The College of St. Scholastica

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College of St. Scholastica
Motto: Omnes semitae eius pacificae
Established: 1912
Type: Private, Roman Catholic
Endowment: $21,106,817
President: Larry Goodwin
Students: 3,309
Undergraduates: 2,653
Postgraduates: 656
Location: Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Campus: Suburban: 186 acres (750,000 m²)
Colors: Blue and Gold
Website: http://www.css.edu

The College of Saint Scholastica is a private college with its main campus located in Duluth, Minnesota. The College was founded in 1912 by a group of pioneering Benedictine Sisters who offered college courses to six young women. Today St. Scholastica educates more than 2,800 men and women and has graduated more than 13,000 alumni.

The 186-acre (0.75 km²) campus is set on a hill overlooking Lake Superior. Campus buildings include: the Science Center, Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel, the Myles Reif Recreation Center, the 500-seat Mitchell Auditorium, the College Library, the Little Theatre, majestic Tower Hall, 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. The St. Scholastica has a 13:1 student-to-teacher ratio and offers 13 intercollegiate athletics programs, with more than 50 extracurricular offerings.

St. Scholastica is consistently recognized for excellence by U.S. News & World Report Report magazine. The magazine's 2006 "America's Best Colleges" ranks St. Scholastica in the Top Tier of regional universities in the Midwest.[citation needed]

The college awards bachelor's and master's degrees, and two doctoral degrees, the Doctor of Physical Therapy 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.

In addition to the main campus in Duluth, St. Scholastica also has sites in Brainerd, St. Cloud, Rochester, and St. Paul.

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[edit] Academics

St. Scholastica has a number of undergraduate programs, including Advertising, Biochemistry, Education, English, Exercise Physiology, Nursing, and Ojibwe Language and Culture Education. Graduate programs offered include the Doctor of Physical Therapy, Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, and Master of Arts in Computer Information Systems.

[edit] Athletics

The College of St. Scholastica currently fields 17 athletic teams, 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 hockey team and Nordic skiing, compete in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference which is part of the NCAA's Division III.

[edit] Baseball

The men's baseball team is led by Head Coach John Baggs (Iowa State University) who is in his 17th year as the Saints Head Coach. Through the 2007 Season, the Saints have won 11 straight Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) regular season and post season titles. They have been tabbed as the conference favorites once again for 2008 in the preseason coaches poll [1]. The baseball team plays their home games in Wade Stadium, which is also the home of the Duluth Huskies of the Northwoods League. The Saints have quite a following on campus which spurned a St. Scholastica Baseball fan blog [2] detailing each Saints Baseball season as it progresses.

[edit] Ice Hockey

The men's hockey team competes in NCAA Division III as part of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA). The 2006-07 season has been a special season for the Saints as they defeated the University of Wisconsin-Superior 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[3], 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. 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 championships in 1975 and 1977.

[edit] Men's Tennis

The St. Scholastica Men's Tennis team is led by eleven 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 second year assistant coach Pat Greehan, a Boston native. Colby Carlson, a California native, has also joined the coaching staff for the 2008 season.

[edit] Football

The College of St. Scholastica has moved to create a football team. 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. The four coaching finalist were Greg Carlson (current Assistant Head Coach for the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League), Bill Diesing (current Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Line Coach at UW-Platteville), Mark Henninger (current Defensive Coordinator at North Carolina Wesleyan College), and Chuck Moller (current Offensive Line Coach at Oklahoma State University). 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 will begin play in September of 2008.

[edit] 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. / 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, all-female. Suites have a square footage of 525 sq ft. (2 bedroom) or 775 sq ft. (3 bedroom).

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Benedictine Colleges and Universities
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Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
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Northern Collegiate Hockey Association