Newman University

Newman University is a coeducational Catholic liberal arts university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. The university offers both undergraduate and masters level programs.

History

Newman was established by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ. The sisters first opened a girls school in Wichita in 1902, and a women's junior college in 1932 operating as Sacred Heart College. The school reorganized into a four year liberal arts college in 1958, and became coeducational in 1965. The name was changed to Kansas Newman College in 1973, and to Newman University in 1998.

The university is named after Cardinal John Henry Newman.

Athletics

The Newman University Board of Trustees and senior officials announced on July 11, 2006, that the institution had been formally accepted as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The university became part of the Heartland Conference in the fall 2006 season. The nickname of the athletic teams at Newman is the Jets.

Presidents of the college

President	Institution name	Years of tenure
Noreen M. Carrocci, Ph.D.	Newman University	2007–present
Aidan O. Dunleavy, Ph.D.	Newman University	2000–2006
Tarcisia Roths, A.S.C., Ph.D.	Kansas Newman College, Newman University	1991–2000
Timothy Duszynski, D.A.	Kansas Newman College	1989–1990
Robert J. Giroux, Ph.D.	Kansas Newman College	1982–1989
Rev. Roman S. Galiardi, O.S.B., J.C.D.	Sacred Heart College, Kansas Newman College	1971–1982
Sylvia Gorges, A.S.C., M.D.Ed.	Sacred Heart College	1961–1971
Mary Hilary Yoggerst, A.S.C., Ad.PP.S., Ph.D.	Sacred Heart College	1954–1961
Rev. Edward P. McCarthy, C.PP.S., M.A.	Sacred Heart College	1950–1954
Rev. Charles A. Smith, M.A.	Sacred Heart Junior College	1946–1950
Rev. Leon A. McNeill, M.A.	Sacred Heart Junior College	1933–1946

External links

• Newman University