Gannon University was first established in 1933 as the two-year Cathedral College by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie.
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In 1944, the school became the four-year men’s school Gannon College of Arts and Sciences, named in honor of the then-Bishop of Erie, John Mark Gannon, the driving force behind its opening and development. The college became coeducational in 1964 and gained university status in 1979. The all-girls school Villa Maria College, which was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1925,merged with the university in 1989. Its Villa Maria School of Nursing retains the name of the original institution.
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South Seattle College (SSC, formerly South Seattle Community College) is a public community college in West Seattle,
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Washington. Founded in 1970, it is one of three colleges which make up the Seattle Colleges District. The Seattle Community Colleges District Board of Trustees voted unanimously in March 2014 to change the name of the District to Seattle Colleges and to change the names of the colleges to Seattle Central College, North Seattle College and South Seattle College.[2] It is home to the South Seattle College Arboretum and incorporates the Georgetown Campus near Boeing Field.
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Westcliff University was established to provide quality education for students wishing to enter the fast growing fields of Business and Education.
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Westcliff University, which received its initial approval with the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in 1993 (www.bppe.ca.gov), offers various programs in the College of Business and the College of Education. Westcliff University’s curriculum consists of graduate and undergraduate degree programs in business and education as well as other certificate programs. Kings College.
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Saint Leo University is a private Roman Catholic liberal arts university in St. Leo, Florida. It was established in 1889.
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The university is associated with the Holy Name Monastery, a Benedictine convent, and Saint Leo Abbey, a Benedictine monastery. The university and the abbey are both named for Pope Leo the Great, bishop of Rome from 440 to 461. The name also honours Leo XIII, who was Pope at the time, and Leo Haid, then abbot of Mary help Abbey in North Carolina, now Belmont Abbey, who participated in founding the university and served as its first president.
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Southern Utah University (SUU) is a public university in Cedar City, Utah. Founded in 1897 as a normal school,
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Southern Utah University now graduates over 1,800 students each year with baccalaureate and graduate degrees from its six colleges. SUU offers more than 140 undergraduate degrees and 19 graduate programs. More than 10,000 students attend SUU. SUU joined the Big Sky Conference in September 2012. Southern Utah University is also the site for the Utah Summer Games.
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St. Mary’s University is a private Marianist liberal arts institution in San Antonio, Texas. Founded by the Society of Mary (Marianists) in 1852,
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St. Mary’s is the oldest Catholic university in Texas and the American Southwest. With a student population of nearly 4,000, St. Mary’s is home to a College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; School of Science, Engineering and Technology; the Greehey School of Business; and the St. Mary’s University School of Law.
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Bay Atlantic University is a highly respected institution backed by 46 years of educational experience
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with qualified and experienced professors in the international arena of education. We offer an academically focused, challenging and stimulating learning experience. Located in the political and historical heart of the nation, you are guaranteed to enjoy the true American experience.
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At the New York Institute of Technology, diversity is represented by a mosaic of engaged students,
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each contributing unique intellectual, cultural, and creative gifts to a rich, vibrant campus community. The university’s faculty and students represent and embrace a diversity of perspectives, values, ideas, backgrounds, styles, approaches, experiences, and beliefs—providing a stimulating, nurturing and truly cosmopolitan 21st-century education. View NYIT at a Glance here.
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Today’s California State University system is the direct descendant of the Minns Evening Normal School,
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a normal school in San Francisco that educated the city’s future teachers in association with the high school system. The school was taken over by the state in 1862 and moved to San Jose and renamed the California State Normal School; it eventually evolved into San Jose State University. A southern branch of the California State Normal School was created in Los Angeles in 1882.
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In 2004, enrollment was approximately 33,877 students, including resident and non-resident instruction students.
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The university has approximately 2,000 faculty in eight colleges and 55 academic departments. Bachelor’s degrees are offered in 65 fields of study, with master’s degrees in 55 fields. Colorado State confers doctoral degrees in 40 fields of study, in addition to a professional degree in veterinary medicine.
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University of Houston Clear Lake is one of the four educational institutions falling under the University of Houston System.
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The campus of the state university is spread over an area of 524 acres. Its campus is situated in the cities of Pasadena and Houston, Texas. The branch campuses of the university are located in Pearland and Texas Medical Centre.
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Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences is a private school in northern New York State and the only college in the Adirondacks.
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Paul Smith’s offers bachelor’s degrees in 20 academic majors and is also home to seven associate degree-granting programs. To demonstrate a commitment to sustainability, students in the Forestry program participate in determining sustainable management techniques for the college campus. Additionally, students in the Hospitality, Pastry, and Culinary programs have the opportunity to work in the school’s student-run restaurant, the St. Regis Cafe.
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The college fell on hard times after the end of the military draft and college deferment during the Vietnam War
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and offered itself to the state in 1975, which refused the gift. In December 1978, the school changed its name to the University of Charleston. Beginning with the inauguration of President Dr. Edwin H. Welch in 1989, the school has undergone a physical and academic transformation. Four new residence halls, a parking garage, a fitness center, an academic building housing the library, computer and science labs, and a new school of pharmacy have been built since 1998.
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Hilbert is a private, catholic college in Hamburg, New York in the Buffalo area.
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Hilbert College
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