Purpose changes your perspective.
Our dedicated and accomplished faculty works with small classes of undergraduate and graduate students who are open-minded — about ideas, about people, and about faith — and are seeking to grow as individuals while they pursue their passions and discover their purpose.
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Making Waves
Hope Gonzalez’s entrepreneurial spirit and marketing savvy are powering her philanthropic mission.
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Researching Close to Home
Moises Velasquez aims to make a difference in his community through his directed research projects.
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Flying to Class
Students like Calley Stein find faculty-led travel seminars are rewarding alternatives to a semester abroad.
Read storyA posh dinner party with lovably goofy, bourgeois guests quickly spirals into a scandalous evening of confusion, mistaken identities and lies in this student production.
With a reduction in the stigma surrounding treatment and advancements to improve access, especially the rise of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking therapy has become increasingly commonplace.
Matthew Fienup, Ph.D., and Dan Hamilton, Ph.D., received the 2024 Crystal Ball Award for the Fannie Mae Home Price Expectations Survey.
The In-Between: Senior Art Exhibit 2025 will run March 20 through May 16.
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