St. Mary of the Woods College
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| Motto | Virtus cum Scientia (Virtue and Knowledge United) |
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| Type | private liberal arts |
| Established | 1840 |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church (Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods) |
| Endowment | $9.5 million (2013) |
| President | Dottie L. King, Ph.D. |
| Students | 1,703 |
| Undergraduates | 1,577 |
| Postgraduates | 126 |
| Location |
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN, USA 39°30′31″N 87°27′59″W / 39.508726°N 87.466493°WCoordinates: 39°30′31″N 87°27′59″W / 39.508726°N 87.466493°W |
| Campus | suburban: 67 acres (0.27 km2) |
| Athletics | four USCAA and IHSA teams, called Pomeroys |
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| Mascot | in honor of Sister Mary Joseph Pomeroy, SP (SMWC, B.A. 1921) |
| Website | www |
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC), is a Roman Catholic, four-year liberal arts college located in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, in the U.S. state of Indiana, northwest of Terre Haute, between the Wabash River and the Illinois state line. It is the oldest Catholic college in Indiana.
The College is known for the Mari Hulman George School of Equine Studies, which houses 50 horses on campus, as well as its pre-professional programs such as pre-veterinarian, pre-law, pre-medicine, pre-dentistry and several niche programs in leadership development, art therapy, music therapy and their acclaimed school of Nursing.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College was founded as an academy for young women by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, who located at the site in October 1840. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was canonized on October 15, 2006, by Pope Benedict XVI, and became Indiana's first saint.
In 1840, six Sisters of Providence left their convent in Ruillé-sur-Loir, France, on a journey to the wilderness of Indiana. Mother Theodore Guerin led the sisters on their journey.
Mother Theodore was not the first to step forward when the Bishop of Vincennes asked the Sisters of Providence to establish an academy for young women in Indiana. Although she had been decorated by the French Board of Education for being a highly gifted and efficient teacher, Mother Theodore felt unworthy of the task of founding an institution of learning, but her superiors convinced Mother Theodore to accept the assignment. Mother Theodore and five other nuns arrived on October 22, 1840, more than three months after leaving France.
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