Cardinal Stritch University

Cardinal Stritch University is a private Roman Catholic university with its primary campus in Fox Point and Glendale, Wisconsin. Its enrollment as of Fall 2021 was 1,365.[2] The university will close in May 2023 due to financial challenges and declining enrollment.[3]

Cardinal Stritch University
Former names
St. Clare College
(1937–1946)
Cardinal Stritch College
(1946–1997)
MottoLatin: Ut probetis potiora
Motto in English
To value the better things
TypePrivate university
Established1937 (86 years ago)
Religious affiliation
Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi (Roman Catholic)
Academic affiliations
ACCU
AFCU
NAICU
CIC
WAICU
Endowment$27.8 million (2013)[1]
PresidentDaniel J. Scholz
Academic staff
80 full time
Students1,365 (Fall 2021)
Undergraduates877
Postgraduates488
Location
Milwaukee
,
Wisconsin
,
United States
CampusSuburban, 40 acres (16 ha)
ColorsRed & White
   
NicknameWolves
Sporting affiliations
NAIA – CCAC
MascotWolfie
Websitewww.stritch.edu

History

Cardinal Stritch University was founded in 1937 as St. Clare College by the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi on Milwaukee's south side as an institution to help the order's sisters effectively train as teachers. The sisters opened a reading clinic in 1943 to help promote literacy in the area, still existing today as the Cardinal Stritch University Literacy Centers operating throughout the Milwaukee area.

In 1946, the college was renamed Cardinal Stritch College in honor of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee's Cardinal Samuel Stritch. The college opened its programs to lay women for the first time and was subsequently accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 1953.

Stritch established its first graduate program in 1956, offering majors in special education and reading. The university also opened its doors to men that year, becoming fully co-educational in 1970.

Stritch moved to its current campus in the northern Milwaukee suburb of Fox Point in 1962. This new campus allowed the college to begin many new programs such as the nursing program in 1980 and its College of Business and Management in 1982.

Cardinal Stritch College was renamed Cardinal Stritch University in 1997 with the university's first doctorate program offered the following year, the Doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service. A $14 million expansion and renovation of the university occurred in 2006 with the introduction of online degree programs.

In April 2023, university administrators announced that the university would close in May due to financial challenges and declining enrollment.[3]

Cardinal Stritch University offers degree programs online as well as on campus.[4]

Campus

The university is located on a 40-acre (16 ha) campus 9 miles (14 km) north of Milwaukee in the suburbs of Fox Point and Glendale. The campus sits on private land accessible from roads on the eastern and western edges. Lake Michigan is less than one mile (1.6 km) east of campus.

Facilities

Administration
  • Bonaventure Hall – home to the university's administrative offices including the Office of the President and departmental offices for the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Management, and the College of Education and Leadership.

Academic
  • Duns Scotus Hall – the university's main academic building housing classrooms and the International Education office
  • Roger Bacon Hall – home to the Ruth S. Coleman College of Nursing and Health Sciences and labs for biology and chemistry
  • Library – includes Information Commons, main collection, Instructional Materials Center collection, Franciscan Center Library, and other resources

Arts
  • Joan Steele Stein Center for Communication Studies/Fine Arts – houses the communication, music, theater and art departments along with classrooms, offices, studios, and the university's theaters

Athletic
  • Field House – the hub of Stritch Athletics housing athletic offices, gymnasium, workout facility, locker rooms, and indoor running track

Residence halls/student union
  • Clare Residence Hall - also home to the Department of Residence Life and Student Health Services
  • Assisi Residence Hall - converted into a residence hall in 2009 from the old College of Education building
  • Serra Hall - dining hall
  • Campus Center - home to the student union, student lounge, the Bean coffee shop, and campus ministry offices

Academics

Cardinal Stritch University offers more than 60 fields of study throughout four colleges, offering bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees. Programs are set up for traditional undergraduates, adult undergraduate, graduate, and online programs

Athletics

The Cardinal Stritch athletic teams are called the Wolves. The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) since the 1997–98 academic year.[5] The Wolves previously competed in the defunct Lake Michigan Conference of the NCAA Division III ranks from 1974–75 to 1996–97.

Cardinal Stritch competes in 13 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, track & field and volleyball; women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball.

Basketball

The Cardinal Stritch men's basketball team won the Lake Michigan Conference men's basketball championship in 1987. The men's team was also five-time National Little College Athletic Association (now the United States Collegiate Athletic Association) Great Lakes District men's basketball champion from 1983 to 1987.

The Cardinal Stritch men's basketball team won the NAIA Division II National Championship in 2013. After being ranked number one in seven straight polls, they were knocked out of the 2014 NAIA Men's Division II basketball tournament in the second round.

Track and field

In 2016, the men's indoor track and field team accomplished a first in Stritch history with a seventh-place finish at the NAIA indoor track and field nationals.

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References
  1. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2013 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2012 to FY 2013" (PDF). National Association of College and University Business Officers. January 23, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 1, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  2. "Cardinal Stritch University Student Life". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 31 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Cardinal Stritch University closing in May". WISN. 2023-04-10. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  4. "Locations & Directions – Cardinal Stritch University". www.stritch.edu. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  5. "About Us". Cardinal Stritch University. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

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