The Mission of Cabrini College

Cabrini College, located in suburban Philadelphia, is a Catholic, coeducational, residential undergraduate college that strives to be a leader incommunity service. Linking theory to practice, the College offers programs of study in the liberal arts and professional studies. The College actively seeks residential students from other states and countries, while also providing for the educational needs of the areaÕs commuter, graduate, and adult students. Rooted in the heritage of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the College is a vital part of the international, educational ministry of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In its commitment to educate students of different backgrounds and abilities to lead and serve in a changing and culturally diverse world, the College believes in an educational philosophy that not only pre-pares students for careers, but enables them to live lives of dignity and purpose. In all its programs, academic and co-curricular, the College assists students in actualizing their potential, personally and profession-ally, so that they may better understand themselves, be more sensitive to the needs of a global community, and contribute competently to society.

As a Catholic Cabrinian institution, with distinct emphasis on teaching and learning, the College:

. . . offers academic programs and services designed to meet the unique needs of adult and graduate students;

. . . seeks to instill in its students, the value of learning by doing and the capacity for lifelong learning;

. . . offers programs, cooperative education and internship opportunities, to develop the skills and knowledge needed for the world of work;

. . . functions as an open community of learners in which students develop a personal set of values as they engage in community service in pursuit of the common good, and as they address moral and ethical ques-tions, including those that bear on religious foundations, and ultimate issues;

. . . values its small size that fos-ters involvement in the life of thecampus, close interaction among fac-ulty, staff, and students, and the en-couragement of students to live and work collaboratively;

. . . offers students leadership op-portunities in the classroom, residen-tial life, athletics, organizations, campus ministry, and other co-cur-ricular activities.

Approved by the Board of Trustees, May 1994