Type Private President Rev. Larry Hostetter Acceptance rate 49.3% (2014) Phone +1 270-685-3131 | Established 1925 Undergraduate tuition and fees 19,990 USD (2015) Total enrollment 688 (2010) | |
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Former names Mount Saint Joseph Junior College for Women Similar Kentucky Wesleyan College, Alice Lloyd College, Asbury University, Midway University, Campbellsville University Profiles | ||
Brescia university college s new residence nov 2013
Brescia University is a coeducational Catholic university located in Owensboro, Kentucky, in the United States. Founded as a junior college for women, it is now a coeducational university offering undergraduate and master's programs.
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- Brescia university college s new residence nov 2013
- Brescia university college educating women leaders for a century
- History
- Organizations
- Notable alumnus
- Athletics
- References
Brescia university college educating women leaders for a century
History
Brescia University traces its roots to Mount Saint Joseph Junior College for Women founded in 1925 by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph at Maple Mount, a rural area outside Owensboro. Coeducational extension courses were started at Owensboro and eventually grew into its own campus. After World War II the two campuses were consolidated, thus becoming fully co-educational. In 1951, it was renamed Brescia College, after the Italian city of Brescia where Saint Angela Merici founded the original order. It attained university status in 1998 with the addition of Master's degree programs in Management, and Curriculum and Instruction.
Organizations
Brescia University boasts a number of on campus clubs and organizations, most notably the Student Activities Program Board (SAPB). SAPB sends members annually to the NACA Mid America Regional conference that brings in Activities Programming Board members from colleges across Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Illinois. Notable acts brought out of NACA include Five Times August and Cary Judd.
Notable alumnus
Athletics
Brescia University teams are known as the Bearcats. The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the River States Conference (RSC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball.