College of St. Catherine

College of St. Catherine

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established = 1905
type = Private All-women Roman Catholic
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president = Andrea J. Lee, IHM
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students = 5,246
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city = Saint Paul
state = Minnesota
country = USA
campus = Urban
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mascot = Wildcats
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nickname = St. Kate's
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website = [http://www.stkate.edu www.stkate.edu]
address = 2004 Randolph Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105
telephone = (800) 945-4599
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The College of St. Catherine (also known as St. Kate’s) is a private Catholic college for women located primarily in Saint Paul, Minnesota. There is also a campus in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Enrollment currently exceeds 5,200 students. With approximately 2,900 bachelor's students, it is the largest college for women in the United States. The college's associate and graduate programs enroll women and men. The College of St. Catherine will be renamed St. Catherine University, effective June 2009.

The Saint Paul campus of the College of St. Catherine was founded in 1905 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. It was named for Saint Catherine of Alexandria. The Minneapolis campus was founded in 1887 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet as St. Mary's School of Nursing. It was renamed St. Mary's Junior College and then merged with the College of St. Catherine in 1986.

The College of St. Catherine is a NCAA Division III school that is part of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The sports teams' nickname is the Wildcats.

Notable alumnae

* Betty McCollum - U.S. Congresswoman
* Ruth Koscielak - Radio Personality
* Carol Radaich Schumacher ’68 - Won the 1998 Thomas J. Roberts Award for comprehensive contributions to bird research
* Sara Hietpas Gavin ’77 - Managing director, Weber Shandwick Worldwide
* Mary Jo McGuire '78 - Former Minnesota State Representative
* Rebecca Koenig Roloff ’76 - CEO, Minneapolis YWCA
* Janet Dolan ’71 - President and CEO, Tennant Company (retired)
* Carol Ronning Kapsner ’69 - Supreme court justice, State of North Dakota
* Heather Hodges ’68 - U.S. ambassator to Moldova
* Nancy Youngblut ’75 - Played Kolana in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Scarlet Forest in ABC’s One Life to Live
* Joan Gregoryk ’66 Founder and music director, the Children’s Chorus of Washington
* Colleen Donahue Thompson ’60 - President, Ridgewater Community and Technical College; Willmar, Minnesota
* Pamela Wheelock ’81 - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Minnesota Wild
* Anita Pampusch ’62 President, Bush Foundation (retired)
* Emily Niemeyer Anderson ’33 - Inventor, sour-cream and onion-flavored potato chips

External links

* [http://www.stkate.edu/ College of St. Catherine official website]


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