Office of the President

            The Catholic University of America is proud of the way it has kept pace with so many new and important innovations. Our campus itself seems to be a different place than when I arrived here some twelve years ago. The way we teach and learn, the way we conduct research and distribute its results, the kinds of service in which we engage as a campus community all reflect necessary change and adaptation. One thing, however, has not changed at CUA --- and that is our commitment to excellence. Whether we are speaking of our extraordinary academic programs and curricular offerings, our life on campus, our faith and values, the quality of our interactions as a community of scholars, our personal growth and development, our Division III NCAA athletic programs or simply the beauty of our campus environment, all of us at CUA have worked to make the university an excellent choice for students at all levels and an excellent place to live and work together.

 

            A university is always a work in progress, always changing and always adapting itself to the world around it. The search for truth --- which is the university's reason for being --- is inexhaustible this side of heaven. There is always more to discover, more to learn, more to know.   Such discoveries are the contributions that a university makes to the world and to the development and growth of its people. 

 

            A Catholic university, of course, searches for truth aided by reason --- that's what makes it a university --- but also motivated by faith and God's revelation --- that's what makes it Catholic. When one seeks truth prompted by reason and inspired by faith, one cannot help but meet God along the way. In that meeting, one also sees the world as a reflection of God's creative hand at work. Humanity, God's greatest creation, then assumes a beauty, a nobility, a dignity and a purpose --- not simply because we see it but because God created us that way. It's there already, waiting to be discovered and shared. And, so, it becomes a logical consequence of our search for truth, prompted by reason and inspired by faith, that we love and care for one another as the work of God's hands. It just makes sense to the reasoning mind and the faith- filled heart. Reason. Faith. Service.

 

            It is not accidental that these three words have become a motto of sorts for CUA. They are, after all, what we "do" here and we "do" them because they flow from our Catholic identity. In my observation over these past twelve years as President of CUA, we "do" them very well.

 

            And, so, I am delighted to welcome you to this Website and to CUA. As the national university of the Catholic Church in our country, open to people of all beliefs and convictions, CUA invites you to explore all that it has to offer you. May God bless you today and always.