DeSales University in Pennsylvania

DeSales University in Pennsylvania, Lehigh County:
Founded in 1964, DeSales University is a private, four-year Catholic university for men and women, located in Lehigh Valley, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. We offer great academic programs, a personal atmosphere at our small suburban campus in Pennsylvania's scenic Lehigh Valley and a supportive learning environment. The key components of our curriculum - a broad-based liberal arts program and career-focused specialization - will prepare you to make an impact on the world when you graduate, whether you continue on to graduate school or enter the job market. A DeSales University education may be more affordable than you think. Over 87% of undergraduate students receive some form of financial assistance.

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Maybe it's because of our great academic programs, the personal atmosphere of our small suburban campus in Pennsylvania's scenic Lehigh Valley and our supportive learning environment. At any rate, there's a remarkable experience to be found at DeSales University, set on a 400-acre campus.

Undergraduate Studies - Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees; Graduate Studies - Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Education (MED), MSIS, MSPAS, MACJ; the ACCESS Program providing adult education in an accelerated format by attending classes two evenings per week.

Accreditation:
Accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the National League for Nursing. The Physician Assistant Program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA). Next review by this organization will be in 2012. DeSales is also a member of the Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges, which offers cross-registration and interlibrary loan with Cedar Crest, Lafayette, Moravian, and Muhlenberg Colleges, and Lehigh University.

The majority of traditional day students live in residence at DeSales University. Living on campus provides the opportunity to become part of a values-centered community, to participate actively in campus activities and residential programs, and to learn a great deal about yourself and others.

The Office of Residence Life is committed to providing residence halls that are safe, secure, and conducive to the learning and growth of each resident. In accordance with the principles of Salesian spirituality, the Residence Life staff strives to create a living-learning community in which students' rights and responsibilities are protected, differences are celebrated and appreciated, constructive social interaction is valued and advanced, and students are challenged to be contributing members of the community.

Some benefits to living on campus include: convenient access to campus buildings such as Dooling, McShea, and Billera; academic success shared by on-campus students; and the fact that DeSales is one of the safest universities in the country.

At DeSales University, all first-year students are required to either live on campus or commute from home. Starting in the sophomore year, DeSales University respects the right of any student to chose off-campus living in the various neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley.

It is the mission of DeSales University to provide men and women with quality higher education according to the philosophy of Christian humanism as developed by Saint Francis de Sales and his spiritual heirs. The University imparts knowledge about, and develops talents for, personal, familial, and societal living. DeSales University enriches the human community and enhances the dignity of the individual through its educational endeavors. In its work, the University fosters a vital and respectful dialogue between Roman Catholic faith and human culture.

For DeSales University, Christian humanism means that every aspect of human experience is capable of enlightenment by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This Gospel brings light to each dimension of personal existence (physical, intellectual, social, moral, aesthetic, and religious) and every environmental domain (natural world, social institutions, cultural achievements, historical periods, and religious societies). The encounter between the Word of God and the concrete world of the human person makes a fully meaningful existence possible. DeSales University strives to teach the student what it means to be Christian in a Salesian way, what it means to embrace one's own life, and what it means to bring this Good News to the human family.

DeSales University is firmly and publicly committed to the principles of Roman Catholic doctrine and morality. It also fully recognizes that the search for truth requires an atmosphere of intellectual freedom and that love demands an openness to all that is good. DeSales University distinguishes carefully between the free pursuit of truth, which it guarantees every member of the campus community, and its own commitment to the teachings of the Catholic Church.