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Private Catholic college most Terre Haute, Indiana, U.s.a.

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Motto	Virtus cum Scientia (Virtue and Noesis United)
Blazon	Private liberal arts higher
Established	1840; 182 years ago  (1840)
Religious affiliation	Catholic Church (Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Forest)
Endowment	$ix.5 meg (2013)[one]
President	Dottie L. King, Ph.D.
Students	one,703
Undergraduates	i,577
Postgraduates	126
Location	Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana , U.Due south. 39°xxx′31″Due north 87°27′59″W  /  39.5087°N 87.4665°W  / 39.5087; -87.4665 Coordinates: 39°xxx′31″N 87°27′59″W  /  39.5087°N 87.4665°Westward  / 39.5087; -87.4665
Campus	Rural, 67 acres (27 ha)
Colors	Pomeroy blue and white
Sporting affiliations	USCAA, IHSA
Mascot	Onyx (known as the Pomeroys)
Website	smwc.edu

Saint Mary-of-the-Wood College (SMWC) is a private Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Saint Mary-of-the-Wood, Indiana. Originally a higher exclusively for women, it is at present coeducational. It is the oldest Catholic college in Indiana and is known for the Mari Hulman George Schoolhouse of Equine Studies.

History [edit]

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College was founded every bit an academy for young women by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, who reached the site on October 22, 1840, after three months of travel. She led five Sisters of Providence, who had traveled from their convent in Ruillé-sur-Loir, France.

Female parent Theodore had not been the first to footstep frontward when the Bishop of Vincennes asked the Sisters of Providence to establish an academy for immature women in Indiana. Although she had been busy past the French Lath of Education as a highly gifted and efficient teacher, Mother Theodore felt unworthy of the task of founding an institution of learning. Her superiors convinced her to accept the assignment.^{[two] [3]} Saint Female parent Theodore Guerin was canonized on October xv, 2006, by Pope Benedict XVI, and is Indiana's kickoff saint.^[4]

In 1846, Saint Mary-of-the-Forest College was granted the first charter for the college education of women in the country of Indiana. SMWC conferred its first Available of Arts degree in 1899. It was the first women'southward higher to offering journalism courses and the first to offer caste work in secondary education, home economic, and secretarial science. As the careers open to women expanded, the higher expanded into areas such every bit business, figurer data systems, equine studies, psychology and nursing. SMWC at present offers acquaintance and bachelor's degrees in over 30 majors on campus and online. In 2015, Saint Mary-of-the-Wood Higher announced that the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to become fully coeducational at its May ane, 2015 meeting.^[v]

Saint Mary-of-the-Wood Higher is recognized as a pioneer in the area of distance education. In 1973, the higher introduced i of the beginning independent study programs in the nation, the Women's External Caste (Midweek) program. This program served adult women who needed flexible schedules to earn a degree while balancing important family and task responsibilities. In 2005, the college expanded access to its undergraduate distance and adult programs to men, while maintaining its longstanding mission for the advancement of women's education. Today, through the renamed Woods Online program, women and men can earn a college degree in a wide diversity of majors. In Baronial 2012, the Indianapolis Business Journal recognized SMWC as having ane of the largest online degree programs in the state. More 800 are currently enrolled in the program from 33 states and all across the world, including England, Greece, Hong Kong and Jamaica. In 2015, all programs, including the campus-based resident undergraduate caste program, were opened to both men and women.

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College also offers iii master's degree programs, open to both women and men, in the hybrid format. In 2000, the college created the Master of Arts in Art Therapy (MAAT) programme, designed for persons who use or plan to utilise art in therapy or art as therapy, and the Principal of Arts in Music Therapy (MAMT) plan, which welcomes qualified music therapists seeking an advanced agreement of the therapeutic uses of music. In 2007, the college introduced the Master of Leadership Evolution (MLD) program. This plan explores culture and creativity, leadership identity, upstanding determination-making and disquisitional analysis of research. All three primary'due south degree programs use distance learning and intensive campus-based residencies.

Motto [edit]

"Virtus cum Scientia," translated as "Virtue with Cognition United," appears on the SMWC seal and/or coat of arms.

Coat of artillery [edit]

The college's coat of arms is a shield divided vertically in halves. The left field is bluish, showing in the center a poplar tree on a hill or terrace in natural colors, with the starting time letter of the name of Mary; these latter devices are in gold. The right field is gilded and shows three eaglets with open wings in blueish, and bill and talons in ruby. The right half of the shield shows the arms of Madame du Roscoat, the foundress of the Sisters of Providence at Ruille-sur-Loir, France. The three eaglets are emblematic of the Holy Trinity, the motto of the du Roscoat family being "Trino Soli sit honor et gloria" ("To the Triune God lonely honor and celebrity").

The left field is charged with devices symbolic or significant of some fact continued with the history of Saint Mary-of-the-Wood. The rayed star, charged with the letter of the alphabet "K" in blue, is an keepsake of Mary Mother of God, the Stella Matutina, under whose protection Saint Mary-of-the-Wood, represented past a tree, places all its hopes for growth and life. The Latin crosses are emblems of Redemption and Catholicity. The crest is the count'southward coronet of the du Roscoat family unit and the motto "Virtus cum Scientia," is the one chosen by Female parent Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence in America.

Academics [edit]

The curriculum of Saint Mary-of-the-Forest College is based on a traditional liberal arts pedagogy. All campus students are required to complete an extensive curriculum of general studies in improver to their major(s) and/or minor(s).

SMWC is a member of the College Consortium of Western Indiana. This membership allows students who are total-fourth dimension at their home institution to accept one course at the other member institutions of Rose-Hulman Institute of Engineering and Indiana State University without boosted tuition.

Athletics [edit]

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Higher teams are the Pomeroys. The college is a fellow member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the River States Conference (RSC; formerly known every bit the Kentucky Intercollegiate Able-bodied Conference (KIAC) until after the 2015–xvi academic twelvemonth) since the 2021–22 bookish year. The Pomeroys are also a fellow member of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) and the Intercollegiate Horse Evidence Association (IHSA).^[6]

SMWC athletes make upwards nearly xxx percent of all campus students. The college currently competes in 16 intercollegiate varsity teams: Men'due south sports include basketball, cross country, equestrian, golf game, soccer, sprint football, runway & field and volleyball; while women'southward sports include basketball, cross country, equestrian, golf, soccer, softball, track & field and volleyball; as well as hunt seat.

On March sixteen, 2021, later on serving as SMWC's Athletic Director for 30 years, Deanna Bradley announced her retirement. Todd E. McIntyre, the current Assistant Athletic Director, will serve as the Acting Athletic Director offset on July 1, 2021.^[7]

SMWC will add dart football, a weight-restricted class of American football game that is not governed by the NAIA, USCAA, or NCAA, in 2022. It is i of six lease members of the Midwest Sprint Football League.^[8]

Crosstown Archetype [edit]

The Crosstown Classic is a hometown rivalry winter basketball game game between SMWC and Rose-Hulman Institute of Engineering. This almanac competition has resulted in a 13–7 tape favoring the Pomeroys. Prior to 2016, the game was known every bit the "Clabber Girl Classic", named for the famed Clabber Girl trophy presented by the Clabber Girl of Hulman and Company. The college appear a partnership with local automotive retailer Dorsett Automotive, irresolute the name to the "Dorsett Automotive Crosstown Archetype".^[nine]

USCAA National Championships [edit]

The SMWC softball squad boasts 12 National Championships including iv consecutive USCAA National Softball Championships (2002–2005). The SMWC Equestrian Team competes throughout the yr in both Western and English, traveling to about 20 shows per flavour. SMWC has been the site for regional horse shows, managed by the SMWC equestrian team members. In 2007, the SMWC Western Team was named IHSA Reserve National Champions.

In 2009, the Pomeroy soccer team experienced a "Cinderella" season, in which they entered the USCAA National Championship Tournament as the eighth seed (the lowest seed) and advanced all the way to the national championship before being defeated by Marygrove Higher. Just days earlier the soccer team brought habitation the silver cup from Burlington, Vermont, the first-yr cross-country team won the USCAA National Title in New Hampshire. Too in fall 2010, the cross-country team won a second USCAA National Championship.

National champions

Softball (12) - 1997¹, 2000¹, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 ^[ten]

Women'south Cantankerous Land (three) - 2009, 2010, 2019^[11]

Men's Golf (2) - 2018, 2019^[12]

National runners-up

Softball (6) - 1997¹, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017

Women's Soccer (1) - 2009^[xiii]

Women's Cross Country (i) - 2012^[xi]

Men's Golf (1) - 2017^[12]

Women'southward Basketball (ane) - 2000^[14]

Volleyball (3) - 2015, 2016, 2017^[15]

¹NSCAA

NAIA [edit]

On October 7, 2020, SMWC announced that they had been accustomed as members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and would become provisional members of the River States Conference (RSC) starting July 1, 2021. The college will be eligible for postseason competition during the 2020–2021 academic year and is scheduled to become full members of the NAIA on July ane, 2022.^[16]

Club and intramural sports [edit]

The department currently offers seven not-scholarship order sport options; Competitive Cheer, Cycling, Dance, eSports, Powerlifting, Rowing, and Tennis. Each sport is guided by a caput coach or teacher and some clubs may crave try-outs for participation while others may accept open membership.^[17]

Intramurals offer both competitive and non-competitive options through both the autumn and spring semesters. Students are able to participate in "i-off" events on and off-campus and "season-long" team events including light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation tag, mini-golf, cornhole, pickleball, basketball, volleyball, kickball, habitation run derby, capture the flag, video game tournaments, and bowling.

Historic architecture [edit]

In addition to other structures, the campus includes six historic buildings owned past the college that appointment from 1913 to 1969: Guerin Hall (1913), Solarium of Music (1913), Le Fer Hall (1924), Owens Hall (1960), Rooney Library (1964), and Hulman Hall (1969). The campus's 67 acres (27 hectares) are also dwelling house to the motherhouse of the Sisters of Providence of Saint-Mary-of-the Woods, whose buildings date from the 19th and 20th Centuries.^[18]

The Indianapolis architectural house of D. A. Bohlen, Architect, and its successors, D. A. Bohlen and Son; Bohlen and Burns; and Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Assembly, completed "more 60 projects" for the Sisters of Providence, including all vi of the historic buildings.^[nineteen] More twenty of the house'south projects, including Foley Hall (1860, 1897) at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, are listed on the National Annals of Historic Places. Foley Hall was demolished in 1989.^{[20] [21]}

Campus architects retained its pastoral setting, while a "French influence reminiscent of Georges-Eugène Haussmann" is visible in the "straight walkways and open views".^[18] The celebrated buildings on campus were representative of popular architectural styles at the time of their structure. From 1894 until the 1970s, three generations of the Joseph Bisch family supervised maintenance of the campus.^[18]

Guerin Hall (1913) [edit]

Anne Therese Guérin Hall, designed by Oscar D. Bohlen in a Renaissance Revival style, is named in honour of the foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Construction for the iv-story brick building began in 1911; it was defended on Oct 12, 1913. Guerin Hall was the college'south first residence for students. Its lower flooring contained offices, classrooms, and a chapel, while its upper floors offered semi-private rooms, a new trend in student housing at that time.^[22] The ornate front end entrance features heavily carved Corinthian capitals on pilasters, made of Indiana limestone. Guerin Hall surrounds an open courtyard and a veranda extends across the front end of the building.^[23]

Conservatory of Music (1913) [edit]

Saint Cecilia Conservatory of Music was designed by Oscar D. Bohlen and constructed between 1911 and 1913, the aforementioned fourth dimension as Guerin Hall. The Conservatory is located "on the site of the second Saint Mary-of-the-Wood hamlet church and cemetery."^[24] The 3-story, Italian Renaissance Revival-style Conservatory was synthetic of lite brick and Bedford limestone. It has Ionic details and Beaux-Arts influences.^[24] The Solarium was defended forth with Guerin Hall on October 12, 1913, and independent music studios, practice rooms, classrooms, and offices.^[25] Cecilian Auditorium, which "seats up to 720 people on the chief floor and balcony", provides a theatrical space that includes a proscenium phase and theatrical lighting.^[26]

Le Fer Hall (1924) [edit]

Le Fer Hall, named in honor of Sisters Saint Francis Xavier and Mary Joseph Le Fer, ii of Saint Mother Théodore Guérin's companions, serves as a residence hall for students. The Indianapolis architectural firm of D. A. Bohlen and Son designed the four-story, French Renaissance Revival-style building. Construction began in 1921. The yellow brick residence hall contains classical balustrades on its stone and decorative metal balconies; its twin towers and tile roof reflects the Castilian Revival architectural style.^[27] Le Fer Hall's main floor initially included classrooms, offices, and a social hall/ballroom; rooms for students were on the upper floors.^[28] Residence hall rooms contain large windows and hardwood floors; more than 75 pct of them are suites with a connecting bathrooms.^{[ citation needed ]}

Owens Hall (1960) [edit]

Robert Bohlen, the last of D. A. Bohlen'due south descendants, designed Owens Hall in 1960 as a novitiate building for the Sisters of Providence.^[29] Its modernistic design includes "spandrel panels of brushed aluminum" between the windows of its "vertical central bay".^[30]

Rooney Library (1964) [edit]

The Mary and Andy Rooney Library, a contemporary structure built at a toll of $i.28 million, was designed in 1961 past Indianapolis architects August C. Bohlen and Melvin B. G. Meyer of Bohlen and Burns. This modern interpretation of a Classical-style building includes an offset entrance with a vertical bay.^{[31] [32]}

Hulman Hall (1969) [edit]

Mary Fendrich Hulman Hall, was designed by Melvin B. Yard. Meyers, president of Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Associates, in a Mid-century modernistic mode. Its pattern is similar to Owens Hall and Rooney Library. The edifice'southward vertical design includes "spandrel panels and use of aluminum." The exterior's rough-cutting stone in spandrel panels is classically inspired.^[33]

Accreditation [edit]

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is accredited through the Higher Learning Committee of the Northward Central Association of Colleges and Schools and approved for instructor training past the Indiana Department of Education and the National Quango for Accreditation of Teacher Didactics (NCATE). Additionally, many individual programs of various departments are certified by their professional person associations.

Programs of various departments are certified by their professional person associations, including American Art Therapy Clan, American Bar Clan, American Music Therapy Association, Constitute for the Certification of Computer Professionals (ICCP), National Association of Schools of Music, and Society for Man Resources Direction.

Notable alumni [edit]

• Marie Louise Andrews (1849–1891), story writer and journalist
• Amalia Küssner Coudert (1863–1932), painter and miniaturist
• Barbara A. Curran, attorney and member of the New Bailiwick of jersey General Assembly
• Sister Kathleen Desautels, community organizer and activist
• Sister Barbara Doherty, educator and theologian, president of Saint Mary-of-the-Wood Higher (1984–1988)
• Mary Fendrich Hulman (1905–1998), Hulman family matriarch
• Mari Hulman George, Chairman emeritus of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• Mary Pat Kelly, author
• Sis Jeanne Knoerle (1928–2013), author and educator, president of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (1968–1983)
• Marta Linares, Starting time Lady of Panama (2009–2014)
• Caroline Myss, mystic and medical intuitive
• Kathy Sinnott, Irish Fellow member of the European Parliament (2004-2009) and disability rights campaigner
• Sister Alexa Suelzer (1918–2015), theologian, author and educator known for Old Testament criticism
• Jean M. Wilkowski, author and ambassador
• Sarah Vaughn, comic book writer and artist (Alex + Ada, Sparkshooter, etc.)

Kathryn A. Martin, Chancellor, University of Minnesota Duluth

References [edit]

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2. ^ "Sisters of Providence - Leaving France". Archived from the original on 2007-06-24. Retrieved Aug 17, 2020.
3. ^ "Sisters of Providence - Landing on U.South. soil". Archived from the original on 2007-06-24. Retrieved Aug 17, 2020.
4. ^ "Patron Saints Index: Saint Female parent Theodore Guerin". Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved Aug 17, 2020.
5. ^ "SMWC makes coed decision - SMWC". May 19, 2015. Retrieved Aug 17, 2020.
6. ^ IHSA
7. ^ "Deanna Bradley to Retire from Saint Mary-of-the-Forest College Afterwards 30 Years".
8. ^ "New Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Forms for Sprint Football" (Press release). Midwest Sprint Football League. June 21, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
9. ^ https://smwcpomeroys.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/20161114pri3fy
10. ^ https://smwc.prestosports.com/sports/sball/SMWC_Softball_History_Book_updated_5.28.xx.pdf^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
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13. ^ https://smwcpomeroys.com/sports/wsoc/Women-s_Soccer_History_Book.pdf^{[ blank URL PDF ]}
14. ^ https://smwc.prestosports.com/sports/wbkb/2020-21/Women-s_Basketball_History_Book.pdf^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
15. ^ https://smwc.prestosports.com/sports/wvball/History_Book_Volleyball_Updated___10.25.nineteen.pdf^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
16. ^ "NAIA Accepts Saint Mary-of-the-Wood Membership".
17. ^ "Guild Sports".
18. ^ ^{a b c} "Historic Architecture of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods". Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Higher. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-30 .
19. ^ Four successive generations of Bohlen architects worked at the Indianapolis firm (Diedrich A. Bohlen, its founder; Oscar D. Bohlen, D. A.'s son; Baronial C. Bohlen, Oscar'southward son; and Robert 50. Bohlen, Baronial'due south son). Come across Lloyd B. Walton (1978-06-11). "By Masters of Mortar". Indianapolis Star Magazine. Indianapolis, IN: 42, 44–45.
20. ^ Sister Ann Kathleen Brawley (1981-01-05). "National Registration of Historic Places Inventory–Nomination Class: Foley Hall" (PDF). U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-09-30 .
21. ^ Mary Roger Madden, ed. (1989). A Journey of Dearest, Mercy, and Justice: A Pictorial History of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Forest, Celebrating 150 Years of Service Amidst the People of God. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN: The Sisters of Providence. p. 15.
22. ^ Mary Roger Madden (1991). The Path Marked Out. Sisters of Providence History Series. Vol. 3. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN: Sisters of Providence. pp. 383–84. OCLC 27393597.
23. ^ "Guerin Hall". Saint Mary-of-the-Woods-Higher. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-thirty .
24. ^ ^{a b} "Conservatory of Music". Saint Mary-of-the-Woods-College. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-xxx .
25. ^ Madden, The Path Marked Out, pp. 384–85.
26. ^ "Cecelian Auditorium". Saint Mary-of-the-Forest-Higher. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-30 .
27. ^ "Le Fer Hall". Saint Mary-of-the-Forest-College. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-30 .
28. ^ Madden, The Path Marked Out, p. 519.
29. ^ Madden, The Path Marked Out, pp. 573 and 583.
30. ^ "Owens Hall". Saint Mary-of-the-Woods-College. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-thirty .
31. ^ "Rooney Library". Saint Mary-of-the-Forest-College. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-xxx .
32. ^ "Architect Melvin B. Thousand. Meyer, 75, Designed Numerous Local Buildings". Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, IN. 1995-12-20. p. E10.
33. ^ "Hulman Hall". Saint Mary-of-the-Forest-College. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-30 .

Bibliography [edit]

• "Architect Melvin B. M. Meyer, 75, Designed Numerous Local Buildings". Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, IN. 1995-12-20. p. E10.
• Brawley, Sister Ann Kathleen (1981-01-05). "National Registration of Celebrated Places Inventory–Nomination Form: Foley Hall" (PDF). U.South. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-09-03 .
• Madden, Mary Roger, ed. (1989). A Journey of Dear, Mercy, and Justice: A Pictorial History of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Celebrating 150 Years of Service Among the People of God. Saint Mary-of-the-Forest, IN: The Sisters of Providence. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors listing (link)
• Madden, Mary Roger (1991). The Path Marked Out. History of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Wood, Indiana; Sisters of Providence History Series. Vol. Iii. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN: Sisters of Providence. OCLC 27393597.

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Official athletics website

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Mary-of-the-Woods_College

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