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Throughout history, education
in the liberal arts has produced, nurtured and
transmitted civilization's greatest ideas and
accomplishments. Study of the liberal arts prepares
students for the future. It teaches them to seek
the truth, to understand the knowledge and values
of many disciplines, and to bring these insights
to bear on modern problems in a world of change,
complexity and diversity.
The McAnulty College of Liberal
Arts is at the center of Duquesne University's
Education for the Mind, the Heart and the Spirit.
Founded in 1878 as the first of the University's
schools, the College embodies both Duquesne's
Catholic tradition and its ecumenical atmosphere.
We strive for academic excellence, search for
truth, aspire to live a virtuous life, respect
the dignity of the human person, foster a spirit
of service to the poor and to all others, and
seek to build the communities in which we live
and work.
A liberal arts education provides
the practical intellectual framework for informed
choice that leaders require in the 21st Century.
Successful leaders must have the skills that a
liberal arts education best cultivates: disciplined
thought, careful analysis, articulate presentation
of ideas, and organized and persuasive writing
and speech. They also need the human values and
broad perspective that are hallmarks of graduates
of the McAnulty College.
Mission
The College prepares students for productive and creative lives of service
in a rapidly changing world. We teach students to think, write and speak
clearly and critically, so they can seek truth about God, themselves,
and society, and contribute to their families, communities, businesses
and professions.
Education for the Mind, the Heart and the
Spirit at the McAnulty College of Liberal Arts:
• shapes the essential skills of written
and oral communication that are the basic building blocks of a successful
career in any field;
• trains students to use the most current
technologies for their chosen fields of study and to appreciate the
place and contribution of those technologies;
• encourages the international competence
important to succeed in the global community;
• provides the instructional excellence
and sophistication necessary for students to succeed in graduate training
for the learned professions;
• establishes the broad foundation of knowledge
necessary for lifelong learning and career flexibility in a rapidly
changing world;
• guides students in their spiritual development;
• makes available opportunities for students
to use their knowledge and skills to serve others;
• encourages students to contribute to their
families, their professions and the communities around them;
• reinforces enduring values that give meaning
to life and work and that lead to happiness and fulfillment.
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