Saint Elizabeth University

College of Saint Elizabeth
Motto	Deus Est Caritas (Latin)
Motto in English	God is love.
Type	Private liberal arts college
Established	1899
Affiliation	Catholic ; (Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth)
Endowment	US$ $15.7 million
President	Helen J. Streubert
Students	1,247
Location	Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Campus	Suburban, 200 acres (0.81 km2)
Colors	Dark Blue and Bright Blue
Nickname	Eagles
Affiliations	NAICU; CIC; ACCU
Mascot	Eagle
Website	cse.edu

The College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE) is a private Roman Catholic, coeducational, four-year, liberal arts college in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

The college has 19 undergraduate majors, 10 master’s degree programs and two doctoral programs (Psy.D. and Ed.D). The college offers six combined degree programs, five dual degree programs, and five professional preparation programs. The average undergraduate class teacher-to-student ratio is 1:13.

History

The college was founded in 1899 by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth and is one of the first Catholic colleges in the United States to award degrees to women. In 2015, the college’s board of trustees voted to admit men into the traditional day program to continue to fulfill the mission of offering a liberal arts education to those who are marginalized. It is named for Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821), who founded the Sisters of Charity and who, after her death, was canonized as the United States' first native-born saint. (Seton Hall University in New Jersey and Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania are also named after Elizabeth Ann Seton.)

Campus

The College of Saint Elizabeth is located on the campus of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth.The 200-acre (0.81 km²) wooded campus is home to the classical Greek amphitheater built into a hillside and the original dairy farm for the complex.

The College of Saint Elizabeth is a stop on New Jersey Transit which provides rail transportation both east and west of Convent Station. The trains are the midtown direct line of the Morris/Essex lines.

The College of Saint Elizabeth has of eight buildings:

Santa Rita Hall (Admission, financial aid, administration)
Henderson Hall (Sciences, nursing, foods and nutrition)
Saint Joseph Hall (Athletics, dining hall)
Santa Maria Hall (Classrooms)
Mahoney Library (Classrooms, Center for Academic Success)
Annunciation Center (Classrooms, Dolan Performance Hall, academic offices)
O'Connor Hall (student residence)
Founders Hall (student residence)

The classical Greek Theater is used for concerts and performances. The Shakespeare Garden, completed in 1931, and a greenhouse, built in 1911 also sit on the campus.

Athletics

The College of Saint Elizabeth teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Eagles are a member of the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC). Women's sports include basketball, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. Men's sports include basketball, soccer, tennis and volleyball.^[2]

Notable alumnae

Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, 1923, Sister of Charity of Saint Elizabeth and author of Greater Perfection: beatified 2014.
Sister Carmela Marie Cristiano, Sister of Charity of Saint Elizabeth who served the community as a teacher, social worker and activist. She was the first religious sister to run for office in New Jersey.
Louise Currie Wilmot, 1964, United States Navy officer. Highest-ranking and highest-decorated woman in the Navy.
Shirley Tolentino, 1965, Municipal Court judge in Jersey City from 1976 to 1984. Became Superior Court judge in 1984. Received an honorary degree from CSE in 1980. In 1981, she received the Whitney Young Award from the Hudson County Urban League. In 1996 she became President of the National Association of Women Judges. In 2015, the United State Postal Service named a post office in Jersey City, N.J., in her honor.

References

^ http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf
^ Athletics official webpage.

External links

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[1] ttp://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf

[2] Athletics official webpage.

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Ordinaries	Bishops Thomas Henry McLaughlin Thomas Aloysius Boland James A. McNulty James Johnston Navagh Lawrence B. Casey Frank Joseph Rodimer Arthur J. Serratelli Kevin J. Sweeney
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson Parishes Our Lady of Mercy Chapel, Whippany St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Paterson St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Passaic St. Mary's Church, Wharton/Dover
Education	Colleges Assumption College for Sisters, Mendham Saint Elizabeth University, Convent Station High schools, diocesan DePaul Catholic High School, Wayne Morris Catholic High School, Denville Pope John XXIII Regional High School, Sparta High schools, other Academy of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station Delbarton School, Morristown Mary Help of Christians Academy, North Haledon Saint Vincent Martyr School, Madison Villa Walsh Academy, Morristown High schools, defunct Don Bosco Tech, Paterson (closed 2002) Neumann Prep, Wayne (closed 1990) Paterson Catholic, Paterson (closed 2010) Paul VI, Clifton (closed 1970) Pope Pius XII, Passaic (closed 1983)
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