Type | Private liberal arts college |
---|---|
Affiliation | Roman Catholic (Benedictine) |
Provost | Richard Ice |
Academic staff
|
300 full-time; 52 part-time |
Undergraduates | 3640 |
Location | Minnesota, United States |
Campus | Rural |
Athletics | NCAA Division III – MIAC |
Affiliations | Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities NAICU |
Website | www.csbsju.edu |
Motto | Sic Luceat Lux Vestra |
---|---|
Motto in English
|
So let your light shine |
Type | Women's college |
Established | 1913 |
Endowment | $60.3 million |
President | Mary Dana Hinton |
Undergraduates | 1924 |
Address |
37 S College Ave Saint Joseph, MN 5637, St. Joseph, Minnesota |
Colors | Red and white |
Nickname | Blazers/Bennies |
Affiliations | WCC |
Latin: Universitas Sancti Joannis Baptistae | |
Motto | Induamur Arma Lucis |
---|---|
Motto in English
|
Put on the Armor of Light |
Type | Men's college |
Established | 1857 |
Endowment | $152.2 million |
President | Michael Hemesath |
Undergraduates | 1716 |
Address |
PO Box 5000 Collegeville, MN 56321, Collegeville, Minnesota |
Colors | Cardinal and Blue |
Nickname | Johnnies |
The College of Saint Benedict (CSB), a women's college, and Saint John's University (SJU), a men's college, are private liberal arts colleges respectively located in St. Joseph and Collegeville, Minnesota, US; near St. Cloud. Under CSB's and SJU's coordinate relationship, students at the two colleges have a shared curriculum, and access to the resources of both campuses.
CSB/SJU is home to the Saint John's Bible.
Saint John's University was founded by the monks of Saint John's Abbey. In addition to its undergraduate offerings, SJU includes Saint John's School of Theology and Seminary (SOT), a graduate school that confers Master of Divinity and master of arts degrees and also prepares seminarians for the priesthood.
Minnesota Public Radio began on January 22, 1967, when KSJR signed on from the campus of Saint John's University. The station's director of broadcasting was SJU alumnus William H. Kling.
SJU has produced its own coarse-grained bread, Johnnie Bread, since 1856, and used the proceeds to fund projects such as the Abbey Church.
The College of St. Benedict is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution. The college opened in 1913, with six students enrolled, and grew out of St. Benedict's Academy, which was founded by Saint Benedict’s Monastery in 1889. The Benedictine community incorporated CSB in 1961.
Starting in 1955, CSB and SJU began offering joint evening classes. The relationship expanded soon after CSB incorporated in 1961, and since then the two institutions have shared a common academic program. Men and women attend classes together on both campuses. About 4,000 students are enrolled in CSB/SJU combined. They attend coed classes taught by a joint faculty of approximately 350 professors, mostly full-time, permanent appointees.