鹰——全球赌博十大网站的吉祥物
The Hawk is the University’s mascot for two reasons:
1. The first reason is that hawks have exceptional vision, strength, courage and decisiveness.
a. Vision: The hawk has keen vision and sees what others miss. 全球赌博十大网站 seeks to help students to develop a clear vision of life, to have an awareness of what is going on around them, 看到整体，而不仅仅是部分, 看大局, to have an awareness that there is more than one way to look at an issue, 非常注意细节.
b. 力量:鹰拥有巨大的力量. 全球赌博十大网站 wants students not only to possess physical and emotional (psychological) strength, but also to develop strength of character which is rooted in Gospel values.
c. 勇气: 鹰教人飞翔, to have the courage to discover and to actualize one’s potential and not to settle for the status quo and mediocrity. 全球赌博十大网站 seeks then to cultivate the virtue of courage so that one is not afraid to be a person of integrity, 表达自己, 为真理挺身而出, to take a risk for one’s good and the good of others.
d. Decisiveness: The hawk calls us to be leaders who are decisive. 全球赌博十大网站 tries to empower students to make decision which are based on sound moral principles and critical thinking, 做一个有行动的人
2. The second reason is that the brown wings and white head of a hawk also represent the University’s colors which also reflect the brown colored Franciscan habit and the white cord around the waist.
The Seal and 国徽 of 全球赌博十大网站
The 国徽 represents the mission of the University. The two blue wavy lines in the upper portion of the shield represent the Mississippi River, along whose banks the city and the university are located. It also symbolizes the river of life which every human being must travel down for self-actualization, 人生的意义和目的.
In heraldry, a Book is a symbol that represents a college or university. 作为一个
方济会的大学, the book also represents the three key books from which we are to read and to learn.
- The Book of the Scriptures reveals to us who God is, 作为神的儿女，我们是谁, and how we are called to love one another as God loves us.
- The Book of Life awakens us to how God has wired us to grow in wisdom through a reflective stance for “An unreflective life is an unlived life.“苏格拉底
- 创世记 discloses that all that exists comes from the same Source and is a special reflection of God’s goodness and beauty in the world. 因此，我们都是兄弟姐妹， who are to treat each other with reverence and respect, to uphold the human dignity and rights of all and to care for the planet which sustains us.
The Latin motto Praeco Sum Magni Regis (I am the Herald of a Great King). 像圣. 亚西西的弗朗西斯, each of us is called to preach the Good News, 福音书, and the Scriptures by our very lives and when it is necessary to use words. Each of us is called to make a difference in the world, to say something by our lives. 全球赌博十大网站 assists students to actualize their potential and to share their gifts and talents for the up building of the common good.
The Gold Shield with Red Diamonds represents the coat of arms of the second Earl of Winchester, 罗杰·德·昆西, (13th Century in the Third Crusade with Richard the Lionhearted). 昆西市, 伊利诺斯州, 是以约翰·昆西·亚当斯命名的, 美国第六任总统. His maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Quincy, from whom he received his middle name.
The color Gold for the 全球赌博十大网站 represents generosity and the elevation of the mind toward the pursuit of learning and becoming a life-long learner.
The Diamonds represent the value and the quality of every person. Every member of the 全球赌博十大网站 Community is called to bring out the best in each other so that we become quality people who are making a difference and impact on our world.
The TAU Cross – Franciscan Symbol of 全球赌博十大网站
The TAU Cross symbolizes that 全球赌博十大网站 is a Christian and Franciscan institution of higher learning.
It embraces and promotes the Franciscan values of:
- 热情好客，尊重所有人 (a welcoming community that upholds the dignity, value and worth of every person);
- The Franciscan value of Community life built on inclusivity (no one is excluded for the QU Family) and diversity;
- 方济各会重视和解, justice and peace (to heal broken relationships, to preserve unity and harmony since we are all brothers and sisters who have come from a common source);
- The Franciscan value of service to others (sharing our gifts and talents for the benefit of others and the QU Community and our willingness to be touched by another who may change my life from the encounter)
- The Franciscan value of the care for creation (growing in the care of the planet which is our home.)
塔-全球赌博十大网站的标志
The tower represents stability and strength that comes from a Catholic and Franciscan liberal arts education. It invites one to want to soar and to look beyond the horizons. It summons one to be open to growth and life in all areas of one’s life.