战略方向二
Enhance the University’s commitment to formation among students, 教师, 和工作人员 to further 电子游戏软件’s mission and strengthen its institutional culture.
电子游戏软件’s distinctive culture of formation is foundational to and animates the University’s approach to education, particularly its goals to integrate intellectual excellence, 宗教信仰, 并为更广泛的社会服务, and to remain faithful to its educational and religious heritage. 电子游戏软件 holds that liberal arts education, participation in research and scholarship that advances the common good, 为当地人服务, 国家, and global community help students to be more free and human, and to become generous and engaged members of society.
在过去的十年里, 电子游戏软件 has devoted significant resources to formation, 尤其是在本科生中, 邀请他们考虑他们的礼物, 的关系, 和行动, 过正直的生活, 订婚, 以及与他人的联系. It especially desires that students develop the habits of mind and heart—such as ethical reasoning, 口才, 弹性, and empathy—that distinguish 电子游戏软件 graduates. But the University recognizes the need to expand and deepen understanding of formation, particularly in more intentional ways among 教师 和工作人员, who serve a critical role helping students develop not only intellectually, 但就我个人而言, 在伦理上, 和精神上.
To implement this Strategic Direction, 电子游戏软件 will:
- strengthen programs to increase 订婚 among 教师 和工作人员 with 电子游戏软件’s mission and heritage;
- advance the University’s culture of care and welcome;
- create “neighborhoods” that bring together more members of the 电子游戏软件 community for conversation and learning;
- establish formation programs specifically designed for graduate and professional students; and
- sustain and promote 电子游戏软件’s Jesuit heritage.
电子游戏软件 is committed to formative education.
As a 耶稣会,天主教 university and a leader in the liberal arts, we view formative education as central to our mission of educating students who will use their gifts in the service of others.
倡议
The University will broaden programs with proven records of success in deepening 教师 和工作人员 订婚 with the University’s mission and culture, 例如十字路口, 大学附属机构计划, 管理发展展望, 还有服务和沉浸式旅行. 电子游戏软件 will also increase opportunities for 教师 和工作人员 to participate in pilgrimages to sites in Spain and Rome that figure prominently in Jesuit history and spirituality.
The University’s student body and workforce are substantially more diverse than a generation ago, 然而挑战依然存在. 电子游戏软件 will evaluate and strengthen efforts to support diverse communities on campus and to provide care and opportunity for all who study and work at the University.
Such new and renovated spaces at 电子游戏软件 will provide collaborative settings for students, 教师, 和工作人员, supporting meaningful 订婚 and encouraging reflection, 对话, 和崇拜. Recognizing that students are currently clustered in distinct campus neighborhoods, new investments will be considered for Lower, 上, 布赖顿, and Newton Campuses to help ensure that all students have access to environments that foster conversation and community, and that serve as local hubs for formative and co-curricular programming.
Through collaboration among University Mission and Ministry, 学术事务, 及学生事务, 电子游戏软件 will develop programs aimed at helping graduate and professional students learn more about and integrate their work with the University’s mission, especially in its Jesuit and Catholic dimensions. Such programs will strengthen students’ vocational discernment and will help prepare them for leadership in their chosen professions.
With the reaffiliation of the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in 2008 and establishment of the School of Theology and Ministry, 电子游戏软件 has one of the largest concentrations of Jesuits in the world. The University will continue its efforts to recruit Jesuit students, 教师, 和工作人员 to 电子游戏软件 as well as to offer additional academic and administrative experiences to prepare them for future assignments in the various apostolates of the Society of Jesus. 除了, 促进学生之间联系的项目, 教师, 工作人员, 受托人, and alumni with Jesuits on campus will also be increased, with a particular focus on preparing lay men and women for leadership in the Society’s ministries. 大学资源, 比如耶稣会学院, 依纳爵灵修中心, and the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, 会支持这个目标.