Marygrove College
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Marygrove College is an independent, Catholic, liberal arts
college
located in Detroit, Michigan
. The college is sponsored by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
.
, in 1899. By 1905 it had grown to a two-year college for women, and in 1910 it was a four-year college chartered to grant degrees. It was then known as St. Mary's College. The College moved to its current location in Detroit in 1927, and at that time became known as Marygrove College. When it moved to Detroit its president was George Hermann Derry, who was the first lay person to serve as a president of a Catholic women's college in the United States.
In the decades after World War I
, Marygrove College was an important local center of Catholic social action. Faculty members were chosen for their education, character, and faith, and President Derry encouraged each student to look beyond the prospect of eventual marriage and to become capable of "doing her part in the world's work in whatever sphere of life she may be placed". By 1936, the college catalog spoke in far more emphatic terms of female independence. In 1937, Sister Honora Jack became the College's first woman president. The College accepted its first black student in 1938.
Marygrove College was originally a women's college. It became co-educational in about 1970 during the presidency of Arthur Brown. The current President is Dr. David J. Fike.
structures with stained glass
windows, wrought iron
gates, carved wood decorations, high ceilings, arched doorways, and carved stonework.
With its historical commitment to the City of Detroit where it was founded over 80 years ago, Marygrove College has embarked upon a bold plan to leverage its educational resources in strategically focused ways that transform the College and its surrounding community.
This unique step-- called the Urban Leadership Vision-- commits the College to integrate the work of its senior leadership, academic divisions and departments, faculty, staff and students to prepare leaders of urban communities and to lead positive urban change.
(NAIA) and the United States Collegiate Athletic Association
(USCAA). The Mustangs compete in the NAIA through the Association of Independent Institutions
(AII); the college will join the Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference starting in the 2012-13 academic year.
Marygrove has the following intercollegiate athletic programs: men's and women’s basketball
, men’s and women’s soccer
, men’s and women’s cross country
, men's and women's golf
, men's track and field
, women’s volleyball
.
The college added golf
to its list of athletic programs with the installation of a new golf practice facility in the fall of 2010. Marygrove’s golf practice facility, designed by world renowned golf course architect Tom Doak
, offers a leading urban land use plan, incorporating golf practice and other athletic facilities on a small urban land track. The practice facility will include four different activity areas, including a large practice putting green, a large sand bunker, two practice tee areas to accommodate up to 26 hitting bays, and a 4-hole short course. In addition to a unique use of urban land, the Golf Practice Facility will incorporate environment-friendly land use and techniques, including minimal disruption to the current trees, using recycled water for irrigation and natural pesticides.
Marygrove is accredited by NCA's (North Central Association) Higher Learning Commission,
the Michigan State Department of Education and the Council of Social Work and Education.
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
college
College
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located in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
. The college is sponsored by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary are a Catholic teaching order for women. It is divided among three separate congregations. The original community of the order is headquartered in Monroe, Michigan. The Mother house currently houses more than 400 sisters, more than 100 of which...
.
History
The College grew out of a postgraduate tutorial offered to one young woman graduate of St. Mary's Academy in Monroe, MichiganMonroe, Michigan
Monroe is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 20,733 at the 2010 census. It is the largest city and county seat of Monroe County. The city is bordered on the south by Monroe Charter Township, but both are politically independent. The city is located approximately 14 miles ...
, in 1899. By 1905 it had grown to a two-year college for women, and in 1910 it was a four-year college chartered to grant degrees. It was then known as St. Mary's College. The College moved to its current location in Detroit in 1927, and at that time became known as Marygrove College. When it moved to Detroit its president was George Hermann Derry, who was the first lay person to serve as a president of a Catholic women's college in the United States.
In the decades after World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, Marygrove College was an important local center of Catholic social action. Faculty members were chosen for their education, character, and faith, and President Derry encouraged each student to look beyond the prospect of eventual marriage and to become capable of "doing her part in the world's work in whatever sphere of life she may be placed". By 1936, the college catalog spoke in far more emphatic terms of female independence. In 1937, Sister Honora Jack became the College's first woman president. The College accepted its first black student in 1938.
Marygrove College was originally a women's college. It became co-educational in about 1970 during the presidency of Arthur Brown. The current President is Dr. David J. Fike.
Setting
The current College encompasses a 53-acre (214,000 m²) campus. There are large lawns and mature trees. The Madame Cadillac and Liberal Arts buildings, by architect D.A. Bohlen & Son, are Tudor GothicGothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
structures with stained glass
Stained glass
The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings...
windows, wrought iron
Wrought iron
thumb|The [[Eiffel tower]] is constructed from [[puddle iron]], a form of wrought ironWrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon...
gates, carved wood decorations, high ceilings, arched doorways, and carved stonework.
Population and degrees offered
Currently, the college has approximately 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students, more than 1,600 students in its distance-learning programs and over 1,200 enrolled in its Professional Development for Teachers program. Marygrove has 31 bachelor degree programs, 7 master degree programs, and 20 certification programs. The distance-learning Master in the Art of Teaching (MAT) program has recently been changed from Canter Course content to Teachscape content, although individual Canter Courses are still available for graduate credit.With its historical commitment to the City of Detroit where it was founded over 80 years ago, Marygrove College has embarked upon a bold plan to leverage its educational resources in strategically focused ways that transform the College and its surrounding community.
This unique step-- called the Urban Leadership Vision-- commits the College to integrate the work of its senior leadership, academic divisions and departments, faculty, staff and students to prepare leaders of urban communities and to lead positive urban change.
Athletics
Marygrove athletic teams are known as the Mustangs. The college is a dual member of both, the National Association of Intercollegiate AthleticsNational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
(NAIA) and the United States Collegiate Athletic Association
United States Collegiate Athletic Association
The United States Collegiate Athletic Association is a national organization in the USA for the intercollegiate athletic programs of less than 100 small colleges, community collegs and junior colleges. It holds 11 "National Championship" tournaments in seven sports...
(USCAA). The Mustangs compete in the NAIA through the Association of Independent Institutions
NAIA independent schools
NAIA independent schools are 4-year institutional members of the NAIA that play independent of any formal conference affiliation. Many NAIA independent schools are members of the Association of Independent Institutions , which allows members to have a formal route to NAIA tournaments.-See...
(AII); the college will join the Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference starting in the 2012-13 academic year.
Marygrove has the following intercollegiate athletic programs: men's and women’s basketball
College basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
, men’s and women’s soccer
College soccer
College soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes...
, men’s and women’s cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, men's and women's golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, men's track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, women’s volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
.
The college added golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
to its list of athletic programs with the installation of a new golf practice facility in the fall of 2010. Marygrove’s golf practice facility, designed by world renowned golf course architect Tom Doak
Tom Doak
Tom Doak is a golf course architect. He currently has 4 courses ranked among the top 100 in the world according to Golf Magazines "Top 100 Courses in the World" list, including Pacific Dunes in Oregon, Ballyneal in Colorado , Barnbougle Dunes in Tasmania and Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand...
, offers a leading urban land use plan, incorporating golf practice and other athletic facilities on a small urban land track. The practice facility will include four different activity areas, including a large practice putting green, a large sand bunker, two practice tee areas to accommodate up to 26 hitting bays, and a 4-hole short course. In addition to a unique use of urban land, the Golf Practice Facility will incorporate environment-friendly land use and techniques, including minimal disruption to the current trees, using recycled water for irrigation and natural pesticides.
Accreditation history
Marygrove was first accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1926.Marygrove is accredited by NCA's (North Central Association) Higher Learning Commission,
the Michigan State Department of Education and the Council of Social Work and Education.