Spring Arbor University Top Questions

Describe your favorite campus traditions.

Darold

spring arbor university is best know for their application of the liberal arts in a contemporary world. we are know for our devotion to our studies, our community and our love For God. we are also known for our incorporation of faith into the academic curriculum and this is used to help students see things from a much broader perspective.

Kathryn

I think Spring Arbor University is best known for their Mission Statement. "Our Christ-centered mission is to develop and empower dedicated professional educators committed to student learning in a global society." SAU offered a perfect solution to my academic woes. The 2 year degree completion program, and attending class one evening a week fit nicely into my schedule. I enjoy the small class size and easy access to every resource I could possibly need to graduate. The SAU staff and professors have supported me through the program every step of the way. I am looking forward to graduation!

Erin

It is known for it's hard work, it's dedication to a Christian life, and for it's outstanding art program. The teachers are dedicated to the students succeeding and if we fail, they fail. We work together to bring each other up and our grades and our habits. Doing all this while centering our focus of Jesus Christ we are fighters, hard workers, compassionate about all we do and all the teachers teach. Our art program is highly ranked in the state & is a heavily disciplined group, and even teachers are involved in entering work.

Brittany

My School is best known for the community it provides its students.

Alison

SAU is known for being a friendly community with strong academics. Growing closer and deeper with Christ is a main goal besides the academic part of college and offer many religious events. SAU is a home away from home and the students and faculty here are wonderful and I couldn't be happier anywhere else.

Alicia

It is the biggest Christian college in Michigan.

Laura

Our school is best known for it's community. Everyone is som inviting, and loving. The teachers truley love thier jobs, and come right up along students to help them achieve their degree. Your peers are right there to help support you in any way they can. To really get an idea of this community let me tell a quick story. A girl was diagnosed with cancer, and almost every person came forward and laid their hands on her and lifted her up in prayer. She is now cancer free.

Jean

My school is best known for being a Christian University, a reputation that it surely lives up to. Spring Arbor offers a loving environment that is hard to find anywhere else. Students, professors, and staff members truly care about each other here, and will go out of their way to help others. I have never experienced a place where everyone is so nice to each other. Whether it be a "Hello" as you pass by, or someone offering to pray for you, Spring Arbor truly offers an environment that is one in a million.

Jaycie

I would say that my school is best known for its Christ centered education. It not only has the label of "Christian college" but it seeks to set rules in place that help guide students in their walk as a Christian. Though some say there are too many rules, they are only to try and help students learn discipline, and to keep them on the right track.

Marisol

Probably teaching.

Kai

My school is best known for the strong encouragement and support for academic excellence. The faculty encourages students to excel and the students encourage, supports, and uplift all students to perform at their maximum potential. The atmosphere is inviting and friendly which helps to keep me focused and motivated.

Rebecca

Spring Arbor is known for its community within the individual dorms as well as between students and faculty.

Chelsea

I was a part-time student in the RN to BSN Nursing program. It was a one night a week class, we had 16 students that stuck it out and graduated. Most of the faculty were Master prepared nurses of some kind. So having the faculty as mentors with the experience in the same field really allowed for a trustworty and open-communication environment. We had potlucks every week and birthday parties, engagement parties and baby showers for our fellow students. Spring Arbor was like a family, we all helped each other toward graduation. We still keep in touch.

Kate

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Jaimee

Spring Arbor University is known as a liberal arts college.

Jennifer

They have really good Education and Business programs. We are also known for our small campus and we have a pretty good soccer/basketball team.

Cameron

My school is probably known best for Porchfest. It's an annual event at the end of the year hosted by Ormston hall where staff and students do live parodies and skits on Ormstons porch while everyone watches from the lawn. Hundreds of people always come, many start setting out couches and blankets hours before the event even starts and just hang with friends and wait.

Jordan

Spring Arbor University is best known for providing a spiritual atmosphere that is focused on preparing students to actively participate in the world, no matter which field they enter into.

Christine

I would say that Spring Arbor University is best known for being a school where people can come to not only gain a respectable education but also friends that will last an entire lifetime. People reach out at SAU. They pull you in and welcome you right off the bat. It's almost like one huge family :)

Erica

My school is best known for its Christian community. At Spring Arbor University we are a community of learners. We apply our Christian faith to the people around us and to those far away. We are a liberal arts university . This factor helps the students to not only be trained specifically in their major but as well as well rounded.

Steve

From my perspective, Spring Arbor, is a Christian Liberal Arts University with a focus on life long learning. Spring Arbor supports getting in the game of life and playing your part ethically, honestly, justly, empathically, and compassionately. Graduating from Spring Arbor should not only benefit the graduate, it should benefit the communities we are embedded in as well.

Caitlin

Spring Arbor University is best known for its community. It is apparent that the community established at Spring Arbor is founded on a shared love for Christ. Within residence halls, community is emphasized as each floor engages in different events that build stronger relationships. The Core program also instills community as freshman enter into the college experience with a core group that initiates a network of friends. This group meets weekly as a class to build better sense of self and skill in relationship. Within the Spring Arbor University community, one can share with others in hardship and success.

Randy

Our school is best known for our community. This college is truely a community of learners.

Brandon

My school is well-known for providing a Distinctive, Christian, Liberal Arts Education. SAU is also known for providing a very high quality educational experience along with diverse, cross-cultural and mission trip opportunities.

Stacy

I have heard that SAU has a strict school of education and produces quality teachers.

Rebecca

Spring Arbor is best known for being a Christian school that has a great education program as well as a wonderful ministry program. Spring Arbor is also known for it's cross-cultural program that sends students abroad for a month in their four years of college.

Hailey

Spring Arbor is best known for the mandatory chapel services every monday and wednesday of the week.

Jessica

Spring Arbor is best known for being a Christian university with emphasis on business and education.

Samantha

My university is best known for the success of it being a small, conservative, Christian, Liberal Arts, private school that offers a variety of degrees. The school is a very close-knit community and its quiet--just the way they like it. They are known for being a friendly, welcoming campus.

Michael

Spring Arbor may best be known for its supportive community. The school's set-up encourages students to bond and form long-lasting friendships. I found this community of learners refreshing and hopeful: it challenged me to be myself, learn what I personally value, and opened me to new possibilities for my future. Additionally, to be part of a community also pushes you to become an individual; and then learn the importance of interdependence.

Samantha

Spring Arbor University is best known for its Christian focus on education.

Ashley

Our school is best known for it's Chapel that we have twice a week and for the friendly atmoshere.

Stella

SAU is best known for how well it encourages students to think critically about the contemporary world using a Christian lens--through required "integration of faith and learning" courses and through required cross-cultural studies experiences that take place in US inner cities (for a weekend) and outside of the US (for three weeks).