Chatham College
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Chatham University is an American
United States
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 university
University
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 with a women's undergraduate college
Women's colleges in the United States
Women's colleges in the United States are single-sex U.S. institutions of higher education that exclude or limit males from admission. They are often liberal arts colleges...

 and coeducational graduate programs through the doctoral level, located in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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's Shadyside
Shadyside (Pittsburgh)
Shadyside is a neighborhood in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It has zip codes of both 15232 and 15206, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 8...

 neighborhood. The campus population of approximately 2,300 includes undergraduate women and graduate women and men. The University grants certificates and degrees including bachelor, master, first-professional, and doctorate. In 2005 the University expanded its programs to include online advanced degree programs (bachelors, masters, doctoral) through the School of Continuing Education, now the College for Continuing and Professional Studies.

History

Founded as the Pennsylvania Female College on December 11, 1869, by Reverend William Trimble Beatty, Chatham was initially situated in the Berry mansion on Woodland Road off Fifth Avenue in the neighborhood of Shadyside.
The campus today is composed of buildings and grounds from a number of former private mansions, including those of Andrew Mellon, Edward Stanton Fickes, George M. Laughlin Jr. and James Rea. It was renamed Pennsylvania College for Women in 1890, and as Chatham College in 1955. The name served to honor William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC was a British Whig statesman who led Britain during the Seven Years' War...

 and namesake of the City of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

. The school gained university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 status from the Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pennsylvania Department of Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Education is the executive department of the state charged with K-12 and adult educational budgeting, management and guidelines. As the state education agency, its activities are directed by Pennsylvania's Secretary of Education, Gerald L. Zahorchak...

 on April 23, 2007 and publicly announced its new status on 2007-05-01, changing its name to Chatham University.

With elements designed for the original Andrew Mellon estate by the renowned Olmsted Brothers
Olmsted Brothers
The Olmsted Brothers company was an influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by stepbrothers John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. .-History:...

, the 39 acres (15.8 ha) Chatham campus was designated an arboretum
Arboretum
An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...

 in 1998 by the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta. It features over 115 different varieties of species, including Japanese Flowering Crabapple, River Birch
River Birch
Betula nigra is a species of birch native to the eastern United States from New Hampshire west to southern Minnesota, and south to northern Florida and east Texas...

 and Kentucky Coffee Tree. The Arboretum provides an outdoor classroom for students in the University’s Landscape Architecture and Landscape Studies programs, as well as an inviting place to stroll and to meditate.

In 2007, Chatham's M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing was named one of the top five Innovative/Unique Programs by The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic is an American magazine founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857. It was created as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it held for more than a century. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets,...

.

Campuses

The original Shadyside Campus is part of historic Woodland Road. The Shadyside Campus now includes Chatham Eastside, which serves as the home for health science and architecture programs.

The University’s new 388 acres (157 ha) Eden Hall Campus is located north of the city in Richland Township, Pa. and will be the home of Chatham’s new School of Sustainability and the Environment. Programs at Eden Hall Campus include initiatives in sustainability and environmental studies, food studies, landscape architecture, and women’s studies. The Eden Hall Campus was donated to Chatham University by the Eden Hall Foundation on May 1, 2008. Currently the architectural team of Berkebile Nelson Immenschuh McDowell (BNIM) of Kansas City, Mo., which is partnering with landscape design firm Andropogon Associates of Philadelphia to lead the master planning process.

Academics

The University structure includes three distinctive Colleges: Chatham College for Women houses academic and co-curricular programs for undergraduate women and embodies the traditions and rituals of the traditional women's college. The College for Graduate Studies offers women and men both masters and doctoral programs. Programs within the College for Graduate Studies include concentrations in art and architecture, business, health sciences, teaching and creative writing. The College for Continuing and Professional Studies, formerly the School of Continuing Education, provides online and hybrid undergraduate and graduate degree programs for women and men, certificate programs, and community programming including the Summer Music and Arts Day Camp.

School of Sustainability and the Environment

The School of Sustainability and the Environment, founded June 2009, further expands the potential of the Eden Hall Campus and honors the legacy of its 1929 alumna and founder of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson. SSE will provide opportunities for the University’s students to earn certificates and degrees through the master’s level. The first program offered through SSE is the Master of Arts in Food Studies, which enrolled 30 students in its inaugural year. SSE will eventually be located at the University's Eden Hall Campus.

In fall 2010 the University selected David M. Hassenzahl, Ph.D. as the founding Dean of the School of Sustainability and the Environment. Dr. Hassenzahl is the coauthor of several books, including Should We Risk It? (Princeton University Press) with Daniel M. Kammen; Environment (J. Wiley and Sons), with Peter Raven and Linda Berg, and, most recently, Visualizing Environmental Science (J. Wiley and Sons), with Linda Berg and Mary Catherine Hager.

Dr. Hassenzahl is a Senior Fellow of the National Council for Science and the Environment, through which his climate change education efforts are supported by the Nation Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Prior to joining Chatham, he served recently as Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Recognition for his work includes the Society for Risk Analysis Outstanding Educator Award, the UNLV Outstanding Department Chair Award, and the UNLV Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award. He serves on the Council of the Society for Risk Analysis, and is Secretary of the Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences. In addition to his academic credentials, Dr. Hassenzahl has experience with sustainability and environmental management in both the public and private sectors.

In addition to his responsibilities at Chatham, Dr. Hassenzahl is currently the Principal Investigator for the Climate Adaptation and Mitigation E–Learning (CAMEL) project. CAMEL is a three–year effort funded by the National Science Foundation, though the National Council for Science and Environment (NCSE). Begun in October 2009, CAMEL has begun to improve undergraduate education on climate change causes, consequences, and solutions by engaging a community of faculty members and students in developing an extensive, vetted online collection of high–quality educational materials about the causes, consequences, mitigation, and adaptation associated with climate change. The project provides resources, training, and on–line professional networking opportunities for students and faculty engaged in studying climate change, using cyber–infrastructure built for the NCSE’s Encyclopedia of Earth.

Dr. Hassenzahl holds a B.A. in Environmental Science and Paleontology from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy from Princeton University.

Accreditation

Chatham University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (267) 284-5000.

Likewise, several degree programs are accredited by external accrediting bodies:

Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (MOT)

Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (MPAS)

American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 161,000 members at all degree-levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical...

 (Undergraduate Chemistry)

American Physical Therapy Association
American Physical Therapy Association
A Historical PerspectivePhysical therapists formed their first professional association in 1921, called the American Women's Physical Therapeutic Association. Led by President Mary McMillan, an executive committee of elected officers governed the Association, which included 274 charter members...

 (DPT)

Collegiate Commission on Nursing Education (RN-to-BSN, MSN, DNP)

Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (DPT)

Council for Interior Design Accreditation
Council for Interior Design Accreditation
The is an independent, non-profit accrediting organization for interior design education programs at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada...

 (MIA)

Council on Social Work Education
Council on Social Work Education
The Council on Social Work Education is the national association for social work education in the United States of America.The CSWE sets and maintains standards of courses and accreditation of bachelor's degree's and Master's degree programs in social work.The CSWE specifies foundation social work...

 (BSW)

Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (MLA
)

Pennsylvania Department of Education Teacher Certification Program (MAT)

Mission statement

Chatham University prepares its students, bachelors through doctoral level, on campus and around the world, to excel in their professions and to be engaged, environmentally responsible, globally conscious, life-long learners, and citizen leaders for democracy. The women’s undergraduate program offers superb career preparation informed by the liberal arts; other entities within the University provide men and women with undergraduate, graduate, professional, and continuing education of the highest quality with primary emphasis on preparation for work and the professions.

Public Recognition

Institution of Distinction, Association of American Colleges and Universities (2002)

Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education: Internationalizing the Campus, presented by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (2003)

A “Best College in the Mid-Atlantic” and “Best College in the Northeast,” Princeton Review

Kaplan’s Guide to the 328 Most Interesting Colleges and Universities

Member of the United Nations Academic Impact
United Nations Academic Impact
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Outreach Centers

Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship

Global Focus/International Programs

Pennsylvania Center for Women, Politics, & Public Policy

Pittsburgh Teachers Institute

Rachel Carson Institute (honoring Rachel Carson, Class of 1929)

International Collaborations

Kobe Women’s College (Japan)

Doshisha Women’s University (Japan)

Kyoto Women’s College (Japan)

The American University (Rome)

Seoul Women’s University (Korea)

Centre International des études françaises (Angers, France)

Institute of Central American Development Studies (Costa Rica)

The Center for Cross-Cultural Study – study abroad programs in Spain and Argentina

Notable alumni

Among Chatham's notable alumnae is biologist
Biologist
A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...

 and zoologist Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson
Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist and conservationist whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement....

 (1929), after whom the Rachel Carson Institute at Chatham is named. The RCI, as it is known, promotes understanding of environmental
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...

 issues through conferences, lectures, discussion panels, and other methods. In honor of Rachel Carson's legacy, the University President, Esther L. Barazzone, Ph.D. and others led a campaign to rename the Ninth Street Bridge in Downtown Pittsburgh as the Rachel Carson Bridge
Rachel Carson Bridge
Rachel Carson Bridge, also known as the Ninth Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Named for the naturalist Rachel Carson, a Pittsburgh native, it is one of three parallel bridges called The Three Sisters, the others being the Roberto Clemente Bridge and the...

. The naming resolution was passed by Allegheny County Council on December 6, 2005. The Rachel Carson Bridge is one of the "Three Sisters" Bridges, opened between 1926 and 1928, and designed by County architect Stanley L. Roush and the Allegheny County Department of Public Works. The Roberto Clemente Bridge
Roberto Clemente Bridge
The Roberto Clemente Bridge, also known as the Sixth Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....

 (formerly Sixth Street Bridge) and the Andy Warhol Bridge
Andy Warhol Bridge
Andy Warhol Bridge, also known as the Seventh Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is the only bridge in the United States named for a visual artist....

 (formerly Seventh Street Bridge) complete the trio of bridges. They are the only trio of nearly identical bridges and were the first self-anchored suspension spans built in the United States. They are among the only surviving examples of large eyebar chain suspension bridges in the country.

Some notable alumnae include:
  • Hon. Louise DeCarl Adler ’66, Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court
  • Judy Bachrach ’68, Contrbuting Editor, Vanity Fair
    Vanity Fair (magazine)
    Vanity Fair is a magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935...

  • Nancy Druckman ’69, Senior Vice President and Director of the American Folk Art department in Sotheby's
    Sotheby's
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     New York
  • Lena Goldberg ’71, Senior Lecturer in the General Management Group of the Harvard Business School
    Harvard Business School
    Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...

  • Rachel Carson
    Rachel Carson
    Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist and conservationist whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement....

     ’29, biologist
    Biologist
    A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...

    , zoologist, environmentalist
    Environmentalist
    An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...

     and author
    Author
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  • Kate Cheney Chappell ’67, artist and co-founder, Tom's of Maine
    Tom's of Maine
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  • Syada Greiss el Daief ’59, Member, Egyptian Parliament; Chair, Association for the Protection of the Environment
  • Nancy Jardini ’85, Chief Compliance Officer, Fannie Mae
  • Patricia Kane ’66, Friends of American Arts Curator of American Decorative Arts, Yale University Art Gallery
    Yale University Art Gallery
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  • Brenda Marsh ’76, Vice President of Author Relations, Barnes & Noble
    Barnes & Noble
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  • Carol A. Mason ’67, Professor, Pathology & Cell Biology, Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Columbia University
    Columbia University
    Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

  • Lois Glazer Michaels ’53, President (emeritus) of the Health Education Center, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Cynthia Montgomery ’74, Timken Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
    Harvard University
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  • Deborah Morris ’77, Assistant General Counsel, Deere & Co.
  • Mildred Morrison ’67, Executive Director, Area Agency on Aging
  • Phoebe Morse ’70, United States Trustee for Region 1
  • Diane Pfanner Mueller ’72, Executive Vice President and co-owner Okemo and Crested Butte Mountain Resorts
  • Stephanie Novosel ’90, Chief Operating Officer, PNC Financial Services
    PNC Financial Services
    PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is a U.S.-based financial services corporation, with assets of approximately $264.3 billion...

     Corporate and Institutional Banking
  • Kathie L. Olsen
    Kathie L. Olsen
    Kathie L. Olsen is an American neuroscientist who is noted for her work in scientific policy. Between August 2005 and January 2009, she was the Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the National Science Foundation.- Education :...

     ’74, Ph.D., past deputy director, National Science Foundation
    National Science Foundation
    The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...

  • Laurel Rice ’72, First Vice President, Morgan Stanley
    Morgan Stanley
    Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000....

  • Diana Rowan Rockefeller ’65, philanthropist
  • Elaine Scarry
    Elaine Scarry
    Elaine Scarry , a professor of English and American Literature and Language, is the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University...

     Ph.D. ’68, author
    Author
    An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

     and Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University
    Harvard University
    Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

  • Georgena Terry ’72, President, Terry Precision Cycling
  • Gaye Torrance ’77, President, Torrance LLC
  • Lea Wait
    Lea Wait
    Lea Wait is an American author of historical novels, many set in 19th century Maine. She has written a number of children's stories for age 7 and up, as well as the Shadows Antique Print Mystery series for adults.-Biography:...

     ’68, author of mystery novels, and children's books
  • Heather Bastow Weiss ’67, Founder and Director of the Harvard Family Research Project
  • Hon. Lesley Brooks Wells
    Lesley B. Wells
    Lesley Brooks Wells was appointed as a federal judge in 1994 and since February 2006 has continued to serve as a senior judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.Wells earned a B.A...

     ’59, United States District Judge

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