Spring Hill College
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| Latin: Collegium Fons Collis | |
| Motto | In Colle Exaltatus Fons Sapientae (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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A spring of wisdom is he who was lifted up on the hill |
| Type |
Private Nonprofit Coeducational Liberal Arts |
| Established | 1830 |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic (Jesuit) |
| Endowment | US $19.1 million |
| President | Christopher P. Puto, Ph.D. |
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Academic staff
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79 full-time |
| Students | 1,439 |
| Undergraduates | 1,257 |
| Postgraduates | 182 |
| Location | Mobile, Alabama, USA |
| Campus | Urban - 400 acres (161.9 ha) 32 buildings 18-hole golf course |
| Colors | Purple and White |
| Athletics | NCAA DII SIAC |
| Sports | 19 varsity sports teams (8 men's and 11 women's) |
| Nickname | Badgers |
| Mascot | Badger |
| Affiliations | AJCU |
| Website | www.shc.edu |
Spring Hill College is a private, Roman Catholic Jesuit liberal arts college in the Spring Hill neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was founded in 1830 by Most Rev. Michael Portier, Bishop of Mobile. It was the first Catholic college in the South, is the fifth-oldest Catholic college in the United States, and is the third-oldest of the 28-member Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2010, U.S. News & World Report reported that Spring Hill College ranked 14th among the top colleges in the South offering both bachelor's and master's level degrees
The Spring Hill academic calendar is divided into two semesters, a fall semester of 15 weeks beginning at the end of August and ending before Christmas, and a spring semester of 15 weeks beginning in early January and ending in early May. There are May and June mini-sessions, and summer school during June and July.
Spring Hill College was founded by the first bishop of Mobile, Michael Portier, who was from France. After purchasing a site for the college on a hill near Mobile, Bishop Portier went to France to recruit teachers and raise funds for the new college. Portier recruited two priests and four seminarians from France to staff the school. A friend of Portier, Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Archbishop of Lyons, was a major benefactor to the fledgling College, donating his philosophical and theological library and various works of art. Pauline Jaricot, founder of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith, donated 38,000 francs, an enormous sum in those days.
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