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Two Colleges, One Education
The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University are two
liberal arts colleges located four miles apart in Central Minnesota. Saint Benedict's is a
college for women and Saint John's is a college for men. The students of these two
colleges share in one common education, as well as coeducational social, cultural and
spiritual programs. The colleges encourage students to come to terms with their own
personal development in relation to their peers and to bring that enriched understanding
into the lively coeducational life which characterizes the two campuses.
The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University have a
common curriculum, identical degree requirements and a single academic calendar. All
academic departments are joint, and classes are offered throughout the day on both
campuses. The academic program is coordinated by the Provost for Academic Affairs, who is
assisted by undergraduate academic deans on each campus. In addition, there is one
admission office, a joint registrar's office, a combined library system, joint academic
computing services and a myriad of joint student activities and clubs. The two campuses
are linked by free bus service throughout the day and late into the night.
The colleges enroll 3900 students from 41 states and 31 foreign
countries and trust territories. Saint Benedict's enrolls 2000 women; Saint John's enrolls
1900 men. The combined faculties include approximately 275 professors, among them
Benedictines and lay professors with diverse religious and cultural backgrounds. Many
faculty members, both lay and Benedictine, live on or near the campuses and participate
actively in campus life.
The liberal arts education provided by the College of Saint
Benedict and Saint John's University is rooted in the Catholic university tradition and
guided by the Benedictine principles of the colleges' founders and sponsoring religious
communities. These principles stress cultivation of the love of God, neighbor
and self
through the art of listening, worship, and balanced, humane living. The liberal arts,
valuable in themselves, are the center of disciplined inquiry and a rich preparation for
the professions, public life and service to others in many forms of work. Graduates of the
two colleges have a distinguished record in each of these areas.
Recognition of individual worth without regard for wealth or
social standing is explicit in The Rule of Benedict. In harmony with this principle, the
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University seek to exemplify an authentically
Christian concern for human rights and to make education broadly available to students on
the sole criterion of ability to benefit from enrollment in the colleges. While the
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University have historically served first their
own region, they welcome growing numbers of students and faculty from diverse cultures and
regions, and increasingly serve a national and international community.
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