Mount Mercy University

Mount Mercy University
Warde Hall
Type	Private
Established	1928
Affiliation	Roman Catholic (Sisters of Mercy)
Endowment	$23.6 million^[1]
President	Laurie Hamen
Students	1,824 (1,115 full-time)
Location	Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Campus	Urban, 40 acres
Athletics	NAIA – MCC
Nickname	Mustangs
Affiliations	CMHE ACCU CIC NAICU
Website	mtmercy.edu

Mount Mercy University is a four-year, co-educational Catholic liberal arts university located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. The school was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1928.

Students take a core of liberal arts courses providing a comprehensive foundation for many specific areas of study including: English, fine arts, history, mathematics, multicultural studies, natural science, philosophy, religious studies, social science and speech/drama. The university offers over 37 undergraduate majors in liberal arts and professional programs and four graduate programs.

Campus

Mount Mercy University's 40-acre campus is located in a tree-lined residential neighborhood in the heart of Cedar Rapids, Iowa (population 126,326).

History

Mount Mercy University was founded as a two-year college for women in 1928 by the Sisters of Mercy of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Sisters of Mercy, whose order was founded in 1831 by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, have been active in Cedar Rapids since 1875. The college was an outgrowth of their concerns about the education of women.

In 1957, Mount Mercy became a four-year institution and awarded its first bachelor's degree in 1959. The college received accreditation as a baccalaureate institution by the North Central Association in 1960. In 1968 the Sisters of Mercy transferred their legal authority and responsibility to a self-perpetuating independent board of which three members would always be Sisters of Mercy. Mount Mercy College became coeducational in 1969. While integrating a strong liberal arts component, the college has always emphasized professional development from its early involvement, as a junior college, on business courses and teacher education. The departments of nursing, education and social work were accredited in the 1960s and 1970s as the four-year programs developed. Begun in 1997, the Adult Accelerated program, a joint Mount Mercy University/Kirkwood Community College accelerated degree completion program for working adults meets an important community workforce development need.

On August 23, 2010 the institution was re-designated as a university.

Presidents

Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland, 1928–1933, 1946–1961
Sister Mary Cornelia Burke, 1933 to 1939
Sister Mary Maura Marron, 1939–1946
Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey, 1961–1977
Dr. Thomas R. Feld, 1977–1999
Dr. Robert Pearce, 1999–2006
Dr. Christopher R.L. Blake, 2006 – 2013
Dr. Laurie Hamen, 2014 - present

Enrollment

1,824 students; 1,115 full-time.
Average high school GPA is 3.44; 89 percent are in the top half of their class.
Ninety four percent of freshmen from Iowa; 6 percent from out of state, primarily in the Midwest.
One hundred percent of new full-time freshmen receive some form of institutionally funded financial aid; Over $7.8 million in institutional grants was awarded in 2010-2011.

Non-traditional programs

Mount Mercy offers nine accelerated degree programs for working adults. These include a degree completion program for RNs, and majors in accounting, business, applied management, finance, human resource management, management information systems and marketing through a joint program with Kirkwood Community College. The university also offers a Masters in Business Administration, a Master of Arts in Education, Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Master of Science in Nursing.

Library

The 65,000-square-foot (6,000 m²) Busse Library is a facility with over 100 computers and 130,000 volumes and over 11,000 eBooks. Online resources are available 24 hours a day to faculty, staff and students.

Newspaper

The Mount Mercy Times is the official newspaper of the university. It was founded in 1994 and now reaches over 4,000 readers in the Cedar Rapids community on a weekly basis. The Mount Mercy Times is housed in the basement of Busse Library.

Athletics

Mount Mercy teams are known as the Mustangs. The university is a member of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), competing in the Midwest Collegiate Conference (MCC) before it dissolved. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, track & field and volleyball.

Intramural activities include basketball, volleyball, golf, flag football, softball and cross country.

Alumni

Of graduates over the past three years, 95 percent are employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation, 53 percent remain in the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area and 91 percent remain in Iowa.

References

↑ As of June 30, 2010. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2009 to FY 2010" (PDF). 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers.

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Colleges and universities in Iowa

Public institutions	Iowa State University University of Iowa University of Northern Iowa

Private institutions	AIB College of Business Ashford Briar Cliff Buena Vista Central Clarke Coe Cornell Des Moines Divine Word Dordt Drake Emmaus Bible Faith Baptist Graceland Grand View Grinnell Iowa Wesleyan Loras Luther Maharishi Morningside Mount Mercy Northwestern St. Ambrose Simpson University of Dubuque Upper Iowa Waldorf Wartburg William Penn

Midwest Collegiate Conference

Archdiocese of Dubuque

Ordinaries	Bishops Mathias Loras Clement Smyth Archbishops John Hennessy John Keane James Keane Francis Beckman Henry Rohlman Leo Binz James Byrne Daniel Kucera Jerome Hanus Michael Jackels

Auxiliary Bishops	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Thomas Lane George Biskup Loras Joseph Watters Francis John Dunn William Edwin Franklin

Churches	Cathedral St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque Parishes Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids Holy Family, New Melleray Holy Ghost, Dubuque Holy Trinity, Luxemburg Nativity, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Fillmore St. Boniface, New Vienna St. Donatus, St. Donatus St. Joseph, Elkader St. Joseph, Key West Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque St. Ludmila, Cedar Rapids St. Martin, Cascade St. Mary, Guttenberg St. Patrick, Dubuque St. Patrick, Garryowen St. Lawrence, Otter Creek St. Paul, Worthington Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg Former Parishes Saint Joseph's Prairie Church St. Mary, Cascade St. Mary, Dubuque St. Joseph, Stone City

Education	Higher Education Clarke University Divine Word College Loras College Mount Mercy University St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque High Schools Beckman High School, Dyersville Columbus High School, Waterloo Don Bosco High School, Gilbertville Marquette High School, Bellevue Newman Catholic High School, Mason City Wahlert High School, Dubuque Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids Primary Schools Mazzuchelli Middle School, Dubuque Holy Family Catholic Schools, Dubuque

Religious Orders	New Melleray Abbey Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Priests	John George Alleman John Patrick Carroll James Vincent Casey Joseph Crétin Justin Albert Driscoll Thomas William Drumm Raymond Philip Etteldorf Daniel Mary Gorman Edward Howard Louis Benedict Kucera Mathias Clement Lenihan Thomas Mathias Lenihan J. A. M. Pelamourgues Joseph Clement Willging

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Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Dubuque

Dioceses	Archdiocese of Dubuque Diocese of Davenport Diocese of Des Moines Diocese of Sioux City

Cathedrals	St. Raphael’s Cathedral, Dubuque Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport St. Ambrose Cathedral, Des Moines Cathedral of the Epiphany, Sioux City

Basilicas	Basilica of St. John, Des Moines Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville

Higher Education	Briar Cliff University Clarke University Loras College Mount Mercy University St. Ambrose University St. Pius X Seminary

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American women's colleges that became coeducational

Became coeducational	Adelphi Albertus Magnus Andrew Anna Maria Barber-Scotia Beaver Bennington Blue Mountain College Brescia Cabrini Caldwell Carlow Cazenovia Chestnut Hill Chowan Columbia (MO) Connecticut College Dominican (CA) Dominican (NY) Drexel College of Medicine Elms Elmira Emmanuel (MA) Felician Florida State Fontbonne Georgia College Georgian Court Goucher Greensboro Holy Family Holy Names Hood Hunter Huston-Tillotson Immaculata Incarnate Word James Madison Keuka LaGrange Lake Erie Lasell Lesley Lindenwood Longwood MacMurray Mary Hardin–Baylor Mary Washington Marygrove Marymount (CA) Marymount (VA) Marymount Manhattan Marywood Mercy (NY) Mercyhurst Misericordia Mississippi University for Women Mount Mercy Mount St. Joseph Mount St. Vincent Montevallo Moravian Notre Dame (OH) Notre Dame de Namur Ohio Dominican Our Lady of Holy Cross Our Lady of the Lake Pine Manor Queens (NC) Radford Randolph Regis (MA) Rosemont Rivier St. Francis (IL) St. Joseph's (NY) St. Scholastica St. Xavier (IL) Sarah Lawrence Salve Regina Seton Hill Shorter Silver Lake Skidmore Southern Virginia Spalding Stevenson Texas Woman's Thomas More (KY) Trocaire UNC Greensboro University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Vassar Virginia Union Viterbo Washington College of Law Webster Wells Wheaton (MA) William Peace Wilson (PA) Winthrop

Coordinate colleges	Douglass (merged with Rutgers University) Evelyn College for Women (with Princeton University; closed) Georgia State College for Women (with Georgia School of Technology to form Georgia College & State University) H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (merged with Tulane University) Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (merged with Carnegie Mellon University) Maryhill College (merged with St. Edward's University) Mt Vernon College (with GW University) Pembroke (merged with Brown University) Radcliffe College (merged with Harvard University) University of Mary Washington (with University of Virginia)

Conference for Mercy Higher Education

Carlow University College of Saint Mary Georgian Court University Gwynedd Mercy University Maria College of Albany Mercy College of Northwest Ohio Mercyhurst University Misericordia University Mount Aloysius College Mount Mercy University Salve Regina University University of St. Joseph St. Joseph's College St. Xavier University Trocaire College University of Detroit Mercy

Coordinates: 42°0′8.08″N 91°39′5.49″W / 42.0022444°N 91.6515250°W / 42.0022444; -91.6515250

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