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UnderstandingSiena’sFranciscanTradition
Siena’sFranciscantraditionguidesSienain
creatingacurriculumwhichstimulatesindividual
intellectualgrowthandcivicresponsibility,con-
nectingknowledgeandaction.
TheFranciscantraditionalsofocusesuson
pedagogicalstrategieswhicharebothcritical
andinteractive.Itisthereasonwelimitour
classsizes,itisthereasonweemphasizethe
relationshipbetweenfacultyandstudents.
AtSiena,educationisunderstoodasatransformativeexperience:
personalinteraction,introductionintothetraditionsofhumansocial
life,andassumingresponsibility.
TheCatholic,FranciscantraditionisSiena’sfoundingtradition,and
SienaCollege–TheFacts
itremainsaliveatSienawhereitengagesstudents,faculty,staff,
Enrollment:Approximately3,000undergraduates:
andadministratorsofdiversebackgrounds.
53%women,47%men.
Franciscaneducationisaffectivelearning.Itoccursinthepersonal
Student-FacultyRatio:14:1
interactionsoffaculty,students,andstudentaffairsstaff;itprepares ClassSizes:rangefrom15-35(average21)
studentstoaddressrealissuesinourcontemporaryworld,andto
Location:Suburban,155-acrecampustwomilesnorthof
raisecriticalquestions.Sienahasadoptedamulticulturalplanto
Albany,lessthanthreehoursfromNewYorkCityandBoston.
fosteritsFranciscancommitmenttobeingacommunitywhich
reflectsandappreciatestheethnicandculturalrichnessofthe
Majors
collegecommunity.
•B.A.:AmericanStudies,Classics,CreativeArts,Economics,
English,EnvironmentalStudies,French,History,Mathematics,
TheFranciscantraditionplaysoutinthetwocrucialareasofcollegelife.
Philosophy,PoliticalScience,Psychology,ReligiousStudies,
SocialWork,SociologyandSpanish
First,Siena’sFranciscanidentityrequiresustobeastudent-centered
•B.S.:Biochemistry,Biology,Biology/Medical,Chemistry,
community.Itrequiresfaculty,staff,andadministratorstorespect
ComputationalScience,ComputerScience,Economics,
eachstudent,toworkwithstudentsattentively,tocommunicatea
Finance,Marketing&Management,andPhysics
senseofenjoymentatbeingpartofthiscollege.Studentswork •B.B.A:Accounting
togetherinprogramswhichrangefrompeertutoringinthecollege
tovolunteeringinthelargercommunity.Theemphasisonvolun-
Computers
teeringmeansthatnotonlydoesCampusMinistryrunanexten-
AllSienastudentshavefreeInternetande-mailaccess;students
sivevolunteerprogram,butstudentorganizationscarryout
have24-houraccesstocampus-widecomputersystem;Siena
volunteerprogramsaspartofbeingcharteredbytheCollege.
maintainsspecializedcomputerlabsforArts,Science,and
Businessstudents.Student-ComputerRatio:12:1.
Manycollegessaytheyarestudent-centered,butSiena’s
StudentLife
Catholic,Franciscanvisionofhumanlifeisessentiallycommunal.
•76percentofstudentsliveoncampusinresidencehalls,
Itknowsthatlifeislivedin,with,andfor,otherhumanbeings.At
suitesortownhouses.Morethan60organizations,featuring
thesametime,itrespectstheirreplaceabledignityoftheindividual
intramuralandclubsports,volunteeractivities,campus
andtheindividual’sfreedomofconscience.Thiscommunaland
ministry,studentgovernment,academicandprofessional
respectfulexperiencebeginswithinthecollegecommunityandis
clubsand88.3FM-WVCR.
carriedoutintothelargersociety.
•MarcelleAthleticComplex(“TheMAC”)featuresexercise
equipment,swimmingpool,racquetandsquashcourts,aero-
Second,theFranciscantraditionprovidesresourceswhichcontri-
bics,anelevated,bankedrunningtrackandbasketballcourts.
butetoouracademicexcellence.SaintFranciscalledhimself
•18NCAADivisionIsports(7formen,11forwomen);
simpleandunlearned,buthehadaprofoundandcoherentunder-
20intramuralandclubactivities.
standingofhumanidentity,sociallife,andthephysicalworld.This
Costs
understandingbeganwithcarefulattentiontotherealexperienceof
$35,280(tuition,roomandboardandfeesin2009-10.
beinghuman,livinginacommunity,beingsituatedinaparticular
Approximately86%ofstudentsreceivefinancialaid.)
place,butthenheputthisexperienceinthecontextofatradition.He
couldalsolistentoandlearnfrompeopleformedbyothertraditions.
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