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Fast Facts 2012–13

Founded: 1942, by the Jesuits

Undergraduate Students: 3,300

Graduate Students: 1,300 University Schools: es, you could go to college and take some classes and College of Arts and Sciences Y Charles F. Dolan School of Business School of Engineering do some activities and go to some events and think a few School of Nursing Graduate School of Education thoughts and get a diploma and get a job with a paycheck and Allied Professions

Undergraduate Profile: and have a standard-issue life. Receiving Academic Scholarship: 34% Receiving Financial Aid: 70% AHANA Students (African American, We want more. And if you want more, maybe you belong here. Hispanic, Asian, Native American): 16% *SAT Scores of Middle 50% of Admitted Students: 1690 – 1910 *ACT Composite Score of Middle 50% of We’re Fairfield University. We’re a Catholic, Jesuit university, Admitted Students: 25-28 *Admission to Fairfield is test-optional rooted in one of the world’s oldest intellectual and spiritual Tuition for 2012–2013: $41,090 traditions. We’re located in the heart of a region where Room and Board: $12,550

Fees: $600 the future takes shape, on a stunning campus on the Student to Faculty Ratio: 11:1 Connecticut coast, an hour from New York City. Faculty Holding Highest Degree in Their Field: 91%

Undergraduate Majors: 41 We believe that living and learning aren’t two separate Interdisciplinary Minors: 16 activities. They’re parts of a coherent whole. Everything Graduate Programs: 38 you do here – course work and research, internships and Study Abroad Programs: Over 100 approved programs community service, campus leadership and study abroad – NCAA Division I Athletic Teams: 20 adds up. Everyone you meet here – people who represent Number of Club Sports: 17

Student Clubs and Organizations: 80 a wide range of spiritual beliefs, political opinions, and

Fulbright Awards: Over 60 students awarded this prestigious award since 1993 personal experiences – gives you something essential.

Of the Class of 2011 Survey Respondents: 93% secured full-time employment, The result is more than a job and a paycheck. The result is were admitted to graduate school or chose to participate in a service program 44% found jobs through internships a mind (and a heart, and a spirit) that keeps expanding and 30% found jobs through campus recruiting seeking and growing. The result is an inspiring, inspired life.

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Majors School of Nursing Fairfield University, located in Fairfield, Connecticut on a (Most majors can be Nursing 200-acre campus overlooking Long Island Sound, is one minors as well) of 28 Jesuit universities and colleges in the United States. Shaped by one of the world’s great intellectual, spiritual, CHARLES F. DOLAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Interdisciplinary and activist traditions, we are committed to educating Minors Accounting the whole person – in body, mind, and spirit. The process is Accounting Information Finance very intentional, and involves looking at each college year Systems Information Systems/ Applied Ethics through a special lens. Operations Management Asian Studies International Studies Black Studies Community Involvement Management Business Law, Regulation, Freshmen find their place in the community, making the Marketing and Ethics adjustment to independent living, looking to advisors and Catholic Studies mentors for help, and becoming connected to others. Fairfield’s 3,300 undergraduates... Classical Studies • Come from across the country and around the world College of Arts Educational Studies & Sciences Vocational Exploration • Run 80 clubs and organizations Environmental Studies American Studies In your sophomore year, you will dig deep into your core • Play on 20 Division I athletic teams Irish Studies Biochemistry courses and explore what you are truly passionate about. • Participate in a strong intramural sports program Italian Studies Biology You may choose at this time to live or participate in one • Work for an exceptionally active student government Judaic Studies Chemistry of our special residential college communities. (FUSA) Latin American and Communication caribbean Studies • Perform service in local, national, and international Computer Science Peace and Justice Studies communities Economics – B.A. and B.S. Russian and East European • Leave here aware of the world at large, ready to English Studies become responsible global citizens (Creative Writing; Women’s Studies journalism; Literature; Professional Writing) Fairfield and beyond History Fairfield County and New York City are essential parts of International Studies Pre-Professional Programs a Fairfield education. Students take internships with the Mathematics Health Professions region’s Fortune 500 companies and major cultural insti- Modern Languages and Program (HPP) tutions; conduct research and field work at its pioneering Literatures (pre-medical, dental, (French; German; Italian; labs and medical facilities; and serve as volunteers in its veterinary, podiatry, Spanish) sports medicine, service agencies and nonprofit organizations. Philosophy osteopathy, optometry, Physics occupational or physical therapy) The University’s alumni – more than 40,000 worldwide – Politics Pre-Law hold leadership positions in nearly every field. Nearly Psychology – B.A. and B.S. Five Year Teacher Education Civic engagement 44 percent of our graduates take jobs at firms where Religious Studies Tracks in elementary As a junior, you’ll consider your role in the larger world – they served as interns. An exceptionally high number of Sociology and Anthropology education, secondary education (English, math, “giving back” through leadership on campus or engagement our graduates – over 60 since 1993 – have won Fulbright Visual and Performing Arts (Art History; Music; Studio social studies, world with local and global communities. Study abroad and Scholarships supporting a year of academic Art; Theatre; New Media: languages, and science) hands-on learning experiences will lay the foundation or work experience abroad. Film, Television, and and TESOL (Teaching Radio) English to Speakers of for your growth. Other Languages)

Discernment School of Engineering Seniors enter a period of discernment, reflecting on Automated Manufacturing where the past has brought them and where the future Engineering might lead. Capstone projects, senior retreats, and Computer Engineering internships are part of the process. Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering CORE CURRICULUM Software Engineering Undergraduate course work is grounded in Fairfield’s Engineering 3/2 option core curriculum, a critical, comprehensive survey of essential knowledge in the major fields of study.

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Fairfield and New York City new york city, from a to z

The Apollo Theater Asian Americans for Equality Street Fair Bastille Day Street Festival fairfield Bronx Zoo Fairfield is a quaint New England town that has developed Carnegie Hall into a lively suburb. It has stores you’ve heard of and unique Central Park shops, restaurants, and theaters that many of you haven’t. Chinatown And best of all, the town of Fairfield is on the shores of Citi Field Long Island Sound. Comite del Desfile y Festival Dominicano Coney Island We have plenty of beaches, all within minutes of the campus, Ellis Island and more than 1,000 acres of open space – forest, lakes, Empire State Building rivers, salt marsh, wetlands and meadows – all available Feast of San Gennaro for hiking, fishing and picnicking, or just to be admired. So Greenwich Village it’s the kind of town where, on any evening, you could have a Harlem Week Uptown Saturday Night great Italian meal, hear some amazing live music, visit the Fairfield is ideally located between Boston and New York City Hellenic Orthodox Church Festival University Bookstore downtown, and go to the beach to look – within the thriving corporate corridor – where the highest The Hispanic Society of America at the stars. concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the country India Day Festival are located and are accessible to students, providing many Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art enriching learning opportunities. JAMS Cultural Collaborative Festival Jewish Museum of New York new york city Louis Armstrong House and Archives New York City beckons too. A little farther down the coast Lincoln Center – roughly an hour train ride from campus – you’ll be in the Lower East Side Tenement Museum center of it all. Explore New York City’s neighborhoods, Madison Square Garden its museums, and its cultural life. Take advantage of the Museum for African Art diverse internship opportunities companies in New York City Museum of American Folk Art offer our students. See why being close to New York makes Museum of the American Indian Fairfield University an ideal location for living and learning. Museum of Chinese in the Americas The New York Stock Exchange Pakistan American Merchants Festival Radio City Music Hall Rockefeller Center Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Socrates Sculpture Garden SoHo St. Patrick’s Cathedral Staten Island Ferry The Statue of Liberty The Studio Museum of Harlem Teatro Moderno Puertorriqueno Carnival Tepeyac Sun Festival Times Square The United Nations Wall Street West Indian Day Parade Yankee Stadium

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a sampling of Tha e Ac demic Program Selected Core Classes

AREA I (Math and Natural Science) We offer a liberal arts education in the Jesuit tradition. Biological Bases of Behavior We welcome people of all faiths and traditions; together, Chemistry, Energy, and the Environment we commit ourselves to broad intellectual inquiry, to the The Nature of the Universe pursuit of social justice, and to the care of the whole person. Physics of Light and Color Rainforest Ecosystems The Core Curriculum Our core curriculum is one of the most comprehensive in AREA II the country. The core allows students to spend a good (History; Social & Behavioral Sciences) part of their first and second years exploring new ideas, Psychology and the Law Jefferson’s America debating timeless questions, and re-examining the way Mass Media and Society the world works, and the way they might work within it. The Third Reich Students select twenty courses across five major areas Race, Gender, Ethnic Relations of study: • Mathematics and Natural Sciences AREA III • History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Religion & Philosophy) • Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Applied Ethics Grace and the Christian Life • English and Visual and Performing Arts Voices of Medieval Women: Silent No More • Modern or Classical Languages Introduction to Judaism Prophets of Nonviolence Nearly every course in the core speaks to the others – and this is one of the ways in which we live it. Our faculty Augustine, Pascal, and Camus and to the core of the human experience, the core of your are concerned with your growth as a complete person, so Questions in Modern & Contemporary experience, in and out of the classroom. And that’s the they challenge you, support you, collaborate with you, and Philosophy: Existentialism point of the core: becoming a versatile, multidisciplinary encourage you to follow your passion. They also help you thinker who can do the kind of work the world needs. shape your future: introduce you to people in the field, AREA IV recommend internships and research opportunities, and (English; Visual & Performing Arts) The African-American Literary Tradition Aac demic Advising and Mentoring help plan a course of study that deepens and expands Modern Irish Drama We talk a lot about cura personalis – the Jesuit belief in every part of you. Literature for Young Adults attending to the whole person, body, mind, and spirit – Arts of India, China, and Japan The Honors Program Baroque Art Our Honors Program offers an exceptionally challenging Music Industry: Principles and Practice course of study and a range of social, cultural, and Directing for Film and Television intellectual events. The backbone of our Honors Program Sports Broadcasting is a series of interdisciplinary seminars critically examining Photographic and Digital Techniques ideas and texts that have shaped human thought.

AREA V Service Learning (Languages) As a Jesuit university, we’re dedicated to being “men and Arabic, Chinese, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, women for others” – not simply students and teachers but Russian, Spanish active, responsible citizens in pursuit of a just, equitable French Conversation and Phonetics world. Our Office of Service Learning consolidates and Career-Oriented Spanish builds on those efforts, incorporating volunteer experience into the classroom environment.

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The College of Arts and Sciences

Natural Sciences and Mathematics • Health Professions Program – Beginning in their first Experience is a great teacher. That’s why students in our year, students are supervised by practicing physicians, programs in natural sciences and mathematics conduct a unique opportunity for undergraduates. Students research from their first semester to their last, presenting are encouraged to take a broad view of the health papers with their mentors at major conferences and being professions, pursue opportunities for research, credited on academic publications before graduation. internships, and clinical experience, and make good use of Fairfield’s liberal arts curriculum. Our students Social Sciences have been admitted to medical schools around the We study the human community – its commerce and its country, including Yale, Harvard, Duke, Cornell, and Johns communication, its government and its societies, the Hopkins. Over the past two years, 100% of all seniors who private and public lives of its members – by working within have applied to medical schools have been accepted. it. Our programs are anchored in first-hand experience: internships, fieldwork, conferences, and service. Teacher education Our education program is conducted in collaboration Pre-Professional Programs with Fairfield’s Graduate School of Education and Allied Fairfield students are encouraged to explore more than just Professions. Undergraduates may pursue a 5-year In the College of Arts and Sciences, students in every major the majors and minors offered. We have a few pre-profes- Integrated B.A./M.A. Teacher Certification Program in are grounded in the University’s core curriculum, a rigorous sional programs, which are closely supervised by faculty. Secondary Education (science, math, English, social Students gain hands-on experience throughout their survey of foundational knowledge and skills across major studies, and world languages), Elementary Education and course work; seniors complete a semester of full-time areas of study. Advanced course work in major fields includes • Pre-law Advising Program – Students in any major are TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). student-teaching in public schools. intensive seminars, independent research, and a senior cap- encouraged to create a course of study that examines stone project. We encourage students to bring their education the law from a range of perspectives and develop key into the world through internships, hands-on research and skills (critical thinking, textual analysis, clear expression, fieldwork, study abroad, and service learning initiatives. reasoned argument).

FCA ULTY Our faculty, leaders in their fields, publish widely, win awards, and perform significant scholarship, research, and service around the world. We expect our students to challenge themselves, work across disciplines, and embrace the unfamiliar. Our graduates live inspired, inspiring lives.

Arts Located between two of the nation’s cultural capitals (New York and Boston), we have access to world-class arts and culture in many directions. Additionally, our on-campus facilities for the visual and performing arts attract renowned speakers, entertainers, and artists.

Humanities Our humanities programs are rooted in profound reflection and worldly experience. We try to understand the human condition by examining its history, exploring its spirit, and living deeply in its present.

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The School of Nursing The School of Engineering

Fairfield’s School of Nursing is rooted in clinical experience, leadership development, and a broad understanding of the human condition.

Faculty Our faculty are leaders in the field. They’re distinguished practitioners and professionals, groundbreaking researchers, and activists for the cause of better, smarter public health. Most importantly, they are outstanding teachers.

Curriculum Thanks to Fairfield’s core curriculum, nursing majors are grounded in a range of disciplines; they understand nursing as an economic, social, cultural, and scientific concern. In the second semester of their freshman year they begin to study nursing as a discipline; clinical work begins in the second semester of the sophomore year and sites; nearly every junior and senior nursing major will continues throughout the program. Affiliations with more spend time there. than 50 agencies offer our nursing students the chance to • Nursing students can study abroad in Managua, serve all needs and populations. Nicaragua and at the National University of Ireland in Galway. We’re a small, focused community of engineers. We believe • 3/2 Cooperative Engineering Program allows students Special Opportunities • Our Robin Kanarek Learning Resource Center provides that engineering isn’t simply a set of discrete skills; it’s a to take three years of study at Fairfield followed by • The Health Promotion Center is one of the University’s a state-of-the-art simulated hospital environment for way of looking at the world, engaging with it, shaping it. two years of study at one of four outstanding partner most ambitious – and most lauded – service programs. our nursing students, complete with a new geriatric Our graduates have a strong foundation in critical and institutions: Columbia University, Rensselaer Polytechnic It’s also one of the school’s most active clinical practice simulation clinic. technical skills, an impressive record of real-world Institute, the University of Connecticut, or Stevens experience, a commitment to professional development, Institute of Technology. Graduates receive a bachelor and a profound awareness of the implications of their work. of arts from Fairfield and a bachelor of science in engineering from the partner institution. Curriculum We offer fully accredited bachelor of science programs in: Faculty • Automated Manufacturing Engineering Most of our professors are also practicing engineers. They • Computer Engineering bring the most current information into the classroom; • Electrical Engineering it shapes the discussions they lead, the research they • Mechanical Engineering conduct with students, the guidance they give as advisors – • Software Engineering and the opportunities they can provide for internships.

First year students take Fundamentals in Engineering, a critical survey of essential knowledge. Seniors complete a Senior Design Project, working in teams to pursue original research that addresses a challenge in the field.

Special Opportunities In state-of-the-art facilities, we also offer other popular degrees: • Dual Degree B.S./M.S. Program in Software Engineering allows juniors with a 3.2 average to earn a master’s through an accelerated course of study that grants both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in five years.

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The Charles F. Dolan School of Business

We at the AACSB-accredited Dolan School of Business • The school’s 70,000-square-foot facility includes all discover what it means to be principled, disciplined, creative the high-tech equipment that you’d expect from a leaders. Our faculty teach from years of professional top-ranked business school, including our BEST experience. Our students have access to the resources of classroom – a simulated trading floor. our widely recognized MBA program and to the many • A concentration in Entrepreneurship provides opportunities opportunities in New York City and the surrounding region. for students interested in starting their own businesses, including an Entrepreneur in Residence Program. Curriculum We offer bachelor of science programs in: Faculty • Accounting Each of our faculty members brings many years of • Finance professional business experience to the classroom, plus an • Information Systems and Operations Management impressive record of scholarship and research and an active • International Business list of contacts. But the core of their work is the time they • Management spend with students putting business in a broad context. • Marketing

Course work is grounded in core classes in business and the liberal arts. Business courses at every level include group work, presentations, project management, and opportunities for leadership. Most students supplement their course work with internships, independent research, and study abroad.

Special Opportunities • Our Center for Microfinance Advice and Consulting (CMAC) is at the vanguard of the microfinance movement, an effort to nurture self-sustaining, locally owned businesses in the developing world.

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Recent Internships Moral Development in Real World Experience Billboard Adolescence The Cloisters Collection Behavior of Infrared CNN Photo Detectors (sponsored by NASA) Connecticut Grand Opera Suburbia Through Satire We believe that no theory, no idea, no body of knowledge Crédit Lyonnais Third World Commodity Credit Suisse makes complete sense until you see it applied in the world. Dependency/ So we offer an extraordinary number of opportunities to The Daily Show Diversification ESPN do that. Viscosity Effects on General Motors the Conformational Good Morning America Dynamics of a Short Internships Guggenheim Museum Helical Peptide We encourage students to get internships not because Long Wharf Theatre Chongqing Women in the they look good on a résumé (though they do), and not Memorial Sloan-Kettering Resistance War Against japan, 1937-1945 because they often lead to job offers (though they do), but cancer Center Morgan Stanley Smith because they’re a living, breathing manifestation of the work Barney Recent Study Abroad students do in class. It helps that Fairfield University is in the Mystic Marinelife Sites middle of a region that’s packed with Fortune 500 companies, Aquarium (*indicates a Fairfield University-hosted industry leaders in every field, and national and global NBC program) The New Yorker headquarters of philanthropic and cultural organizations. Argentina Rolling Stone Australia* Saturday Night Live Research Belgium Save the Children Botswana It happens in labs and in courses across campus; it happens Sierra Club Brazil* in places across the country and around the world. To us, Sony Music Chile research is a fundamental part of a college education. It’s Stamford Theatre Works China not just busywork – it’s an invaluable form of experience, TechnoServe Costa Rica The Today Show a chance to know your field from the inside out. Czech Republic UBS Dominican Republic The United States Congress England The United Way France* The White House Germany The Whitney Museum Ghana YWCA Greece Hungary S tudy Abroad Recent Research India Study abroad is not just a chance to sit in a classroom on Projects Ireland* the other side of the world. It is a chance to link your Border Brothers: Italy* major, language and location – and to transform your Exploring the Emerging Japan understanding of who you are, how people live, and how Symbiotic Relationship Jordan Between China Mexico societies work. We sponsor semester-long programs in: and Vietnam Netherlands • Florence, Italy Cognition and Aging Nicaragua* • Managua, Nicaragua Fiber Optic Fabrication Norway and Technology • Brisbane, Australia Poland Gene Therapy for • Galway, Ireland Chronic Pain Russia • Aix-en-Provence, France Gentrification in 25 Scotland • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Metropolitan Regions Senegal • Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil Hypothalamic Regulation South Africa of Reproductive Spain • More than 100 affiliated programs in over Behavior in Male Rats Tanzania* 40 countries around the world Isoperimetric Numbers of Thailand Balanced Incomplete Turkey Block Design Graphs Turks and Caicos Vietnam

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Ongoing Service Learning Service, Spirit, Reflection Courses

Technology and Society Students serve at two Bridgeport public schools, They belong together. To serve others is to nurture the teaching basic computer applications while spirit; nurturing the spirit leads naturally to service. We exploring the impact of technology on society, invite students of all traditions to respect the dignity of across socioeconomic lines and cultures. the human experience; to reflect on questions of faith and belief; to attend to the world’s needs; to pursue justice – Ignatian Spirituality and to do these things consciously and passionately. Students serve with a variety of organizations including Head Start, Westport Animal Shelter,

Men and women for others Bridgeport Rescue Mission, and the Boys and Girls Club, connecting their experiences with the life More than half of our students are engaged in service in local, and teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola. national, and international communities. A few examples: • Our Literacy Volunteer Program has been designated a American Society model program by the Corporation of National Service. Students implemented a Geographic Information • Our student-run Hunger Cleanup won several major Systems mapping of over 100 completed Habitat awards from the National Student Campaign Against for Humanity homes in Bridgeport, CT, developing Hunger and Homelessness. a visual of the organization’s impact. Additionally, • Campus Ministry sponsors national and international they work on several Habitat building projects. service trips to communities in Ecuador, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Mexico, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Federal Income Taxation Students serve at various VITA (Volunteer Income • Fairfield’s Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Tax Assistance) sites in Bridgeport filing income Network (JUHAN) chapter creates efficient, well- tax forms for individuals who qualified for the informed responses to complex humanitarian crises – Earned Income Tax Credit. both domestic and international.

Health communication Education that’s good for the soul Students observe nursing students in patient We take religion and religious experience seriously. The interactions, advise on improving communication, work we do – in the classroom and on the stage, in the and gather research on patient-provider lab and on the playing field – is rooted in our Jesuit interactions. heritage, which treats education as a form of liberation, an opening of the heart, a transformation of the mind. Our Selected Campus Ministry Service Programs Campus Ministry offers liturgical training and counseling, Adopt-a-Grandparent Program service programs, and spiritual retreats to help students The Center for Judaic Studies offers an academic Best Buddies deepen their faith and explore their beliefs. grounding – as well as a minor – in Jewish culture, thought, Blackham School Lighthouse Program and spirituality; core courses in this area, taught by Jewish Boys and Girls Club of Bridgeport scholars, are among the most popular in the curriculum. The Bryant School Book Club Center for Catholic Studies sponsors lectures, activities, Cardinal Shehan Center and an academic minor designed to increase understanding Caroline House (ESL) of Catholic Christian history and culture, as well as its rich Groundwork Bridgeport intellectual tradition. Habitat for Humanity Health Promotion Center MAACS Mentoring Program Faith that does justice, too Anchored in the rich tradition of Catholic Social Teaching, McGivney Community Center the Center for Faith and Public Life serves as an innovative, Pet and Animal Welfare Society cross-disciplinary forum for students, scholars, policy Sunshine Kids Thomas Merton House Soup Kitchen makers, and religious leaders to engage with issues at YMCA Daycare the intersection of faith and public life. Together, they conduct and publish research, sponsor symposia and forums, and develop programs that bring these issues into the national conversation.

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A SAMPLING OF Peer Education Campus Life Student Clubs and Red Cross Club Organizations* Sailing Club Snow Sports Club ACADEMIC INTEREST Stags in the Stands Accounting Club Our 200-acre campus is beautiful; a safe, secure place to Residential Life Student Environmental Advertising Club Association live and learn. Campus culture is defined by service and civic We’re a welcoming and residential campus. Our students Alpha Epsilon Delta Student Government engagement, cultural exploration and creative expression, don’t just live here – they make a life here. It helps that we (Pre-med Honor Society) (F.U.S.A.) profound reflection and spirited, inspired activity. guarantee housing for all four years. We also offer a range Alpha Sigma Nu (Jesuit The Sound of housing options, from traditional residence halls to Honor Society) (literary magazine) Beta Gamma Sigma Diversity townhouses and apartments, all with wireless access. The Sounds (a cappella) (Business Honor Society) Theatre Fairfield Diversity is an essential part of our work as a Jesuit And we sponsor special-interest floors, including a floor Economics Club Tour Guide Program university. We ask our students to know the world as for women involved in math and science, and a health and Engineering Student Track and Field Society others know it: to encounter other ways of seeing, thinking, wellness floor. The result is practically an education in itself. Women’s Club Volleyball Student Psychology acting, and believing. Our students come from different Women’s Rugby Association parts of the country and the world, with different histories Sophomore Residential Colleges WVOF (88.5 FM) Finance Club and experiences, ideas and opinions. Our Office of Student A residential college is a place to relax, call your second Investment Group Cultural Interest Diversity Programs offers leadership development and home, have fun, and be yourself. Each residential college Marketing Club Alliance training programs; personal advisement and counseling; has a particular focus. Fairfield University offers three Model United Nations Asian Student Association cultural activities and events; and support and guidance communities: National Council of International Club for other student organizations. • Creative Life Teachers of Education Irish Cultural Society • Ignatian Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Honor Kadima Clubs and Activities • Service for Justice Society) (Jewish student Students organize and run more than 80 clubs – cultural Physics Club organization) and political, athletic and recreational, philanthropic and Each community provides an intentional living experience Phi Beta Kappa Muslim Student’s Association academic. Actually, the list of clubs is never complete; with specialized courses, integrative seminars, and Pi Mu Epsilon (Math Honor Society) Spanish American Latino students keep creating more when they don’t see what mentoring programs and retreats. Student Association Psychology Club they’re seeking. TEAM Sigma Theta Tau (Nursing (Together Effectively Honor Society) Achieving Barone Campus Center Society of Women Multiculturalism) Engineers You can’t miss it. It’s big and white and right in the center of UMOJA campus. You can go there to eat (café, formal dining room, Student Nurse’s (African American Association cafeteria), meet (offices for student clubs, commuter lounge, and Caribbean Student Association) multi-purpose room), play (game room, including ping pong and CAMPUS INTEREST pool tables), get money, get mail, or buy a Fairfield sweatshirt. Band Association Special Interest Campus Ministry Art Club Cheerleading Ballroom Dance Club Club Soccer Board Game Club Colleges Against Cancer Break Dancing Club Cycling Club Circle K (service) Dance Ensemble College Democrats Dance Team College Republicans Equestrian Club Debate Team FACE AIDS Film Club Golf Organization Mock Trial Glee Club Orchestra HAM Channel Pep Band Ice Hockey Club Scuba Club Jazz Ensemble Young Life Men’s Rugby Football Club Men’s Club Volleyball *For a complete list, visit The Mirror www.fairfield.edu/clubs (student newspaper)

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Recent Guest Speakers Ar ts and Culture Isabel Allende Cory Booker Campbell Brown Ken Burns We’re located in a sort of cultural hot zone: very close to Joan Didion New York and New Haven, pretty close to Boston and Lou Dobbs Providence, and right along a major route that leads to Olympia Dukakis all of them. So a lot of major artists and performers live Harold Ford, Jr. nearby, pass through on tour, or, yes, join our faculty. We’re Tom Friedman Gael Greene serious about creative expression; it’s an essential form of Anita Hill exploration, of questioning, of discovery. Khaled Hosseini John Irving Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts Robert Kennedy Jr. The Quick Center recently celebrated its twentieth Nicholas Kristof anniversary; it’s been around long enough to have Peter Lynch established itself as a regional cultural destination. David McCullough It houses the 740-seat Kelley Theatre, the 150-seat Joyce Carol Oates Lawrence A. Wien Experimental (Black Box) Theatre, and Bill O’Reilly the Thomas J. Walsh, Jr. Art Gallery. It sponsors a packed Byron Pitts Helen Prejean, C.S.J. calendar of events in music, dance, and theater. Recent Salman Rushdie performers include Shawn Colvin, Loudon Wainwright III, Chuck Todd John Malkovich, the Martha Graham Dance Company, Elie Wiesel and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Galleries and Collections Brian Williams The University’s newest gallery space, the Bellarmine Robert C. Wright Museum, boasts three galleries, a classroom, and workspaces. The Quick Center’s Walsh Gallery hosts Recent Visiting Artists traveling exhibitions of artists from around the world and The 5 Browns annual shows of work by students and faculty. Other art The Acoustic Blues Project Anonymous 4 collections include a select Asian Art Collection and a Arturo Sandoval remarkable Japanese garden designed in the 1920s by The Bacon Brothers renowned landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff. Ballet Folklórico de México The Bayanihan Philippine Student Performances National Dance Company Our Glee Club works with local and national choruses Borromeo String Quartet and orchestras and maintains an impressive schedule The Bulgarian State Opera of concerts, on and off campus. The country’s finest jazz Dar Williams musicians sit in with our Jazz Ensemble, led by renowned Doc Watson Garrick Ohlsson bassist (and professor) Brian Torff. Our student-run Dance John Malkovich Ensemble features performances in every genre: tap, The John Scofield Trio jazz, ballet, hip hop, modern. The University Orchestra Ludacris represents a unique collaboration between community Mark Morris Dance Group members and students. The University’s performance lab, Marsha Ball and BeauSoleil Open VISIONS forum Theatre Fairfield, is based in the PepsiCo Theatre; students Natalie MacMaster Open VISIONS Forum is Fairfield’s renowned public affairs perform in professionally directed and designed productions; Paula Poundstone lecture series – a stirring call to live the life of the mind. participate in a festival of student-written, directed, and Pilobolus The series brings to campus the country’s most innovative, designed plays; and produce their own independent projects. Rockapella iconoclastic writers, thinkers, artists and performers; the Second City goal is to stimulate a more lively, informed, unpredictable Shen Wei Dance Arts public debate. Recent speakers include Kite Runner author St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre The Whirling Dervishes Khaled Hosseini; NBC White House Correspondent Chuck Todd; Obama campaign manager David Plouffe; film critic Rex Reed; and basketball great Meadowlark Lemon.

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Division I Sports Selected Athletics Intramural Sports Baseball (M) Basketball Basketball (M, W) Dodgeball Cross Country (M, W) Flag Football We’re active. More than 350 students play on our Division I Field Hockey (W) teams. More than 1,500 students join our competitive Floor Hockey Golf (M, W) club sports, our wildly popular intramural teams, and our Golf Lacrosse (M, W) expansive list of recreation and fitness programs. And Indoor Soccer what’s it all about? Teamwork, leadership, self-awareness. Rowing (M, W) Soccer Soccer (M, W) Softball THE STAGS Softball (W) Tennis Many of our Division I teams have established themselves Swimming and Diving as regional and even national powers. Highlights from (M, W) Volleyball recent years: Tennis (M, W) • W omen’s basketball went 24-9 during the 2011-12 Volleyball (W) campaign and earned a berth in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). Selected Fitness Classes • Men ’s basketball has registered 20 wins in each of the Abs/Sculpting last three seasons and advanced to the postseason each Club Sports Advanced Pilates year, including trips to the NIT and the CollegeInsider.com Baseball (M) Tournament (CIT). Belly Dancing Equestrian (W) • The men’s soccer team captured the 2011 MAAC Boot Camp Field Hockey (W) Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Cardio Fusion • The men’s lacrosse team plays in the elite Eastern Ice Hockey (M, W) Dance Ensemble Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Lacrosse League FACILITIES Lacrosse (M, W) Karate and is a nationally ranked program. The women’s lacrosse The Walsh Athletic Center is Fairfield’s major (51,000 Martial Arts (Coed) Mixed Pilates team has won five-straight MAAC Regular Season square feet) facility for student-athletes. It features training Rugby (M, W) Championship and has set the conference record with facilities as well as administrative offices and support Total Body Conditioning Running (Coed) 30-consecutive league game wins. services for student-athletes. Rock Bottom • W omen’s tennis has won three MAAC Championships in Sailing (Coed) Sculpt ’n Crunch the last four years en route to three NCAA Tournament The RecPlex houses many additional recreational facilities Ski and Snowboard berths in which they faced Stanford and USC twice. Men’s for all students including a 25-meter swimming pool, a (Coed) Upward Bound tennis captured the 2012 MAAC Championship crown and weight room, and aerobic and cardiovascular resources. Soccer (M, W) Yoga Flow earned its first NCAA Tournament berth which sent them Tennis (Coed) to USC. Alumni Hall houses our recreational weight room and Track and Field (Coed) • Off the field, Fairfield teams have had tremendous serves as the home court for our MAAC-leading women’s Volleyball (M, W) academic success with three teams receiving the NCAA volleyball team. Public Recognition Award for academic achievement. Our men’s and women’s basketball teams play their home games at the 9,500-seat Webster Bank Arena, one of the nation’s premier amateur sports venues.

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Recent Graduate Environmental Data Life After Fairfield and Professional Resources School Placements Ernst & Young LLP Albert Einstein School ESPN of Medicine FDIC Boston College School Fidelity Capital Investors To us, what matters most isn’t the size of your first paycheck of Law GE or the title on your business card when you’re 50. What Columbia University Goldman Sachs matters is whether you’re leading an inspired life: doing School of Social Work HarperCollins Publishing Cornell Law School what you love, putting your education to work, and serving Huntington Learning Fairfield University the common good. And our education – a Fairfield liberal Center Fordham Law School arts education in the Jesuit tradition – is designed to help IBM George Washington IRS you do exactly that. University Janssen Pharmaceutica Georgetown Medical JPMorgan Chase What do our graduates do in the first few years after Fairfield? School Johns Hopkins University KPMG LLP Sometimes they do what you’d imagine them doing: Loyola School of Medicine Marsh USA Inc. • The biology major enters a top-ranked graduate program New York Medical College Massachusetts State House in bioengineering or a top-notch medical school New York University MasterCard International • The English major works for the publishing house where Northeastern University Memorial Sloan-Kettering she’d had an internship St. John’s University Merck & Co. • The nursing major works in the E.R. Law School Merrill Lynch • The finance major enters a leadership training program Sotheby’s London Institute Syracuse University MetLife with a major firm Career Planning Center Tufts University Modem Media The seasoned professionals in our Career Planning Center UCLA MONY Life Insurance Company offer a range of programs and services designed to help University of Chicago Morgan Stanley Smith students carefully consider their options, pursue work University of Connecticut Barney University of they’re passionate about, and plan for their futures as National Basketball Massachusetts ethical, responsible adults. Association University of Michigan National Football League Villanova University NBC Perhaps that’s why 93 percent of our graduates find Yale University employment, enter graduate school or participate in volunteer The New England Center for Children service programs within six months of graduation. Recent Job Northwestern Mutual Life Placements Peace Corps ACNielsen Resources include: People’s United Bank Aetna • Individual counseling and career assessment Pepperidge Farm AKF Engineers • Résumé writing and interviewing workshops Pfizer Inc. AmeriCorps Pitney Bowes • Career fairs and alumni panels Bank of America Polo Ralph Lauren • On campus recruitment program BBDO Worldwide PricewaterhouseCoopers Sometimes they do what no one could have imagined • Fairfield Alumni Network – 1400 actively involved Bloomberg Financial LLP Markets them doing: graduates who volunteer as mentors and advisors Radio City Music Hall Cablevision of Connecticut • The art history major writes speeches for the president Sea World Carrier United Sempra Energy of a renowned university Technologies Towers Perrin • The accounting major plays in a jazz band Citigroup Inc. U.S. Marine Corps • The software engineer builds houses in disadvantaged Clarion Marketing & Officers Program Communications communities in Nicaragua U.S. Navy Officers Program Conair Corporation UBS Connecticut Department Did they train at Fairfield for these exact jobs? No. of Social Services Unilever We offer the kind of education that makes you an adaptable, Cox Radio United Technologies Corporation multidisciplinary, trailblazing citizen and scholar. Fairfield Deloitte & Touche LLP Wachovia Corporation gives you the skills, confidence, and resources to make your Deutsche Bank AG Wyeth Pharmaceutical Disney own way in the world. Yale New Haven Health Eli Lilly & Co.

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Admission, Financial Aid, Visiting

Admission We offer both Early Action and Early Decision programs – We treat our students – and our prospective students – opportunities to complete the process early and in the as real people with full lives. When we get your application, case of Early Decision, to indicate that Fairfield is your first we don’t just scan it for the big numbers. We read it line choice of colleges. by line, page by page, to get a detailed portrait of your whole self. Fairfield is test optional – further evidence Tuition and Fees, 2012-2013 that we look at applicants holistically. Tuition: $41,090 Room and Board: $12,550 Fees: $600

Admission Deadlines: Early Action Application: November 1 Early Action Notification: January 1 Early Decision Application: January 1 Early Decision Notification: February 1 Regular Decision Application: January 15 Regular Decision Notification: April 1 Transfer, spring semester: November 15 Transfer, fall semester: May 1

Fairfield University is committed to providing qualified students with equal opportunity to access the benefits, Financial Aid Deadlines: Check out our website at www.fairfield.edu/visitfairfield rights and privileges of its services, programs, and activities Early Action/Early Decision Candidates: for a detailed schedule or to make an appointment. in an accessible setting. PROFILE application: January 1 FAFSA application: February 15 How to Find Us Regular Decision Candidates: We’re in Fairfield, Connecticut, on the coast of Long Island We consider your academic performance and the course PROFILE and FAFSA application: February 15 Sound – three hours from Boston, an hour’s drive from New work you’ve pursued. We encourage students to challenge Transfer Deadlines (PROFILE and FAFSA forms): York City, and thirty minutes from New Haven. For detailed themselves at an appropriate level, including honors, and Spring transfer: November 15 directions, visit us at: www.fairfield.edu/directions. advanced courses. We like to see: Fall transfer: May 1 • 4 units of English • 3 - 4 units of mathematics We encourage every applicant to submit the Free Application • 3 - 4 units of a foreign language for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the College Scholarship • 3 - 4 units of a laboratory science Service (CSS) PROFILE Form. Our FAFSA code is 001385; • 3 - 4 units of history and social science our PROFILE code is 3390. Go to www.fafsa.ed.gov and • Mathematics, engineering, business, and science majors www.collegeboard.com for more information. should take 4 units of lab science and mathematics, (preferably including pre-calculus or calculus) We offer a number of merit scholarships, which range in • Nursing students should have 4 units in a lab science, value from $5,000 to $22,000. No separate application is including chemistry required for merit scholarship consideration – all students who apply for admission are automatically considered. Other things about you matter too. Your essay, your recommendations, your résumé of extracurricular Financial Aid and Scholarships Visiting activities, an interview – these help us hear your voice, Financial aid is a critical part of our mission as a Jesuit We offer regular student-led campus tours, information see you in three dimensions, understand where you’re university. Over 70 percent of our students receive some form sessions with our admission staff, and interviews coming from, what you love, and why you do what you do. of aid. (Over $49 million awarded in 2012-2013.) The vast (recommended, not required). You can also meet with majority of which is based on need. Take a look at our Financial professors or coaches, join a class, have a meal – anything Aid website to learn more at www.fairfield.edu/finaid. that will help you understand who we are and what we do.

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Majors Majors (continued) Pre-Professional Programs College of Arts and Sciences Dolan School of Business • Health Professions Program (HPP) • American Studies • Accounting (pre-medical, dental, veterinary, podiatry, • Biochemistry • Finance sports medicine, osteopathy, optometry, • Biology • Information Systems/Operations Management occupational or physical therapy) • Chemistry • International Studies • Pre-Law • Communication • Management • Five Year Teacher Education Tracks in • Computer Science • Marketing elementary education, secondary education • Economics – B.A. and B.S. (English, math, social studies, world • English School of Engineering languages, and science) and tesol - Creative Writing • Automated Manufacturing Engineering - Journalism • Computer Engineering Division I Athletic Teams - Literature • Electrical Engineering - Professional Writing • Mechanical Engineering • Baseball (M) • History • Software Engineering • Basketball (M, W) • International Studies • Engineering 3/2 option • Cross Country (M, W) • Mathematics • Field Hockey (W) • Modern Languages and Literatures School of Nursing • Golf (M, W) - French • Nursing • Lacrosse (M, W) - German • Rowing (M, W) • Soccer (M, W) - Italian Minors - Spanish • Softball (W) • Philosophy • Available in every discipline, with the • Swimming and Diving (M, W) • Physics exception of nursing • Tennis (M, W) • Politics • Volleyball (W) • Psychology – B.A. and B.S. Interdisciplinary Minors • Religious Studies • Accounting Information Systems • Sociology and Anthropology Our sustainability efforts are having • Applied Ethics • Visual and Performing Arts a positive effect on the environment. • Asian Studies - Art History Learn more: www.fairfield.edu/greencampus • Black Studies - Music • Business Law, Regulation, and Ethics - New Media: Film, Television, and Radio • Catholic Studies - Studio Art • Classical Studies - Theatre • Educational Studies • Environmental Studies • Irish Studies • Italian Studies • Judaic Studies • Latin American and Caribbean Studies • Peace and Justice Studies • Russian and East European Studies • Women’s Studies

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