Dr. Lin's Instructional Web - Barry University

Readmission Requirements/Med’l Leave............................... 112
RESIDENCE HALL MANUAL............................................ 113
Who’s Who / What’s Where ............................. 130-134
INTRODUCTION TO BARRY UNIVERSITY
The symbolism of the Barry University seal combines details from the coat of arms
of Bishop Patrick Barry with those of the shield of the Dominican Order. The shield (or
escutcheon) of the Order indicates 700 years of Dominican history and suggests the
contribution of the Order to the Church in Florida. The red bars of Bishop Barry’s coat of arms
and the books, which symbolize the university form the dexter, or right side of the escutcheon.
Please note that in heraldry, as in stage settings, directions are reversed for the viewer.
Therefore, the dexter, or right side of the shield, is the left side as you view it. Details of the
Dominican seal form the sinister, or left side of the escutcheon, and indicate that Barry
University has a Dominican foundation.
Barry University is committed to the belief that “with respect to the fundamental
rights of the person, every type of discrimination, whether social or cultural, whether based on
sex, race, color, social condition, language, or religion, is to be overcome and eradicated as
contrary to God’s intent” (Vatican, Council II, Guadium et spes. No. 29).
Accordingly, Barry University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex,
national or ethnic origin, and physical limitation. This includes policies and procedures related
to membership on the Board of Trustees, the educational program, employment and personnel
practices, admissions, scholarship-grant/loan awards, and participation in athletic and other
student activities.
MISSION STATEMENT
NATURE
Barry University is an independent, coeducational Catholic institution of higher
education which fosters academic distinction in the liberal arts and professional studies within
the Judeo-Christian and Dominican traditions. Founded in 1940, the university is sponsored by
the Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Michigan, and is governed by an independent, selfperpetuating
Board of Trustees.
ENVIRONMENT
Barry University is a comprehensive university located in Miami Shores, with
programs primarily serving South Florida. We seek to attract a diverse student body, including
traditional and non-traditional students, from a variety of geographic, ethnic, religious, and
socio-economic backgrounds. We seek to recruit and retain faculty members who are
dedicated to teaching and advising; to the search for and dissemination of truth through
scholarship, research, and creative activities; and to service both to the university and to the
larger community. We seek to maintain a staff that supports institutional needs in order to
enhance the quality of university life. We seek to provide a learning environment which
challenges students to accept intellectual, personal, ethical, spiritual, and social responsibilities.
PURPOSE
The primary purpose of Barry University, as stated in the Charter, is to offer quality
education. Furthermore, Barry commits itself to assuring a religious dimension, and to provide
community service and presence within a more caring environment.
BARRY UNIVERSITY STRIVES
... to help its students to understand that God is experienced and encourage them to seek a
fitting response to the presence of God in their lives.
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