大学的核心价值观
Eight 核心价值观, articulated in 2003-2004 but always at the heart of Saint Xavier 大学's mission, ground and enliven the institution's academic and co-curricular 项目及其经营理念. These values ground and enliven the 大学's Catholic identity, Mercy heritage and commitment to knowledge for both personal enhancement 社会进步.
尊重
尊重 moves us to understand the gifts and unique contributions of every person in the 大学
社区和重视不同的观点.
Catholics and immigrants, girls and young women, women whose education had been interrupted
by family responsibilities, those who were the first in their families to attend college
-- in different eras, these groups lacked opportunity to acquire an education. 尊重
for personal dignity and individual potential has consistently prompted Saint Xavier
to welcome these students and help them succeed.
卓越
卓越 commits us to challenge ourselves to utilize our God-given gifts -- intellectual, 社会的、身体的、精神的和道德的.
Saint Xavier's commitment to excellence impels both individuals and the 大学 itself to consistently strive for outcomes that are exemplary rather than simply satisfactory. Such striving for excellence touches all aspects of 大学 life from academic programs to sports, from student services to campus environment, from recruitment to publications, from special occasions to daily business. 这个价值也激发了 the 大学 community to recognize its members' significant achievements and contributions 为了他人的福祉.
同情
同情 compels us to stand with and embrace others in their suffering that, together, we may experience God's liberating and healing presence.
This value reflects the reality that mercy demands commitment, courage and action, 以及敏感，理解和关怀. 圣泽维尔社区的成员 stand with their colleagues in times of personal crisis or grief and express compassion through multiple endeavors that respond to the needs of others within and beyond the 大学.
服务
服务 calls us to use our gifts, talents and abilities to advance the genuine well-being 我们的社区和我们遇到的人.
服务 to students is a basic tenet of life at 华人博彩论坛, as is service by students, 工作人员 and faculty -- each lending personal skills and professional expertise to assist others through campus clinics, off-campus internships, service trips and numerous volunteer opportunities that extend the ethos and the value of service well 在圣泽维尔的校园之外.
热情好客
热情好客 draws us to do our daily work with a spirit of graciousness that welcomes new ideas 以及各种背景和信仰的人.
At Saint Xavier, the value of hospitality means making space for an unexpected visitor, a surprising idea, a fresh insight, even a disturbing question or challenging opportunity. Welcoming the ideas of another may not result in agreement, but such hospitality does require attentive listening and a readiness to reconsider one's position.
完整性
完整性 gives us the ability to realize the greater good in our actions and programs and challenges us to look at our work and ourselves holistically and as one united with others across 全球.
完整性, whether personal or institutional, implies coherence between words and 徒. It calls each member of the Saint Xavier community to live in accord with what the 大学 professes to be as an educational institution with a Catholic and Mercy 字符. 完整性 suggests both a certain wholeness in the 大学 itself and connections between the 大学 and the larger educational, religious and social 它在其中发挥作用的世界.
多样性
多样性 builds a community that fosters a climate that is open and welcoming to diverse people, ideas and perspectives; that promotes a constructive discourse on the nature of diversity; and that engages faculty, 工作人员 and students in activities that promote the 大学's 核心价值观.
Saint Xavier's founding sisters were Irish, American, German and French. 它的第一个 students included Native Americans and "Yankees," as well as Midwesterners, Protestants, 犹太人和天主教徒. Today's diverse student body has expanded such early diversity, and the 大学 continues its efforts to enrich the diversity of its faculty and 工作人员. Such diversity strengthens Saint Xavier's academic program and educational environment, preparing students to live and work in an international society and global 经济.
终身学习
学习 for Life, in the liberal arts tradition, encourages us to pursue knowledge and truth throughout our lives in ways that improve our communities and ourselves and that strengthen 我们对彼此的理解.
Saint Xavier's commitment to the liberal arts and sciences, as well as to a variety of professional programs, is a commitment to education as a means of liberating people to live meaningful lives as well as earn a decent living. 与价值相符 of learning for life, the 大学 enrolls students of all ages and supports programs and activities that expand the knowledge of members of the broader community, whatever 他们的年龄或正规教育.