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Salve Regina University is a university in Newport, Rhode Island. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, the university is a co-educational, private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1934. In 1947 the university acquired Ochre Court and welcomed its first class of 58 students. By a 1991 amendment to the Charter the name was changed to Salve Regina University.
undergraduate academic programs are based on the liberal arts, offering concentrations in the arts and sciences and in pre-professional and professional programs. The university offers associate, baccalaureate, and master's degrees, the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study, and the Ph.D.
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Salve Regina University is a university in Newport, Rhode Island. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, the university is a co-educational, private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1934. In 1947 the university acquired Ochre Court and welcomed its first class of 58 students. By a 1991 amendment to the Charter the name was changed to Salve Regina University.
General Information
The undergraduate academic programs are based on the liberal arts, offering concentrations in the arts and sciences and in pre-professional and professional programs. The university offers associate, baccalaureate, and master's degrees, the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study, and the Ph.D. in humanities. Salve Regina enrolls over 2,500 men and women from 42 states and 17 nations. Approximately 2000 are undergraduates and 500 graduate students. Currently 44 undergraduate majors, 13 graduate and undergraduate certificate programs, 7 master's degree programs, and a Ph.D. in humanities are offered.
All students are required to perform 10 hours of community service in their freshman year and are encouraged to volunteer throughout their college years.
On March 1, 2009, it was announced that Dr. Jane Gerety, RSM will become President of the University, beginning in September 2009.
History
Salve Regina in Latin means "Hail, (Holy) Queen." Salve was chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1934. In 1947 the college was gifted Ochre Court by Robert Goelet and welcomed its first class of 58 students. The students lived and took classes in this building. A small group of Sisters of Mercy resided on a separate floor. Slowly, the college expanded to the 21 historical buildings and 23 modern buildings that make up the current campus. Enrolled students number over 2,500 and staff 550.
The college became co-educational in 1973 and added graduate programs in 1975. Recognizing changes in technology, the school added distance learning/extension programs in 1985. University status was achieved in 1991, changing the school name from Salve Regina College to Salve Regina University. The Ph.D. program was accredited in 1995.
Pell Center of International Relations and Public Policy was established by an Act of Congress in 1996 and is located at Salve Regina.
In 2007, U.S. News ranked Salve 37th in the northern region "Best Universities Master’s" category in its survey of the best institutions of higher education.
Academics
Salve Regina offers associate's, bachelor's, master's, and a doctoral degree, as well as a certificate of advanced graduate study.
Exchange/Study Abroad Programs
Programs vary in length from semester, intersession, to summer programs. The University offers programs in the following locations: Australia, Austria, China, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, and Washington, D.C.
Campus
Salve Regina is located in the Ochre Point area of Newport, which is part of Newport's historic district. Newport is world-famous for its opulent "cottages," such as Belcourt Castle, The Breakers, and Marble House. The campus is considered one of the most beautiful in America, and the University has been praised for its restoration efforts.
"A small stroll through the campus of Salve is a tour of the great architectural works of the Golden Age. The protection and sensitive adaptation of these estates and their surrounding landscapes for educational use are examples of preservation at its best." Richard Moe, President National Trust for Historic Preservation
Its campus borders the famed Cliff Walk and has views of the Atlantic Ocean. It has an active campus life and is within walking distance of Newport Harbor, beaches, and other tourist attractions.
Ochre Court
The main administration offices are housed in the 50-room former summer "cottage" of Ogden Goelet, Ochre Court. The ballroom has been turned into a small chapel used by the university. The building was used in the beginning scenes of the movie True Lies. The interior scenes were filmed at nearby Rosecliff, on Bellevue Avenue.
Ochre Court was built in 1892 for banker and developer Ogden Goelet and his wife Mary Wilson Goelet by the architect Richard Morris Hunt. The estate grounds were designed by the Olmsted Brothers. The exterior is a gothic-style limestone palace that borrows heavily from the detail of the great medieval chateaux of France's Loire Valley. It includes Louis XIII style including high roofs, turrents, gargoyles and tall chimneys. The 50-room building is also remarkable for its sweeping ocean views. The Goelets used the estate solely for Newport's eight-week summer season. It required 27 servants, 12 gardeners, and 8 grooms and coachmen to run it during the season.
In March 1947, Robert Goelet son of Ogden Goelet, donated this mansion to the Diocese of Providence, who then gave it to the Sisters of Mercy for the establishment of the college.
The entire college was housed in this building for the first few years of its existence. The eight faculty members were nuns who lived in the mansion's servants' quarters. The original 58 women students lived on the third floor and took classes on the second floor. Students ate, studied, and used the library on the first floor. They bought books in the mansion's basement. During this time, the library held about 2,000 books, which had been gathered during the 30's and 40's prior to the college having a home. The library in Ochre Court was run by Sister Mary Catherine Durkin from 1947 to 1950, then by Sister Marie Therese Lebeau from 1950 to 1971, during which time the library moved to McAuley.
In March 2000, the building was named a Save America's Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
McAuley Hall
Inspired by Longfellow's poem about Vikings, "The Skeleton in Armor," the original owner Catherine Lorillard Wolfe called her home Vinland. Designed by Peabody & Stearns in 1880, it was built in the Romanesque Revival style. It features carved belt courses and window casings with decorative motifs derived from 1,000-year-old Celtic manuscripts in its red sandstone. Ernest Bowditch designed the landscaping. In 1896, Vinland was sold to railroad tycoon Hamilton McKnown Twombly and his wife Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, whose brother Cornelius Vanderbilt II owned The Breakers next door. In December of 1955, Vinland Estate was donated to Salve Regina by their daughter Florence Burden.
The estate includes the main structure (a mansion with about 50 rooms) and a great number of outbuildings including a gatehouse, carriage house, and potting shed. The Vinland mansion was renamed McAuley Hall, after Catherine McAuley, the founder of the Sisters of Mercy. The library was then moved from Ochre Court to the first and second floors of McAuley Hall, where it was able to grow in volumes and staff. Faculty offices were also located on the second floor, and student housing on the third floor. The library remained in McAuley Hall until the building could hold no more. All the available space had been used and there was a need for an updated information system. It was not the type of building that could be massively renovated due to its historic nature. There was an obvious need to create a modern building to house the library and its collections. Thus McKillop Library was conceived, planned, and built. The main building is now used for faculty offices, student meetings and limited classes.
McKillop Library
Built in 1991, the library includes over 150,000 equivalent volumes and Macintosh and Pentium PC labs equipped with national and international databases and Internet and World Wide Web connections. Labs include multi-media options, and a Multi-media Center allows production of interactive presentations.
McKillop Library was named after former President Sr. Lucille McKillop, during whose tenure Salve Regina overcame a $1 million deficit, more than doubled its enrollment to 2,300, and was transformed into a financially viable university offering a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses. Sr. Lucille McKillop was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Medal of Honor, Compassionate of Merit in the rank order of Officer Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem; National Conference of Christians and Jews Inc. Brotherhood Award; the Mercy Higher Education Colloquium Award for Excellence and Leadership in Higher Education; the Rhode Island Distinguished Service Star, awarded by Gov. Bruce G. Sundlun; and the Hope Award of the Rhode Island Commission on Women.
Carey Mansion
The Carey Mansion (Cecilia Hall) was used for the exterior shots of "Collinwood"u in the TV series Dark Shadows. The Carey Mansion is leased by the University from Martin Carey, and is one of the largest mansions still owned by an individual rather than the university or the historical society. Cecilia Hall refers to the music chamber in the mansion, which is used for musical practice and performance; St. Cecilia is the patron of musicians.
Seaview
Seaview is a dormitory that was built in 1880 as a stable for Carey Mansion.
Watts Sherman
The William Watts Sherman House was built in 1876 by William Watts Sherman and his first wife, Annie Derby Rodgers Wetmore.
It was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and is generally regarded as a stepping-off point for what later became known as the Shingle Style in American architecture. It features a masonry first floor with small half-timbered panels, textured stucco, and diamond-panel windows above. It is known for its massive chimneys and unifying broad gable roof with weathered wood shingles. It borrows from the English Queen Anne country house style with combined elements that draw from medieval European, Renaissance English, and Colonial American styles. The interior has rooms clustered about a spacious central stair hall. Renderings were done by Stanford White. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the house is a 19th century American architectural landmark.
In 1949, a Baptist Church acquired the house and turned it into a nursing home, the Baptist Home of Rhode Island. A utilitarian annex was added in 1969. Salve acquired the property in 1982.
Wakehurst
Wakehurst was conceptualized in 1882 and built for James J. Van Alen between 1884 and 1887. It was designed to replicate Wakehurst Place, an Elizabethan manor house built in Sussex, England in 1570, that still stands today. Charles Eamer Kempe drew the original plans. Dudley Newton supervised the construction, including the assembly of certain rooms that were created and built in England. The building of these rooms, the English Jacobean Long Hall, Dutch Renaissance den, and Bruges dining room, introduced the concept of the "museum room." The dining room was also the first actual neoclassical room by Robert Adam to be imported to America. The grounds of Wakehurst were created by landscape designer Ernest Bowditch. It mimics an English country estate, with footpaths winding among a large variety of trees and ending at formal gardens. The slate roof, made of Vermont slate, is unique in American architecture.
The home represents a vintage transition in scale between the humble Newport summer cottages of the Civil War era and the grandiose mansions that followed. In 2001, it was designated an official project Save America's Treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Salve purchased Wakehurst in 1972. It is currently home to the university's Student Center and to the departments of English and Cultural and Historic Preservation.
Wetmore Hall
Wetmore is the former carriage house and stables for the Chateau-sur-Mer estate. Built in 1852-53 by Seth Bradford for William Shepard Wetmore, it was the most significant "service building" for Chateau-sur-Mer. Between 1876 and 1883, plans for alterations to the carriage house complex may have been completed by Richard Morris Hunt, who was designing alterations to the house at the time. In March 2006, it was recognized as a Department of Interior National Historic Landmark.
The carriage house and stables complex had significantly advanced engineering systems for the nineteenth century. Many remain intact, such as complex and still-functioning systems of ventilation and heating and cooling. The carriage house also retains a high level of decorative finish throughout its interior, including cast-iron hardware, Minton tile in the stable stalls, and decorative yellow brick flooring laid in black grout. The exterior of the structure is characterized by rough-cut sandstone laid in a random horizontal fashion, with a slate mansard roof, gable dormers, and unique features such as a Belgian block courtyard laid in a concentric circular pattern. Noted exterior features include large wooden doors.
Wetmore Hall is currently under renovation with the assistance of a Champlin Foundations grant received in 2005. Once restored, it will house the Cultural and Historic Preservation program, including its Community Preservation Laboratory dedicated to assisting individuals and organizations in the greater community in need of historic preservation research and expertise, and the Department of Art, including its studio major of Interactive Communication Technology (ICT), as well as publicly accessible presentation areas.
Young Hall/Fairlawn
The three-story brick and wood frame structure built for Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ritchie of Boston was part of the initial development of Bellevue Avenue during the 1850s. Wrought-iron gates and a mosaic-tiled floor at the front entrance lead to the Great Hall with its carved staircase. The dining room, paneled in dark carved wood under an ornamental ceiling, could seat up to 100 guests. Benjamin Harrison's Vice President, Levi P. Morton, bought the property in the late 1860s and commissioned Richard Morris Hunt to build a ballroom on the south side. The room was added in 1870 expressly for the visit of Ulysses S. Grant shortly after he became President.
In 1881, McKim, Mead and White designed second-story family rooms over the ballroom. Also during this period of renovation, Tiffany stained-glass windows were added to the Great Hall. I. Townsend Burden bought the house nine years later and commissioned Peabody and Stearns to design a curved porch. Fairlawn remained a private residence until the 1920s. It has served as a preparatory school and a junior college and was returned to residential use after the 1960s. Acquired by the university in 1997 to house the Pell Center of International Relations and Public Policy, it has recently been restored and renamed in memory of Anita O'Keeffe Young and Robert R. Young. The university received the Newport Historical Society's Historic Preservation Award in 1999 for the restoration of this building.
Founder's Hall
The former summer home of Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson Spencer is designed in a Colonial Revival style. The architectural firm of Peabody & Stearns adapted formal Georgian details like pedimented dormer windows, a fanlight entrance, and roof trim to the informal ambiance of a seaside villa. It was purchased by the university in 1964.
Satellite Campus
Additional satellite locations include the Graduate Studies and Continuing Education Campus, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket R.I.; Kent County Memorial Hospital, Warwick R.I.; Newport Hospital, Newport R.I.; and Women & Infants Hospital, Providence R.I.
Campus Heritage Preservation Plan
Salve Regina University was the first New England institution to receive a Getty Grant Program award to develop a Campus Heritage Preservation Plan. The Campus Heritage Preservation Plan includes a detailed review of 21 buildings comprising seven contiguous 19th-century estates that distinguish Salve Regina's historic campus. The plan includes full existing conditions reports, restorative plans and, where appropriate, comprehensive recommendations and plans for adaptive reuse. The plan has been integrated as the key component of several classes in the Cultural and Historic Preservation Program, as well as affording students countless opportunities for independent study.
In addition to the Getty Grant Program, Salve Regina's efforts have resulted in awards from the Newport Historical Society, the White House Millennium Council and the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Save America's Treasures Program, the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Preservation Society of Newport County, and The Victorian Society.
The Annual Salve Regina University Conference on Cultural and Historic Preservation attracts nationwide attendance.
Cultural and Historic Preservation Major
The university also has a major in cultural and historic preservation, which combines architectural history, archeology and preservation planning. The program is directed by Dr. James C. Garman, an archaeologist and anthropologist who is also a noted author. The campus and its surrounding areas are used extensively in the major.
The program is housed in Wetmore Hall, part of the newly christened Antone Center for Fine Arts, the former stables of Chateau-sur-Mer, the grand estate built on Bellevue Avenue for a China trade merchant in the mid-1800s. The university is in the process of raising $6.5 million to convert the building into art studios, historic preservation labs, and classrooms.
As interns for the Preservation Society of Newport County, Kathleen Styger '06 and Michelle Styger '07 conducted extensive research for descriptions on the interior of the Chateau-sur-Mer estate as part of the National Historic Landmark nomination submitted to the Department of Interior. This resulted in its recognition as a National Historic Landmark. This work provided the necessary research towards the reconstruction and reuse of Wetmore Hall, the former stables for Chateau-Sur-Mer
Athletics/Sports
Salve Regina competes on the NCAA Division III level and is a member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) and New England Football Conference (NEFC). The university offers 10 varsity sports for women (soccer, field hockey, tennis, cross country, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, softball, track and field, and lacrosse), 8 for men (football, cross country, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, baseball, and lacrosse), and one co-ed sport (sailing).
In addition, the university has a successful club sports program. The men's rugby club competes at the Division III level in the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU). The team won the New England Division III college rugby championship in 2008 and thereby qualified as a Final Four team for the National Small College Rugby Organization Championship, scheduled to take place in Spring 2009. The team finished runner-up in the Division IV NERFU championship in 2007. The women's rugby team, founded in Spring 2008, competes in NERFU Division IV.
The highly regarded co-ed sailing team competes in the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). Sailing was named a varsity sport over the summer of 2008.
While every sports program has been successful in its tenure, Men's tennis has become an athletic institution at Salve Regina University. Under the strong leadership of coach Brian Shanley (Providence College) the Seahawks have notched 10 Commonwealth Coast Conference Championships and twice ranked runners up since Shanley took over as head coach in 1995.
Fomer Salve Regina baseball player Damian Constantino holds the NCAA record (for all divisions) for consecutive games in which he had at least one hit, at 60 games. Constantino passed former professional ball player Robin Ventura of Oklahoma State (58 games) in 2003..
An Athletic/Wellness Center is located on campus. It has varsity and intramural sports as well as health and fitness programs. Student-athletes have the opportunity to occasionally compete at historic Newport athletic sites such as Cardines Field, home to one of the longest-running amateur baseball leagues in the country or the grass courts of the Newport Casino at the Tennis Hall of Fame.
The University's Rodgers Recreation Center is the pre-season training home of the 2008 NBA World Champion Boston Celtics.
Financial Aid
Salve Regina offers scholarships, loans, and part-time work-study employment to full-time students and to part-time students accepted as degree candidates. Students with superior academic credentials may be considered for a number of academic scholarship programs provided by the university. Academic scholarships are awarded to incoming freshmen based on rank in class and SAT or ACT scores, renewable as long as students maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA. Partial scholarships are awarded annually to five sophomores and five juniors with the highest GPAs in their classes. The University offers 11 endowed scholarships and participates in state and federal loan and scholarship programs including the Army ROTC program, as well as a number of private philanthropic programs.
Admissions
Admission is selective with an acceptance rate of 52% and an average combined SAT score of 1125 (critical reading/math sections only). On average, of the 570 freshmen, a third ranked in the top 20% of their high school classes. Salve Regina is no longer a rolling admissions office, as the number of applications has risen steadily in the last 5 years.
Mission
Mission Statement
As a community that welcomes people of all beliefs, Salve Regina University, a Catholic institution founded by the Sisters of Mercy, seeks wisdom and promotes universal justice.
The university through teaching and research prepares men and women for responsible lives by imparting and expanding knowledge, developing skills, and cultivating enduring values. Through liberal arts and professional programs, students develop their abilities for thinking clearly and creatively, enhance their capacity for sound judgment, and prepare for the challenge of learning throughout their lives.
In keeping with the traditions of the Sisters of Mercy, and recognizing that all people are stewards of God’s creation, the university encourages students to work for a world that is harmonious, just, and merciful.
Mission Integration
Salve Regina's mission preserves the university's Catholic identity and the traditions of the Sisters of Mercy and their belief in the value of education. The integration of the mission's basic principles into the academic curriculum, student-centered programs, and institutional operations supports not only the core value of mercy, but also the shared vision of graduating men and women who positively impact the intellectual, spiritual and cultural lives of their respective communities.
See also the strategic planning document "Enduring Power of a Shared Vision"
Famous Alumni
Janet L. Robinson, President & CEO, The New York Times Company
Michael Lombardi, Actor, Rescue Me
General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC, Commander, Central Command
General Charles E. Wihelm, USMC, Commander, Southern Command
Vice Admiral John D. Stewart, Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy
Lt General Allen G. Peck, USAF, Commander/ President, Air University
Lt General George J. Trautman, III, USMC, Deputy Comandant for Aviation, United States Marine Corps
Lt General Glenn F. Spears, USAF, Deputy Commander, United States Southern Command
Lt General Jack L. Hudson, USAF, Commander, Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center
Lt General James J. Lovelace, USA, Commander, Coalition Forces Land Component Command, Central Command
Lt General Stanley A. McChrystal, USA, Commander, Joint Special Operations Command
Lt General Martin R. Steele, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Policies, and Operations, United States Marine Corps
Major General Antonio M. Taguba, USA, Deputy Commander, Coalition Forces Land Component Command, Central Command
Major General James W. Nuttall, ANG, Deputy Director, Army National Guard
Major General Timothy R. Larsen, USMC, Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Japan
Major General Ronald G. Richard, USMC, Commander, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Major General Robert S. Dickman, USAF, Director, National Reconnaissance Office
Major General Howard J. Mitchell, USAF, Director of Operations, Air Force Space Command
Rear Admiral Cynthia Dullea, USN, Deputy Commander, Navy Medince National Capital Area
Accreditation and Memberships
The university is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.
The art program is among just 10 at liberal arts universities accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
The National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC) accredits the Nursing Program, which is also approved by the Rhode Island Board of Nurses Registration and Nursing Education. The Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and Special Education programs are interstate-approved.; students completing these programs qualify for certification in approximately 45 states. The Social Work Department offers a baccalaureate program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. The Business Studies program is accredited by the International Association for Collegiate Business Education. The Master's program in Rehabilitative Counseling is accredited by the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE).
Other Memberships:
American Council on Education, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education,
American Association of College and Universities, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers, College Entrance Examination Board, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, National Association of College Admission Counselors, National Catholic Educational Association, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, Council of Independent Colleges, Council on Rehabilitation Education, Mercy Higher Education Colloquium, Association of Mercy Colleges, Council on Social Work Education
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