both the undergrad and graduate level, Carlow was allowed college status.

Today, Carlow University keeps on satisfying the sisters' main goal through a learner-driven showing environment sustaining the person for a lifetime of learning.

Vision, Mission, & Values Statement

Carlow University, rooted in its Catholic identity and embodying the heritage and values of the Sisters of Mercy, offers transformational educational opportunities for a diverse community of learners and empowers them to excel.     

The Sisters of Mercy

The Sisters of Mercy were founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley, a woman who sought, through her service to the poor, the sick and the uneducated, to reveal the mercy of God in our world.     

Carlow's Irish Connection

Carlow University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and it is named after Carlow, Ireland. Carlow University has a unique, rich, and interesting connection to Ireland through through the founding Sisters of Mercy.                        

Western Oregon University

Western Oregon University (WOU), steadily emerging as a leading comprehensive public liberal arts institution, is committed to changing lives, strengthening communities and transforming our world. Located in the Monmouth-Independence area, the heart of Oregon’s lush Willamette Valley, WOU is about 20 minutes from Salem, the state’s capital and about 75 minutes from Portland, the state’s cultural hub.

Welcome to the College of Education

The College of Education at Western Oregon University is a spot where understudies, workforce, and staff cooperate to improve the world a spot. We arrive to offer you some assistance with achieving your fantasies and to exceed expectations in your field of decision. Our understudies originate from all parts of Oregon, numerous states, and a few nations. We are searching for understudies from a wide assortment of foundations and encounters as we trust our disparities are what bring us quality.

Our undergrad projects of study traverse an extensive variety of fields including group wellbeing, exercise science, American Sign Language ponders, educator instruction, and early youth training. We have graduate degree programs in data innovation, restoration guiding, specialized curriculum, educator training, and deciphering thinks about. Moreover, we have particular projects in extreme introvertedness, instructional outline, perusing, ESOL, and bilingual/ESOL.

Staff in the College of Education are researchers, pioneers, and trend-setters that need to work intimately with understudies and pride themselves on being incredible educators. For instance, understudies and workforce consistently cooperate in our Exercise Science lab offices examining development, directing research, and gathering and breaking down information. Workforce and understudies here have delivered numerous joint distributions and expert presentations characteristic of the community oriented soul in our College.

All projects in the College of Education oblige understudies to show the abilities and information they have learned through temporary positions and practica. We accept unequivocally that what you realize in school must change what you can do out of school. The outcome is that our graduates leave grounds with certifiable experience that helps them find steady employments rapidly. Simply solicit one from our 90 educator training graduates that marked contracts to work in Oregon schools this year!

You ought to additionally realize that all projects in the College of Education are adjusted to expert gauges or learning results recognized by an expert field. In particular, our instructor arrangement projects are broadly certify by the Council for the Accreditation of Education Preparation (in the past NCATE) and Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC), our restoration advising system is licensed by the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE), and our translating projects are authorize by the Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education (CCIE). This implies what you realize in our projects is esteemed by the expert fields in which you will work.


I trust you will concentrate on in the College of Education at Western Oregon University. We offer great individuals some assistance with becoming awesome experts. Make a trip and make proper acquaintance!

Pacific University

Pacific University invites worldwide understudies to its undergrad projects and graduate and expert projects.

We offer a nearby, supporting environment where understudies construct long lasting associations with companions and teachers. With more than 60 undergrad zones of study in the human sciences and sciences, business, and instruction, you are certain to discover a way to rouse you.

Investigate our scholarly projects, and figure out how to apply as a universal understudy.

Global understudies are qualified for a few grants, including our legitimacy, Pacesetters, and ability grants.

Scholastically qualified global understudies who have not fulfilled English capability necessities might be qualified for restrictive confirmation.

Pacific University offers an English Language Institute for understudies who need to enhance their English dialect aptitudes before taking college classes in the United States. The system concentrates on tuning in, talking, elocution, perusing, composing, and vocabulary in a little gathering setting. It additionally incorporates field trips, group occasions, a discussion accomplice program, and access to all college offices. A move system is likewise accessible to college understudies who don't have sufficiently high English capability for full confirmation. Understudies admitted to the ESL Transition Program can take ESL classes and courses toward their degree in the meantime.

Pacific likewise offers an International Student Services office to offer understudies support with scholarly or migration concerns, and to sort out data sessions and exercises to help understudies move to the United States and to Pacific.

Xavier University

Interested in seeking after a graduate degree at Xavier University? Register to go to the Graduate Expo on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. Talk with personnel, staff and current Xavier understudies from more than 40 graduate projects who can give you an inside take a gander at what Xavier brings to the table as you proceed with your instruction.

A graduate projects reasonable is being offered amid the occasion. This is an open door for you to meet with delegates from all projects. Likewise, you can enlist for one of the discretionary data sessions.

Xavier University is a Jesuit Catholic university in Cincinnati, Ohio, which is located in the Midwest region of the country. Its three colleges offer 87 undergraduate majors, 55 minors and 19 graduate programs to 6,945 total students, including 4,540 undergraduates. The University was founded in 1831 and is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation and one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities nationwide.

Urbana University

Small College in Ohio Focused on You

Urbana University draws in almost 1,800 understudies from the Midwest and over the globe who esteem an exceptionally customized, adaptable and important school training. Situated in Champaign County in west focal Ohio, Urbana is strategically placed around a hour from Dayton and Columbus, and near different urban areas like Bellefontaine, Troy and Springfield. Whether you are a secondary school understudy beginning your studies while winning your secondary school recognition, a conventional undergrad craving a four year certification, a college alum looking for a showing permit, or an expert keen on headway through a graduate degree, Urbana offers the projects you will require. 

In the event that you are searching for an understudy focused school in Ohio to help you transform your yearnings into reality, Urbana is the spot for you. Look at our confirmations page to take in more. We anticipate noting your inquiries and offering you some assistance with becoming a Urbana Blue Knight!

Alumni,

Since 1850, thousands of students have been served by Urbana University. As an alumnus, you can help build upon the rich legacy of student-focused education for which Urbana is known. Becoming an active alumnus helps you stay connected with other alumni and remain engaged with your University. Alumni work together and with the community, university leaders, faculty, staff, and students to fulfill the vision that makes Urbana University a leader in higher education.

Friends,

Urbana University’s rich legacy and impact has been significantly influenced over the years by local, regional, national and international partners, individuals who have identified with Urbana’s distinct mission and opportunity to enrich the lives of aspiring students. We welcome your involvement as a friend of the University and invite you to join in our activities as a member of the Blue Knights family. Your support as a donor, advocate and advisor enables us to continue to serve students effectively now and for generations to come.