Marian College
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{{Infobox_University
|name=Marian College
|image=Image:Marian college.gif
|motto=Sedes Sapientiae
Seat of Wisdom
|type=private coeducational liberal arts
|endowment=$6.5 millionTemplate:Ref label
|established=1851 (details)
|city=Indianapolis
|state=IN
|country=USA
|faculty=81
|president=Daniel J. Elsener
|students=1,685
|undergrad=1,666
|postgrad=19
|campus=urban
|free_label=Athletics
|free=Image:MarianCollegeSpiritMark.gif
16 NAIA teams and 1 NCCA team,
called Knights
|colors=Blue and Gold
|affiliations=Roman Catholic Church;
Sisters of St. Francis Oldenburg
|website=www.marian.edu
}}
Marian College is a co-educational, liberal arts college, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, on the northwest side of the city. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church and is part of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Enrollment is around 1,500 full and part-time students.
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Academics
Marian College is dedicated to educating within the Franciscan and liberal arts traditions. Specifically, in the Franciscan school of thought and spirit, education is based on the values of dignity of the individual, peace and justice, reconciliation, and responsible stewardship.
Classes average 17 students, and student-faculty ratio is 12:1.
Marian College is organized into nine departments:
- Business
- Education
- History and social science
- Language, literature, and communication
- Natural and behavioral sciences
- Nursing
- Performing and visual arts
- Sports studies
- Theology and philosophy
Athletics
Marian College is locally known for its cycling team, most likely due to the school's proximity to the Major Taylor Velodrome. The cycling team is a member of the National Collegiate Cycling Association, NCCA.
Marian College also has 16 other NAIA teams for both men and women, as well as competitive cheerleading.
History
| Marian College | Location | Indianapolis, IN USA | |
| Marian College was established via the 1936 merger of: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| • | Saint Francis Normal School | Established | 1851 |
| Location | Oldenburg, IN USA | ||
| • | Immaculate Conception Junior College | Established | 1851 |
| Location | Indianapolis, IN USA | ||
Saint Francis Normal School was founded in Oldenburg, Indiana during 1851 by the Sisters of St. Francis Oldenburg, as an all-female normal school, as two-year teacher training schools were then known. Saint Francis Normal School predated the first publicly-funded normal school in Indiana, the State Normal School, by nearly a decade. Saint Francis Normal School was named in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi.
In 1936 Saint Francis Normal School merged with Immaculate Conception Junior College, at which time the resulting institution was renamed Marian College, where Marian is the adjectival form of Mary, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. During 1937 the portion of Marian College in Oldenburg, Indiana moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1954 Marian College first admitted men, coeducationally.
The motto of Marian College is on its seal: Sedes Sapientiae which is Latin for Seat of Wisdom, which refers to Mary in whose lap rested Jesus Christ, the Wisdom of God.[1]