Looking at colleges can seem like a scary step. Applications, scholarships, expenses, they all contribute to that scary image. Learning about different colleges can help get rid of the fear and help you feel more competent in your search for a good school. Each week we’ll be looking at a different school to see what majors they specify in, a little bit about their background, where they’re located, and we’ll even hear from some current students about what they like about their school.

The present Benedictine College (BC) was founded in 1971 in Atchison, Kansas. This school started as a boarding school in 1858 when two monks came to Kansas and opened St. Benedict’s School. It was initially split into classical courses for seminarians and regular courses for all other students. After being enabled to offer degrees and academic honors, St. Benedict gradually broadened into a liberal arts college in 1927. Benedictine sisters founded Mount St. Scholastica’s Junior College in 1924, the college soon becoming a senior college. On July 1, 1971, the two colleges combined to found Benedictine College.

While a liberal arts college, BC offers a broad range of majors from criminology to Spanish. They also offer a variety of athletics including dance, football, baseball, softball, and volleyball.

Current student Tres Jarvis shares some about his time at Benedictine and about his favorite parts.

“There is no favorite. That would be dissecting into individual parts from something that is meant to be looked at as a whole. I like this college for the many things it has to offer. I would need a more specific question to properly provide a more specific answer.I like my friends, my room, my schedule, my teachers, my study, my health, and exercise… I don’t really have a good answer. Because everything here is intertwined, it’s not something to be isolated. For example, if my teachers weren’t good, class would not be enjoyable. If I didn’t have great guys to compete with, arm wrestle, and support to and fro, the gym would not be as enjoyable. If I did not have an audience to perform for, putting on performances would not be enjoyable.
But then, is my favorite thing the audience? The teachers? The friends?
Well, if there was no engineering here or if it was not a Catholic school I would not be here. So, is my favorite thing about it the Catholic identity? or the Engineering? No, no–certainly not the engineering.
You see how this is a difficult question? To be able to point or wrap up the very best gifts that I have received from my time here into one “favorite part” would not do justice to everything else that made it what it is.”