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Located in the community of Hyde Park on Chicago’s South Side, just 15 minutes from the city center, the University of Chicago is uniquely positioned to contribute to, and draw from, the strength and diversity of this world-class metropolis. We have also made an indelible mark on the world at large.

Changing the World

Our faculty and students are pioneers, discoverers, teachers, scholars, and change agents. We ask tough questions, engage the world around us, and pursue knowledge with rigor because we believe in the transformative power of ideas.

Shaping Minds

Our undergraduate program is known for its emphasis on critical thinking and broad interdisciplinary exposure to the full range of intellectual discovery. Our College classrooms have a reputation for being hotbeds of exhilarating discourse. Discussions that start in the classroom often move to the dormitory hall, to the lunch table, and into the community. A Chicago education is a life-changing experience.

Creating New Disciplines

As the nation’s celebrated teacher of teachers, we place particular emphasis at the graduate level on the training of students for careers in academia and research. Committed to scholarship of the highest order, our faculty has made major contributions to existing bodies of knowledge and to the creation of new fields of study. Chicago scholars seek to break down artificial disciplinary barriers and frequently explore research and coursework outside their selected fields. We have long thrived in an atmosphere of free and open inquiry, which has led to classic studies of literary criticism and urban sociology, the development of ecology, and the study of religions as an academic field.

Leading in Law and Economics

Our legal scholars have pioneered the analysis of legal issues from an economic point of view; and more than any other university in the world, ours has made its mark in the reshaping of modern economics.

Leading in the Sciences

It was at Chicago that REM sleep was discovered and carbon 14 dating was developed. Our scientists laid the mathematical foundations of genetic evolution; executed the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction; conceived the study of black holes; and performed the nation’s first living-donor liver transplant. Researchers here have also expanded our understanding of dinosaur evolution; reconstructed the evolution of the early universe in astonishing detail; proved that chromosomal defects can lead to cancer; and pioneered scientific archaeology of the ancient Near East.

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The mission of Northwood University is to develop the future leaders of a global, free-enterprise society.

Core Values Statement

We believe in:

• the advantages of an entrepreneurial, free-enterprise society. 
• individual freedom and individual responsibility. 
• functioning from a foundation of ethics and integrity.
• promoting and leveraging the global, diverse and multi-cultural nature of enterprise.

Core Purpose Statement

The core purpose is to develop leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs with the skills and character to drive personal, organizational and societal success.

Code of Ethics

The community of students, faculty, and staff of Northwood University affirms this code of ethics as the behaviors that advance our shared values.

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About Union College

Founded in 1795, the first college chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York, Union is an independent, liberal arts college.

Its name reflects the sense of community felt by members of various groups who were instrumental in its founding.

The things we value

At Union, you’ll find a vibrant community of learners and scholars, of people whose ambition, energy and desire to make things happen are contagious. In our academic buildings, Minerva Houses, labs, library, studios and recital rooms – pretty much anywhere you go on this historic campus – you will feel the intellectual and creative spark. Our tradition and history provide a rock-solid foundation for innovation and inspire us to do great things.

• We are committed to the life of the mind.
• We are small and personal.
• We care about our communities, local and global.
• We are guided by innovation, inspired by tradition.
• We seek diverse perspectives.
• We embrace the meaning of Union.

The Mission of the College

Union College, founded in 1795, is a scholarly community dedicated to shaping the future and to understanding the past.  Faculty, staff, and administrators welcome diverse and talented students into our community, work closely with them to provide a broad and deep education, and guide them in finding and cultivating their passions.  We do this with a wide range of disciplines and interdisciplinary programs in the liberal arts and engineering, as well as academic, athletic, cultural, and social activities, including opportunities to study abroad and to participate in undergraduate research and community service.  We develop in our students the analytic and reflective abilities needed to become engaged, innovative, and ethical contributors to an increasingly diverse, global, and technologically complex society.

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