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INTRODUCTION ACADEMICS FINANCIAL AID & SUCCESS ABOUT CENTENARY STUDENT LIFE & ACTIVITIES VISIT CENTENARY CENTENARY ATHLETICS THE BIG PICTURE someone The world faces big challenges: Technological change. Social change. Globalization. Your generation will face challenges in the world that previous generations did not. That’s why the world needs knowledgeable, compassionate leaders more than ever. With Centenary, you’ll develop your full capacity not just to study the world and its challenges but to engage these challenges alongside committed others. And you’ll learn how to lead compassionately - with the curiosity of a scientist and the creativity of an artist Centenary is a private, four-year arts and sciences college - the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River. We’re rated by The Princeton Review as “One of the Best 373 Colleges” and by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Colleges.” Factors leading to these rankings include accessibility of professors, campus life, average salaries of graduates, and average student financial aid. EXPECT A GROUNDED LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION. A core of classes in the arts and sciences will widen your knowledge base and improve your communication and research skills. Join a Living/Learning Community with other students who share an academic interest, like sustainability or French language and culture. Develop leadership skills together as you take team-taught courses, attend special events and programs, and engage in service-learning and internship opportunities. iOMMUNITY. We will help you integrate your learning with hands-on, real-world experiences - on and off campus. Through the Trek Experience, you’ll explore career and graduate school options, immerse yourself in global cultures, and use your learning to help others in the local community and beyond. Add the classes in your major - or majors - and you’re gaining one spectacular education centenary.edu As TrrTl ] ’r" When you attend college at Centenary, it doesn’t take long to realize you’re more than satisfied with the education you’re receiving. You’ll love the personalized attention from the caring community of faculty, staff, and students. The academic rigor and relevance is energizing and Circles challenging. Those reasons and more are why Centenary receives such The Shreveport and steady accolades, like being listed Bossier City area is located in the northwest in Peterson’s Top Colleges and corner of Louisiana near the Texas and Arkansas borders. Internships are plentiful in Universities in the U.S. for the this metro area of 393,000 people. Help find renewable energy solutions for World’s Best Students. an oil and gas company. Shreveport, Louisiana* Get involved in film production. (Shreveport is known as “Hollywood South.”) Curate exhibits at local museums. Do biomedical research at the LSU Health Sciences Center, just a mile from campus. ABOUT CENTENARY K £ & •• Last summer I did an internship in athletic training for the professional soccer team in Kansas City. Currently, through a new partnership between Centenary and LSU, I’m working on a research project at the LSU Health Science Center with a mentor in the microbiology and immunology department. Both experiences have been awesome. Ml SS LAURA IMMENSCHUH ’12 KANSAS CITY, KANSAS If 'W aw* i Centenary’s campus is located on 65 acres in And there it is - that big Shreveport, Louisiana. With approximately world outside Shreveport. Centenary 800 students and 70 full-time faculty, you’ll students enjoy many opportunities to become part of a close-knit community of take their learning on the road during people who are highly accomplished. (Our May Modules and summer months. 2011 class had an average high school GPA Analyze the flora and fauna of of 3.5 and nearly half graduated in the top Nicaragua’s Tropical Dry Forest. 20 percent of their class.) Campus activities Study architecture in Germany. connect you with new friends. Leadership Apply for an internship anywhere! opportunities present themselves as early as How about the Smithsonian or the your first semester. New York Fashion Experience? CENTENARY Mentioned in the Templeton Guide’s Colleges that Encourage Character Development, the College is also highly ranked in U.S. News and World Report. Each year, Centenary students participate in the annual Putnam Competition, generally regarded as the most challenging undergraduate mathematics exam* jr 'WM ST HE-. j When you have a professor who loves teaching, you have an ideal environment. With a 12:1 student-to- faculty ratio and an average class size of 16, your professors will know you well enough to say, “You know, you can do even better on your exams. Let’s talk about how to study more effectively.” Or, “I think you’d make a fantastic researcher in this field.” With that kind of attention, how can you not succeed? FACULTY & FRIENDS wm The students are amazing. They are intellectually engaged and civic minded, but they’re also kind and friendly. Students are socio-economically and ethnically diverse, and they get along well. When I went to college, I was looking for this. Centenary is a microcosm of what 99 a good society can look like. JOSHUA LAWRENCE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY Full professors, not teaching assistants, teach all classes at Centenary, and 93 % of our full-time faculty members hold a Ph.D., or the highest degree in their field, from prestigious institutions. They know their disciplines. Our faculty is committed to teach in an integrative, personal way. They care enough to challenge and connect. They listen Our faculty members are active. Staff at the Student Resource Center offer free tutoring, A biophysics professor recently received and notice. They reach out. a grant from the National Science one-on-one coaching, and workshops for Foundation for biological research. study skills and time management. . . . A philosophy professor has co-written Counselors are there for you as you Creating new Opportunities two books about cognition and multiple adjust to being away from home. Career for exploration and growth, realization in neuroscience and Services staff will help you go after your psychology. first internship. Student Life staff will living and learning. Fine arts faculty members have received encourage your campus participation. acclamation for musical compositions You’ll have caring guidance everywhere. and paintings. centenary.edu 66 One unique thing about Centenary is that our relationships with our professors are so personal. They are able to call us out by name and hold us personally accountable. It’s not a guilt thing, but you feel an obligation, or a sense of responsibility, to do well. There is such a 99 sense of community here. BLAKE BRUCHHAUS ’12 KINDER, LOUISIANA r; Lead with the Some people Three math and science professors decided You’re likely to attend one or several feel called to do and be something specific in over lunch to gather students together for conferences while you’re at Centenary. life - something that reflects their passions, some summer research. Now, each summer, interests, skills, and gifts. The Christian Present your research at the American students from computer science, math, Chemical Society meeting in Salt Lake City. Leadership Center offers an academic geology, physics, biology, and chemistry work program for students who wish to explore Create a poster presentation for the on research projects guided by faculty. At the Society for Neuroscience in D.C. their calling. Through fellowship in beginning of the summer they present their community, theological reflection, hands-on Build super-charged PowerPoint slides for goals, and at the end they share their findings. a presentation at the Midwest Finance internships, and small group accountability, In between, they get together and talk about Association Conference. find your purpose. laboratory safety, scientific ethics, mentorships in science, careers, and grad school. There’s hands-on learning, and then there’s hands-on learning at Centenary. Take as an example a moot court experience in a class called Constitutional Politics. Students learn how to write a legal brief at a high level - no shortcuts. Then they go before a real federal judge and make oral arguments. They really have to think on their feet. 7 nor RM ACADEMICS