Brescia University

This article is about the university in Kentucky. For the women's college in Ontario, see Brescia University College. For the university in Italy, see University of Brescia.

Coordinates: 37°46′8.22″N 87°6′43.47″W / 37.7689500°N 87.1120750°W / 37.7689500; -87.1120750

Brescia University
Former names
Mount Saint Joseph Junior College for Women
Type Private
Established 1925
Affiliation Catholic Church (Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph)
President Rev. Larry Hostetter
Location Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Colors          
Athletics NAIAKIAC
Nickname Bearcats
Affiliations ACCU
NAICU
CIC
Website brescia.edu

Brescia University is a coeducational Catholic university located in Owensboro, Kentucky, in the United States. Founded as a junior college for women, it is now a coeducational university offering undergraduate and master's programs.

History

Brescia University traces its roots to Mount Saint Joseph Junior College for Women founded in 1925 by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph at Maple Mount, a rural area outside Owensboro. Coeducational extension courses were started at Owensboro and eventually grew into its own campus. After World War II the two campuses were consolidated, thus becoming fully co-educational. In 1951, it was renamed Brescia College, after the Italian city of Brescia where Saint Angela Merici founded the original order.[1] It attained university status in 1998 with the addition of Master's degree programs in Management, and Curriculum and Instruction.[2]

Organizations

Brescia University boasts a number of on campus clubs and organizations, most notably the Student Activities Program Board (SAPB). SAPB sends members annually to the NACA Mid America Regional conference that brings in Activities Programming Board members from colleges across Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Illinois. Notable acts brought out of NACA include Five Times August and Cary Judd.

Notable alumnus

Athletics

Brescia University teams are known as the Bearcats. The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball.

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