Notre Dame College

Notre Dame College of Ohio
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	4545 College Rd. South Euclid, Ohio
Coordinates	41°30′27″N 81°30′56″W / 41.5076°N 81.5155°W / 41.5076; -81.5155Coordinates: 41°30′27″N 81°30′56″W / 41.5076°N 81.5155°W / 41.5076; -81.5155
Built	1927
Architect	Thomas D. McLaughlin; John T. Gill
Architectural style	Tudor Revival, Other
NRHP Reference #	83004267
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1983

Notre Dame College, also known as Notre Dame College of Ohio or simply NDC, is a Catholic, coeducational, liberal arts college in South Euclid, Ohio, United States. Established in 1922 as a women's college, it has been coeducational since January 2001. Notre Dame College offers 30 majors and individually designed majors and confers undergraduate and graduate degrees through five academic divisions. The college has a current total enrollment of 2,250 students. The 48-acre (19.4 ha) main academic and residential campus is located 10 miles (16 km) east of Cleveland in South Euclid.

Fielding athletic teams known as the Notre Dame Falcons, the college is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Notre Dame is a member of the Mountain East Conference (MEC), a Division II conference that began playing in the 2013–14 school year. Prior to joining the NCAA, the college competed in the NAIA as a member of the American Mideast Conference. The official school and athletic colors are royal blue and gold.

While the majority of Notre Dame's students are from Ohio, the student body represents 38 states and 19 countries. The college offers a large number of extracurricular activities to its students, including athletics, honor societies, clubs and student organizations. Alumni and former students have gone on to prominent careers in government, business, science, medicine, education, sports, and entertainment.

Notre Dame College was founded in the summer of 1922 on Ansel Road as a women's college under the guidance of Mother M. Cecilia Romen. Later that year, Mother Mary Evarista Harks became NDC's first president (1922–1943). In its early years the college had a faculty population of 9 and a full-time student enrollment of 13 women and 11 novices; in addition 30 students were enrolled in extension courses. On June 15, 1925, NDC conferred its first graduating class in the form of two-year teaching certificates. In the following year, 14 students received their bachelor's degrees and state certificates to teach in Ohio high schools; becoming NDC’s first graduating class of four-year college degrees. In June 1923, the Sisters leased 39 acres (15.8 ha) along Green Road in South Euclid to build a new campus and purchased 15 acres (6.1 ha) in 1924. Construction of the campus began in the fall of 1926 and opened on Sept. 17, 1928. The college later bought the 39 leased acres (160,000 m²) in 1933. The college was originally located in a single building and expanded over time, Harks Hall was built in 1955 to house resident students with two other residence halls built in the 1960s. NDC constructed the Clara Fritzsche Library in 1971 and the Keller Center in 1987.