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Inauguration Theme: "Transforming Lives: a Community of Learning, Faith, and Service."
In the period of the Renaissance, a new educational philosophy emerged that sought not only the intellectual formation of the individual, but also the moral formation of one’s character. Contemporary education in the liberal arts tradition continues to promote this understanding. Assumption College, as a Catholic liberal arts institution in the tradition of the Augustinians of the Assumption fosters an environment that sees education not simply as the transmission of knowledge or the acquisition of a set of skills, but more importantly as a process that is formative and transformative. We seek to introduce our students to a set of values that will allow them to develop their full potential as human beings.
This transformation occurs within a community of learning that is grounded in the Catholic intellectual tradition and the classical tradition of the liberal arts. Whether concentrating on the humanities, sciences, social sciences or professional studies, the process of learning at Assumption College engages students in a consideration of what it means to be human and how one lives that out in his/her professional and personal life.
Our goal is to transform our students by concentrating on their intellectual, moral, and spiritual formation. In this process we take religious faith seriously as an integral part of the human person and human experience. Through this emphasis it is our hope that our students come to an appreciation that the love of learning leads to a desire for God, the source of all truth and wisdom.
In this process of inner transformation we recognize that we have an obligation to take the knowledge we have gained and use it for the betterment of the world. The education that we provide is never solely focused on the self, but always outward looking. It is in our encounter with the other that we are also transformed.
Assumption College’s motto, “…until Christ be formed in you” captures the essence of our educational mission. As a community each member strives to create an environment whereby the whole person is formed by those values that reflect the goal for education of Fr. Emmanuel D’Alzon, the founder of the Augustinians of the Assumption, who sought to transform each person, and society in turn, with a Christian vision. Assumption College keeps that vision alive in the 21st century.
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