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With our Catholic liberal arts heritage and over 100 degree programs, including nursing and marine biology, from bachelors through PhDs, we've got your options covered. Focus on arts and sciences, business, education, social work, communication, nursing, medical sciences, theology, or law. Take things further with personalized research and experiential learning opportunities, on and off-campus. Enhance your prospects with hands-on internships at some of the country's top organizations.

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The path to your perfect career begins with planning and support. Career Development has resources for you to help you make the most of your time at Barry. Guidance is just an appointment away.

Service-learning integrates relevant community service with course work and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience, foster social responsibility and civic engagement, and strengthen communities.

Service-Learning

The Honors Program at Barry is designed to challenge, enrich, and prepare especially motivated students to pursue their fullest potential. By participating in a rigorous curriculum rounded out by an array of edifying and interactive events, students explore crucial issues that we face in our daily lives. Students are given the space for discussion and debate and the opportunity to learn from experts in their fields. The Office of Financial Aid can assist with determining eligibility for the Honors Program.

The Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library is located in the center of the beautiful Miami Shores campus of Barry University. The Library is named in loving memory of Monsignor William Barry, one of the founders of Barry University and an inspirational figure in the Catholic Church within the Archdiocese of Miami. The extensive Library research collections include more than 950,000 physical items, over 40,000 print and on-line journal subscriptions, and several thousand on-line books and streaming video resources.

At Barry University, you will experience a small community atmosphere where you can always rely on our administrators and faculty for advice, encouragement and personal attention. We take great pride in giving individual attention from the very beginning. You can start building a personal relationship with one of our admissions counselors who will help answer any questions, and guide you through the entire admissions and enrollment process.

Continuing Education (CE) offers a variety of courses and non-credit programs designed to respond to the diverse educational interests and lifelong learning needs of individuals of all ages. We offer certificate, credential exam preparation, and licensure programs for professional and personal enrichment.

High school students: Get a jump-start on your college education with dual enrollment courses from Barry University! You can earn high school and college credit at the same time, right at your own school.

Dual Enrollment

We are committed to providing programs and services that are guided by Barry University's rich educational mission and intended to enhance your Barry experience. Through partnerships with others in the university community, we aim to create experiences that will help transform you into leaders for a just and humane world.

We are an NCAA Division II school and a member of the Sunshine State Conference with 12 varsity teams, including men's baseball, basketball, golf, soccer and tennis; and women's basketball, golf, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. So far, we've won 24 NCAA championships, had 338 All-Americans, 413 Scholar All-Americans, and nine NCAA "Women of the Year" finalists, the most of any Division II school. Not bad at all, but we're going for more.

Campus Life

For students currently enrolled in classes at Barry, we have a wealth of resources you can tap into to bring ease and efficiency to your university experience. Get the help you need with administrative or financial questions, or check out course catalogs to help plan your schedule by semester. All the information you need to excel is at your fingertips.

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Nadege Green

Nadege Green is an independent researcher, writer, editor, community archivist and audio producer based in Miami.  She developed the digital archive, Black Miami Dade.
https://www.blackmiamidade.com

She also published, “The Black Religion That’s Been Maligned for Centuries,” in The Atlanta (June 2022). https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/06/vodou-haiti-misunderstood-religion/661429/

 

Courtney Scales

Courtney Scales published “What Has BLM Learned from the Civil Rights Movement?” in Queen City Writers (Dec. 2021).
https://qc-writers.com/2021/12/23/1749/

 

Brianna Lopez

Brianna Lopez

Brianna Lopez is enrolled in The New School’s MFA Creative Writing Program, with a concentration in Nonfiction Writing.  She published “Inside the Writing World: Defining the Term ‘Writer’ in Multiple Contexts” in Queen City Writers (Dec. 2021).
https://qc-writers.com/2021/12/23/1729/

She also presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Undergraduate Research Symposium, “How Academic Identity is Linked to First-Year Students’ Ability to Effectively Write Academic Discourse” (March 2022).
https://writingfaculty.net/undergraduateresearch/2022-undergraduate-researcher-presentations/

 

Alexander Orozco

Alexander Orozco published his short story, "The Light of a New Parish" in Overtly Lit (Fall 2022).
https://www.overtlylit.com/the-light-of-a-new-parish

 

Sirena Register

Sirena Register (Spanish Minor) is currently a graduate student at FIU's African and African Diaspora Studies Program. 

 

Jessica Hernandez Blanco

Jessica Hernandez Blanco (Spanish Minor) is currently a graduate student of Hispanic Studies at the University of British Columbia. 

 

Sheehan Planas-Arteaga

Sheehan Planas-Arteaga is a working writer.  Below are links to his blog, selected publications, and his portfolio.

 

Sam Stanton

Sam Stanton has been writing professionally for over a decade and has recently transitioned into Product Ethics and Content Design leadership at a Fortune 50 company. Her work is available here: https://bysamstanton.com

 

Fabienne Josephat

Fabienne Josephat

Fabienne Josephat’s book, Kingdom of No Tomorrow was just selected for the PEN Bellwether Prize for Socially-Engaged Fiction.

 

Eduardo Ortiz

Eduardo Ortiz

Eduardo Ortiz is a freelance writer published often in Just Beginmagazine. He utilizes his background in English to teach abroad.  Previously, he taught in Korea, and he aims to work in southwestern Europe during this upcoming school year. https://www.justbeginmag.com/magazine

 

Shayne Kearny

Shayne Kearny is currently a third-year law student at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. 

 

Dominique Agri

Dominique Agri is a chef, independent researcher, editor, and future law student. Recently, her chapter, “The Inimitable Trina Robbins” is published in Jewish Women in Comics: Bodies and Borders released in 2023 by Syracuse University Press. 

 

Brianna Baphelus

Brianna Baphelus

Brianna Baphelus’s essay, “Cluelessly Emma,” won the 2023 Dr. Helen Connell Film Essay Award Contest.  Her essay will be published in Sigma Tau Delta’s literal journal, What Oft Was Thought.

 

Caitlin Granfield

Caitlin Granfield

Caitlin Granfield is a freelance writer and photographer based in Miami. She has published articles in various media outlets, including The Miami Herald, Biscayne Times, WLRN and The Miami New Times.  Her articles are available here:https://muckrack.com/caitlin-granfield

 

Lana Borema

Lana Borema is attending George Washington University and is earning a master's in public health with a specialization in global health epidemiology and disease control. 

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