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Burke Hall Cigarette card featuring the Xavier College colours and crest, c. 1920s. In 1920, Studley Hall, a gift from T.M. Burke, a Catholic businessman, was opened in 1921 as Xavier's first preparatory school. James O'Dwyer SJ, Rector of Xavier between 1908 and 1917, became Burke Hall's first headmaster, before the campus was renamed Burke ...
St. Norbert is the world's first and only institution of higher learning, sponsored by the Premonstratensian order. Pennings later started a commerce program at the college for lay students before retiring in 1955. St. Norbert's second president, Dennis Burke, expanded the college, anticipating the student population would eventually reach 2,000.
It was built in 1927 and opened on March 7, 1928, with a win against archrival Cincinnati.It is named for Walter Schmidt, Class of 1905, a benefactor to then-St. Xavier College who also donated money for Schmidt Hall (formerly the library, now the President's office) on campus.
A multitude of schools and universities have been named after St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Roman Catholic saint and co-founder of the Society of Jesus.This page lists notable educational institutions named after St. Xavier, arranged by country and region.
This prompted the school to look for a new location. Under President A.L. Parrott, the school moved in 1940, onto the previous 42-acre (170,000 m 2) campus of St. Viator's College. [9] With the move, the school's name was changed to Olivet Nazarene College (ONC). [8] The school's name was changed again in 1986 to Olivet Nazarene University (ONU ...
The Cintas Center is a 10,250-seat multi-purpose arena and conference center on the campus on Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. The arena officially opened in 2000 and was constructed through private donations as part of Xavier University's Century Campaign. It is home to the Xavier University Musketeers basketball and volleyball teams.
St. Xavier collectively refers to its graduates as the Long Blue Line, [1] after the school colors and the blue attire worn at graduation. The school's living graduates number over 18,000, as of 2013. [2] Many St. Xavier alumni are well-known figures in the Cincinnati area, and many others have gained recognition nationally and abroad as well.
The original buildings at Xavier University of Louisiana are built with Indiana limestone. The Xavier University Main Building, Convent and Library are three late Gothic Revival architecture style buildings on the campus of Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.