The Catholic University of America
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| Motto | Deus Lux Mea Est (God is my Light) |
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| Established | 1887 |
| School type | Private |
| President | The Very Reverend David M. O’Connell |
| Location | Washington, DC, USA |
| Enrollment | 5,510 total, 2,587 undergraduate |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Cardinal |
| Homepage | www.cua.edu |
The Catholic University of America (abbreviated "CUA"), located in Washington, DC, is unique as the national university of the Roman Catholic Church and as the only higher education institution founded by U.S. Roman Catholic bishops. Established in 1887 following approval by Pope Leo XIII as a graduate and research center, the university began offering undergraduate education in 1904. Programs emphasize the liberal arts, professional education, and personal development. It also has a long history of working with the Knights of Columbus.
Campus
Image:Cua.jpg The CUA campus is located in the residential community of Brookland in Northeast Washington, DC; its main entrance is located at 620 Michigan Ave., NE. The campus is bound by Monroe Avenue to the South, North Capital Street to the West, Hawaii Avenue to the North, and John McCormick Road to the East.
In April of 2004, the University purchased 49 acres of land from the Armed Forces Retirement Home. The parcel is the largest plot of open space in the District and makes CUA the largest university in DC by land area. There are currently no plans for the parcel other than to secure the property for future growth.
The Campus is served by the Brookland-CUA station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro.
Romanesque and modern design dominate among the university’s 55 major buildings. Adjacent to campus is the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Nearby are the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center and the offices of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Athletics
CUA sponsors 21 NCAA Division III sports teams. The school competes in football, baseball, softball, women's volleyball and field hockey, and both men's and women's teams in cross country, soccer, basketball, swimming, lacrosse, tennis, and both indoor and outdoor track and field.
Students also field club teams in sports including horseback riding, ice hockey, and rugby. Student also row on on the club crew team.
The men's basketball team won the 2001 NCAA Division III National Championship and was the only program in Division III to reach the Sweet Sixteen five consecutive seasons, from 1998-2002. The football team has appeared in two major bowl games (the 1936 Orange Bowl and the 1940 Sun Bowl) and has made three consecutive trips to the Division III playoffs. The baseball team advanced to the NCAA Division I Tournament in 1977. The track & field team has produced three national champions, while the swimming program has two individual national titles as well. The volleyball team made its first NCAA tournament appearance in 2001 and followed it up in 2002, while the field hockey team advanced to the 2001 ECAC Southern Region championship game. The men's swim team has won four CAC titles and three National Catholic Division III championships, while women's swimming has won a Catholic Division III title and softball has an ECAC Southern Region title.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! once featured Edward Lynch (LL.B., 1924) for making 98 tackles in a single football game.
Notable alumni
Arts
- Harolyn M. Blackwell, B.M. 1977, soprano, Metropolitan Opera
- Philip M. Bosco, B.A. 1957, Tony Award winning actor
- Patricia A. Carroll, B.A. 1989, actress, voice of Ursula in Disney’s The Little Mermaid
- Mark Adamo, B.M>, 1990, American Composer
- Laurence Luckinbill, M.F.A. 1958, Emmy award winning producer, writer, actor
- Ed McMahon, B.A. 1949, announcer on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" and host of "Star Search"
- Martin Puryear, B.A. 1963, sculptor
- Susan Sarandon, B.A. 1968, Academy Award winning actress
- John M. Slattery Jr., B.F.A. 1984, actor
- Paula Vogel, B.A. 1974, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright
- Jon Voight, B.A. 1960, Academy Award winning actor.
- Kurt von Finck, B.A. 1995, open-source advocate
Media
- Richard Diefenbach Jr., B.A. 1984, Senior Producer, Fox News Channel
- Mary Alice Dwyer Dobbin, M.F.A. 1967, CEO, Procter & Gamble Productions (producers of As the World Turns and Guiding Light)
- Maureen B. Dowd, B.A. 1973, Columnist for The New York Times
- Alfred Gough, B.A. 1989, Executive Producer of WB’s Smallville, co-wrote screenplay for Spider-Man 2
- Amy Joyce, B.A. 1996, Columnist for The Washington Post
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower, M.A. 1972, author
- Alberto R. Ortiz, B.A. 1972, Executive Producer, CBS News
- James L. Rowe Jr., B.A. 1969, Sunday Editor The Washington Post
- Angela C. Santomero, B.A. 1990, Co-Creator of Blue's Clues
- Rosanna D. Scotto, B.F.A. 1980, Co-Anchor of FOX-5 News (New York)
- W. Gresham Striegel, B.A. 1990, Senior Producer, Fox News Channel
- Kathryn Jean Lopez, B.A. 1997, Web Editor, National Review
- Brian Williams, Anchor, NBC Nightly News
Science and engineering
- Sanford Berman, M.S. 1961, outspoken, radical librarian
- Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator
- Euphemia Lofton Haynes (deceased), Ph.D. 1943, first African-American female mathematician
- Charles Kaman, B.A. 1940, aviation pioneer and founder of Kaman Aircraft
- Carol Nacy, B.A. 1970, M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1977, CEO of Sequella, Inc.
- Rev. Julius Nieuwland, C.S.C., Ph.D. 1904, discoverer of synthetic rubber.
- Tarek Saab, B.E.E. 2001, Contestant on the 5th season of NBC's The Apprentice
Business
- Brian M. Cashman, B.A. 1989, General Manager of the New York Yankees
- Robert E. Craves, B.A. 1965, Co-Founder of Costco Wholesale
- Martin R. Hurney, B.A. 1993, General Manager of the Carolina Panthers
- Edward M. Liddy, B.A. 1968, CEO of Allstate Insurance
- Timothy C. Scheve, B.A. 1980, President of Legg Mason
- Joseph A. Unanue, B.M.E. 1950, CEO of Goya Foods
- James T. Vanderslice, Ph.D. 1966, former President of Dell Computers
- Tarek Saab, B.S., contestant on the show The Apprentice 5
Public service and politics
- Edward W. Gillespie, B.A. 1983, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee
- Patrick Guerriero, B.A. 1990, executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans
- Thomas R. Harkin, J.D. 1972, U.S. Senator from Iowa
- Mitchell J. Landrieu, B.A. 1982, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
- Terence R. McAuliffe, B.A. 1979, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
- Martin O'Malley, B.A. 1985, Mayor of Baltimore
- Thomas P. Melady, Ph.D. 1955, former US Ambassador to the Vatican, Burundi, and Uganda
- Richard G. Renzi, J.D. 2002, U.S. Congressman from Arizona
- Timothy Shriver, M.A. 1989, CEO of the Special Olympics
- James Chu-yu Soong, M.S. 1971, Taiwanese politician and founder of the People First Party
- Robert Patrick Casey, Jr., J.D. 1988, Treasurer of Pennsylvania and candidate for the U.S. Senate
- Charlene Barshefsky , J.D.1975, Ambassador, United States Trade Representative under Bill Clinton.
Religion
- Francis Cardinal George, M.A. 1966, Archbishop of Chicago
- Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, S.T.D. 1945, President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame
- James Cardinal Hickey (deceased), S.T.L. 1946, retired Archbishop of Washington, DC
- Roger Cardinal Mahony, M.S.W. 1964, Archbishop of Los Angeles
- Rev. Kevin Mackin, four degrees from CUA, President of Siena College
- Sean Patrick Cardinal O'Malley, O.F.M.Cap., Ph.D. 1978, Archbishop of Boston
- Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Ph.D. 1963, Archbishop of Washington
- John Cardinal O'Connor (deceased), Archbishop of New York
- Justin Cardinal Rigali, S.T.B. 1961, Archbishop of Philadelphia
- Rev. Michael Scanlan, Chancellor of the Franciscan University of Steubenville
- Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen (deceased), J.C.B. 1920, host of Life is Worth Living
Academic degrees
Catholic University has 11 schools as well as the Metropolitan College. The 11 schools offer Doctor of Philosophy degrees or appropriate professional degrees. Undergraduate degrees are awarded by six schools — architecture and planning, arts and sciences, engineering, music, nursing and philosophy.
Undergraduates combine a liberal arts curriculum in arts and sciences with courses in their major fields of study.
Metropolitan College provides programs for adults who wish to earn baccalaureate degrees or participate in continuing education and certificate programs.
Catholic University is the only U.S. university with an ecclesiastical faculty of canon law and is one of the few U.S. universities with ecclesiastical faculties of philosophy and sacred theology. Theological College, the university seminary, has prepared men for the priesthood in many dioceses of the United States.
School of Architecture and Planning
Randall Ott, Dean
The School of Architecture and Planning is dedicated to the professional education of those who will design, build and conserve the built environment, principally as architect and planners. Imbued with a sense of professional purpose, environmental responsibility, and community service, graduates of our program are expected to enter their profession with the knowledge, skills and commitment to understand and improve the built world. The school seeks to instill in students an understanding of the changing role of the architect in society and the multiple career paths possible within the profession. In keeping with the mission of The Catholic University of America, the school is responsible for developing in its students an ethical responsibility and those faculties of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis that will lead to life-long learning and the continuous desire to be of service to society.
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Important degrees offered by the school are; *1.Bachelor of Science in Architecture *2.Master of Architecture' and *3.Master of Architectural Studies [edit] School of Arts and SciencesLawrence R. Poos, Dean
[edit] School of Canon LawReverend Monsignor Brian E. Ferme, Dean
[edit] School of EngineeringCharles C. Nguyen, Dean
[edit] Columbus School of LawVeryl V. Miles, Dean
[edit] School of Library and Information ScienceMartha Hale, Dean
[edit] Benjamin T. Rome School of MusicMurry Sidlin, Dean
[edit] School of NursingNalini Jairath, Dean
[edit] School of PhilosophyReverend Kurt Pritzl, Dean
The School of Philosophy also offers a joint M.A.-J.D. dual degree program with the Columbus School of Law and a joint M.A.-M.D. program with Georgetown University Medical School. [edit] National Catholic School of Social ServiceJames A. Zabora, Dean
The National Catholic School of Social Service also offers a joint degree in social work and law. [edit] School of Theology and Religious StudiesReverend Monsignor Kevin W. Irwin, Dean
[edit] Metropolitan CollegeSara Thompson, Dean
At Commencement Exercises each May, these degrees are formally conferred by the School of Arts and Sciences. [edit] University Rectors and Presidents
[edit] Campus buildingsA map is available to locate the buildings on campus. [edit] Residence halls
[edit] Academic buildings
As with most college campuses, classes of many different fields are taught in most of the buildings; the list of courses above is not meant to be exhaustive, but is the primary building for those courses. [edit] Other buildings
[edit] Abandoned buildings
[edit] External links
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