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How Friends University Prepares You to Use AI in Your Career
AI skills are now some of the most in-demand competencies across industries. At Friends University, you learn how to use AI responsibly and with purpose.
How does Friends’ Christian mission help equip students to use AI for good?
That’s a great question. It’s also one the faculty, staff, and leadership at Friends University have spent a lot of time considering. At Friends, we take seriously our mission and vision to help you integrate your intellectual, spiritual, and professional life so you can become a leader who honors God and serves others. When it comes to AI, we focus on three priorities.
How Friends University Teaches Ethical AI Integration
First, we support and foster ethical and practical AI integration into the curriculum. Employers want graduates with AI skills. At Friends, professors collaborate through professional development workshops where they learn best practices and explore current platforms. That work shows up in your classroom experience. You learn how to use AI to fuel your passions, reach your academic goals, and graduate with the AI skills employers are seeking.
Aligning AI with RISE Values and Purpose-Driven Work
Second, we align AI learning with Friends’ mission and RISE values: respect, inclusion, service, and excellence. AI is a tool. It can support your calling and your career, or it can pull you off track. Our professors help you build ethical standards for AI use so you can lead with integrity. The goal is simple. You leave prepared to use technology to improve your community and contribute to the common good.
Why Human Skills Matter More in an AI-Driven World
“Humans alone experience embodied joy, laughter, sorrow, spiritual insight, curiosity and grace.”
Third, Friends’ Christian mission affirms that humans are made in God’s image and bring something AI cannot replace. In a fall 2025 faculty workshop at Friends, Dr. Charlena Miller, an internationally recognized scholar on AI and human flourishing and co-founder and CEO of Human+AI for Good, reminded participants that humans alone experience embodied joy, laughter, sorrow, spiritual insight, curiosity, and grace. At this point in history, those qualities matter even more.
AI is a powerful tool. Miller compares it to a race car. It is only as safe and useful as its driver. At Friends, we help you become a thoughtful and ethical driver who can use AI with clarity and purpose.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is ethical AI in higher education?
Ethical AI in higher education focuses on helping you use artificial intelligence responsibly. That includes understanding bias, accountability, and real-world impact.
How does Friends University teach AI skills?
AI is integrated into coursework, faculty development, and hands-on learning. You graduate with practical, career-relevant experience.
Can AI align with faith and values?
Yes. At Friends University, AI education is grounded in RISE values: respect, inclusion, service, and excellence. You learn how to use technology in ways that serve others and support the common good.