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THE GOOD THINGS DOLAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS WE BUILD Featuring two lfoors of state-of-the-art oiffces END UP BUILDING US and classrooms, the fully modernized Dolan School of Business provides a cutting-edge Building a future for our students begins with building an environment that encourages learning environment community, education, innovation, and enrichment. The bold new changes happening on Fairifeld’s for tomorrow’s campus are designed to expand our University’s footprint while e xpanding students’ minds. business leaders. BARNYARD NEW MANOR CONVOCATION Located on the south CENTER side of campus, FALL 2022 these expansive four and eight person Located on the current townhouses accommodate site of Alumni Hall, this more than 120 juniors fully modern venue is the and seniors and feature a future home of men’s and full-kitchen, single rooms, women’s basketball and and laundry facilities. volleyball. It will feature a Stags Club reception area, concessions, locker rooms, and support space for “ THE TULLY” media and broadcast. DINING COMMONS The Tully dining hall creates a fun and engaging dining experience featuring pizza ovens, farm-to-table meals, baking areas, a “make it yourself” omelet station, and an allergy-free zone. 17
Five Years + Two Degrees = Admission IMPORTANT ADMISSION DATES EARLY ACTION/EARLY DECISION I LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES FINANCIAL AID DATES • Early Action application due Nov. 1 • Early Decision I application due Nov. 15 • CSS Proifle and FAFSA due Dec. 1 • Early Decision II application due Jan. 15 REGULAR DECISION/EARLY DECISION II • Regular Decision application due Jan. 15 FINANCIAL AID DATE • Student reply date: May 1 • CSS Proifle and FAFSA due Jan. 15 Financial Aid • Over 90% of the entering class STANDARDIZED TEST OPTIONAL POLICY received a merit scholarship, need- Fairfield has been a test optional University Fairifeld University’s accelerated bachelor’s/master’s programs give qualiifed undergraduate based ifnancial aid, or a combination. students the opportunity to earn both a bachelor’s degree and a mas ter’s degree in as few for more than a decade and does not require as ifve years, depending on the program. RANGE OF MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS students to submit standardized tests as part of • $14,000–$26,000 the application process. We believe the biggest Students interested in pursing this course of study apply during their junior year and work with an advisor to follow a speciifc sequence of undergraduate coursework before matricula ting as predictor of future collegiate success is your high a graduate student. COSTS 2020–21 • Tuition and Fees: $52,070 school record. This accelerated pathway allows students to transition directly into one of the f ollowing • Room and Board: $16,110 Fairifeld master’s programs and earn their graduate degree in less time and a t less cost than when done separately. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND Class of 2025 • Communication HUMAN DEVELOPMENT • A- GPA in a strong college preparatory program that includes some Honors, Advanced • Creative Writing (MFA) • Elementary Education Placement, and/or International Baccalaureate courses • Industrial/Organizational Psychology • Secondary Education • SAT Scores of Middle 50% of Admitted Students: 1240-1370* • Mathematics • Social Work (MSW) • ACT Composite Score of Middle 50% of Admitted Students: 27-31* • Public Administration (MPA) • Special Education *Admission to Fairifeld is test optional DOLAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING • Accounting • Data Science • Business Administration (MBA) • Electrical and Computer Engineering • Business Analytics • Management of Technology ADMISSION & • Finance • Mechanical Engineering • Marketing Analytics and Strategy • Software Engineering • Management Visit fairifeld.edu/accelerated to learn more. FINANCIAL AID 19
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MAJORS professional and a fully developed person, •• American SAmerican Studiestudies better equipped to lead and make a positive MAJORS difference in patients’ lives. • Biomedical Engineering •• BehaBehaviorvioral Neural Neurosciencosciencee MAJORS • Computer Science* •• BiochemisBiochemistrytry INTERDISCIPLINARY MINORS • Nursing • Electrical Engineering* •• BiologyBiology •• Applied SApplied Statatististicstics • Public Health • Mechanical Engineering* •• ChemisChemistrytry •• Asian SAsian Studiestudies • Social Work* •• CCommunicaommunicationtion •• Black SBlack Studiestudies Charles F. 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As a student, PrProfofesessional Wsional Writingriting •• GrGraphic Designaphic Design you’ll learn the fundamentals and ethics of •• EnEnvirvironmental Sonmental Studiestudies •• Health SHealth Studiestudies business on a national and global scale, while •• HisHisttoryory •• Humanitarian AHumanitarian Actionction developing the conifdence and skills to become •• Individually Designed MajorIndividually Designed Major •• Irish SIrish Studiestudies a leader in today’s global market. •• IntInternaernational Stional Studiestudies •• Islamic WIslamic World Sorld Studiestudies MAJORS •• MaMathemathematicstics •• Italian SItalian Studiestudies • Accounting* •• Modern Languages and Lit Modern Languages and Litereraaturtures –es – •• Judaic SJudaic Studiestudies • Business Analytics* FrFrench, German, Italian, Spanish ench, German, Italian, Spanish •• LaLatin American and Caribbean Stin American and Caribbean Studiestudies • Economics •• PhilosophPhilosophy y •• LLeadership Ethicseadership Ethics • Finance* •• PhPhyysics sics •• PPeaceace and Juse and Justictice Se Studiestudies • Information Systems and •• PPoliticsolitics •• Public APublic Adminisdministrtraationtion Operations Management •• PsPsyychology chology •• RReligion in Americaeligion in America • International Business •• RusRussian, Eassian, East Eurt European, and opean, and • Management •• Public RPublic Relaelationstions • Marketing •• RReligious Seligious Studiestudies CCentrentral Asian Sal Asian Studiestudies INTERDISCIPLINARY MINORS •• Sociology and AnthrSociology and Anthropologyopology •• Special ESpecial Educaducationtion • Accounting Information Systems •• Sports MediaSports Media •• WWomen, Genderomen, Gender, and Se, and Sexuality Sxuality Studiestudies • Business Law and Ethics •• VVisual and Pisual and Perferforming Arts – Art Hisorming Arts – Art Histtoryory PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS • Sports Leadership and Management and Vand Visual Culturisual Culture; Film, Te; Film, Teleelevision, and vision, and •• Health SciencHealth Scienceses Media Arts; Music; SMedia Arts; Music; Studio Art; Ttudio Art; Theaheatrtree •• PrPre-Lae-Laww * 5-year bachelor’s/master’s programs available. Accelerated MBA program; BS/MS dual degrees in Data Science and Management of Technology; and ifve-year BA/MA programs in Teacher Certiifcation, 7 Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and Public Administration also offered.
INTERNSHIPS Some of the many companies, hospitals, and organizations where Fairifeld Students have interned. • Abbott Laboratories • Instrumentation Laboratory • PerkinElmer • Americares Foundation • JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Pifzer Inc. • ASML • KPMG • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP FROM SHORELINE TO NEW YORK CITY IN • AVANGRID • Levi Strauss & Co. • Quadrant Biosciences • Bayer • Lillian August • Raytheon Company • Bigelow Tea • Lockheed Martin • RBC Bearings A MOMENT’S NOTICE • Boston Children’s Hospital • Mack Media Group • Save the Children • Boston Consulting Group • Madison Square • Simply Smiles Inc Fairifeld students get the best of both worlds. Our campus is only an hour awa y from the heart Garden Company • Sony Music Entertainment of Manhattan and just ifve minutes from the beautiful beaches of Long Island Sound. • Caroline House • Coca-Cola • Major League Baseball • Stamford Public Schools • CBS • Make A Wish • St Jude Children’s • Massachusetts Research Hospital • Connecticut Institute for General Hospital • STANLEY Engineered Fastening Refugees and Immigrants • Datto, Inc. • Mastercard • Suiphar Pharmaceuticals S.A. • Deloitte • Medtronic • Summer Street Advisors • Deutsche Bank • Merrill Lynch • Synchrony Financial • Disney ABC Television Group • Moflfy Media • The Walt Disney Company • Epsilon • Morgan Stanley • Tiffany & Co • EY • MSNBC, NBC Universal • Travelers • Fenway Sports Management • New York Library for • UBS the Performing Arts • Vineyard Vines • Fidelity Investments • New York State • Willis Towers Watson • Gartner Psychiatric Center • Yale New Haven Hospital • Goodwill • News America Marketing • Zurich North America • Hearst • Northwell Health • IBM • NYU Langone Medical Center 11
Global Fairfield gives students the opportunity to tra vel to new places, meet new people, and gain a broader understanding of the world we live in b y partnering with universities across the globe. Popular locations include: Aix-en-Provence, France. Located in the south of France, this university town is known for its picturesque vistas, delightful Mediterranean climate, and rich sense of history. Aix-en-Provence has been a center of learning since its ifrst university was founded in the 15th century, and today, more than forty thousand students live and study in the city. Galway, Ireland. In Galway, Ireland’s cultural capital and fastest growing city, you will ifnd echoes of the nation’s medieval past and evidence of its dynamic present. Easily navigated by foot, the city offers all of the charm of a small town Ireland, while providing a ifrst-clas s academic experience. Madrid, Spain. Madrid is the political, economic, and cultural heart of Spain. A truly international city, it hosts a dynamic metropolitan lifestyle noted for its ifne arts museums, numerous parks, and picturesque plazas where students can grab a café cortado with friends or sit and read a good book. Global FGlobal Fairfield offairfield offers sers students etudents exxciting paciting paththwwaayyss Florence, Italy. Learn amid treasures of art and thathat rt reflect weflect well on their major cell on their major course of sourse of study andtudy and sucsucccesessfully csfully complement their minors.omplement their minors. architecture in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. Fairifeld’s award-winning Florence program offers a Our prOur progrograms givams give se students the capacity ttudents the capacity to beo be engaged beengaged beyyond the clasond the classrsroom throom through servicough servicee comprehensive package of academic programming, prprojects, field learning, fojects, field learning, for-cror-credit intedit internships, andernships, and culture events, and support services designed to ensur e ffacilitaacilitatted cultured cultural engagement. Tal engagement. Thahatt’’s whs why ity it’’s nos no an outstanding semester in the heart of Italy. surprise thasurprise that mort more than 30% of Fe than 30% of Fairfield grairfield graduaaduatteses hahavve se studied abrtudied abroad.oad. WWith morith more than 80 se than 80 study abrtudy abroad proad progrograms aams avvailableailable on fivon five diffe differerent cent continents, wherontinents, where will ye will you goou go?? STUDY ABROAD 13
Christina Cardona ’22 Sociology Major | Italian SSociology Major | Italian Studies and American Studies and American Studies Minorstudies Minors SStudent Atudent Activities: ctivities: Alpha Mu GAlpha Mu Gamma, Gamma, Gamma Kamma Kappa Alpha, appa Alpha, Italian ClubItalian Club, Ne, New Sw Student Ltudent Leadereader, Summer A, Summer Admisdmission Intsion Intern, ern, TTour Ambasour Ambassadorsador, Senior A, Senior Admisdmission Fsion Felloelloww, Eucharis, Eucharistic tic MinisMinistterer/Ment/Mentoror, Camino C, Camino Community Lommunity Leadereader, Car, Career Peer Peer eer AAdvisordvisor, C, Conconcorordium Vdium Voluntolunteereer ““ FFrrom the secom the second I wond I walkalked onted onto campus, Fo campus, Fairifeld’airifeld’s friendly s friendly aatmosphertmosphere and se and strtrong sense oong sense of cf community haommunity havve made e made me fme feel aeel at homet home. T. The lifhe lifelong celong connections I’vonnections I’ve made with e made with friends, clasfriends, classmasmattes, fes, facultyaculty, and s, and staff hataff havve made me made my cy college ollege eexperiencxperience so meaningful and we so meaningful and worthorthwhilewhile——bettbetter than I er than I ccould haould havve ee evver imagined.er imagined.”” Tobenna Ugwu ’22 Biomedical Engineering Major | MaBiomedical Engineering Major | Mathemathematics Minortics Minor THREE’S A CROWD. SStudent Atudent Activities: ctivities: FUSFUSA VA Vicice Pre President, Managing Eesident, Managing Editditor ofor of 3,000 IS A HERD. TThe Mirrhe Mirror Neor Newwspaperspaper, Cr, Creaeativtive Dire Directector of For of Fairifeld aairifeld at Night,t Night, Senior ASenior Admisdmissions Fsions Felloelloww, Int, Internaernational Stional Student Liftudent Life Inte Intern,ern, Whether you’re a star student-athlete or a fan, on game Engineering REngineering Researesearch Asch Assissistant, Member of the Biomedicaltant, Member of the Biomedical day, everyone plays on the same team—a community Engineering Society and Engineers WEngineering Society and Engineers Without Borithout Bordersders singularly determined to beat a common foe. So when ““ FFrrom mom my ifrsy ifrst dat day on campus, I had a gut fy on campus, I had a gut feeling thaeeling that I wt I was as it’s time for a lacrosse game at Rafferty Stadium or a basketball game at Webster Bank Arena, you and your going tgoing to thrivo thrive ae at Ft Fairifeld. Tairifeld. The enerhe energy on campus wgy on campus was as fellow Stags will come together to form The Red Sea. unparunparalleled talleled to ano anything I haything I havve ee evver eer experiencxperienced. Ted. Therhere e • 63 MAAC Tournament Championships arare a multitude oe a multitude of leadership opportunities af leadership opportunities avvailable tailable to o • 74 MAAC Regular Season Championships sstudents, and the Univtudents, and the University’ersity’s prs prooffesessional desional devvelopment elopment • 49 NCAA Tournament Appearances effefforts ensurorts ensure thae that et evvery sery student leatudent leavves campus res campus readyeady • 97% Student-Athlete Graduation Rate tto set the wo set the world on ifrorld on ifree..”” NCAA DIVISION I VARSITY ATHLETICS Megan Murphy ’23 WOMEN’S: MEN’S: PsPsyychology Major | Echology Major | Educaducational Stional Studies Minortudies Minor • Basketball • Baseball • Cross Country • Basketball SStudent Atudent Activities: ctivities: EucharisEucharistic Ministic Ministterer, Ne, New Sw Student tudent • Field Hockey • Cross Country LLeadereader, T, Tour Ambasour Ambassadorsador, Oiffc, Oiffce of Ae of Admisdmission Summer sion Summer • Golf • Golf IntIntern, Rern, Retretreaeat Lt Leadereader, Hall Neighborhood House, Hall Neighborhood House • Lacrosse • Lacrosse PrPreschool Veschool Voluntolunteereer • Rowing • Rowing ““ I applied tI applied to Fo Fairifeld because theairifeld because they had the besy had the best prt progrogram am • Soccer • Soccer tto pro preparepare me fe me for mor my desiry desired cared career as a teer as a teachereacher. I ha. I havve e • Softball • Swimming & Diving ffound a home in this school with long-lasound a home in this school with long-lasting friends, ting friends, • Swimming & Diving • Tennis • Tennis inspiring prinspiring prooffesessors, and supportivsors, and supportive peers who ce peers who consonstantly tantly • Volleyball encencourourage me tage me to achieo achievve me my goals fy goals for mor my cary careereer, as w, as wellell as fas for mor my academic, spiritual, and social gry academic, spiritual, and social groowth.wth.”” 15
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