About the College
University of Dubuque - UD to our friends - is a private, coed university founded in 1852. Our 77-acre campus sits near the scenic bluffs along the mighty Mississippi in a dynamic river town that's grown into a center of business and culture. Here, the value of an education is measured in helping our students find their calling in life through academics, community, character, vocation, and stewardship. Our approach to learning is based on professional programs with a liberal arts core, and we prepare students to find their purpose and make meaningful contributions to the world.
The John and Alice Butler College of Osteopathic Medicine’s mission is based on the wider Mission of the University of Dubuque. The specific Mission of the College is to educate and train caring and competent osteopathic physicians who will have an impact on the health of individuals and communities in rural and underserved areas.
Physicians for the places
that need them most
The vision of the John and Alice Butler College of Osteopathic Medicine is to be a leader in innovative education and research, based on osteopathic principles that emphasize the unity of body, mind and spirit in all people.
Our Commitments
We will treat learners as whole people.
We will integrate technology without losing humanity.
We will remain accountable to communities.
We will cultivate reflective physicians.
John & Alice Butler
The College bears the name of John and Alice Butler in recognition of a generation-spanning commitment to the people of the upper Midwest. The Butler family's founding gift made it possible for the University of Dubuque to establish a college dedicated to the medical workforce of the communities that raised them.
Their story — and the story of the gift that made this work possible — is one of patient, considered philanthropy: investing in institutions that serve the public good for the long term.
A new college, a 174-year-old university
The College of Osteopathic Medicine joins the University of Dubuque's existing schools and graduate programs. UD has educated leaders for the upper Midwest since 1852, and this College extends that mission into the discipline of medicine.
The College draws on the University's existing infrastructure — library and research resources, academic governance, student services — while developing the specialized facilities and faculty required for osteopathic medical education.
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