What makes Eastern University different from other institutions of higher education?

Eastern’s unique philosophy of knowledge combines faith, reason and justice. We teach, mold and encourage women and men to understand their obligation to improve society wherever their career path takes them.

What makes Eastern students and alumni distinct in their collective contribution to society?

Eastern students and alumni are interested in more than merely getting a job when they graduate. They want to make a difference. Indeed, they often are the difference. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, Eastern alumni have started new ministries that serve the poorest of the world’s poor in more than 60 countries around the world.

• Eastern business grads are leading economic development efforts in developing nations around the world and in the heart of America's cities
• Eastern sociology alumni are leading social justice ministries in urban and rural America and throughout the Third World
• Eastern science majors are helping to preserve and reclaim the Rain Forest in South America
• Eastern youth ministry grads are helping to develop Christian character in the new generation of America's youth
• Eastern education alumni are teaching young people with special needs, children living in poverty, and abused and at-risk children in America and around the world
• Eastern alumni are helping to build God's Kingdom in all 50 states and in nearly 60 nations around the world