Distinctly SAU
Spring Arbor is a Christ-centered university that offers a breadth of academic programs, an active and vibrant student life, a close-knit community of learners and a spiritually-charged college experience. While that is all well and good, perhaps you’ve heard that song and dance before; maybe you need to know more about what makes Spring Arbor University distinct?
Our goal is not just to offer you an exemplary education and wonderful college memories. We help students grasp their purpose – the reason God has placed them on this earth – and provide them with the tools and opportunities necessary to begin fulfilling that purpose even before they’ve left college.
We do this through a three-pronged approach to learning and thought designed to turn an intelligent college student into an articulate and effective Christian professional who is prepared for the world beyond.
Through our CORE program, which incorporates the Cross Cultural Studies learning experience, and is also supported and enriched by the SAU Concept, we at Spring Arbor help students realize their gifts and talents and then show them how those abilities might be used to change the world for Christ.
Your first day of college will, undoubtedly, come with a barrage of emotions. Excitement will be mixed with anxiety. That’s why we make sure that before your first day is over, you will have met your CORE group: 15 other freshmen who also feel a bit like fish out of water, but who will grow to be your support system during your first semester of college. At the same time, you'll meet your upper-class mentor, called a peer advisor or PA, and your CORE professor, whose goal is to help make your first year at SAU a success.
Following that first year, CORE will become more about helping you define your place in the world and will help you clarify your goals and life direction as you move toward graduation. The CORE classes will help you grow in your personal and spiritual development, and at the same time, prepare you to enter the world and turn it upside down for Christ. Dig deeper…
When Christ said, “Go and make disciples of all nations” he wasn’t just talking to those gathered immediately around him at the time. He was telling all Christians, through all generations, to spread the Gospel to everyone around the world.
At Spring Arbor University, you will get your feet wet in Matthew 28:19 theology via the Cross Cultural Program. The CCS program at SAU immerses you in a new culture for three weeks, or a full semester if you want, and helps you get out of the box and into the world to meet those that God has called you to minister to and be witnesses for. Dig deeper…
The Spring Arbor University Concept is the sum of SAU’s mission, vision and focus and helps to guide the University as it navigates the 21st century and beyond. Since it was penned in 1961, students, faculty and staff have been challenged to both memorize it as well as live by it. Although you’ll learn many things as a Spring Arbor student, and encounter many ideas and pursue many avenues of thought, this is one lesson that exists to support and enrich everything you will learn as a Spring Arbor student. Dig deeper…