Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Encyclopedia
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is a private
, comprehensive, coeducation
al university
with an undergraduate campus
in the city of Winona
, Minnesota
, United States
. Graduate
and professional programs are offered at facilities in Winona, the Twin Cities, Rochester
, Apple Valley
and Oakdale, Minnesota
; and various course delivery sites around Minnesota and Wisconsin; Jamaica, and Nairobi
, Kenya
.
The university had a fall 2009 total enrollment of 5,700 students, including 1,400 traditional undergraduates. The University is also affiliated with the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Christian Brothers), a religious order
of the Roman Catholic Church
.
Brother William Mann, FSC, D.Min, the former Vicar General of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
was named the 13th president of Saint Mary's on December 13, 2007 and began his term on June 1, 2008. Brother William was inaugurated as president on September 26, 2008 at the Winona campus. The chancellor of the university is Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC, Ph.D.
Patrick Richard Heffron
founded Saint Mary's College in 1912, a men's college
operated by the Winona Diocese. Heffron Hall
, a residential hall was built in 1920, and named after Bishop Heffron. By 1925 it became a four-year liberal arts college. In 1933, it was taken over by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, a religious order
whose main charism
is teaching. It became a co-educational university in 1969 and later purchased the campus and buildings of the former College of Saint Teresa
, a women's college
in Winona that ceased operations in 1989. In recent years, portions of the Saint Teresa campus were sold to Winona State University
and Winona Cotter High School.
During the 1980s the main campus underwent vigorous growth. Constructed during this decade were the Ice Arena (1986), Performance Center, including Figliulo Recital Hall and Joseph Page Theatre (1987), Brother Charles Hall science addition (1987), Gilmore Creek Residence (1989), and Christian Brothers Residence (1989). More recent additions include McEnery Center (1993), Gostomski Fieldhouse and Jul Gernes Pool (1994), pedestrian plaza (1994), Pines Hall residence (1995), Hendrickson Center (1996), The Heights (1997), Oscar and Mary Jane Straub Clocktower and Court (1999), Hillside Hall residence (2001), ice arena addition (2004) and the soccer field / track complex in 2008.
Beginning in 1985, then-president Brother Louis DeThomasis launched a series of new, non-traditional graduate and professional programs. The Schools of Graduate and Professional Programs, using a variety of course delivery methods and locations, is now one of Minnesota's largest graduate schools. SGPP programs are delivered at the Twin Cities campus, Rochester center, Apple Valley center, Minnetonka center, and at locations around Minnesota and Wisconsin. Saint Mary's also operates two institutes at Tangaza College in Nairobi, Kenya: the Maryknoll Institute of African Studies, and Christ the Teacher Institute of Education.
In 1995, Saint Mary's College was renamed Saint Mary's University of Minnesota to reflect the expanded role of graduate and professional programming, and to distinguish Saint Mary's from schools with similar names.
s (previously the Redmen) and compete as a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(MIAC). There are 21 NCAA Div. III varsity sports teams at Saint Mary's. The Saint Mary's fastpitch softball team won the 2000 NCAA Div. III National Title. That title was the university's first and so far only national team title. In 1955, the college administration elected to discontinue football
as a sport at the university. A task force was formed in 2005 to study the feasibility of adding football, but the proposal was rejected in 2006 by a unanimous vote of the board of trustees. Saint Mary's has a mild crosstown rivalry with Div. II Winona State University
, which is operated by the state of Minnesota
. There is an on-campus cross country ski and running trail in the bluffs and valleys. Athletic facilities are being renovated and expanded. Upgrades were recently made to basketball, baseball and softball. A challenging disc golf course was installed in the bluffs and valleys around campus in 2007. A state-of-the-art outdoor track and soccer complex, and a high-and-low ropes course, was added in 2008.
Private school
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, comprehensive, coeducation
Coeducation
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al university
University
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with an undergraduate campus
Campus
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in the city of Winona
Winona, Minnesota
Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, in the U.S. State of Minnesota. Located in picturesque bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf....
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, United States
United States
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. Graduate
Graduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
and professional programs are offered at facilities in Winona, the Twin Cities, Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota
Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on both banks of the Zumbro River, The city has a population of 106,769 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it Minnesota's third-largest city and the largest outside of the...
, Apple Valley
Apple Valley, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 45,527 people, 16,344 households, and 12,405 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,625.5 people per square mile . There were 16,536 housing units at an average density of 953.6 per square mile...
and Oakdale, Minnesota
Oakdale, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 26,653 people, 10,243 households, and 7,129 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,408.4 people per square mile . There were 10,394 housing units at an average density of 939.2 per square mile...
; and various course delivery sites around Minnesota and Wisconsin; Jamaica, and Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
, Kenya
Kenya
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.
The university had a fall 2009 total enrollment of 5,700 students, including 1,400 traditional undergraduates. The University is also affiliated with the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Christian Brothers), a religious order
Religious order
A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice. The order is composed of initiates and, in some...
of the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
.
Brother William Mann, FSC, D.Min, the former Vicar General of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...
was named the 13th president of Saint Mary's on December 13, 2007 and began his term on June 1, 2008. Brother William was inaugurated as president on September 26, 2008 at the Winona campus. The chancellor of the university is Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC, Ph.D.
History
BishopBishop
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Patrick Richard Heffron
Patrick Richard Heffron
Patrick Richard Heffron was the second Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona, in Winona, Minnesota....
founded Saint Mary's College in 1912, a men's college
Men's college
Men's colleges in higher education are undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institutions whose students are exclusively men. Many are liberal arts colleges.-United States:...
operated by the Winona Diocese. Heffron Hall
Heffron Hall (St. Mary's University)
Heffron Hall is a residence hall located on the campus of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, in Winona, Minnesota. Built in 1920, was the second major building in the early history of Saint Mary's College. The building honors the founder of Saint Mary’s, Roman Catholic Bishop Patrick Richard...
, a residential hall was built in 1920, and named after Bishop Heffron. By 1925 it became a four-year liberal arts college. In 1933, it was taken over by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, a religious order
Religious order
A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice. The order is composed of initiates and, in some...
whose main charism
Charism
In Christian theology, a charism in general denotes any good gift that flows from God's love to man. The word can also mean any of the spiritual graces and qualifications granted to every Christian to perform his or her task in the Church...
is teaching. It became a co-educational university in 1969 and later purchased the campus and buildings of the former College of Saint Teresa
College of Saint Teresa
The College of Saint Teresa was a Catholic women's college in Winona, Minnesota. Previously a seminary, it became a college in 1907 and was operated by the Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota until its closing in 1989.-History:...
, a women's college
Women's college
Women's colleges in higher education are undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women...
in Winona that ceased operations in 1989. In recent years, portions of the Saint Teresa campus were sold to Winona State University
Winona State University
Winona State University is a comprehensive public university in Winona, Minnesota, United States, a college and river town located in picturesque bluff country on the Mississippi River, with around 8,900 enrolled undergraduate and graduate students...
and Winona Cotter High School.
During the 1980s the main campus underwent vigorous growth. Constructed during this decade were the Ice Arena (1986), Performance Center, including Figliulo Recital Hall and Joseph Page Theatre (1987), Brother Charles Hall science addition (1987), Gilmore Creek Residence (1989), and Christian Brothers Residence (1989). More recent additions include McEnery Center (1993), Gostomski Fieldhouse and Jul Gernes Pool (1994), pedestrian plaza (1994), Pines Hall residence (1995), Hendrickson Center (1996), The Heights (1997), Oscar and Mary Jane Straub Clocktower and Court (1999), Hillside Hall residence (2001), ice arena addition (2004) and the soccer field / track complex in 2008.
Beginning in 1985, then-president Brother Louis DeThomasis launched a series of new, non-traditional graduate and professional programs. The Schools of Graduate and Professional Programs, using a variety of course delivery methods and locations, is now one of Minnesota's largest graduate schools. SGPP programs are delivered at the Twin Cities campus, Rochester center, Apple Valley center, Minnetonka center, and at locations around Minnesota and Wisconsin. Saint Mary's also operates two institutes at Tangaza College in Nairobi, Kenya: the Maryknoll Institute of African Studies, and Christ the Teacher Institute of Education.
In 1995, Saint Mary's College was renamed Saint Mary's University of Minnesota to reflect the expanded role of graduate and professional programming, and to distinguish Saint Mary's from schools with similar names.
Programs
Saint Mary's University has a wide variety of degrees offered. The university offers bachelor's, master's and doctorates. It currently has a doctorate program in Educational Leadership and started a doctorate of Psychology in fall 2009. It has programs for both traditional and non-traditional students. In addition to the degrees, Saint Mary's also offers teaching licensures, certifications, and pre-professional programs.Athletics
Its sports teams are nicknamed the CardinalCardinal (bird)
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s (previously the Redmen) and compete as a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. As the name implies, member schools are located in the state of Minnesota...
(MIAC). There are 21 NCAA Div. III varsity sports teams at Saint Mary's. The Saint Mary's fastpitch softball team won the 2000 NCAA Div. III National Title. That title was the university's first and so far only national team title. In 1955, the college administration elected to discontinue football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
as a sport at the university. A task force was formed in 2005 to study the feasibility of adding football, but the proposal was rejected in 2006 by a unanimous vote of the board of trustees. Saint Mary's has a mild crosstown rivalry with Div. II Winona State University
Winona State University
Winona State University is a comprehensive public university in Winona, Minnesota, United States, a college and river town located in picturesque bluff country on the Mississippi River, with around 8,900 enrolled undergraduate and graduate students...
, which is operated by the state of Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. There is an on-campus cross country ski and running trail in the bluffs and valleys. Athletic facilities are being renovated and expanded. Upgrades were recently made to basketball, baseball and softball. A challenging disc golf course was installed in the bluffs and valleys around campus in 2007. A state-of-the-art outdoor track and soccer complex, and a high-and-low ropes course, was added in 2008.
Past presidents
| Years | President |
|---|---|
| Founder | Bishop Patrick R. Heffron |
| 1912–1918 | Monsignor William E.F. Griffin |
| 1918–1933 | Monsignor John H. Peschges |
| 1933–1942 | Brother Leopold Julian Dodd, FSC |
| 1942–1943 | Brother Landrick Jerome Fox, FSC |
| 1943–1950 | Brother Joel Stanislaus Nelson, FSC |
| 1950–1956 | Brother J. Ambrose Groble, FSC |
| 1956–1963 | Brother Basil Rothweiler, FSC |
| 1963–1969 | Brother Josephus Gregory Robertson, FSC |
| 1969–1976 | Brother George Pahl, FSC |
| 1976–1984 | Brother Peter Clifford, FSC |
| 1984–2005 | Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC, Ph. D |
| 2005–2006 | Brother Craig J. Franz, FSC, Ph. D |
| 2006–2008 | Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC, Ph. D |
| 2008–Present | Brother William Mann, FSC, D.Min. |
See also
- KSMR (FM)KSMR (FM)KSMR is a non-commercial educational radio station broadcasting a variety format. Licensed to Winona, Minnesota, USA, it serves the Saint Mary's University campus and entire Winona area. It first began broadcasting under the call sign KSMW...
, the campus radio station of Saint Mary's University - Lasallian Educational Institutions
- Immaculate Heart of Mary SeminaryImmaculate Heart of Mary Seminary (Winona, Minnesota)Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary is a Roman Catholic, Diocesan-sponsored college seminary in Winona, Minnesota. Located adjacent to the campus of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, IHM Seminary has provided college-level seminary training since 1948...
External links
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
- Twin Cities Campus Library web page
- Twin Cities Campus Library Wikipedia entrySaint Mary's University LibrarySaint Mary's University Twin Cities Library serves the university's 4,800 combined graduate and undergraduate nontraditional and adult student population...