1.800.SLU.FOR.U WWW.SLU.EDU 1.800.SLU.FOR.U (314) 977.2222 ADMISSION: GRADUATE (314) 977.2240 UNDERGRADUATE (314) 977.2500 WWW.SLU.EDU SLU Facts and Numbers The Mission FOUNDED: 1818 Statement RELIGIOUS AffILIATION: OF SaINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY Catholic, Jesuit 86.5% 12-1 student-faculty ratio of all The Mission of Saint Louis University is the pursuit of truth for the LOCATIONS: students greater glory of God and for the service of humanity. The University St. Louis, Missouri Average seeks excellence in the fulfillment of its corporate purposes of teaching, Madrid, Spain receive $880 million research, health care and service to the community. It is dedicated to class size ENDOWMENT AS OF leadership in the continuing quest for understanding of God’s creation TOTAL ENROLLMENT: 14,073 financial aid JUNE 30, 2011 and for the discovery, dissemination and integration of the values, 8,670 undergraduate is 23.6 knowledge and skills required to transform society in the spirit of 3,693 graduate the Gospels. As a Catholic, Jesuit university, this pursuit is motivated 1,710 professional $62.2 by the inspiration and values of the Judeo-Christian tradition and is 114,652 guided by the spiritual and intellectual ideals of the Society of Jesus. FALL 2011 FRESHMAN ALUMNI LIVE APPLICATIONS: 13,389 million in IN 50 STATES AND 139 In support of its mission, the University: research COUNTRIES CLASS OF 2015: 3,858 + Encourages and supports innovative scholarship and effective 1,707 students support teaching in all fields of the arts; the humanities; the natural, health and 42% male; 58% female medical sciences; the social sciences; the law; business; aviation; and 29% are international or DEGREES AWARDED DURING 2010-2011 49 technology. multicultural Ranked 3,408 Total among the + Creates an academic environment that values and promotes free, ATHLETICS: 353 Summer 2010 active and original intellectual inquiry among its faculty and students. 18 NCAA Division I sports top 565 Fall 2010 teams in the Atlantic 10 + Fosters programs that link University resources to local, national 2,490 Spring 2011 Conference 35% and international communities in collaborative efforts to alleviate ignorance, poverty, injustice and hunger; extend compassionate care to TOTAL FACULTY: 3,186 of all 268 the ill and needy; and maintain and improve the quality of life for all 99% of tenured and tenure- 24 graduate and professional programs national persons. track faculty members hold universities in the Top 100 in their fields the highest degree in their + Strives continuously to seek means to build upon its Catholic, Jesuit fields. identity and to promote activities that apply its intellectual and ethical heritage to work for the good of society as a whole. TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 5,819 of 2010 + $372,351,192 total salaries $322,826,269 95% Welcomes students, faculty and staff from all racial, ethnic and for SLU employees SLU graduates religious backgrounds and beliefs and creates a sense of community that facilitates their development as men and women for others. TUITION REMISSION: are satisfied in 949 SLU employees and their postgraduate + Nurtures within its community an understanding of and their relatives use tuition commitment to the promotion of faith and justice in the spirit of the remission activities, including careers Gospels. $13,626,020 fund tuition 10,600 seats IN CHAIFETZ and graduate + Wisely allocates its resources to maintain efficiency and effectiveness remission scholarships for ARENA, SLU’S ON-CAMPUS arENA in attaining its mission and goals. faculty, staff and dependents studies Contents 2 AN OVERVIEW AND RaNKINGS 4 2011 YEAR IN REVIEW 6 STUDENT PROFILE 8 DISCOVERY Research Teaching 10 MISSION AND OUTREACH 12 CommUNITY ImpaCT 13 SLU FIRSTS 14 UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES 15 COLLEGES AND SCHooLS 26 maJORS 28 STUDENT LIFE Learning Outside the Classroom Involvement Entertainment 30 WELLNESS Club and Intramural Sports 32 BILLIKEN SPIRIT Billiken Athletics Alumni 34 SLUCare 35 SaFETY AND INFORmaTION TECHNOLOGY 36 MEETING SpaCES, RETREAT FaCILITIES aND CampUS AMENITIES 38 MUSEUMS 40 HISTORY AND JESUIT TRADITION 41 PRESIDENT AND VISION 42 HONOREES 44 FINANCES Tuition Financial Profile 46 ST. LoUIS SLU-Midtown 48 EXECUTIVE STAFF AND TRUSTEES 49 MISSION STATEMENT SLU RANKINGS AND HONORS An Overview + U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 “America’s Best Saint Louis University is a Catholic, Jesuit university Colleges” for undergraduate programs ranks Saint Louis ranked among the top research institutions in the University 90th out of the more than 280 national univer- nation. The University fosters the intellectual and sities in the United States. character development of more than 14,000 students. Founded in 1818, it is the oldest university west of + U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 “Best Graduate the Mississippi River and the second oldest Jesuit Schools” ranks SLU’s graduate programs in entrepre- university in the United States. Through teaching, neurship, geriatrics, health law, health management, research, health care and community service, Saint international business, physician assistant and supply Louis University has provided one-of-a-kind education, chain management among the best in the nation. leadership and service for nearly two centuries. + The Princeton Review places SLU on its 2012 “Best 376 Colleges” list, which includes only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges. + Forbes magazine includes SLU on its 2011 “America’s Top Colleges” list, which is based on the quality of the education and on student experiences and achievements. + The Fiske Guide to Colleges includes the University on 2 2 3 its 2012 “Best Buy Schools” list, which is based on the quality of academic offerings in relation to the cost of attendance. SLU is one of 50 institutions and one of only two Jesuit universities included. + The 11th edition of Barron’s Best Buys in College Education names SLU one of 220 U.S. colleges and universities that provide “a first-class education at affordable prices.” In the publication, Barron’s calls SLU an “urban research university that refuses to act like one, caring for each individual as a total person and draw- ing its undergraduates into the life of the surrounding community.” + SLU holds a bronze rating from the national Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in recognition of its efforts to foster a green campus. Year in Review + + + + + + + + + + + + 2011 + + + + + + + + + + + + + SLU enrolled one of the largest in Sustainability. Banpu was classes in its history, welcoming founded by two alumni: Chanin 1,707 freshmen and 401 transfer Vongkusolkit (Grad Cook ’77) students, bringing total student and Metee Auapinyakul (Cook enrollment to a record 14,073. ’78). + The University completed con- + The University debuted a $1 struction of a new Health Sciences million scholarship effort for local Education Union, which houses Catholic high school students a state-of-the-art auditorium and called the SLU Jesuit Community high-tech patient simulation labs. Scholarship Program. + SLU unveiled a new 11-acre + The University established the outdoor stadium at its Medical new Center for Intercultural Center that features a NCAA- Studies, which, among other regulation soccer field and run- things, will foster research on ning track. the interactions between differ- ent cultures. SLU plans to offer + The University opened Hotel degrees through the center in the 4 Ignacio in a 100-year-old building 5 near future. that SLU spent a year renovating (images on page 37). The project + SLU launched the new was named a “Development of Innovative Teaching Fellowship Health Sciences Education Union (top and middle) and the Medical Center Stadium (bottom) the Year” by the City of St. Louis Program, which combines small and received a “Most Enhanced classes and state-of-the-art tech- Building” award from the nology. The courses are taught Landmarks Association, a preser- in the University’s new Learning vation group in St. Louis. Studio, a high-tech teaching space that features iPads, a video wall + SLU grew its St. Louis campus and other technologies. by nearly 20 acres by acquir- ing several key properties at its + The University entered into a Medical Center. The University formal agreement with Oxford also purchased the newly named University that will allow SLU San Ignacio Hall in Madrid, to send students to Great Britain greatly expanding the University’s for a year of intense, independent campus in Spain. research. The University also signed an agreement with the + The University received a $2 Open University of Cyprus to million gift from the Banpu expand graduate offerings in the Public Co. Ltd., an energy com- Eurasian island country, where pany based in Thailand, to estab- SLU has offered a master’s degree lish the Banpu Endowed Chair for several years. + + + + + + + + + + + + 2011 + + + + + + + + + + + + Student Profile STUDENTS BY GENDER (Fall 2011) Male 5,781 / 41% Female 8,292 / 59% STUDENTS BY STATUS (Fall 2011) Full-Time 11,301 / 80% MOST POPULAR Part-Time 2,772 / 20% UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AT SLU (Fall 2011) Nursing (8.8%) STUDENTS BY DEGREE (Fall 2011) Biology (6.9%) Physical Therapy (4.3%) 6 Undergraduate 8,670 / 62% 7 Psychology (4.1%) Graduate 3,693 / 26% Communication (2.9%) Professional 1,710 / 12% 14,073 students are enrolled UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT (2006 - 2011) in nearly 100 undergraduate 2006 12,034 majors and more than 70 2007 12,309 graduate programs for the 2008 12,733 2011-2012 academic school year. 2009 13,313 91% of freshmen live on campus. 2010 13,785 of SLU’s undergraduate 2011 14,073 59% students are from out of state. Each equals 1,000 students. The University’s 974 international students represent 69 countries. Discovery RESEARCH + During fiscal year 2011, SLU’s diseases that ravage the develop- Medical Center researchers in ing world. health sciences were awarded + SLU is one of only seven 378 grants, contracts and Catholic institutions desig- subcontracts totaling $50.3 nated as a research university million from agencies such as (high research activity) by the the National Institutes of Health, Carnegie Foundation.