Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
motto Virtus cum Scientia (virtue and knowledge combined)
founding 1840
Sponsorship Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
place Saint Mary-of-the-Woods , Indiana
country United States
management Dottie L. King , Ph.D.
Students 1703
Annual budget € 9.5 million (2013)
University sports 4 USCAA and IHSA teams

The Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is a Roman Catholic College of the Arts. It is the oldest Catholic college for women in the United States.

history

Mother Théodore Guérin arrived with her companions on October 22, 1840 in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods . There she built a girls' school. The first students were admitted in July 1841. As early as 1846, a state charter was issued that allowed the college to award academic honors and degrees. In 1899 the school awarded the first Bachelor of Arts . It was the first women's college to offer courses in journalism. With the expansion of career opportunities for women, it offered courses in IT, business administration, nursing, psychology and animal science. Distance learning was introduced in 1973. Today degrees are awarded in over 30 major subjects. Since 2005, men have been allowed to take part in the distance learning courses and in 2015 this was extended to all courses.

Well-known graduates

  • Marie Louise Andrews (1849-1891), writer and journalist
  • Amalia Küssner Coudert (1863–1932), painter and miniaturist
  • Sister Kathleen Desautels, activist
  • Sister Barbara Doherty, educator and theologian, president of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College 1984–1988
  • Mary Fendrich Hulman (1905-1998), matriarch of the Hulman family
  • Mari Hulman George, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Chairman Emeritus
  • Mary Pat Kelly, writer
  • Sister Jeanne Knoerle (1928–2013), author and educator, President of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (1968–1983)
  • Marta Linares, First Lady of Panama (2009-2014)
  • Caroline Myss, author of mystical literature
  • Kathy Sinnott (* 1950), Irish Member of the European Parliament (2004–2009) and disability rights activist
  • Sister Alexa Suelzer (1918–2015), theologian, author and educator, known for work on the Old Testament
  • Jean Wilkowski, author and ambassador
  • Sarah Vaughn, comic author and artist (Alex + Ada, Sparkshooter etc.)

Web links

Commons : Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nacubo.org ( Memento of February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF).
  2. ^ Congregations of Providence . In: Catholic Encyclopedia . tape 12 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
  3. ↑ Our History. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Catholic Liberal Arts College, accessed August 3, 2019 (American English).

Coordinates: 39 ° 30 '31.4 "  N , 87 ° 27' 59.4"  W.