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“At Fairfield University, living and learning aren’t two separate activities. They’re parts of a coherent whole. Everything you do-course work, internships, community service, and so much more- results in an education for an inspired life.”

Fairfield, CT

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INTRODUCTION:

Fairfield offers 35 undergraduate majors, 17 inter-disciplinary minors, and 36 graduate programs. The University is comprised of six schools: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Charles F. Dolan School of Business, and the schools of Engineering, Graduate Education and Allied Professions, Nursing, and University College. Students benefit from small class sizes, an outstanding faculty, a rich array of study abroad, internship, and service opportunities, and the resources and reputation of a school consistently ranked among the top regional universities in the north by the U.S. News & World Report

4 DISTINCTIONS

ENGAGED STUDENTS

Great programs and great opportunities

 The First Year Experience (FYE) program, a requirement for all incoming undergraduate first year students, is focused on teaching Fairfield’s core Jesuit values, cultivating student self-discovery, and exploring the importance of community. FYE includes a course in the fall semester, designated campus events for students to attend throughout the fall, a mentoring program, and a community service component.

 Living and Learning Communities (LLCs) are available each year for Fairfield’s undergraduate students. In addition to traditional residence hall options, the LLCs aim to transform the entire Fairfield University culture - involving faculty, administrators, students, and staff. The LLCs create a multicultural community across campus, building on the Fairfield University strategic vision of integrating learning through a variety of intentional community housing programs. While each residential college has a particular focus, students involved come from many different places, each bringing their different points of view, life experiences, hopes, desires, and interests. All residential colleges consider the question of vocation and engage students in creating meaningful experiences, providing intentional opportunities for reflection, and encouraging action that serves others in need.

 Fairfield University is serious about providing every student with the opportunity to gain practical experience in their major field of study. In fact the university guarantees that every junior or senior in good academic standing will have the opportunity for an internship or research experience that is related to their major. Every summer students collaborate with members of the faculty on research projects in a wide variety of academic disciplines and students frequently coauthor research with their professors.

 Fairfield students gain valuable research, scholarship, publication, and presentation experiences through a wide array of student-faculty, group, and independent opportunities. Through resources such as the Office of Prestigious Scholarships and Fellowships and the Office of Service Learning, the University provides challenging opportunities for students to participate in research and scholarly endeavors.

 Fairfield students travel to all corners of the world through university sponsored programs in Italy, Ireland, Australia, Nicaragua and Tanzania and more than 90 affiliated programs. Almost 40% of Fairfield students take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad.

 In the past 17 years, 54 Fairfield graduates have been named Fulbright scholars.

GREAT TEACHING

Leading Scholars and academic innovation

 The core curriculum requires students to take 60 credits in five areas including mathematics and natural sciences; history and social/behavioral sciences; philosophy, religious studies, and ethics; English and the arts; and modern or classical languages and literature. Fairfield doesn’t view the core as a checklist to get through but rather an important integrated component of their liberal arts education that enables students to better understand the connections across disciplines and time.

 The university has six schools: The College Arts and Sciences; the Charles F. Dolan School of Business; the School of Nursing; University College; the School of Engineering; and the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions.

 Fairfield had developed a program that allows students to take interdisciplinary clusters of two or three thematically related courses. Clusters allow a student to explore a particular topic from a variety of different perspectives.

 Members of the Fairfield faculty are leading scholars and great teachers. Professor Kim Bridgford won one of 28 fellowships from the Connecticut Commission of the Arts (CAA). She is also a former Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching teacher of the year. Professor Meredith Wallace co-edited a book on prostate cancer that won a prestigious award form the American Journal of Nursing.

 Fairfield embraces the Jesuit ideal of cura personalis which means caring for the whole person – body, mind and spirit.

Majors: Accounting (Five-year BS/MS available), American Studies, Biology, Chemistry, Communication, Computer Science, Economics (Has a B.A. and B.S. track), Engineering (Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Engineering 3/2), English, Finance, History, Information Systems, International Business, International Studies, Management, Marketing, Mathematics, Modern Languages and Literatures (French, German, Italian, Spanish), Nursing, Philosophy, Physics, Politics, Psychology (Has a B.A. and B.S. track), Religious Studies, Sociology and Anthropology, Visual and Performing Arts (Art History, Music, Studio Art, Theatre)

VIBRANT COMMUNITIES

With Division I athletics, a strong and active student government, about 80 student organizations, a state-of-the-art performing arts center feature national and international lectures and performers you may very well find that if you’re a student at Fairfield there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to do all you want to do. But if a free afternoon should present itself New York City is only an hour away or you can take stroll on a Long Island Sound beach which is only one mile from campus.

A community not an institution

 Fairfield students are very committed to community service. Nearly one-third of all students engage in volunteer programs in nearby cities. Fairfield’s community service programs are cutting edge and award winning. The Corporation for National Service has declared Fairfield’s Literary Volunteer Program to be a model program and Fairfield has won three consecutive awards from the national Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness. Fairfield students were singled out from among 600 colleges and universities nationwide for their outstanding efforts.

 Fairfield is a great place for athletes and sports fans. The Stags compete in 20 varsity sports against some of the best collegiate athletic programs in the nation. The men’s and women’s basketball and soccer teams and the women’s volleyball team have all made recent trips to their respective conference and NCAA tournaments. Fairfield has won the Commissioner’s Cup as the overall best athletic program in the Metro Athletic Conference multiple times. Non-varsity athletes can partake in a variety of club sports or intramural programs.

 Fairfield has about 80 student organizations and clubs on campus and a strong student government that manages and sponsors student activities like

 The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts rest at the heart of cultural life on the Fairfield campus. The center includes two theatres and an art gallery and plays host to a wide range of cultural and educational events. Community outreach is a significant part of the center’s mission. The center regularly hosts performances that include musical concerts, ballet and jazz dancers, comedy, opera, plays, and other events.

 The Open VISIONS Forum is a public outreach program engaging the ‘life of the mind’ with the Connecticut community. Its mission is to integrate the academic perspective of the University’s students and faculty with the wide general interests of our regional audience. Through an ongoing series of lively and informative lectures, these ‘public conversations’ present eminent opinion-makers, artists, authors, contributors to the humanities and sciences, civic and political commentators

SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES

An experience that leads to results When it comes time for Fairfield students to look for a job they can call upon a strong and active alumni network. The following individuals serve as an example of the great things Fairfield graduates are doing:

 Dr. Peter Pronovost ‘87, a Johns Hopkins University professor and critical care specialist, won the prestigious 2009 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (a $500,000 grant known as the ‘genius grant’) for his revolutionary work in developing a medical checklist in emergency care resulting in monumental reductions of infection. Time Magazine named him one of the “most influential people of 2008.

 Dr. Katherine Lapp ‘78, executive vice president of Harvard University, where she oversees all financial, administrative, human resources and capital planning functions as well as the administrative aspects of information technology for the university.

 Jeanne Begley ’84 won an Emmy as the producer/director of Biography, a popular nonfiction series on A&E.

 Christopher J. McCormick ’78 is president and CEO of L.L. Bean.

 Capt. Gregory J. Martin, M.D. ’80 is the chief of infectious diseases at Bethesda Naval Hospital and a recipient of the U.S. Navy’s Legion of Merit for his work investigating bio-terrorism. He is associated with the Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland.

 Christopher Sachs ’79 is the publisher of National Geographic Adventure.

 Food service consultant Edward “Ward” Byrne ’75 helped set up a meal preparation center to feed workers at Ground Zero after the September 11 attacks in New York City.

 Gene Mauro ’92 is the CEO and founder of Capital Entertainment Group (an independent video game production company.)

 Jay Harman ’96 turned projects he did in his marketing classes into a career as the founder and co-owner of Cisco Brewery.

FAST FACTS

Fairfield University, founded in 1942, is a comprehensive Jesuit university that prepares students for leadership and service in a constantly changing world.

Location Fairfield, Connecticut, a suburban New England community of 56,000 located on Long Island Sound and just a one hour train ride to New York City.

Student Profile 3,300 full-time undergraduates, 1,300 graduate students, and 600 part-time continuing studies students. Undergraduates hail from 34 states, 34 countries.

Faculty Profile 94% of faculty hold doctorates or the highest degree available in their field. 189 full-time faculty. 13:1 student/faculty ratio.

Residence Life About 85% of students live on campus. Options include traditional 8 residence halls, several suite style residence halls, nearly 48 apartments and more than 100 townhouses

Athletics Division I MAAC athletics. 20 varsity sports (nine men’s: baseball, basketball, cross-country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming/diving, and tennis; 11 women’s: basketball, crew, cross-country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming/diving, tennis, and volleyball.) 17 club sports; intramurals in which 70% of student body participates in some club, intramurals or recreation and fitness programs.

Activity/Club/Organization Types About 80 clubs and organizations organized and run by students in diverse areas of culture, politics, arts, philanthropic, community service and academic.

Tuition Costs: 2010/11: $38,450 (tuition), $11,740 (room and board), $590 fees.

Financial Aid: Over 79% of students receive some kind of financial aid.

More Distinctions:

 Number of Fulbright Scholarships for Fairfield University graduates over the past 17 years: 54

 Fairfield graduates finding jobs through either internships and on-campus recruiting: 65%

 U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Fairfield among the best regional universities in the North.

 The Princeton Review’s “The Best 373 Colleges,” includes Fairfield in its list which consists of only about 15% of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges.

 The Sierra Club has The oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the nation named Fairfield to its list of “Cool Schools” for its many eco-friendly campus initiatives

 The 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges, called “the best college guide you can buy” by USA Today, said Fairfield “provides a dynamic living and learning environment, combining solid academics, real-world opportunities in and outside the classroom, and an abundance of community service projects.”

 Fairfield is also included in Forbes’ “America’s Best Colleges.” Just in its third year of publishing, the rankings of the best schools are said to be “from the students’ point of view.”

ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID

When considering an applicant for admission, Fairfield considers all measures of academic achievement, as well as curricular and extracurricular achievement. Admission to Fairfield is test optional. With a holistic approach to the admission process, the university factors in each student’s academic abilities, community engagement, and leadership qualities.

The admissions department strives to consider all of a candidate’s attributes and circumstances while focusing on the following areas:

 Class Rank: The majority of students rank in the top 20% of their class.

 Grades: The majority of students maintain a B to B+ average or better in a college prep/honors curriculum.

 Standardized Tests: (Optional) Scores of middle 50% of admitted students SAT: 1690 (1100) and 1920 (1300) ACT: 25-28. A supplemental essay is required for those not submitting test scores and an interview is highly recommended.

 Activities: The typical Fairfield applicant is quite involved in a variety of high school activities and athletics, and many hold leadership positions in one or more.

Admission Application Deadlines Early Action (non-binding) deadline is November 1 Regular Decision Applications is January 15. Transfer Students’ Applications is May 1 for fall admission and November 15 for spring admission.

CONTACT

Fairfield University

1073 N. Benson Road

Fairfield, CT 06824

Phone: (203) 254-4100

Fax: (203) 244-4199

E-mail: admis@fairfield.edu