Thursday, August 6, 2009
Gonzaga University
Gonzaga University started in 1881 with $936 in hard silver dollars. It bought Gonzaga’s founder, Father Joseph Cataldo, S.J., 320 acres of land and water, what people then referred to as “the old piece of gravel near the falls.” Six years later, the Gonzaga College officially opened the doors of its only building for “young Scholastics, whose ambition it is to become priests.” Exclusively for boys, the College was under the charge of the Jesuit priests. Enrollment for the 1887-88 academic year was 18 boys and young men.
Today, it is known as Gonzaga University, a private, four-year institution of higher education. More than 105 buildings dot the 131-acre campus overlooking the Spokane River. Students include both women and men, who can enroll in a multitude of undergraduate or graduate programs. Enrollment for the 2007-08 academic year was 6,923 students.
A constant throughout the years is Gonzaga’s educational philosophy, based on the centuries-old Ignatian model of educating the whole person – mind, body and spirit. At Gonzaga, students discover how to integrate science and art, faith and reason, action and contemplation. "Cura personalis," or care for the individual, is our guiding theme.
Mission Statement
Gonzaga University belongs to a long and distinguished tradition of humanistic, Catholic, and Jesuit education. They, the trustees and regents, faculty, administration and staff of Gonzaga, are committed to preserving and developing that tradition and communicating it to their students and alumni.
As humanistic, they recognize the essential role of human creativity, intelligence, and initiative in the construction of society and culture.
As Catholic, they affirm the heritage which has developed through two thousand years of Christian living, theological reflection, and authentic interpretation.
As Jesuit, they are inspired by the vision of Christ at work in the world, transforming it by His love, and calling men and women to work with Him in loving service of the human community.
All these elements of their tradition come together within the sphere of free intellectual inquiry characteristic of a university. At Gonzaga, this inquiry is primarily focused on Western culture, within which their tradition has developed.
They also believe that a knowledge of traditions and cultures different from their own draws us closer to the human family of which they are a part and makes them more aware of both the possibilities and limitations of their own heritage. Therefore, in addition to their primary emphasis on Western culture, they seek to provide for their students some opportunity to become familiar with a variety of human cultures.
In the light of their own tradition and the variety of human societies, they seek to understand the world we live in. It is a world of great technological progress, scientific complexity and competing ideologies. It offers great possibilities for cooperation and interdependence, but at the same time presents us with the fact of widespread poverty, hunger, injustice, and the prospect of degeneration and destruction. They seek to provide for their students some understanding of contemporary civilization; and they invite them to reflect with them on the problems and possibilities of a scientific age, the ideological differences that separate the peoples of the world, and the rights and responsibilities that come from commitment to a free society. In this way they hope to prepare their students for an enlightened dedication to the Christian ideals of justice and peace.
Their students cannot assimilate the tradition of which Gonzaga is a part nor the variety of human culture, nor can they understand the problems of the world, without the development and discipline of their imagination, intelligence, and moral judgment. Consequently, they are committed at Gonzaga to developing these faculties. And since what is assimilated needs to be communicated if it is to make a difference, they also seek to develop in their students the skills of effective writing and speaking.
They believe that their students, while they are developing general knowledge and skills during their years at Gonzaga, should also attain more specialized competence in at least one discipline or profession.
They hope that the integration of liberal humanistic learning and skills with a specialized competence will enable their graduates to enter creatively, intelligently, and with deep moral conviction into a variety of endeavors, and provide leadership in the arts, the professions, business, and public service.
Through its academic and student life programs, the Gonzaga community encourages its students to develop certain personal qualities: self-knowledge, self-acceptance, a restless curiosity, a desire for truth, a mature concern for others, and a thirst for justice.
Many of their students will find the basis for these qualities in a dynamic Christian faith. Gonzaga tries to provide opportunities for these students to express their faith in a deepening life of prayer, participation in liturgical worship and fidelity to the teachings of the Gospel. Other students will proceed from a non-Christian religious background or from secular philosophic and moral principles.
They hope that all their graduates will live creative, productive, and moral lives, seeking to fulfill their own aspirations and at the same time, actively supporting the aspirations of others by a generous sharing of their gifts.
Accreditation
Gonzaga University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
The School of Business is accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, a specialized accrediting board recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
The School of Law is accredited by Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association (ABA). The U.S. Department of Education has recognized the Council as the national agency for the accreditation of programs leading to the first professional degree in law.
The Department of Religious Studies is accredited by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS), a specialized accrediting board recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
Programs in English as a Second Language are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Teachers and Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), a specialized accrediting board recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
Programs in the Department of Nursing are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), a specialized accrediting board recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
Programs in Civil, Electrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (EAC/ABET), a specialized accrediting board recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
Programs for the certification of elementary, secondary, and Special Education teachers at the bachelor’s level; and Special Education, Initial Teaching (elementary and secondary levels), Principal and Superintendents (Leadership Formation), at the graduate level; and for the certification of post-licensure teachers and administrators (i.e., “professional certification”), are accredited both by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), a specialized accrediting board recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, and by the Washington State Board of Education through its Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
The School Counseling and Counseling Psychology master’s programs are accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Program (CACREP), a specialized accrediting board recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
The Special Education, Sports Management, and Physical Education bachelor’s programs, and the Special Education, Sport & Athletic Administration, Leadership & Administration, Master of Teaching At-Risk Youth, Counseling Psychology, Reading & Literacy, and Anesthesiology Education master’s programs, are accredited both by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), a specialized accrediting board recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, and by the Washington State Board of Education through its Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
The Anesthesiology Education master’s program is accredited by the Council of Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Education Programs (COA), part of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA). The Council is a specialized accrediting board recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Creighton University
Creighton University, founded in 1878, is one of 28 Jesuit universities in the United States designed in the Society of Jesus tradition and Catholic identity of academic excellence and service to others. The University is located in Omaha, Nebraska.
The University provides its 4,104 undergraduate and 2,888 professional and graduate students an atmosphere that challenges them academically and professionally, and supports and inspires them individually.
In addition to the College of Arts and Sciences, which enrolls 37 percent of the University’s students, Creighton has the College of Business, School of Dentistry, the Graduate School, and the Schools of Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Health Professions and University College.
Creighton offers its students faculty-led and independent study-abroad programs in nearly 40 countries.
The athletic teams are strong on the court and field plus, notably, in the classroom. With 94 percent graduation rate for student athletes, Creighton is tied for 23rd among all NCAA Division 1 universities and its teams have been honored by the NCAA with its Public Recognition Award.
The University’s academic medical center, Creighton University Medical Center, is the busiest trauma center in the state, home to a top-ranked program in cardiology and programs in nutrition ranging from obesity to diabetes, and internationally recognized for research in hereditary cancers and osteoporosis.
Faculty
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 12 to 1, Creighton retains 732 full-time faculty and 240 part-time faculty as well as those who contribute their services on a volunteer basis.
Creighton University faculty members have received Fulbright and other fellowships, including being named scholars-in-residence at the Securities and Exchange Commission and Congressional Budget Office. Research awards to Creighton for the 2007-08 academic year totaled more than $41.5 million.
The University has endowed chairs. Most of these reside in the University’s schools or colleges. The following are current all-university or health sciences:
The John A. Creighton University Professor, Robert P. Heaney, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.I.N.
The Charles and Mary Heider Endowed Jesuit Faculty Chair, The Rev. Donald A. Doll, S.J.
HEALTH SCIENCES The Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Endowed Chair in Health Sciences, Amy M. Haddad, Ph.D.
Isabelle Cherney, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, was recognized by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as Nebraska’s 2007 Professor of the Year. Cherney directs Creighton’s innovative Honors Program.
Students
The academic profile of the 2008 freshman class places Creighton among the top five private universities in the Midwest and among the top eight Catholic universities in the nation.
Of the fall 2008 freshman class, 71 percent were National Honor Society inductees; 41 percent of the students with class rank ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school class; 48 percent scored 27 or above on the ACT (placing them in the top 10 percent in the nation).
Creighton is achieving success in social-economic diversity – providing more access to students and families and fulfilling an important aspect of the University’s mission. For the 2008-09 academic year, 24 percent of Creighton’s freshman class is first-generation college students and more than 200 come from families with an annual income of less than $60,000.
The 2008 freshman class was also very involved in high school activities, including 85 percent active in church and/or community service organizations; 52 percent involved in a student government position; 66 percent active in a high school varsity sport; and 50 percent participating in music, theatre, or dance.
Diversity
The 2008 freshman class also identify themselves as members of 30 different faiths; 58 percent identify themselves as Roman Catholic. Twenty-four percent also are first generation college students and 23 percent identify themselves as students of color.
Legacy
Twenty-eight percent of the 2008 freshman class members are “legacies,” with families ties to the University.
Student Achievements
Creighton University students engage in a wide variety of research, scholarship and creative projects. They earn recognition from national academic honor societies and receive such prestigious awards as Fulbright, as well as Goldwater, the James Madison Foundation and National Science Foundation fellowships.
Alumni
More than 52,000 current Creighton alums live in 89 countries. Sixty-eight percent live in the U.S. outside Nebraska, with 30 percent living in Nebraska. The largest numbers of alumni living outside the U.S. reside in Canada, Japan and Malaysia.
More than 96 percent of our graduates are employed, involved in volunteer work or attending graduate/professional school within six months of graduation.
Additional Information Points
No other institution of its size offers as broad a range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs.
Creighton has been recognized as an economic driver, community service advocate and urban developer in a Top 25 national ranking. In 2008 the University was named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth.
For the fifth consecutive year, Creighton University in 2008 is No. 1 in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of Midwest masters’ universities. It is the tenth time in 12 years Creighton has been No. 1, and the 21st straight year the University has been ranked at or near the top of the magazine’s “America’s Best Colleges” edition. Creighton also was recognized as No. 1 in the Midwest region as a “best value,” where students get the best return on their tuition investment.
Creighton ranks 5th in PC Magazine’s Top Wired Colleges, and is the only university in Nebraska and the only Catholic school in the nation recognized.
It was the first university in the country to notify students of acceptance by text message.
Creighton University is included in the list of colleges that produced the most 2007-2008 U. S. Fulbright Fellows. The University was also one of only eight universities to have four undergraduate students awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.
Creighton’s Online Ministries provides one of the finest faith-based websites in the world – with an average of 1.7 million visitors each month from 125 countries.
Creighton students, alumni, faculty and staff have volunteered approximately 58,000 hours of community service in one year – helping the poor and underserved locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
The campus design and master plan have received top awards in landscape and architecture.
The innovative Ratio Studiorum advising program helps first and second-year students plan their curricula, careers and way of life focusing on ethics, service to others and a search for truth and justice. In 2007, Creighton established the Office of Student Success to fulfill elements of the University’s mission by aiding in the development and transition of Creighton’s newest students. The office coordinates numerous educational services, including peer-to-peer education, alcohol education, peer academic leader training, Welcome Week, tutoring, study skill workshops, academic success counseling and several other student success-related programs. The name of the office was deliberately chosen to help students readily understand that this unit is there to help them be successful.
Since 2000 Creighton has invested more than $285 million in on-campus improvements and planned expansion. This is all part of the University’s nationally recognized campus master plan, which has capitalized on historical opportunities to purchase land in order to create a more vibrant and robust campus environment. The Mike and Josie Harper Center for Student Life and Learning, the signature east-campus anchor facility of this plan, will open in the fall of 2008. The building integrates student and academic services under one roof and serves as the University’s new front door, welcoming prospective students and their families, alumni and all campus visitors. The University also broke ground for a new athletics center on campus at the northeast corner of Webster Street and Florence Boulevard in the fall of 2007. The Ryan Center and D. J. Sokol Arena, a 46,000 square- foot- facility, will house a gymnasium, women’s basketball and volleyball coaches’ offices, locker rooms, ticket offices, athletic training and meeting rooms, media workrooms and much more. The arena is also expected to be used for other campus and community events including campus assemblies, coaching camps/clinics, concerts, speakers, and high school graduations.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Online Colleges | Universities
The following is a list of online colleges and universities. Consider it your Online Education Directory. The Education Blog will be exploring all of these schools eventually in further detail. This list is a good starter list for selecting a college to attend online.
Note that there are plenty of colleges to choose from. This list is sure to grow in the next ten years as names are being added every day. Eventually every brick and mortar school may have an online department. This would make the choices of online colleges and universities plentiful for students. If this list is missing a school, please feel free to let us know.
A.T. Still University
Academies at the University of Canada West
Advanced Training Associates
Alexandria Technical College
Allied Business School
Allied Health Institute
Allied Medical & Technical Institute
All State Career - CDL Divison
All State Career - Health Division
American Business College
American Career Institute
American Institute of Alternative Medicine
American Institute of Holistic Theology
American InterContinental University
American InterContinental University Online
American Sentinel University
Americare School of Nursing
Anna Maria College
Arcadia University
Argosy University
Ashford University
Ashford University Online
Ashworth College Online
Ashworth University
Baran Institute of Technology
Benedictine University
Berdan Institute
Berkeley College
Berkeley College Online
Bohecker College
Boise State University
Boston University Online
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University Online
Briarcliffe College
Briarwood College
Brookdale Community College
Brown College
Brownson Technical School
Bryant & Stratton College
Capella University Online
Career Academy of New York
Career Technical Institute
CDI Career College
Center for Digital Imaging Arts
Central Florida College
Central Pennsylvania College
Chancellor University
City University of Seattle Online
Clayton College of Natural Health
Clemens College
Coleman College
College America
Colorado State University Global Campus
Colorado Technical University Online
Creighton University
Cultural Experiences Abroad (CEA)
Davenport University
Daymar College
Daytona College
DeVry University
Dickinson State University
Dominican University
Dorsey School
Dover Business College
ECPI College of Technology Online
Ellis University
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Empire College
Eton College
Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts and Sciences
Everest College Canada
Excelsior College
Florida Career College
Florida Career Institute
Florida Technical University Online
Fortis College
Fortis Institute
FOX Institute
Fremont College
Full Sail University
George Washington University Online
Globe University
Gonzaga University
Grand Canyon University
Gulf Coast College
Hallmark College of Technology
Hamrick School
Harrison College
Herzing College
ICS Canada
Independence University
Indiana State University Online
International Academy of Design & Technology Online
Iowa Central College Online
ITT Technical Institute Online
Ivy Bridge College Of Tiffin University
Jacksonville University
Jones International University
Kaplan University Online
Keiser Career College
Keiser University eCampus
Keller Graduate School of Management
LA College International
L'Ecole Culinaire
Lewis University
Liberty University
Lincoln College of Technology
Lincoln College Online
Lincoln Technical Institute
Loyola University New Orleans
Marylhurst University
Medix
Miami Jacobs Career College
Miller Motte Technical College
Mountain State University Online
Nashville Auto-Diesel College
National Academy of Massage Therapy
National American University
National College
National Heavy Equipment Operator School
National Institute of Technology
National Massage Therapy Institute
New England College Online
New England Tractor Trailer Training School
North Florida Institute
Northcentral University
Northeastern University
Northwestern College
Norwich University
Ohio University
Ohio Valley College of Technology
Omega Institute
Ottawa University
PCU College of Holistic Medicine
Penn Foster Incorporated
Penn Foster Career School
Penn Foster College
Pennsylvania Institute of Health and Technology
Pinnacle Career Institute
Pioneer Pacific College
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Post University
Potomac College
Quinnipiac University
Rasmussen College
Reeves College
Regis University
Remington College
RETS College
Roadmaster Drivers School
Rochester Institute of Technology
Saint Joseph's University Professional Online
Saint Joseph's University Online
Saint Leo University Online
Salem International University Online
San Joaquin Valley College Online
Sanford Brown College
Sanford Brown Institute
Schools of Medical Massage
South University
Southern Careers Institute
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
Stanbridge College
Stevens Henager College
Stratford Career Institute
Strayer University Online
Sullivan College of Technology and Design
Sullivan University
Technical Career Institute
The Academy of Health Care Professions
The Career Institute of American International College
The University of Scranton
Tiffin University
Tri-State Business Institute
Tri-State Institute
Ultimate Medical Academy Online
University Alliance Online
University of Oregon
University of Phoenix
University of the Rockies Online
US Career Institute
Universal Technical Institute
Utica College
Vancouver Career College
Vanderbilt School of Nursing
Vatterott College
Villanova University Online
Virginia College Online
Walden University
West Coast University
West Coast University International
West Virginia Junior College
Western Governors University
Westwood College
YTI Career Institute
If we are missing some, please let us know!
Coming Soon:
New England College Online
The American College
Thunderbird School of Global Management (UA)
Tulane University (UA)
Universal Class
University of Liverpool
University of Maryland University College
University of Notre Dame (UA)
University of San Francisco (UA)
University of South Florida (UA)
Virginia International University