Cardinal Stritch University
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Former names
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St. Clare College (1937-1946) Cardinal Stritch College (1946-1997) |
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| Motto | Latin: Ut probetis potiora |
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Motto in English
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To value the better things |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1937 (80 years ago) |
| Affiliation | Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi (Roman Catholic) |
| Endowment | $27.8 million (2013) |
| Chancellor | Sister Camille Kliebhan, OSF |
| President | James P. Loftus |
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Academic staff
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105 full-time |
| Students | 3,811 (2014-2015) |
| Undergraduates | ca. 2,308 |
| Postgraduates | ca. 1,503 |
| Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
| Campus | Suburban - 40 acres |
| Colors | Cardinal and white |
| Athletics | NAIA – CCAC |
| Sports | 20 varsity sports (10 men's teams & 10 women's teams) |
| Nickname | Wolves |
| Mascot | Wolfie |
| Affiliations |
ACCU AFCU NAICU CIC WAICU |
| Website | www |
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Cardinal Stritch University is a private Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The university also offers courses in Brookfield, Wisconsin; Madison, Wisconsin; and has outreach programs throughout Wisconsin. Cardinal Stritch University is the nation's largest Franciscan university. Its motto, Ut probetis potiora ("To value the better things"), is taken from Philippians 1:10.
Cardinal Stritch University's enrollment for the 2014–2015 academic year was 3,811. Tuition varies based on program; full-time traditional undergraduate tuition was $13,445 per semester for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Cardinal Stritch University was founded in 1937 as St. Clare College by the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi on Milwaukee's south side as an institution to help the order's sisters effectively train as teachers. The sisters opened a reading clinic in 1943 to help promote literacy in the area, still existing today as the Cardinal Stritch University Literacy Centers operating throughout the Milwaukee area.
In 1946, the college was renamed Cardinal Stritch College in honor of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee's Cardinal Samuel Stritch. The college opened its programs to lay women for the first time and was subsequently accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 1953.
Stritch established its first graduate program in 1956, offering majors in special education and reading. The university also opened its doors to men that year, becoming fully co-educational in 1970.
Stritch moved to its current campus in the northern Milwaukee suburb of Fox Point in 1962. This new campus allowed the college to begin many new programs such as the nursing program in 1980 and its College of Business and Management in 1982.
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