Wisdom and learning
福特汉姆大学：知识与智慧
英文导读
Back to its origin
Fordham University is a private， nonprofit， coeducational research university based in New York City， United States. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York in 1841 as St. John"s College， placed in the care of the Society of Jesus shortly thereafter， and has since become an independent institution under a lay board of trustees， which describes the University as "in the Jesuit tradition". With the addition of law and medical schools in 1905， St. John"s College became Fordham University in 1907. The name Fordham refers to the village of Fordham， in which the original Rose Hill campus is Located.Fordham University is comprised of several different schools， such as Fordham College at Rose Hill， Fordham College of Liberal Studies and the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education.
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System： Fordham is composed of ten constituent colleges， four of which are for undergraduates and six of which are for postgraduates. It enrolls approximately 15，000 students across three campuses in New York State： Rose Hill in the Bronx， Lincoln Center in Manhattan， and Westchester campus in Harrison. The Rose Hill campus， established in 1841， is home to Fordham College at Rose Hill， the Gabelli School of Business， and a division of the School of Professional and Continuing Studies， as well as the Graduate Schools of Arts and Sciences and Religion and Religious Education. The Lincoln Center campus is home to Fordham College at Lincoln Center and a division of the School of Professional and Continuing Studies， as well as the School of Law， the Graduate Schools of Education and Social Service， and the Martino Graduate School of Business Administration. The Westchester campus is home to divisions of the School of Professional and Continuing Studies， the Martino Graduate School of Business Administration， and the Graduate Schools of Education and Social Service.
Core curriculum： All undergraduates at Fordham are required to complete the Core Curriculum， a distribution of 17 courses in nine disciplines： English， mathematics， social science， philosophy and ethics， history， fine arts， religious studies， natural science， and modern or Classical languages. Based on the curriculum established by the Society of Jesus in the sixteenth century， the Core is shared by Jesuit schools all over the world and is intended to provide a sound liberal arts education. Students are expected to fulf ill most of the Core requirements prior to the completion of their sophomore year. Upon the completion of the Core Curriculum， students choose from approximately 50 major courses of study， in which they will receive their degree.
生词助读
thereafter [rɑ：ft]] adv. 其后；从那时以后
postgraduate [pustɡrdjuit， pustɡrduit] n. 研究生
ethics [eθiks] n. 伦理学；伦理观
中文概述
福特汉姆大学成立于1841年，位于纽约，是一所中等规模的私立大学，知名度颇高，在纽约仅次于哥伦比亚大学和纽约大学。校园建筑古典庄重，学院气氛浓。福特汉姆大学的教育在宗旨上即是国际性的。
福特汉姆大学由天主教纽约总教区于1841年创办，初名为圣约翰学院（St. Johns College）（与纽约市皇后区的圣约翰大学 St. Johns University无关），随后由耶稣会接手管理。1905年建立法学院，1907年更名为福特汉姆大学，现由非教会人士管理。学校曾经有医学院，但是因为有学生毕业后从事堕胎，跟天主教精神不符，加上运营经费周转不开，评级下降，最终于1919年关闭了该学院。
福特汉姆大学有三个校区，分别是玫瑰山校区，林肯中心校区和威彻斯特校区。其中最著名的是曼哈顿中城的林肯中心校区，法学院和商学院均位于此，是福特汉姆大学的王牌学院。商学院的起源和组建可以追溯到1920年商学院本科院的成立。著名院系：法学、商学、社会服务、神学、哲学、古典语文和文学。福特汉姆大学共设有三个大的奖学金项目，有全科奖，还有专科奖，获奖机会大，能很大程度上解决学生的经济负担。校园环境优美，三个大学校区可以满足学生不同的学习需求，是理想的求学之地。
在纽约这个国际性的大都市，福特汉姆大学充分利用了身处国际商务、外交、信息、艺术、科技中心的优势，让学生在这个特殊的环境里获益匪浅。
梦想成功录
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does-that makes you a winner right there.
你必须在没有人相信你时相信自己--它能使你成为赢家。
Just be yourself； you are wonderful.
只要做你自己就好，你是最好的。