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A MIND FOR EXCELLENCE: SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY OFFERS HIGHER EDUCATION IN AN ENVIRONMENT GUIDED BY CATHOLIC VALUES AND TEACHINGS, AND INSPIRED BY THE EXAMPLE OF OUR PATRON, SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE "O".THE OLDEST FRANCISCAN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE UNITED STATES, SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY IS AN INCLUSIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT WELCOMES ALL PEOPLE.A SPIRIT FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE: UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES FOSTER SUCH FRANCISCAN VALUES AS A HUMBLE AND GENEROUS ATTITUDE TOWARD LEARNING, RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY AND THE UNIQUENESS OF INDIVIDUAL PERSONS, UNDERSTANDING OF ETHICAL ISSUES, AND REVERENCE FOR ALL LIFE. WITH A SPIRIT OF SIMPLICITY AND JOY, WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYTICALLY, COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY, AND INTEGRATE THEORY AND PRACTICE.

The mission of Westminster College is to help men and women develop competencies, commitments and characteristics which have distinguished human beings at their best. The liberal arts tradition is the foundation of the curriculum continually designed to serve this mission in a rapidly changing world.The College sees the well-educated person as one whose skills are complemented by ever-developing values and ideals identified in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Westminster's quest for excellence is a recognition that stewardship of life mandates the maximum possible development of each person's capabilities.

To apply Science to the common purpose of life.

To provide technology-based educational programs for personal and professional development. We rigorously pursue new and emerging career areas. We develop and deliver curricula and advance scholarship relevant to emerging technologies and social conditions. Our community is committed to diversity and student centeredness and is distiguished by our innovative and collaborative spirit.

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to pathbreaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this mission by cultivating a diverse community of learning and discovery that produces leaders across the spectrum of human endeavor.

THE ULTIMATE MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROMOTION OF A MORE JUST AND HUMANE SOCIETY BY PREPARING ITS STUDENTS TO ASSUME ROLES OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY. THIS PREPARATION TAKES PLACE IN A DIVERSE LEARNING AND TEACHING ENVIRONMENT THAT INCORPORATES ALL RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL MEANS, INCLUDING RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

We bring wisdom to life by combining the finest contemporary academic education with the timeless teachings of Torah. It is Yeshiva’s unique dual curriculum that teaches knowledge enlightened by values that helps our students gain the wisdom to make their lives both a secular and spiritual success.

To teach, to learn, to create, to discover, to inspire, to empower and to serve.

The mission of Morehouse College is to develop men with disciplined minds who will lead lives of leadership and service. A private historically black liberal arts college for men, Morehouse realizes this mission by emphasizing the intellectual and character development of its students. In addition, the College assumes special responsibility for teaching the history and culture of black people.

The mission of Lewis & Clark is to know the traditions of the liberal arts, to test their boundaries through ongoing exploration, and to hand on to successive generations the tools and discoveries of this quest. By these means the institution pursues the aims of all liberal learning: to seek knowledge for its own sake and to prepare for civic leadership. Lewis & Clark carries out this mission through undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences and postgraduate programs in the closely related professions of education, counseling, and law. Lewis & Clark mounts these programs as both separately valid and mutually supportive enterprises. In all its endeavors it seeks to be a community of scholars who are alive to inquiry, open to diversity, and disciplined to work in an interdependent world.

The University of Idaho is the state’s land-grant research university. From this distinctive origin and identity comes our commitment to enhance the scientific, economic, social, legal, and cultural assets of our state, and to develop solutions for complex problems facing society. We deliver on this commitment through focused excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and engagement in a collaborative environment at our residential main campus, regional centers, extension offices, and research facilities throughout the state. Consistent with the land-grant ideal, our outreach activities serve the state at the same time they strengthen our teaching as well as scholarly and creative capacities.

The Oregon State University Foundation dedicates itself to garnering the resources that enable OSU to achieve excellence in education, research, and outreach. Private support deepens the University’s impact and extends its reach across our state and around the world by helping to make an OSU education accessible to all qualified students, pushing the frontiers of knowledge, contributing to the state’s prosperity, and addressing many of the most pressing challenges facing our planet and its people.