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Welcome to Saint Xavier University! Located in Chicago, SXU is for students who want more out of their futures. It's where tradition meets innovation, where high-quality, student-centered programs, passionate faculty and supportive staff provide more than 3,500 students with a transformative educational experience that prepares them to lead meaningful lives and successful careers. Founded in 1846 by the Sisters of Mercy, SXU is Chicago's first Catholic university and the first Mercy institution of higher learning in the world. Mission-driven and student-centered, SXU prioritizes service learning and educates for competence, character and career success. As you walk through campus today, you'll see why this is the place you'll want to call home. In case this is your first visit, here are some tips to help you get started:
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Mission and Heritage
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At SXU, your spiritual life is important. Our Office for Mission and Heritage, located in McDonough Chapel, along with Campus Ministry, work to help you enrich your spirituality through a variety of events, retreats, service projects, faith-sharing groups, and prayer and reflection opportunities. All are welcome, regardless of faith tradition. Through these opportunities, you will grow spiritually and become an agent for change who will better your community into the future.
Academics
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SXU offers more than 60 high-quality undergraduate programs and over two dozen graduate programs to a diverse and talented student body! Our learning community is provided with a solid foundation in liberal arts and professional education. The University's three professional schools include the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Graham School of Management, all offering programs featuring robust curriculums and hands-on learning. You'll be supported with academic guidance and faculty mentors along the way.
School of Nursing and Health Sciences
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We're at the nursing simulation lab, a newer space on campus that supports the high-impact learning experiences students get at SXU. The simulation lab features a hospital bed and a manikin designed for scenario-based training. Students can take blood pressure, listen to lung sounds, and practice IV-tubing priming, wound care and sterile dressing changes. They can also view activities occurring in the lab in real-time to observe and take notes on patients. These advanced tools help to deliver a performance-driven, high-quality education to our students!
Visual Arts Center
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SXU's Visual Arts Center Gallery is housed in the stunning former sanctuary of a church. Remodeled in 2009, the Visual Arts Center provides an "in-house" exhibition opportunity for students to show diverse art mediums. It contains a ceramics studio, painting and drawing rooms, graphic design rooms, and gallery space. Three to four exhibitions are installed per semester and include artwork from various courses, thematic calls for submissions or alumni-curated shows. The Gallery is also a critique space, giving students and faculty the opportunity to reflect on and discuss work in a professional setting.
Classrooms
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One of the things our students love most about SXU is the small class sizes, which allow for close peer camaraderie and individualized faculty attention with a 16:1 student-faculty ratio. Our general classrooms vary in size but are all equipped with technology to allow for presentation of multiple types of media and contain module desks, whiteboard walls, screens, and accessibility for various learning needs – perfect for fostering SXU's vibrant learning community.
Athletics
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Welcome to the Shannon Athletic and Convocation Center! Built in 1999, the Shannon Center is an 85,000 square foot facility that seats 3,000 people for athletic events and special occasions. With a fitness center, two recreation gyms, an indoor running track, Racquetball court and group exercise studio, golf practice rooms and our new esports center, the Shannon Center is the place to be to enhance your fitness skills and health and have fun! Other Athletic Facilities include the Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field, Richard R. Ferrell Memorial Field, and the SXU Softball Field, welcoming thousands of Cougar fans from our 19 varsity sports teams each year. The Urso Outdoor Sports Center features athletic training and weight rooms.
Student Wellness
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At SXU, your health is a priority! Students have access to resources designed to facilitate and enhance their well-being, including the on-campus Health Center, Counseling Center and Wellness Center. The Health Center is a nurse practitioner-led primary care clinic that provides a variety of services with holistic care. SXU's Counseling Center fosters a transformative process of self-discovery through wellness, balance and growth and offers confidential counseling, mental health screening, workshops, crisis intervention, free online messaging through Talkspace, and more. Students who are interested in exercise science can access state-of-the-art equipment at our brand-new Wellness Center, fully equipped for comprehensive wellness assessments, testing and evaluations, nutrition counseling, personal training, group classes, and workshops!
Student Support
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As a student at SXU, you'll be supported every step of the way through your academic journey. We have a number of programs in place designed to help you succeed! The Student Support Department is designed to create and integrate academic pathways for SXU students to reach their education and career goals. Other fantastic student-centered spots on campus include the Center for Accessibility Resources, and the Student Veteran Resource Center, the Center for SUCCESS, and the Student Success Program, a federally funded TRIO program. SXU is also committed to alleviating hunger through our on-campus food pantry, Champ's Kitchen.
Robert and Mary Rita Murphy Stump Library
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We're at the Robert and Mary Rita Murphy Stump Library, one of the most beautiful spots on campus. Recently renovated, the library contains over 30 desktop computers, printers, scanners, and quiet and study group rooms. With gorgeous stained-glass windows that are an artistic rendering to SXU's commitment to liberal arts and sciences, a rare book collection housed in the elegant Bishop Quarter Room, and lots of space to study and read, the library is a beloved campus destination. Students can access more than 40,000 online journals, 60,000 books, and 6,000 DVDs and stream over 100,000 music tracks, and 2,500 videos! Students may also borrow items from over 90 academic libraries in Illinois.
Residence Halls
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Throughout your journey at Saint Xavier, students can choose to live on campus in one of our five residence halls or commute. Either way, you'll find a home at SXU. Four unique residence halls, Morris, McCarthy, O'Brien, and Rubloff, include apartment-style suites with a bedroom, bath, kitchenette, and furnished living areas. Pacelli, our first-year residence hall, is more traditional and designed to bring students together! All residence halls come with common areas for student interactions, activities and service projects, plus study rooms and printing areas. With an environment that facilitates healthy living, academic advancement, and social interaction, all residence halls are just a short walk to classrooms and facilities.
Diner
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Welcome to the SXU Diner, a great spot to catch up with friends, attend an event, or eat some delicious food! You'll find plenty of things to do at the SXU Diner and Atrium, from the registered student organization fair to fundraisers for great causes to service projects and more! Whether you just want to grab a quick snack or you're hungry for a scratch-made meal, the SXU Diner is conveniently located near classes. Throughout the year, the Diner also serves special dishes to celebrate and honor the diverse cultures at SXU. Just outside is the O'Malley Quad, a beautiful outdoor patio surrounded by flowers in spring and colorful leaves in fall.
Administrative Offices
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In addition to receiving excellent academic support at SXU, you'll also get support when it comes to admission, financial aid, records and registration, and more! Our support offices help you with student planning, including dispatch of transcripts, grade reports, class lists, schedules, room assignments, academic record changes and requests for student data, filing the FAFSA, adjusting your financial aid awards, completing your loan requirements, making payments, and more. The Office of Admission will provide you with the information you need to help you start (or continue!) your journey at SXU. Though getting enrolled for college can feel overwhelming, our support staff is here to make it a seamless process!
Campus Life
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There's so much to do on the SXU campus! Get involved with one of over 60 registered student organizations, support your peers by engaging in student leadership, and serve as the voice of the student body by joining the Student Government Association or Saint Xavier Council! The SXU Student Activities Board sponsors a wide variety of events throughout the year, from major social traditions to events that celebrate culture and important action/educational programs. Join your peers at the Student Organization Center, better known around campus as the SOC, where you'll learn about all kinds of fun activities and events. You'll feel that Cougar pride, make new friends, and be inspired!
Things to Do
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SXU has the unique benefit of being just a short distance from downtown Chicago, where there is a number of sites to see, attractions to visit and places to eat – our shuttle bus will take you right to the CTA! We're an even shorter distance to thousands of acres of stunning beauty at the forest preserves of Cook County! Students can hike numerous trails, visit nature centers, learn about history, volunteer, and join in on a number of events.
