Marian University (Wisconsin)
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Former names
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Marian College |
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| Motto | sicut lilium inter spinas |
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Motto in English
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As a lily among thorns |
| Type | Private, Liberal Arts |
| Established | 1936 |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| President | Andrew P. Manion, Ph.D. |
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Academic staff
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270 |
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Administrative staff
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160 |
| Students | 2,180 |
| Undergraduates | 1,680 |
| Postgraduates | 500 |
| Location |
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, U.S. 43°46′39″N 88°25′17″W / 43.7775161°N 88.4214181°WCoordinates: 43°46′39″N 88°25′17″W / 43.7775161°N 88.4214181°W |
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| Nickname | The Sabres |
| Sports |
NCAA Div. III |
| Mascot | Sammy the Sabre |
| Website | http://www.marianuniversity.edu |
NCAA Div. III
Women: basketball, cross country, golf, hockey, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball.
Marian University, formerly Marian College of Fond du Lac, is a Roman Catholic liberal arts university in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1936 by the Congregation of Sisters of Saint Agnes, which continues to sponsor the University today.
Marian University enrolled more than 2,180 undergraduate and graduate students in the 2013-14 academic year. Seventy-one percent of students were women. Ninety-four percent of students receive financial aid. Approximately 32% of the undergraduate students live on campus.
Marian University opened as Marian College of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin on September 8, 1936, with 17 full-time and 25 part-time students, and eight faculty. The Sisters of St. Agnes founded the college in response to a Wisconsin Department of Instruction decision that nuns were not allowed to teach in public schools while wearing their religious habits.
Marian became accredited in elementary education in 1941. The first graduating class in August 1941 had eight nun graduates. The first lay students graduated in 1942. Marian had 86 full-time and 145 part-time students in 1950, who attended classes in a convent next to St. Agnes Hospital. Although founded as a women’s college, the superintendent of Fond du Lac schools attended art and music classes with his wife in 1940. Increasing enrollment caused the college to move to its current 100 acres (40 ha) campus in the mid 1960s, and the college became co-educational in 1970.
The school became accredited by the North Central Association for a Master's of Arts program in 1987, and was approved for a Ph.D. program in Leadership Studies in 2002.
On May 1, 2008, Marian College of Fond du Lac changed its name to Marian University to reflect an expansion of its programs and classes and to position the institution for continued growth.
Marian University comprises four Schools: the School of Nursing and Health Professions; the School of Education; the School of Arts and Sciences; the School of Business and Public Safety.
Marian became affiliated with The Catholic University of America and the National Catholic Educational Association in 1949. It became accredited with the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools for teacher education in 1960.
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