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WHO WE
ARE
Our University can be
described in many ways. In recent years, Duquesne
has been identified as one of the best values in
higher education, while rising to become one of
the top ten Catholic universities in the nation.
The remarkable progress Duquesne has achieved over
the span of 125 years might have astounded our
founders, who began this great enterprise in
rented rooms over a bakery in uptown Pittsburgh. |
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They were Catholic priests and brothers of the
Congregation of the Holy Spirit known as the
Spiritans founded in France in 1703. Driven out of
Germany by the oppressive regime of Otto von
Bismarck, these exiles chose their home in
Pittsburgh, then the steel manufacturing capital
of the world. The city was darkened by smoke in
the day and lit by the fiery glow of the mills at
night.
Duquesne's founders came not in spite of these
conditions, but because of them. They came to
serve the masses of immigrants who flooded the
city in search of new life. The bishop of
Pittsburgh prayed for a religious congregation to
provide education for the city’s uncounted
children. His hopes were fulfilled in the
Spiritans. The newcomers were joined by other
Spiritans from Ireland, who brought with them an
established reputation for educational excellence.
Our founders who toiled through those desperate
days would probably not recognize our beautiful,
bustling campus today or our sparkling,
progressive city. Yet, at the heart of Duquesne
they would discover something very familiar to
them. The Spirit who answered the cry of the poor
in 1878 is the same Spirit who gives life to the
University today. We are more than buildings or
people. We are more than honors and awards.
THE GOALS OF DUQUESNE
UNIVERSITY
Education is understood
as the primary purpose of every institution of
higher learning. At Duquesne University, we view
education not only as an end unto itself, but also
as the most basic tool for human liberation.
Duquesne’s history reveals that many of our
students were empowered through education to rise
out of the difficult economic circumstances into
which they were born. This tradition continues
today, with approximately 75 percent of our
students receiving financial aid. In turn, a
Duquesne education equips students with the
knowledge to become future leaders of a more just
and compassionate society.
Students prepare for responsible leadership roles
in society through a broad-based education in the
liberal arts, the very heart and soul of the
University. This liberal education enriches and
ennobles all their professional training. As a
Catholic and Spiritan University, we believe that
all students should have every opportunity to
encounter the rich and venerable Catholic
intellectual, cultural and artistic tradition. To
achieve this goal there is a need to recruit
competent teachers, scholars, and scientists, who
support the University’s mission and identity.
Because Duquesne believes in the mutual enrichment
of faith and reason, it seeks faculty who can
promote a dialog between the two, while respecting
the autonomy of every academic discipline.
To this end, our University supports a faculty who
are distinguished by excellent teaching and
significant scholarly accomplishments in their
diverse fields of expertise. Duquesne’s faculty
engages in a variety of research, produces
numerous works of scholarship, and contributes
creatively to the arts. They are affirmed in their
quest for knowledge as recipients of numerous
grants and awards each year. Duquesne embraces
academic freedom in the pursuit of knowledge as
inseparable from the search for truth to which the
Spirit calls us
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