Walsh University
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| Motto | Sed Deus Dat Incrementum |
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| Type | Private school |
| Established | 1960 |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic Church |
| President | Richard Jusseaume |
| Undergraduates | 2,371 (2014) |
| Postgraduates | 493 (2014) |
| Location |
North Canton, Ohio 40°52′25″N 81°22′15″W / 40.8736111°N 81.3708333°WCoordinates: 40°52′25″N 81°22′15″W / 40.8736111°N 81.3708333°W |
| Mascot | Cavalier |
| Website | www.walsh.edu |
Walsh University is a private non-profit, four-year, Roman Catholic university in North Canton, Ohio. In 2014, there were approximately 2,864 students. It was founded in 1960 by the Brothers of Christian Instruction, initially as a liberal arts college. Walsh College became Walsh University in 1993. The University offers more than 70 majors, and seven graduate programs including a Master of Science in Nursing, Master of Occupational Therapy and Doctorate of Physical Therapy. Walsh has satellite campuses in Akron, Medina, Canfield, and Castel Gandolfo, Italy. It is endorsed by The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College.
The school's namesake is Bishop Emmett Michael Walsh of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown.
Walsh University was first founded as LaMennais College in Alfred, Maine in 1951 by the Brothers of Christian Instruction on an idea by Ferdinand Waldo Demara, who was then posing as a monk, to educate young men as brothers and teachers. LaMennais College continued in Alfred, Maine from 1951 until 1959. Because of a chance 1957 conversation between Brother Francoeur of La Mennais College and Monsignor William Hughes of Youngstown, Ohio about the Brothers' wish to move LaMennais College from Alfred, Maine, Bishop Walsh invited the Brothers to choose Canton, Ohio as the new location. Bishop Walsh donated $350,000 to the Walsh College project. In 1959 the present location of Walsh University began as 50 acres (20 ha) of farm land on which two buildings were constructed, College Hall (Farrell Hall) and LaMennais Hall which continues to house the Brothers and international priest-students.
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