Ave Maria University Viewbook 2019-2020

ABOUT AVE Ave Maria University’s beautiful 330-acre campus is located in one of South Florida’s fastest growing and safest communities. State-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories, along with a highly-credentialed faculty, offer students the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to make a living for themselves and a difference in the world.

Authentically Catholic Academically Excellent

Affordable

Enjoyable

Founded in 2003 by a devout and generous layman, Tom Monaghan, Ave Maria University is: Authentically Catholic Faithful to the Holy Father and Magisterium and recommended by the Cardinal Newman Society Academically Excellent Small class sizes and 80% Ph.D. instruction with a demanding liberal arts core curriculum and 32 majors Affordable Average Ave Maria student receives generous scholarship and graduates with little or no debt Enjoyable 15 inter-collegiate sports teams, over 50 clubs, Shakespeare, choirs, and nearby sunny beaches The University’s six residence halls and vibrant campus life enable positive peer influences and facilitate life-long friendships. Students can join one of the 13 households on campus which foster the spiritual, emotional and social growth of its members. The moral climate on campus supports the traditional values that parents instill at home.

While over 80% of the student body is Catholic, the University welcomes people of all faiths and invites them to grow in the love of God through prayer, Bible studies and service projects in the nearby farmworker community or abroad.

MAJOR

IMPROVEMENT In eight short years Ave Maria University has grown from 10 to 32 majors. The most popular ones are Biology, Business, Exercise Physiology, Psychology, and Theology. The University’s unrivaled nursing classrooms, lab and office in the new Prince building help explain why pre-nursing is one of the top picks of incoming freshmen.

MAJORS • Accounting

• History

• American Studies

• Humanities and Liberal Studies

• Biochemistry

• Literature

• Biology (BA & BS) • Business Administration

• Managerial Economics & Strategic Analysis

• Catholic Studies

• Marine Biology

• Classics & Early Christian Literature

• Marketing

• Communications

• Music

• Economics

• Nursing

• Elementary Education (K-6)

• Philosophy

• Environmental Science

• Physics

• Exercise Physiology

• Politics

• Finance

• Political Economy & Government

• Global Affairs & International Business • Health Science

• Mathematics

• Psychology • Theology

STUDENT LIFE The mission of the Office of Student Life consists in supporting and cultivating the life of students outside of the classroom through activities that inspire, entertain, involve, and challenge. This is accomplished through programing both large campus-wide culture building events and smaller targeted activities such as Annunciation Festival, Country Night, St. Patrick’s Battle of the bands, March for Life, and many others averaging five events per week. Also, the formation and support of intentional committees such as student organizations, play a large part in the departments mission. These activities of Student Life build a sense of belonging and community among students, a culture of healthy and balanced activity, a sense of recreation that is life-giving and a foundation upon which they will come to understand the unique life of a university student and the opportunities and maturity that it presents.

Clubs & Organizations

Resident Life & Housing Faith Households

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ATHLETICS The Ave Maria University Athletics Department strives to enable students to live out Pope John Paul II’s vision of sports and the overall idea of physical, moral and social development through her athletic programs. The program provides students with a constructive learning experience that enables significant growth and enhances the development of values that will be critical for personal and professional success in the future. The ultimate objective of Ave Maria University Athletics is to integrate academic and athletic experiences successfully.

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MEN’S

WOMEN’S

NON-VARSITY

CLUB

Softball • Basketball • Lacrosse Volleyball • Golf • Soccer Tennis • Cross Country

JV Baseball • JV Softball JV Basketball (M) Beach Volleyball

Cheerleading • Dance • Equestrian Lacrosse (M) • Rugby (M/W) • Swimming (M/W) Volleyball (M) • Ultimate Frisbee (M/W)

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CATHOLIC MATTERS 2

DAILY MASSES in the campus chapel and

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in the town plaza’s iconic church

90 80 %

of full-time faculty,

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of students are practicing Catholics

24/7

EXPOSITION of the Eucharist

Largest AMU student organization is the PRO-LIFE CLUB

Campus Ministry priests and staff who lead RETREATS, BIBLE STUDIES, ALPHA , and evening ROSARY WALKS

JPII Lead program that mentors

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STUDENT LEADERS

MOTHER TERESA service project and Museum

MOTHER TERESA PROJECT Ave Maria University has become the epicenter of devotion to Saint Teresa of Calcutta within academia. In 2013, the religious order she founded in Calcutta, the Missionaries of Charity, granted the University permission to establish the Mother Teresa Project, the first-of-its kind in the world. Its goal is to produce Ave Maria graduates who have studied her life and teachings and learned to serve others with her trademark love, compassion and faithfulness.

Students can volunteer in the nearby farmworker community of Immokalee and in area nursing homes. They also can go on mission trips to work alongside the Missionaries of Charity in: India • Uganda • Mexico • Brazil • Dominican Republic • Haiti • United States

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Uganda • Mexico • Brazil • Dominican Republic • Haiti • United States

AVE AT A GLANCE

Diversity: 15%

mi non-Cathol

Students from 45 States

Students

14:1

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full-time faculty and over 90% with Ph.D. or equivalent

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Student-toFaculty Ratio

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Clubs and organizations and nationally-renowned Shakespeare in Performance troupe

Average Class Size

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Pre-professional programs

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Campus 35 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico

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Average temperature during the year: 70 degrees

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Residence hall rooms have a private bathroom

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Men’s and Women’s sports Member of Sun Conference

200K

volumes in Canizaro Library

Swimming pool, and beach volleyball, basketball and tennis courts on campus

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MAJORS

Sports teams are nicknamed “The Gyrenes” in honor of G.I. Marines and AMU founder Tom Monaghan

LETTER FROM THE

PRESIDENT

Welcome to Ave Maria University! We are proud of our Catholic identity and are committed to ensuring that every student receives an authentic Catholic liberal arts education. You might ask yourself, why should I attend Ave Maria University?

Aside from the great weather all year round, you will find that Ave Maria University is dedicated to the formation of joyful, intentional followers of Jesus Christ through Word and Sacrament, scholarship and service. Our desire for you is that you become a great leader in our society and ultimately, a saint.

At Ave Maria University, you will not only receive an education that prepares you for your career but also one that prepares you for life as a faithful follower of Christ. As our motto of Veritatis Splendor suggests, we will help you develop the critical thinking and reasoning skills necessary for distinguishing truth from falsehoods, especially in a culture that blurs the lines of truth. Our dedicated faculty will challenge you academically and prepare you for the rigors of life after college. You will have opportunities to enrich your spiritual life by participating in daily Mass, perpetual Eucharistic Adoration, rosary walks, household faith life, the Mother Teresa Service Projects, virtue-based athletic programs, Marian devotions, and more.

Prayer is front and center on campus. At Ave Maria University, we don’t run away from our Catholic faith, we run to it.

Many people say that our Catholic faith is irrelevant and no longer alive in the youth. The people that say this have never visited our campus. Every person is treated with dignity and respect, and we encourage students to form deep, healthy, and genuine friendships. We are committed to the formation of the body, mind, and spirit.

As you discern and contemplate which faithful Catholic college you want to attend over the next four years, consider that your decision is more about the rest of your life. Ave Maria University will prepare you for life. We want you to find your God-given vocation that will ultimately lead you to heaven.We can’t wait to have you on our campus.

We are a University devoted to Mary, the Mother of God and inspired by St. John Paul the Great and St. Teresa of Calcutta.

We are Ave Maria University! God bless you. Ave Maria!

Christopher P. Ice

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Office: 5050 Ave Maria Blvd, Ave Maria, FL 34142 • Phone: 239.280.2556 • E-mail: admissions@avemaria.edu