The College of St. Scholastica
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Private university
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with its main campus located in Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County. The fourth largest city in Minnesota, Duluth had a total population of 86,265 in the 2010 census. Duluth is also the second largest city that is located on Lake Superior after Thunder Bay, Ontario,...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. The College was founded in 1912 by a group of pioneering Benedictine
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
Sisters who offered college courses to six young women. Today St. Scholastica educates more than 4,000 students annually and has graduated more than 13,000 alumni.
U.S. News & World Report ranks St. Scholastica in the Top Tier of regional universities in the Midwest.
The College of St. Scholastica will mark its "" on Sept. 10, 2012.
Duluth
The 186 acres (75.3 ha) campus is set on a hill overlooking Lake SuperiorLake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest of the five traditionally-demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan. It is the largest freshwater lake in the...
. Campus buildings include: Tower Hall, the Science Center, Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel, the Myles Reif Recreation Center, Burns Wellness Commons, the 500-seat Mitchell Auditorium, the College Library, the Little Theatre, a newly-expanded Student Union, Somers Residence Hall and seven apartment complexes.
Adjoining the campus are St. Scholastica Monastery, home of the Benedictine Sisters, and the Benedictine Health Center, which serves the needs of the Duluth area and provides opportunities for practical experience for many of the College's health science and behavioral arts and sciences students. St. Scholastica has a 13:1 student-to-teacher ratio and 17 intercollegiate athletics programs.
In addition to the main campus in Duluth, St. Scholastica also has sites in Brainerd
Brainerd, Minnesota
Brainerd is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,590 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Crow Wing County and one of the largest cities in Central Minnesota...
,
St. Cloud
St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region. The population was 65,842 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Stearns County...
, Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota
Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on both banks of the Zumbro River, The city has a population of 106,769 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it Minnesota's third-largest city and the largest outside of the...
, St. Paul, and a virtual campus.
Academics
The college awards bachelor'sBachelor's degree
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and master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
s, and two doctoral degrees (Doctor of Physical Therapy
Doctor of Physical Therapy
The Doctor of Physical Therapy or Doctor of Physiotherapy is a post-baccalaureate three-year degree conferred upon successful completion of a professional clinical doctoral level professional or post-professional physical therapist education program for the licensed physical therapist...
and the Doctor of Nursing Practice). Undergraduate areas of study include business, computer science, education, English, humanities, mathematics, nursing and other health-related fields, religious studies, and sociology. Graduate programs include business, education, and health-related fields.
St. Scholastica has a number of undergraduate programs, including Advertising
Advertising
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, Biochemistry
Biochemistry
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, Education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
, Exercise Physiology
Exercise physiology
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, Nursing
Nursing
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, and Ojibwe Language and Culture Education. Graduate programs offered include the Doctor
Doctorate
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of Physical Therapy, Master of Education
Master of Education
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in Curriculum and Instruction, and Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in Computer Information Systems.
St. Scholastica utilizes a program called "Dignitas" (Dignity), which all students are required to take part in. Students are made to choose a single course their first year of school that may focus on as broad a category as the psychology behind human beings bowling alone. These classes are very participation-driven and have students do such hands-on things as helping out in the community, gardening, and creating a mission statement for one's own life. St. Scholastica faculty is very proud of this program and claim that CSS was one of the very first colleges to use such a method to introduce their students to the campus, the faculty, and one another; they even go so far as to say that the springing up of similar programs over recent years in neighboring colleges was due to their influence.
Athletics
The College of St. Scholastica currently fields 17 athletic teams, including 8 women's (basketball, cross country, Nordic skiing, soccer, softball, tennis track & field, tennis and volleyball) and 9 men's teams (basketball, cross country, Nordic skiing, soccer, baseball, track & field, hockey, football and tennis). The college's athletic teams are called the Saints. All of teams, except the men's ice hockeyIce hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team and Nordic skiing, compete in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference is a college-level athletic conference. The UMAC is a member-conference of the NCAA Division III. The UMAC was formerly affiliated with the NAIA. Corey Borchardt is the current commissioner of the UMAC, and was appointed to the position in 2008...
which is part of the NCAA's Division III.
Men's Soccer
The St. Scholastica Men's Soccer team compete in the Upper Midwest Athletic ConferenceUpper Midwest Athletic Conference
The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference is a college-level athletic conference. The UMAC is a member-conference of the NCAA Division III. The UMAC was formerly affiliated with the NAIA. Corey Borchardt is the current commissioner of the UMAC, and was appointed to the position in 2008...
(UMAC) led by Head Coach Barry Chastey. The Saints mens soccer team have been UMAC Regular Season Champions 11 times, including winning the UMAC tournament a total of 9 times. The Saints also made their first appearance at the NCAA National Soccer Tournament in the 2010 season as well as winning the UMAC regular season and the UMAC tournament. Their Home games are played at the Saints Field located on campus.
Baseball
The Saints have won 14 straight Upper Midwest Athletic ConferenceUpper Midwest Athletic Conference
The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference is a college-level athletic conference. The UMAC is a member-conference of the NCAA Division III. The UMAC was formerly affiliated with the NAIA. Corey Borchardt is the current commissioner of the UMAC, and was appointed to the position in 2008...
(UMAC) regular season and post season titles from 1996 to 2010. The baseball team plays their home games in Wade Stadium
Wade Stadium
Wade Stadium is a baseball field located near the intersection of Grand Avenue and 34th Avenue West in the West Duluth neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota. The stadium was built in 1941 and holds 4,200 people. It is the home of the Duluth Huskies of the Northwoods League...
, which is also the home of the Duluth Huskies
Duluth Huskies
The Duluth Huskies are an amateur baseball team playing in the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. They have been operating in Duluth, Minnesota since 2003. The Huskies play home games at Wade Stadium in Duluth, which was built in 1941. The team plays 70 games throughout the...
of the Northwoods League
Northwoods League
The Northwoods League is a collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of the top college players from North America and beyond. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate...
. The Saints have quite a following on campus which spurned a St. Scholastica Baseball fan blog detailing each Saints Baseball season as it progresses.
Ice Hockey
The men's hockey team competes in NCAA Division III as part of the Northern Collegiate Hockey AssociationNorthern Collegiate Hockey Association
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(NCHA). The 2006-07 season was a special season for the Saints as they defeated the University of Wisconsin–Superior
University of Wisconsin–Superior
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two games to one in the opening round of the NCHA Tournament and then defeated the University of Wisconsin–River Falls by the score of 2-1 in the NCHA Semifinals to advance to their first NCHA Championship Game in school history. The Saints are led by Third Year Head Coach Mark Wick, a graduate from Hermantown High School and St. Scholastica in 1985. Home games are played at Mars-Lakeview Arena, located south of the college on Rice Lake Road, which has an ice surface of 200x85 and can hold up to 1,200 people. The hockey team began playing at Mars-Lakeview Arena in 1999. Before 1999, the team played their home games at the Superior Amateur Hockey Arena, which is commonly known as SAHA arena, located in Superior, Wisconsin
Superior, Wisconsin
Superior is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 26,960 at the 2010 census. Located at the junction of U.S. Highways 2 and 53, it is north of and adjacent to both the Village of Superior and the Town of Superior.Superior is at the western...
. Before becoming part of the NCAA, the hockey team participated in the NAIA until the NAIA dropped ice hockey as a sport in 1984. Before the NAIA dropped ice hockey as a sport, the Saints won two NAIA national ice hockey championship
NAIA national ice hockey championship
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics held a men's national ice hockey championship from 1968 to 1984 when ice hockey was dropped as an NAIA sport.-Winners of the NAIA national ice hockey championship:...
s in 1975 and 1977.
Men's Tennis
The St. Scholastica Men's Tennis team is led by 13 year head coach Rockwell Patten. Coach Patten came to St. Scholastica after playing tennis at his alma mater University of Minnesota-Duluth. The team is also benefiting from the return of assistant coach Pat Greehan, a Boston native. Colby Carlson, a California native, has also joined the coaching staff for the 2008 season.Football
The College of St. Scholastica added a football team in 2008. This decision was met with much opposition from current students that felt their tuition money could go to more worthy causes, including library expansion, more academic scholarships, more parking, and technological improvements. The school had been accepting applications for the Head Coaching position and, in fact, received over 130 applications before narrowing the search to four on February 19, 2007. On March 19, 2007 the school officially named Greg Carlson as the first football head coach in the school's 95 year history. The team began play in the fall of 2008, with its opener September 20 at Wisconsin Lutheran. In the 2008–2009 season, the team managed to win one game.They finished their second season 4-6, including an exciting key win at Homecoming. The Saints had a total of 10 all-conference players, including 3 first team and 7 second team. Also, St. Scholastica had a co-offensive player of the year for the conference, a player in the top 20 of the NCAA Division III rushing yards for 2009, and the top five in the country in NCAA Division III for All-purpose yards for the 2009 season.
Cross Country
Dr. Steve Pfingsten enters his 20th season of coaching cross country at The College of St. Scholastica. He has been the head coach for 18 years. Under the guidance of Coach Pfingsten, six teams and 16 individuals have competed in National Cross Country Championships. The Saints have won nine UMAC conference championships in the past eight years, earning a total of 81 All-Conference awards and seven individual championships. Coach Pfingsten has been named conference coach of the year eight times. Coach Pfingsten’s Christian faith is very important to him and is reflected in his approach to life and coaching.Desiree Budd finished 2nd at the 2001 NAIA National Championship Meet, a meet in which the women's team placed 17th overall. Budd placed 4th overall in her 2002 senior season, and the women finished 14th overall.
Housing
St. Scholastica houses students living on campus in ten buildings, three of which were built in the past three years. They are:- Cedar Hall Apartments – Opened in 2004. 100 residents. Total square footage 875 sq ft (81.3 m²). / unit.
- Grove Apartments – Built in 1972. Three separate one-story four-plex buildings, originally built as temporary housing. Total square footage 776 sq ft/unit.
- Kerst Hall – Opened in 2005. 160 students (juniors and seniors). Total square footage 875 sq ft/unit.
- Pine, Maple, Willow and Birch Apartments – Nearly identical. Built in 1973, 1989, 1989, and 1990 respectively. 43 residents each. Total square footage 716 sq ft/unit.
- Scanlon Hall – Opened in 2005. 128 residents (juniors and seniors). Total square footage 875 sq ft/unit.
- Somers Hall – Built in 1964. Primarily first year housing. Population 314 students. Building also houses the Greenview Dining Room, Somers Main Lounge, Office of Residential Life, Health Services, Campus Operator, and a penthouse lounge / study area. The first and third floor are assigned to female students and second to males. Dorms measure 9'3" x 17'4" (double room) and 6'5" x 17'4" (single-room).
- Somers Suites – Built in 1993. Connected to Somers Hall. Four floors. Suites have a square footage of 525 sq ft (48.8 m²). (2 bedroom) or 775 sq ft (72 m²). (3 bedroom).
Library
The College Library is located above the Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel on campus. It was built in 1938 in a Romanesque style. The library houses 152,843 volumes and offers wireless internet access, interlibrary loan, group study rooms, laptops for students to check out, research databases, and research help.Notable alumni
- J. Lance Cavanaugh – Vice President of the University of Arizona Foundation http://www.uafoundation.org
- Patrick J. Schiltz – U. S. District Judge, District of MinnesotaUnited States District Court for the District of MinnesotaThe United States District Court for the District of Minnesota is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Minnesota. Its two primary courthouses are in Minneapolis and Saint Paul...
- Brett Nyquist – Drafted by MLB Montreal ExposMontreal ExposThe Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
in 2002 Brett Nyquist Statistics - The Baseball Cube - Michael PaymarMichael PaymarMichael Paymar is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 64B, which includes portions of the city of Saint Paul in Ramsey County, which is part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area...
– Minnesota House of RepresentativesMinnesota House of RepresentativesThe Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house in the Minnesota State Legislature. There are 134 members elected to two-year terms, twice the number of members in the Minnesota Senate. Each senate district is divided in half and given the suffix A or B...
Michael Paymar (DFL) 64B - Minnesota House of Representatives - Mary Murphy – Minnesota House of Representatives Mary Murphy (DFL) 06B - Minnesota House of Representatives
- Kathleen SeefeldtKathleen SeefeldtKathleen Kenna Seefeldt is an American politician who served as Chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors from 1992-1999. She is a Democrat.-Personal:...
– former Chairman of Prince William County, VirginiaPrince William County, Virginia-National protected areas:* Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge* Manassas National Battlefield Park* Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge* Prince William Forest Park-Government and politics:...
Board of Supervisors - Linda Kloss – Chief Executive Officer of American Health Information Management Association.
External links
- http://www.css.edu/