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Cardinal Stritch University

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Cardinal Stritch University
Former names
St. Clare College
(1937-1946)
Cardinal Stritch College
(1946-1997)
MottoLatin: Ut probetis potiora
Motto in English
To value the better things
TypePrivate
Established1937 (87 years ago)
AffiliationSisters of St. Francis of Assisi (Roman Catholic)
Endowment$18.9 million[1]
ChancellorSister Camille Kliebhan, OSF
PresidentJames P. Loftus
Academic staff
105 full-time faculty, numerous adjunct faculty
Students6,093 (2011-2012)
Undergraduatesca. 3,046
Postgraduatesca. 3,230
Location
Milwaukee
,
Wisconsin
,
USA
CampusSuburban - 40 acres
AthleticsNAIA Division 1
CCAC Conference
ColorsCardinal and white            
NicknameWolves
MascotWolfie
Websitewww.stritch.edu

Cardinal Stritch University is a private Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The university also offers courses in Kenosha, Wisconsin; Madison, Wisconsin; Eden Prairie, Minnesota and Rochester, Minnesota, and has outreach programs throughout Wisconsin. Cardinal Stritch University is the nation's largest Franciscan university.[2] Its motto, Ut probetis potiora ("To value the better things"), is taken from Philippians 1:10.[3]

Cardinal Stritch University's enrollment for the 2009–2010 academic year was 6,276.[4] Tuition that year was $20,000. About 82 percent of Stritch students benefit from scholarships, grants, work-study programs and loans.[4]

History

Cardinal Stritch University was founded in 1937 as St. Clare College by the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi on Milwaukee's south side as an institution to help the order's sisters effectively train as teachers. The sisters opened a reading clinic in 1943 to help promote literacy in the area, still existing today as the Cardinal Stritch University Literacy Centers operating throughout the Milwaukee area.

In 1946, the college was renamed Cardinal Stritch College in honor of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee's Samuel Cardinal Stritch. The college opened its programs to lay women for the first time and was subsequently accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 1953.

Stritch established its first graduate program in 1956, offering majors in special education and reading. The university also opened its doors to men that year, becoming fully co-educational in 1970.

Stritch moved to its current campus in the northern Milwaukee suburb of Fox Point in 1962. This new campus allowed the college to begin many new programs such as the nursing program in 1980 and its College of Business and Management in 1982.

Cardinal Stritch College was renamed Cardinal Stritch University in 1997 with the university's first doctorate program offered the following year, the Doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service. A $14 million expansion and renovation of the university occurred in 2006 with the introduction of online degree programs.

Campus

In addition to the University's main campus, Cardinal Stritch University offers degree programs at 13 other locations throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota.[5]

Main Campus

The Main Campus of Cardinal Stritch University is located on a 40-acre campus 9 miles north of Milwaukee in the suburbs of Fox Point and Glendale. The campus sits on private land accessible from roads on the eastern and western edges. Lake Michigan is less than one mile east of campus.

Campus Facilities

Administration
  • Bonaventure Hall-home to the University's administrative offices including the Office of the President and departmental offices for the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Management, and the College of Education and Leadership.
Academic
  • Duns Scotus Hall - the University's main academic building housing classrooms and the International Education office
  • Roger Bacon Hall - home to the College of Nursing and labs for biology and chemistry
  • Library - includes Information Commons, main collection, Instructional Materials Center collection, Franciscan Center Library, and other resources
Arts
  • Joan Steele Stein Center for Communication Studies/Fine Arts - houses the communication, music, theater, and art departments housing classrooms, offices, studios, and the University's theater
Athletic
  • Fieldhouse- the hub of Stritch Athletics housing athletic offices, gymnasium, workout facility, locker rooms and indoor running track
Residence halls/student union
  • Clare Residence Hall-also home to the Department of Residence Life and student health services
  • Assisi Residence Hall-converted into a residence hall in 2009 from the old College of Education building
  • Serra Hall-dining hall
  • Campus Center-home to the student union, bookstore, the Bean coffee shop, Dean of Students, and campus ministry offices

Other Locations

Academics

Cardinal Stritch University offers more than 60 fields of student throughout four colleges, offering associate, bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees. Programs are set up for traditional undergraduates, adult undergraduate, graduate, and online programs

Athletics

Cardinal Stritch teams, nicknamed the Wolves, compete in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, soccer and volleyball; women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, soccer, softball and volleyball.

Previously, Cardinal Stritch was a member of the now-defunct Lake Michigan Conference of the NCAA Division III level and won the men’s basketball championship in 1987. The men's team was also five-time National Little College Athletic Association Great Lakes District men's basketball champion from 1983 to 1987.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2009. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009" (PDF). 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  2. ^ Cardinal Stritch University, Basic Facts http://www.stritch.edu/basicfacts/
  3. ^ "Stritch Ring". Cardinal Stritch University. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Basic Facts". Cardinal Stritch University. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  5. ^ http://www.stritch.edu/About/Locations---Directions/

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