Barry University
| Barry University | |
|---|---|
| motto | Where You Belong |
| founding | 1940 |
| Sponsorship | private (Roman Catholic Church) |
| place | Miami Shores , Florida |
| President | Linda Bevilacqua OP |
| Students | approx. 9000 |
| Employee | 2100 |
| including professors | 801 |
| Foundation assets | $ 25.1 million |
| University sports | Buccaneer ( Sunshine State Conference ) |
| Website | www.barry.edu |
The Barry University is a Roman Catholic private University in Miami Shores , a suburb of Miami in the US state of Florida .
history
The college was founded in 1940 as Barry College for Women by Patrick Barry , Bishop of St. Augustine, and Mother Mary Gerald Barry, Prioress General of the Dominican Order of the Adrian Dominican Sisters (Suore Domenicane della Congregazione del Santo Rosario) in Adrian, Michigan. On November 13, 1981, Barry College was converted into what is now Barry University .
University
The 36-acre main campus is located in Miami Shores, Florida; Offices in Orlando (Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law) and in Saint Petersburg (Physician Assistant Program). The Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library is considered the leading Catholic library in the United States. The Cor Jesu Chapel is centrally located .
The university offers 50 Bachelor and Master programs as well as PHD programs at the faculties / schools:
- Frank J. Rooney School of Adult and Continuing Education
- College of Arts and Sciences
- D. Inez Andreas School of Business
- Adrian Dominican School of Education
- College of Health Sciences
- School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences
- Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
- School of Podiatric Medicine
- Ellen Whiteside McDonnell School of Social Work
Presidents
- M. Gerald Barry (1940–1961)
- M. Genevieve Weber (1962–1963)
- M. Dorothy Browne (1963-1974)
- M. Trinita Flood (1974-1981)
- Jeanne O'Laughlin (1981-2004)
- Linda Bevilacqua OP, since 2004
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "History," Barry University, accessed April 14, 2012
Coordinates: 25 ° 52 ′ 43.8 " N , 80 ° 11 ′ 50.2" W.