Mission and Goals of the University

St. Gregory’s is a Roman Catholic University, offering through the bachelor’s degree level a liberal arts education that has been cherished and handed down in the educational institutions of the Benedictine Order.   St. Gregory’s University promotes education of the whole person in the context of a Christian community in which students are encouraged to develop a love of learning and to live lives of balance, generosity and integrity.  As Oklahoma’s only Catholic university, St. Gregory’s reaches out to Catholics and to members of other faiths who value the distinctive benefits which it offers.

Values

As an academic community, St. Gregory’s:

• Fosters intellectual curiosity, a love of learning, and the search for wisdom.
• Develops literacy in language, mathematics, science and computer skills.
• Teaches communication and critical thinking skills.

 As a Catholic community, St. Gregory’s:

• Fosters Catholic faith and Catholic moral development.
• Offers opportunities for Christian service.

 As a Benedictine community, St. Gregory’s:

• Promotes the disciplines of prayer, work, study, and leisure.
• Emphasizes the reflective dimensions of life.
• Fosters community living.

 As a human community, St. Gregory’s:

• Fosters personal and social development.
• Promotes individual freedom, responsibility and self discipline.
• Promotes responsible citizenship and concern for the problems of society.

 Goals

The personal character of the campus community and the mix of faculty members and students contribute to the carrying out of St. Gregory’s mission, which is reflected in the attainment of the following goals:

• To inculcate in students an appreciation for the arts and sciences and the habit of scholarship, the foundation of a lifelong quest for learning.
• To promote in students an appreciation for values, showing how Church and religion assist them in finding the true meaning of life.
• To help students  come to know themselves and to relate well to others, building in them a sense of self-assurance, initiative and responsibility.
• To develop in students skills of logical and quantitative thinking and of written and spoken communication.
• To offer them the opportunity to perform in various student activities which protect their individuality, encourage creativity and give balance to their lives.
• To prepare them to live lives of service as citizens and members of social groups.

To prepare them for immediate employment, admission to graduate programs or successful transfer to educational programs not offered by St. Gregory's.