and by campus activities designed to enhance personal growth, interpersonal skills, and leadership in such areas as community service, the environment, cultural concerns, and social justice. Faculty As of fall 2020, Xavier had a full-time faculty of 236 educators, both religious and lay, of diverse ethnic and racial origins—95 percent of whom have terminal degrees—providing a comfortable student/faculty ratio of 12.5/1. Forty-four faculty members serve as endowed chairs or professors, which provides additional financial support for their research and teaching. Unique among HBCUs, Xavier has a higher percentage of non-Black faculty than Black as of 2022. Administration Presidents Father Edward J. Brunner SSJ (1915-1932) Mother M. Agatha Ryan, SBS (1932-1955) Sister Josephina Kenney, SBS (1955-1965) Sister M. Maris Stella Ross, SBS (1965-1968) Dr. Norman C. Francis (1968-2015) C. Reynold Verret (2015–present) Academics College of Arts and Sciences Academic divisions Biological and Public Health Sciences Business Education and Counseling Fine Arts and Humanities Mathematical and Physical Sciences Philosophy Social and Behavioral Sciences Theology College of Pharmacy Academic divisions Division of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences Division of Clinical and Administrative Sciences Pre-Med and biological science programs More African-American alumni of Xavier consistently place into medical school and graduate with baccalaureate degrees in the physical sciences and biological sciences than African-American alumni of any other college or university in the United States. Xavier's College of Pharmacy is one of just two pharmacy schools in Louisiana. Xavier consistently ranks among the top three colleges in the nation in graduating African Americans with Pharm.D. degrees. Dual degree engineering program Xavier does not offer engineering degrees but belongs to partnerships with several engineering institutions that automatically admit qualified Xavier science students interested in pursuing a bachelor's in an engineering discipline. Students who successfully complete the program will receive a bachelor's degree from Xavier and the chosen engineering institution in approximately five years. Engineering institutions in partnership with Xavier are Tulane University, University of New Orleans, Southern University at Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University, University of Notre Dame, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, University of Detroit Mercy, Georgia Institute of Technology, and University of Wisconsin at Madison. Institute for Black Catholic Studies In 1979, the Institute for Black Catholic Studies was founded at XULA by Fr Thaddeus Posey, OFM Cap, with the help of Frs Augustus Taylor; David Benz; Joseph Nearon, SSS; and Sr Jamie Phelps, OP. Every summer since, IBCS has hosted a variety of