St. Catherine University

St. Catherine University
St. Catherine University
Established 1905
Type Private All-women Roman Catholic
President Andrea J. Lee, IHM
Students 5,246
Location Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Campus Urban
Colors Purple and Gold          
Nickname Wildcats
Website www.stkate.edu

St. Catherine University (also known as St. Kate’s) is a private Catholic university for women located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. There is also a campus in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Enrollment is 5,246 students. With approximately 2,900 bachelor's students, it is the largest university for women in the United States. Its associate and graduate programs enroll women and men. The school was known as the College of St. Catherine until June 2009.

The school's patron saint is Saint Catherine of Alexandria.[1]

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History

Derham Hall
Our Lady of Victory Chapel

The Saint Paul campus 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 school was known as the College of St. Catherine until June 2009.

The original building, Derham Hall was named for farmer Hugh Derham of Rosemount, Minnesota, who donated $20,000 to construct the building. The building originally also housed Derham Hall High School, an all-girls Catholic high school, until 1962; that school later merged to become Cretin-Derham Hall High School.[2] The Our Lady of Victory Chapel was completed in 1924 under the direction of Sister Antonia McHugh, who helped found St. Catherine in 1905 and served as its leader for more than 30 years; it was dedicated on October 7, 1924 and rededicated following renovation on May 1, 1958.[1] Derham Hall and Our Lady of Victory Chapel are co-listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Athletics

St. Catherine University is an 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 - Minnesota State Senator and 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 M. Hodges ’68 - U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador
  • 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

References

  1. ^ a b Our Lady Of Victory Chapel History, St. Catherine University, Accessed August 9, 2009.
  2. ^ Derham Hall, St. Catherine University Library, Accessed August 9, 2009.

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