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At Siena Heights, you are part of an extended family that meets regularly inside and outside of the classroom. In addition to hands-on collaborative learning, students also gather regularly for field trips, special lectures, community projects, or simply to study.
“You don’t go to college to learn “things,” you go to learn how to learn. The faculty at Siena do a tremendous job of teaching more than facts; they teach you how to seek knowledge.”
Dr. Lacey Wilmot Rao ’02
Orthopedic surgeon, Arizona Community Surgeons
Tucson, Ariz.
Learn what the Siena Effect can do for you.
At Siena Heights, you are part of an extended family that meets regularly inside and outside of the classroom. In addition to hands-on collaborative learning, students also gather regularly for field trips, special lectures, community projects, or simply to study.
Working with faculty mentors, students conduct meaningful field and/or lab research with data analysis. Siena Heights University biology students have won numerous national research awards over the past few years.
The Biology department offers its students unique and distinguishing opportunities:
- SHU biology majors are eligible for the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine’s early acceptance program, which grants qualified students provisional early acceptance to LECOM’s School of Pharmacy, School of Dental Medicine, School of Podiatric Medicine or College of Osteopathic Medicine.
- Siena Heights University was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support qualifying low-income STEM students with scholarships and academic assistance.
- First-year students can join faculty-led research teams, such as our Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) group research project.
- Siena Heights University received a $1 million grant for Improving STEM Education in the Community.
Where your educational journey leads you depends in part on where you start. In the Biology department, our approach to education, which combines a supportive community learning environment with a broad spectrum of challenging courses, in-depth lab and field experiences, and intensive research projects, has successfully prepared our graduates for their future careers.
Assistant Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
jtsuji@sienaheights.edu
517-264-7649
Costs & Aid
We know that college can be expensive, but we don’t want cost to keep you from attending Siena Heights University! We offer numerous financial aid opportunities. Federal aid is available to students who qualify by completing the FAFSA. Feel free to contact us with questions about financial aid opportunities, or click on one of the links below.
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