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Individual Cosmic university in Minnesota, United States of America

St. Catherine University

Seal of St. Catherine University
Blazon	Individual women'south liberal arts university
Established	1905
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
Bookish affiliations	ACCU CIC WCC Space-grant
Endowment	$74.8 million (2016)[1]
Budget	$128.3 meg (2016)[two]
President	ReBecca Koenig Roloff [three]
Academic staff	340[4]
Students	iv,724[4]
Undergraduates	3,158
Postgraduates	1,566
Location	Saint Paul / Minneapolis, Minnesota , U.S. 44°55′29″N 93°10′56″Westward  /  44.92472°N 93.18222°Westward  / 44.92472; -93.18222 Coordinates: 44°55′29″Northward 93°ten′56″W  /  44.92472°N 93.18222°W  / 44.92472; -93.18222
Campus	Urban
Colors	Purple and gold
Nickname	Wildcats
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Sectionalization III – MIAC
Mascot	A Mutiny
Website	www.stkate.edu

St. Catherine University (St. Kate'due south) is a private Cosmic liberal arts academy in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was established as i of the first institutions of higher learning specifically for women in the Midwest and was known equally the College of St. Catherine until 2009.^[5] Today, St. Kate'due south offers baccalaureate programs for women, plus graduate and associate programs for women and men.

The academy averages about 5,000 students annually.^[4] It focuses on recruiting and enrolling minority students and not-traditional aged students. St. Catherine's Weekend College — at present Higher for Adults^[vi] — was the second such program in the nation and the first in the Upper Midwest.^[7] St. Kate's was too the beginning individual college in the nation to launch an try to attract, welcome, and retain Hmong students, making it home to one of the largest populations of Hmong scholars in the nation.^[8]

History [edit]

Founders [edit]

St. Catherine Academy was founded as the Higher of St. Catherine in 1905 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, under the leadership of Female parent Seraphine Republic of ireland. The university is named for St. Catherine of Alexandria, the 4th-century Egyptian lay philosopher who suffered martyrdom for her faith.^[nine]

A site for St. Kate's was called atop the city's 2nd-highest hill in St. Paul — in the area at present known as Highland Park. Hugh Derham of Rosemount contributed $20,000 for the first edifice. Derham Hall opened in January 1905, offering classes to high school boarding students and lower-sectionalisation college students. The loftier school eventually moved to its own campus and merged with the Lasallian-run Cretin High School to course Cretin-Derham Hall Loftier School in 1987. Upper-division courses were start offered in the bookish year of 1911–12. In spring 1913, Bachelor of Arts degrees were conferred on the first two students to complete four years at the new establishment. In 1917, St. Kate's earned full accreditation from the Northward Central Clan of Colleges and Schools.^[9]

During World State of war II, St. Kate's responded to a critical nursing shortage by expanding its programs to include a baccalaureate degree in nursing and assuming leadership of the St. Joseph'south and St. Mary's hospitals and schools of nursing — and partnering with the U.S. Cadet Nursing Corps to provide students with financial assistance in exchange for nursing services. More 170 St. Catherine alumnae served in military machine hospitals betwixt 1942 and 1948.^[ten]

Prior to the 1970s, students would take classes at the nearby Academy of St. Thomas, which was at the fourth dimension a men'south higher.

Expansion to Minneapolis [edit]

The St. Paul campus is the location for virtually day, evening/weekend, and graduate program classes, with 110 wooded acres in the Highland Park neighborhood, a primal location betwixt the Twin Cities' downtowns.^[4] St. Kate's coeducational Minneapolis campus in the Riverside neighborhood offers acquaintance degree and certificate programs in numerous healthcare fields. In 1887, the Sisters of St. Joseph responded to a need for trained nurses in the region founding the St. Mary'due south Schoolhouse of Nursing at St. Mary's Hospital in Minneapolis. Student nurses in the three yr Registered Nurse program lived in a dormitory at the infirmary while studying first year academics at the College of St. Catherine. In 1964, the hospital program was expanded and opened nether the title St. Mary'due south Junior Higher. St. Mary'due south offered acquaintance degrees in healthcare, including the first occupational therapy assistant program and the first physical therapist banana program in the United States. St. Kate'south acquired St. Mary'south Junior College in 1985.^[x] In 1987, Fairview Hospital combined with St. Mary's Infirmary to become Riverside Medical Center.^[11] In 2019, St. Catherine University sold the Minneapolis campus and in 2020, moved all Minneapolis campus programs and staff to the St. Paul campus.^[12]

Move to University [edit]

On June 1, 2009, the College of St. Catherine changed its name to St. Catherine Academy.^[9]

National Annals of Historic Places [edit]

Derham Hall and Our Lady of Victory Chapel are co-listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

St. Kate'south Presidents [edit]

St. Catherine's Academy has had eleven presidents over its history.

• ReBecca (Becky) Koenig Roloff '76, MBA (2016–nowadays)
• Andrea J. Lee, IHM, Ph.D; 1998–2016
• Anita One thousand. Pampusch '62, Ph.D.; 1985–1997
• Catherine T. McNamee, CSJ, Ph.D.; 1979–1984
• Alberta M. Huber, CSJ, '37, Ph.D.; 1964–1979
• Mary Edward Healy, CSJ, Ph.D.; 1961–1964
• Mary William Brady, CSJ, '31, Ph.D.; 1955–1961
• Antonine O'Brien, CSJ, '26; 1949–1955
• Antonius Kennelly, CSJ, '26, Ph.D.; 1943–1949
• Eucharista Galvin, CSJ, '24, Ph.D.; 1937–1943
• Antonia McHugh, CSJ; 1919–1937

Organization [edit]

Schools and colleges [edit]

At St. Catherine University, students enroll in ane of iii colleges:^[xiii]

• The College for Women
• The Graduate College
• The College for Adults

Students pursue their majors or programs of study, through three disciplined-based schools:^[xiv]

• Schoolhouse of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
• School of Business organisation
• Henrietta Schmoll School of Health

Collectively, the schools host more than 100 fields of study — many bachelor in both traditional day and nontraditional hybrid (evening, weekend and online) formats.^[15] St. Kate's likewise has nearly 60 baccalaureate majors, plus another 35 or so through the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities, besides as dozens of minors and ix pre-professional programs.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Partnerships [edit]

St. Kate'southward is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC), a consortium of 5 private liberal arts colleges located in Minneapolis or St. Paul. The partnership allows students to accept classes or complete a major at whatever ane of the other colleges. The university likewise partners with 900 clinical preparation sites to make clinical education meaningful and relevant to St. Kate's students. Partner organizations include Allina Health System, Fairview Health Services, HealthEast Intendance Organization and HealthPartners.

In the autumn of 2011, St. Kate's became the first university in Minnesota to partner with the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Plan (formerly known as the Peace Corps Fellows/Us program) to offering Peace Corps volunteers a fellowship to earn a Primary of Arts in Organizational Leadership (MAOL).^[17]

Endowed Mission Chairs [edit]

Dissimilar many colleges and universities that have established split departments for Catholic studies, liberal arts and women's studies, St. Catherine University has established 3 distinguished chairs:^[18]

• Endowed Chair in Catholic identity
• Endowed Chair in Women'southward Didactics
• Endowed Chair in the Liberal Arts

Each position is supported past endowed funds and a plan endowment. The distinguished chairs will work as a squad to:

• Initiate, plan and oversee faculty and staff development programming;
• Fund faculty and staff work focused on integrating the mission into syllabi, program
• Requirements and co-curricular activities;
• Purchase relevant library holdings and other materials;
• Serve as kinesthesia resources, especially for visiting classes, recruiting speakers and planning workshops.

Academics [edit]

The pupil/faculty ratio is 10:1.^[4] The average course size is 18 in the traditional/twenty-four hours program, 13 in the College for Adults, bachelor's programme and 16 in the Higher for Adults, associate program.^[4]

In addition to taking courses directly related to their chosen majors, baccalaureate students are required to complete 1 or two additional courses in the arts, humanities and sciences to meet the university's liberal arts requirements.^[19]

Online OTA program [edit]

In 2014, St. Catherine University expanded its Occupational Therapy Banana program to offer a composite learning selection. Starting in Virginia, and then expanding to California and Texas, the Online OTA program features eighty% online and 20% onsite curriculum, including skills labs and fieldwork experiences.^[20]

Enquiry and Academic Centers [edit]

St. Catherine Academy offers opportunities for faculty-educatee enquiry and mentoring through department and grant-funded initiatives — as well as through these programs and national centers:

• Assistantship Mentoring Programme (AMP) — paid teaching, research, and program assistantships in this program .^[21]
• Mayo Innovation Scholars program — This programme brings together baccalaureate students from a variety of disciplines to enquiry Mayo Clinic invention ideas and create business plans for a medical product. Graduate students from St. Catherine's Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership plan serve as mentors to student teams.^[22]
• WHIR Center — The Women's Health Integrative Research (WHIR) Center is a laboratory devoted to interdisciplinary research on women'due south health. In addition to motion-tracking equipment — such every bit a 3-D electromagnetic motility organisation, a metabolic measurement unit and a heart-rate monitoring system — WHIR as well has a wet lab that supports the processing and storage of homo claret and saliva samples.^[23] WHIR also functions as a ladder between degree programs in disciplines such as nursing, where students from two-yr associate degree programs piece of work alongside students earning their iv-year or graduate degrees.
• CATIE Center — St. Catherine Academy established the CATIE Center in 2005 every bit the Collaborative for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence.^[24] Information technology is one of the six centers working in partnership as the National Consortium of Interpreter Pedagogy Centers. The CATIE Heart offers resources and programs such as the Body Language online modules, ASL Immersion, Deafened Mentor Training, and Interpreting for Deaf-Blind Mentorship for students and working professionals. The center hosts the National Symposium on Healthcare Interpreting, drawing more than 150 interpreters to St. Kate'south each twelvemonth.^[25]
• National Center for STEM Uncomplicated Education — This middle houses outreach programs and services related to fostering interest and skill in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) amongst students as young as fourth grade.^[26]
• Homo Anatomy Lab — St. Kate's is domicile to the second largest collegiate anatomy lab in the country.^[27] The 3,600-square-foot space includes two labs — each 1 large plenty to accommodate ix bodies — plus showers, lockers, storage units and a cleaning room.^[27] At least eight unlike academic programs utilize the lab, including orthoptics (undergraduate), dr. assistant studies (master's) and physical therapy (doctoral studies). A religious service is held at the start of each semester to help students express gratitude for the generosity of their "silent teachers". John C. Nienstedt, Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, blessed the lab on September 19, 2011.^[28]

Honors programs [edit]

First-year students or sophomores who take accomplished at least a 3.five GPA are eligible to employ for the St. Catherine University's Antonian Scholars program for promising learners, leaders, researchers, writers, performers, and artistic thinkers. Antonian Scholars are required to complete an independent creative project during senior year.^[29] There are a full of 25 different Honor Societies.^[4]

Report away programs [edit]

St. Catherine University offers more than 150 written report abroad options in 50 countries, ranging in length from January term to yearlong. More 200 St. Kate's students written report abroad each year.^[30]

Student life [edit]

Residence life [edit]

Eighty percent of St. Catherine's outset-year students live in ix residence halls on campus.^[31] Students accept access to computer labs in the halls and resident advisors (RAs) who provide ongoing back up, guidance, and social activities. Each year, the university offers learning communities in some residence halls.

Clubs and organizations [edit]

St. Catherine University has more than than 50 student organizations, including Student Senate, intramural sports, and a women's choir.^[32] Students can work on two educatee publications, The Cycle and Ariston.

Athletics [edit]

The St. Catherine Academy Wildcats compete in eleven intercollegiate sports in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division Three and the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC).^[33] Women'south sports include basketball, golf, water ice hockey, cross state, softball, swimming and diving, dance, track and field, soccer, tennis and volleyball. Guild and recreational sports include aerobics, volleyball, basketball, soccer, lawn tennis and rock climbing. Remodeled in 2015, the Aimee and Patrick Butler Eye for Sports and Fitness at St. Kate's is a women-oriented sports eye, complete with an eight-lane swimming pool, weight room, suspended jogging track, spa and sauna.^[34] The benefits for educatee athletes are emerging at the Academy'due south Women's Health Integrative Research (WHIR) Center. WHIR's sophisticated equipment can establish baseline functioning measurements and track athletic improvement over time.

Art and archives [edit]

St. Catherine University's fine art collection dates dorsum to St. Kate's founding in 1905. Today, more than 1,000 pieces comprise the collection. Amid them are works on newspaper — prints (etchings, engravings, woodcuts, lithographs and silkscreens), watercolors and drawings — likewise every bit paintings and sculpture past artists of different nationalities and periods, including:

• Corita Kent, one of America'southward almost influential graphic design artists of the 20th century.
• Adolf Dehn, who helped ascertain regionalism and caricature in American fine art.
• Clair Mairs, featured in Pioneer Modernists: Minnesota'southward Commencement Generation of Women Artists.
• Giovanni Piranesi, one of the nigh prolific printmakers of the 18th century.
• Ade Bethune, who made unique contributions during the 20th century to the field of sacred fine art and architecture as an artist, author and liturgical consultant.

In addition to newspaper files, the St. Catherine University archives contains more than 8,000 photographs and 4,500 artifacts.^[35] The athenaeum are packed with rare and valuable items: some from before the Christian era, others from the early days of printing, including a Heritage Edition of The Saint John's Bible.^[36]

The academy also houses the Catherine Grand. Murphy Gallery which hosts art exhibitions, programming, and the university'due south art collection. The gallery seeks to "maintain a powerful women-centered presence in the local and regional arts communities."^[37]

Notable alumni [edit]

• Kelly Barnhill '96 - Newbery and Nebula Award-winning author
• Heather M. Hodges '68 - Former U.Due south. ambassador to Ecuador and Moldova
• Shukran Hussein Gure - Somali politician; MP in the Parliament of Kenya
• Carol Ronning Kapsner '69 - Supreme court justice, State of Due north Dakota
• Betty McCollum '87 - U.Due south. congresswoman
• Mary Jo McGuire '78 - Minnesota country senator and erstwhile Minnesota state representative
• Anne McKeig '89 - Associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
• Nancy Youngblut '75 - Played Kolana in "Star Expedition: Deep Space Nine" and Scarlet Forest in ABC'southward "One Life to Live"

See also [edit]

• List of colleges and universities in Minnesota
• Higher education in Minnesota

References [edit]

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2. ^ Kennedy, Patrick. "Minnesota Nonprofit 100". StarTribune News. Minneapolis StarTribune. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
3. ^ "ReBecca Koenig Roloff named St. Catherine University'south 11th President", St. Kate's Newswire. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
4. ^ ^{a b c d due east f g} University Facts, St. Catherine Academy. Retrieved June eleven, 2018.
5. ^ "St. Catherine Academy", MNOpedia, January, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
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7. ^ "Educating the Whole Person", pg 10, SCAN, Jan 2008. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
8. ^ "One Big Extended Family unit", pg 5, Scan, February 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
9. ^ ^{a b c} Our History., St. Catherine Academy. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
10. ^ ^{a b} Our History With Healthcare Archived 2013-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, St. Catherine University. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
11. ^ Fairview Wellness Services Doc Recruitment and Memory. "Provider Opportunities at Fairview -- Our History". Fairview Hospital. Archived from the original on 2014-07-24. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
12. ^ Wittenberg, Alex (July 23, 2018). "St. Catherine Academy leaving Minneapolis campus to consolidate space". Minneapolis/ St. Paul Business concern Journal . Retrieved 2022-03-08 . {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
13. ^ "Access and Aid | St. Catherine University". world wide web.stkate.edu . Retrieved 2022-03-08 .
14. ^ "Academics | St. Catherine University". www.stkate.edu . Retrieved 2022-03-08 .
15. ^ Admissions, St. Catherine University. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
16. ^ "Peace Corps Partners with MAOL", SCAN, February 2011. Retrieved October half-dozen, 2012.
17. ^ Endowed Mission Chairs St. Catherine University. Retrieved June eleven, 2018.
18. ^ Baccalaureate Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Requirements, St. Catherine University. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
19. ^ "St. Catherine University (St. Kate's) Online OTA Program". St. Catherine Online OTA . Retrieved 2018-09-twenty .
20. ^ Assistantship Mentoring Plan, Retrieved May seven, 2018.
21. ^ "Annihilation But Ordinary", pg 10, SCAN, June 2011. Retrieved June xiii, 2018.
22. ^ "Alive and Kicking", pg 18, Browse, June 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
23. ^ CATIE Heart, St. Catherine Academy. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
24. ^ "Healthcare interpreters requite voice to patients", St. Kate'south News. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
25. ^ NCSEE, National Eye for STEM Elementary Instruction. St. Catherine University. Retrieved May vii, 2018.
26. ^ ^{a b} "The Hidden Wholeness", pg 32, SCAN, October 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
27. ^ " New anatomy lab gets archbishop'south blessing", The Catholic Spirit. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
28. ^ Antonian Scholars St. Catherine University. Retrieved May seven, 2018.
29. ^ Global Studies St. Catherine Academy. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
30. ^ Residence Halls & Apartments, St. Catherine University. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
31. ^ Clubs and Organizations, St. Catherine University. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
32. ^ St. Catherine University Athletics, Retrieved Feb xiii, 2013.
33. ^ Butler Fitness Middle, Retrieved June 7, 2018.
34. ^ "Preserving a Century of Stories", Browse, June 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
35. ^ "St. Kate'southward owns a limited reproduction of The Saint John's Bible." Archived 2013-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, St. Kate's News. Retrieved Feb twenty, 2013.
36. ^ Catherine K. Irish potato Gallery, Retrieved June 7, 2018.

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Official athletics website

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Catherine_University

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