Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Latin: Universitatis Sanctæ Mariæ
Motto	Virtus et Scientia
Motto in English	Virtue and Knowledge
Type	Private
Established	1912
Affiliation	Roman Catholic (Lasallian)
Endowment	$53 million^[1]
Budget	$78 million^[2]
President	Bro. William Mann, FSC, D.Min.
Academic staff	Undergraduate: 96 full-time, 41 part-time; Graduate: 400 adjunct
Students	5,900^[3]
Undergraduates	1,171
Location	Winona Campus: Winona, Minnesota; Twin Cities Campus: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 44°02′41″N 91°41′46″W / 44.044753°N 91.696143°W / 44.044753; -91.696143Coordinates: 44°02′41″N 91°41′46″W / 44.044753°N 91.696143°W / 44.044753; -91.696143
Colors	Red, White, & Navy
Athletics	NCAA Division III – MIAC
Nickname	Cardinals
Mascot	Cardinal
Affiliations	IALU ACCU CIC NAICU
Website	www.smumn.edu

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, founded in 1912, is a private, comprehensive, coeducational university with an undergraduate campus in the city of Winona, Minnesota, United States. Graduate and professional programs are offered at facilities in Winona, the Twin Cities, Rochester, Apple Valley, Minnetonka and Oakdale, Minnesota; and various course delivery sites around Minnesota and Wisconsin; Jamaica, and Nairobi, Kenya.^[4]

The university had a Fall Semester 2015 total enrollment of 5,900 students, including 1,171 traditional undergraduates on campus and approximately 4,729 graduate students primarily online or at satellite locations.^[5] The University is also affiliated with the religious institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers).^[4]

Brother William Mann, FSC, D.Min, the former Vicar General of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools was named the 13th president of Saint Mary's on December 13, 2007 and began his term on June 1, 2008. Brother William was inaugurated as president on September 26, 2008 at the Winona campus.^[6]

History

Bishop Patrick Richard Heffron founded Saint Mary's College in 1912, a men's college operated by the Winona Diocese. Heffron Hall, a residential hall was built in 1920, and named after Bishop Heffron. By 1925 it became a four-year liberal arts college. In 1933, it was taken over by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, a religious order whose main charism is teaching. It became a co-educational university in 1969 and later purchased the campus and buildings of the former College of Saint Teresa, a women's college in Winona that ceased operations in 1989. In recent years, portions of the Saint Teresa campus were sold to Winona State University and Winona Cotter High School.

During the 1980s the main Winona campus underwent vigorous growth. Constructed during this decade were the Ice Arena (1986), Performance Center, including Figliulo Recital Hall and Joseph Page Theatre (1987), Brother Charles Hall science addition (1987), Gilmore Creek Residence (1989), and Christian Brothers Residence (1989). More recent additions include McEnery Center (1993), Gostomski Fieldhouse and Jul Gernes Pool (1994), pedestrian plaza (1994), Pines Hall residence (1995), Hendrickson Center (1996), The Heights (1997), Oscar and Mary Jane Straub Clocktower and Court (1999), Hillside Hall residence (2001), ice arena addition (2004) and the soccer field / track complex in 2008. A new residence hall named Brother Leopold was built in 2012, which includes an outdoor recreation center donated by the Winona ski club.

Beginning in 1985, then-president Brother Louis DeThomasis launched a series of new, non-traditional graduate and professional programs. The Schools of Graduate and Professional Programs, using a variety of course delivery methods and locations, is now one of Minnesota's largest graduate schools. SGPP programs are delivered at the Twin Cities campus, Rochester center, Apple Valley center, Minnetonka center, Oakdale center, and at locations around Minnesota and Wisconsin. Saint Mary's also operates two institutes at Tangaza College in Nairobi, Kenya: the Maryknoll Institute of African Studies, and Christ the Teacher Institute of Education. The university has a partnership with Catholic College of Mandeville, Jamaica. In 2011, the Twin Cities campus added Harrington Mansion and Saint Mary's Event Center to its expanding facilities on Park Avenue in Minneapolis.

In 1995, Saint Mary's College was renamed Saint Mary's University of Minnesota to reflect the expanded role of graduate and professional programming, and to distinguish Saint Mary's from schools with similar names.

Programs

Saint Mary's University has a wide variety of degrees offered. The university offers bachelor's, master's and doctorates. It currently has a doctorate program in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) and started a doctorate of Psychology (Psy.D.) in fall 2009, and a Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) in the fall of 2013. It has programs for both traditional and non-traditional students. In addition to the degrees, Saint Mary's also offers teaching licensures, certifications, and pre-professional programs. Both undergraduate and graduate programs offer online learning. Men study for the priesthood at the adjacent Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, owned and operated by the Diocese of Winona.

Athletics

The Saint Mary's Cardinal is the logo for the university's athletic teams

Its sports teams are nicknamed the Cardinals (previously the Redmen) and compete as a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). There are 21 NCAA Div. III varsity sports teams at Saint Mary's. The Saint Mary's fastpitch softball team won the 2000 NCAA Div. III National Title. That title was the university's first and so far only national team title. In 1955, the college administration elected to discontinue football as a sport at the university. A task force was formed in 2005 to study the feasibility of adding football, but the proposal was rejected in 2006 by a unanimous vote of the board of trustees.

There is an on-campus cross country ski and running trail in the bluffs and valleys of the 450-acre campus. Athletic facilities are being renovated and expanded. Upgrades were recently made to basketball, baseball and softball. A challenging disc golf course was installed in the bluffs and valleys around campus in 2007. A state-of-the-art outdoor track and soccer complex, and a high-and-low ropes course, were added in 2008. Snowmaking equipment for the trails was recently donated by the Winona ski club.

Saint Mary's has long had a friendly crosstown rivalry in non-conference NCAA Division II athletics with Winona State University, which is the regional public university that is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

Past presidents

Years	President
Founder	Bishop Patrick R. Heffron
1912–1918	Monsignor William E.F. Griffin
1918–1933	Monsignor John H. Peschges
1933–1942	Brother Leopold Julian Dodd, FSC
1942–1943	Brother Landrick Jerome Fox, FSC
1943–1950	Brother Joel Stanislaus Nelson, FSC
1950–1956	Brother J. Ambrose Groble, FSC
1956–1963	Brother Basil Rothweiler, FSC
1963–1969	Brother Josephus Gregory Robertson, FSC
1969–1976	Brother George Pahl, FSC
1976–1984	Brother Peter Clifford, FSC
1984–2005	Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC, Ph. D
2005–2006	Brother Craig J. Franz, FSC, Ph. D
2006–2008	Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC, Ph. D
2008–present	Brother William Mann, FSC, D.Min.

Notable alumni

Frank Billock, NFL player^[7]
Fritz Cronin, NFL player^[8]
Sean Duffy, current congressman from Wisconsin's 7th congressional district.
Mike Johanns, former Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, former governor of Nebraska, current United States Senator^[9]
John McDonough (sports executive), former president of the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago Blackhawks who guided the hockey team to its 2010 Stanley Cup title, its first since 1961; currently has been promoted to President and CEO of the Blackhawks.^[10]
Jerome J. Workman, Jr. is a prolific author and editor of scientific reference works on the subject of spectroscopy; and a noted analytical spectroscopist.
Anthony Adducci was a pioneer of the medical device industry in Minnesota. He is best known for co-founding Guidant Corp. precursor Cardiac Pacemakers, inc., now part of Boston Scientific, the company that manufactured the world's first lithium battery powered artificial pacemaker.^[11]

References

↑ "US News Best Colleges 2015". US News Education Rankings and Advice. US News Corp. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
↑ "Fast Facts". Overall Fast Facts. St. Mary's University of Minnesota. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
↑ "Fast Facts". Overall Fast Facts. St. Mary's University of Minnesota. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
1 2 About SMU
↑ "Fast Facts". Overall Fast Facts. St. Mary's University of Minnesota. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
↑ About Brother William
↑ "Frank Billock". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
↑ "Fritz Cronin". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
↑ "JOHANNS, Mike, (1950 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
↑ "John McDonough Bio - Chicago Blackhawks - Team". Chicago Blackhawks and the National Hockey League. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
↑ "Pioneers of the Medical Device Industry". http://www.mnhs.org/collections/medTech/org_cardiac_pacemakers.php. Minnesota Historical Society. External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

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Colleges and universities in Minnesota

Public institutions	Bemidji State Metropolitan State Minnesota State, Mankato MSU Moorhead St. Cloud State Southwest Minnesota State UMC UMD UMM UMR University of Minnesota Winona State

Private institutions	Adler AFLBS Augsburg Bethany Lutheran Bethel Carleton Concordia (Moorhead) Concordia (St. Paul) Crossroads Crown Dunwoody Gustavus Adolphus Hamline Luther Seminary Macalester Minneapolis College of Art and Design Martin Luther North Central Northwestern Northwestern Health Sciences Oak Hills St. Benedict/St. John's St. Catherine Saint Mary's St. Olaf St. Scholastica St. Thomas

Community/technical colleges	Alexandria TC Anoka TC Anoka-Ramsey CC Central Lakes Century Dakota County TC Fond du Lac Tribal CC Hennepin TC Hibbing CC Inver Hills CC Itasca CC Lake Superior Leech Lake Tribal Mesabi Range CTC Minneapolis CTC MSC-Southeast Technical Minnesota State CTC Minnesota West CTC Normandale CC North Hennepin CC Northland CTC Pine TC Rainy River CC Red Lake Nation CC Riverland CC Rochester CTC St. Cloud TCC Saint Paul CTC South Central Vermilion CC White Earth Tribal CC

Lasallian universities and colleges in the United States

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Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Augsburg Bethel Carleton Concordia Moorhead Gustavus Adolphus Hamline Macalester Saint Catherine Saint Benedict & Saint John's Saint Mary's St. Olaf St. Thomas

Diocese of Winona

Bishops	Ordinaries Joseph Bernard Cotter Patrick Richard Heffron Francis Martin Kelly Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Joseph Watters John George Vlazny Bernard Joseph Harrington John M. Quinn Auxiliaries Leo Binz George Henry Speltz

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Winona Parishes Basilica of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, Winona Church of St. Augustine, Austin Church of St. Adrian, Adrian Church of the Sacred Heart, Heron Lake Church of the Holy Trinity, Rollingstone Church of St. Kilian, Wilmont Township

Education	Higher Education Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary Saint Mary's University of Minnesota High Schools Cotter High School, Winona Lourdes High School, Rochester Loyola Catholic School, Mankato Pacelli High School, Austin

Priests	Robert Brom Frederick William Freking Michael Joseph Hoeppner John Hubert Peschges

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