
Studying with the mind in the heart
Templeton students are not just pre-professionals looking for credentials, but rational, spiritual individuals who seek a coherent world-view.
The curriculum in the Templeton Honors College is built around intensive reading, writing and discussion in both the Great Books* and significant current books and ideas.
Graduates of the Templeton Honors College significantly contribute to the world around them through demonstrated excellence in and lifelong pursuit of the following characteristics:
What is meant by the word justice?
Eastern believes that God has blessed you so that you can be a blessing to others. We have a responsibility to look outside ourselves and see the needs of those around us. This is where the honors college motto comes from- with gifting comes responsibility.
- Intellect
- Character
- Discipleship
- Leadership and Service
- Imagination
- Communication
- Vocational Skills
*Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, Athanasius, Augustine, Dante,Bernard of Clairvaux, Julian of Norwich, Martin Luther, Shakespeare, Locke, Hume, Austen, Bronte, Wordsworth, John Paul II…

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