Funders to approach for Siena University

Siena University is a learning community advancing the ideals of a liberal arts education, rooted in its identity as a franciscan and catholic institution. As a learning community, siena is committed to a student-centered education emphasizing dynamic faculty-student interaction. Through a blending of liberal arts and professional education, Siena University provides experiences and courses of study instilling the values and knowledge to lead a compassionate, reflective, and productive life of service and leadership. As a liberal arts university, siena fosters the rigorous intellectual development of its students through a healthy exchange of ideas both inside and outside the classroom. It provides opportunities to develop critical and creative thinking, to make reasoned and informed judgments, to appreciate cultural diversity, to deepen aesthetic sensibility and to enhance written and oral communication skills. It develops in each individual an appreciation for the richness of exploring knowledge from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. As a franciscan community, siena strives to embody the vision and values of st. Francis of assisi: faith in a personal and provident god, reverence for all creation, affirmation of the unique worth of each person, delight in diversity, appreciation for beauty, service with the poor and marginalized, a community where members work together in friendship and respect, and commitment to building a world that is more just, peaceable, and humane. As a catholic university, siena seeks to advance not only the intellectual growth of its students, but their spiritual, religious and ethical formation as well. To this end, siena is composed of and in dialogue with people from different religions and cultural traditions, fosters a critical appreciation of the catholic intellectual heritage in conversation with contemporary experience, provides ample opportunities for worship and service, explores the moral dimensions of decision-making in business and the professions, and affirms the dignity of the individual while pursuing the common…