Welcome to the SEU family.

I am pleased you are joining us and I am confident you will embrace this wonderful community and the ways we are working together to build a culture of success.  Our environment is what all of us make it; each of us has responsibility for creating the future we aspire to.  We look forward to your contribution to strengthening a campus environment in which people have the opportunity to do their best work, and to give the best of themselves to our university, to our students, and to all those we serve.

As a community of faculty, staff, and students who have come together to share and to advance knowledge, we have recognized that the only way we will truly achieve excellence in every part of our mission is through our commitment to our core institutional values anchored to our Catholic heritage and the Congregation of Holy Cross.  We learn and grow by being exposed to ideas, cultures, and perspectives that are new to us, and by being part of a community that is enriched with diverse backgrounds, knowledge, and talents.  We can only truly achieve excellence as a university if we all embrace our shared responsibility for creating an environment where everyone feels welcome and valued.

I hope you will be inspired by the hard work, ingenuity, and passion of our faculty, staff, and students and motivated to support and find your role in fulfilling our strategic goals to become a destination university through our commitment to social justice and academic excellence.  As you become acquainted with the campus community you’ll find a very strong support system in place to help you succeed and achieve your personal and professional goals.  If you have questions or concerns, start by contacting your supervisor.  If you need additional information, contact the Office of Human Resources. I look forward to meeting you and seeing you around the hilltop.

Montse Fuentes, PhD.
President of St. Edward’s University