St. Catharine College

St. Catharine College
St. Catharine, Kentucky
Type	Private liberal arts college
Established	1931
Affiliation	Roman Catholic (Dominican Sisters of Peace)
President	Dr. Cindy Meyers Gnadinger
Location	St. Catharine, Kentucky, USA
Colors	Purple █ and Gold █
Athletics	NAIA – MSC
Nickname	Patriots
Affiliations	ACCU NAICU
Website	http://www.sccky.edu

St. Catharine College is a small Roman Catholic liberal arts college located near Springfield, Kentucky, United States. The college, accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, has a current enrollment of around 874 students. Around 290 students live on campus.

History

The Cambron-Ice Clock Tower as seen from the Emily W. Hundley Library at St. Catharine College.

The Emily W. Hundley Library was completed in the spring of 2013.

Just one of the residence halls at St. Catharine College.

St. Catharine Junior College, now St. Catharine College, was founded and continues to be sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Peace. Mother Mary Louis Logsdon, O.P. was the college's first president, serving from 1931 to 1941.

Former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins, the first woman to serve as the Chief Executive of Kentucky, was the college's sixth president.

Current

The college is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to offer over 23 BA/BS degrees, associate degrees and certificates in 27 disciplines. In January 2012, St. Catharine College began offering graduate programs. St. Catharine College is also home to the Berry Farming and Ecological Agrarianism Program, which is founded on the lifework of activist, farmer and writer Wendell Berry. St. Catharine College students come from 52 counties in Kentucky, 22 states, and six countries.

Athletics

St. Catharine College teams are known as the Patriots. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), competing in the Mid-South Conference. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, wrestling, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field and volleyball.

Gallery

Richard S. Hamilton Health and Science Building

External links

Dominican colleges and universities in the United States

Mid-South Conference

Current members	Campbellsville Cumberland (TN) Cumberlands (KY) Georgetown Life Lindsey Wilson Pikeville Shawnee State St. Catharine

Associate members	Bethel Bluefield Faulkner Kentucky Christian Reinhardt Union

Kentucky Higher Education

Postsecondary Education Programs	Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education Project Graduate KnowHow2GOKy Kentucky Virtual Campus Kentucky Virtual Library

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Community and/or Technical Colleges	Ashland Big Sandy Bluegrass Elizabethtown Gateway Hazard Henderson Hopkinsville Jefferson Madisonville Maysville Owensboro Somerset Southcentral Kentucky Southeast Kentucky West Kentucky

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