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/Institutions/Donnelly-College/json/2024-2025/Employee-Handbook.json

History

Donnelly College is an independent, co-educational college. Founded in 1949 by the Benedictine Sisters at Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas, and the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, it is a Catholic college affiliated with the archdiocese. Donnelly College has remained in the heart of Kansas City, Kansas since its founding. As a Catholic liberal arts college, Donnelly’s institutional vision derives from a belief in God and in the dignity of each person. As an educational institution, Donnelly believes that education can lead people to recognize their potential and value as human beings, to be aware of their relationship to God, and to function as constructive members of society. Over the years the College has expanded its programming to include associate's degrees in a variety of disciplines; a Nursing Program; Bachelor’s degree programs in Business Leadership, Urban Teacher Education, and Information Services; dual credit programs with several local school districts; and a prison education program at Lansing Correctional Facility.