Saint Leo Core Values

Saint Leo University is a community rooted in the Catholic faith and in the spirit of our Benedictine founders. As a Catholic institution of higher learning, Saint Leo University supports what Ex Corde Ecclesiae terms the four essential characteristics of a Catholic University:

Saint Leo University welcomes and embraces in the Catholic Benedictine tradition individuals of all faiths. The university seeks balanced growth in mind, body, and spirit for all members of our community. Our community recognizes the dignity, value, and gifts of all. At Saint Leo, learning is of prime importance, and we work to meet the evolving needs of our communities and the world around us. The university offers professional degree and certificate programs in science, health sciences, business, education, social work, social sciences, and humanities. We are foundationally an agile liberal arts university that believes teaching and scholarship work together to bring innovation into the classroom. Saint Leo University offers a practical and effective student-centered model. The university creates a transformative education where we promote and build equity, inclusion, and justice among diverse people and cultures.

Saint Leo’s identity is an outgrowth of Catholic social teaching, which insists that human institutions and relationships be based on a recognition of the dignity of all human beings and demands social and economic justice for all; and the Catholic intellectual tradition, which celebrates the compatibility of faith and reason which means that the university welcomes an open and free dialogue among persons of differing religious and intellectual traditions.

Leaders, administrators, faculty, and staff at the university are particularly responsible to work collaboratively with the churchs pastoral authorities, each other, with students, and with the university community at large. In addition, the welcoming, inviting spirit which pervades Saint Leo finds its truest identity in collaboration, consultation, inclusivity, non-elitism, an ecumenical attitude, and a view there is a genuine interdependence at every level and in every endeavor of work, spirit, and celebration.

Building on our Benedictine foundation, we at Saint Leo are committed to excellence and we all work diligently to ensure that our students develop character, learn skills, and assimilate knowledge essential to becoming morally responsible leaders. We foster and build a hospitable Catholic and Benedictine learning community everywhere we serve. We nurture a spirit of belonging, unity, and interdependence based on mutual trust, integrity, and respect to create socially responsible environments that challenge all of us to listen, to learn, to change, and to serve. The university stresses the development of every person’s mind, spirit, and body for a balanced life. We think it is also important that all members of the Saint Leo University community demonstrate their commitment to their own personal development to better serve the institution and its mission. Moreover, we are guided by a strong sense of responsible stewardship, resourcefulness, and frugality.

Saint Leo University is an innovative global Catholic liberal arts university that fosters a warm, inclusive community that helps educate and develop students for success. We inspire diversity of thought in our next generation of leaders and the courage to boldly confront the world’s challenges through service to others.

Excellence Saint Leo University is an educational enterprise. All of us, individually and collectively, work hard to ensure that our students develop the character, learn the skills, and assimilate the knowledge essential to become morally responsible leaders. The success of our University depends upon a conscientious commitment to our mission, vision, and goals.Community Saint Leo University develops hospitable Christian learning communities everywhere we serve. We foster a spirit of belonging, unity, and interdependence based on mutual trust and respect to create socially responsible environments that challenge all of us to listen, to learn, to change, and to serve.Respect We value all individuals unique talents, respect their dignity and strive to foster their commitment to excellence in our work. Our communitys strength depends on the unity and diversity of our people, on the free exchange of ideas, and on learning, living and working harmoniously.Personal Development Saint Leo University stresses the development of every persons mind, spirit, and body for a balanced life. All members of the Saint Leo University community must demonstrate their commitment to personal development in order to strengthen the character of our community.Responsible Stewardship We foster a spirit of service to employ our resources to university and community development. We must be resourceful. We must optimize and apply all of the resources of our community to fulfill Saint Leo Universitys mission and goals.Integrity The commitment of Saint Leo University to excellence demands that its members live its mission and deliver on its promise. The faculty, staff, and students pledge to be honest, just and consistent in word and deed.

FAQ

What are the core values of Saint Leo University?

Core Values
  • Excellence. Saint Leo University is an educational enterprise. …
  • Community. Saint Leo University develops hospitable Christian learning communities everywhere we serve. …
  • Respect. …
  • Personal Development. …
  • Responsible Stewardship. …
  • Integrity.

Is Saint Leo religious?

As a Catholic liberal arts university rooted in centuries-old Benedictine values, our community is open and warm-hearted. We nurture relationship-building, respect and joy—regardless of your spiritual background. We thrive in bringing together students, faculty and staff from all paths of life.

Is Saint Leo private or public?

Saint Leo University is a private institution that was founded in 1889. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,282 (fall 2019), its setting is rural, and the campus size is 297 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar.

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