Salve Regina University
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Salve Regina University is a university
in Newport, Rhode Island
. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy
, the university is a Catholic, co-educational, private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1934. In 1947 the university acquired Ochre Court
and welcomed its first class of 58 students. By a 1991 amendment to the Charter, College was deleted as the institution officially became Salve Regina University.
Currently 44 undergraduate majors, 13 graduate and undergraduate certificate programs, 7 master's degree programs, and a Ph.D. in humanities are offered.
All students are required to perform 10 hours of community service in their freshman year and are encouraged to volunteer throughout their college years.
Jane Gerety has been President of the University since September 2009.
Salve Regina in Latin means "Hail, (Holy) Queen." Salve was chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1934. In 1947 the college was given Ochre Court
as a gift by the estate of Robert Walton Goelet
. It welcomed its first class of 58 students. The students lived and took classes in this building. A small group of Sisters of Mercy
resided on a separate floor. Slowly, the college expanded to the 21 historical buildings and 23 modern buildings that make up the current 75 acres (303,514.5 m²) campus. Enrolled students number over 2,500 and staff 550.
The college became co-educational in 1973 and added graduate programs
in 1975. Recognizing changes in technology, the school added distance learning/extension programs in 1985. University status was achieved in 1991, changing the school name from Salve Regina College to Salve Regina University. The Ph.D. program was accredited in 1995.
In 1991, Salve Regina was a party to a Supreme Court case centered around the school administration's expulsion of a nursing student with a fitness problem.
Pell Center of International Relations and Public Policy was established by an Act of Congress
in 1996 and is located at Salve Regina.
In 2007, U.S. News ranked Salve 37th in the northern region "Best Universities Master’s" category in its survey of the best institutions of higher education. In 2011, U.S. News ranked Salve 40th in the Tier 1 Regional Universities (North) with an average freshman retention rate of 77.8%.
See also the strategic planning document "Enduring Power of a Shared Vision".
The program is housed in Wetmore Hall, part of the newly christened Antone Center for Fine Arts, the former stables of Chateau-sur-Mer
, the grand estate built on Bellevue Avenue for a China trade merchant in the mid-19th century. The university is in the process of raising $6.5 million to convert the 21000 square feet (1,951 m²) building into art studios, historic preservation labs, and classrooms.
students may transfer up to 18 credits to the program. Core courses consist of INR511: Philosophical Foundations of Politics; INR512: Justice and Order in International Relations; INR513: Comparative Political Development; INR516: Identity, Harmony, and Conflict; INR531: Just and Unjust Wars; and INR533: International Political Economy. Ideally, core courses should be completed prior to taking electives.
In conjunction with the Graduate Program in the Administration of Justice, the Graduate Program in International Relations also offers a Concentration in Justice and Homeland Security. Students in this field acquire an education that prepares them for meeting challenges that affect justice and security at home and abroad. The program includes attention to counterterrorism training in such areas as information technology, terrorist groups, domestic terrorism and financial investigative techniques.
. Newport is world-famous for its opulent "cottages," such as Belcourt Castle
, The Breakers
, and Marble House
. The campus is considered one of the most beautiful in America, and the University has been praised for its restoration efforts.
Its 75 acres (303,514.5 m²) campus borders the famed Cliff Walk and has views of the Atlantic Ocean. It has an active campus life and is within walking distance of Newport Harbor, beaches, and other tourist attractions.
. The building was used in the beginning scenes of the movie True Lies
.
Ochre Court was built in 1892 by the architect Richard Morris Hunt
for the banker and developer Ogden Goelet and his wife Mary Wilson Goelet. The estate grounds were designed by the Olmsted Brothers
. The exterior is a gothic-style limestone palace that borrows heavily from the detail of the great medieval chateaux of France's Loire Valley
. It includes Louis XIII style
including high roofs, turrets, gargoyles and tall chimneys. The 50-room building is also remarkable for its sweeping ocean views. The Goelets used the estate solely for Newport's eight-week summer season. It required 27 servants, 12 gardeners, and 8 grooms and coachmen to run it during the season.
In March 1947, Robert Goelet
, son of Ogden Goelet, donated this mansion to the Diocese of Providence, who then gave it to the Sisters of Mercy
for the establishment of the college.
The entire college was housed in this building for the first few years of its existence. The eight faculty members were nuns who lived in the mansion's servants' quarters. The original 58 women students lived on the third floor and took classes on the second floor. Students ate, studied, and used the library on the first floor. They bought books in the mansion's basement. During this time, the library held about 2,000 books, which had been gathered during the 30's and 40's before the college had a home. The library in Ochre Court was run by Sister Mary Catherine Durkin from 1947 to 1950, then by Sister Marie Therese Lebeau from 1950 to 1971, during which time the library moved to McAuley.
In March 2000, Ochre Court was designated as an official project of the Save America's Treasures
program by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
called her home Vinland
. Designed by Peabody & Stearns in 1880, it was built in the Romanesque Revival style. It features carved belt courses and window casings with decorative motifs derived from 1,000-year-old Celtic manuscripts in its red sandstone. Ernest Bowditch designed the landscaping. In 1896, Vinland was sold to railroad tycoon Hamilton McKnown Twombly and his wife Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, whose brother Cornelius Vanderbilt II
owned The Breakers
next door. In December 1955, Vinland Estate
was donated to Salve Regina by their daughter Florence Burden.
The estate includes the main structure (a mansion with about 50 rooms) and a great number of outbuildings including a gatehouse, carriage house, and potting shed. The Vinland mansion was renamed McAuley Hall, after Catherine McAuley
, the founder of the Sisters of Mercy
. The library was then moved from Ochre Court to the first and second floors of McAuley Hall, where it was able to grow in volumes and staff. Faculty offices were also located on the second floor, and student housing on the third floor. The library remained in McAuley Hall until all available space had been used and there was a need for a modern building to house the library and its collections. Thus McKillop Library was conceived, planned, and built. The main building is now used for faculty offices, student meetings and limited classes.
McKillop Library was named after former President Sr. Lucille McKillop, during whose tenure Salve Regina overcame a $1 million deficit, more than doubled its enrollment to 2,300, and was transformed into a financially viable university offering a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses. Sr. Lucille McKillop was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Medal of Honor, Compassionate of Merit in the rank order of Officer Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem; National Conference of Christians and Jews Inc. Brotherhood Award; the Mercy Higher Education Colloquium Award for Excellence and Leadership in Higher Education; the Rhode Island Distinguished Service Star, awarded by Gov. Bruce G. Sundlun; and the Hope Award of the Rhode Island Commission on Women.
(Cecilia Hall) and formerly Seaview Terrace. was used for the exterior shots of "Collinwood" in the TV series Dark Shadows
. The Carey Mansion was leased by the University from Martin Carey, and is one of the largest mansions still owned by an individual rather than the university or the historical society. Cecilia Hall refers to the music chamber in the mansion, which was used for musical practice and performance; St. Cecilia is the patron of musicians.
The University discontinued its lease of Carey Mansion in 2009.
was built in 1876 by William Watts Sherman and his first wife, Annie Derby Rodgers Wetmore.
It was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson
and is generally regarded as a stepping-off point for what later became known as the Shingle Style in American architecture. It features a masonry first floor with small half-timbered panels, textured stucco, and diamond-panel windows above. It is known for its massive chimneys and unifying broad gable roof with weathered wood shingles. It borrows from the English Queen Anne country house style with combined elements that draw from medieval European, Renaissance English, and Colonial American styles. The interior has rooms clustered about a spacious central stair hall. Renderings were done by Stanford White
. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
, the house is a 19th century American architectural landmark.
In 1949, a Baptist church acquired the house and turned it into a nursing home, the Baptist Home of Rhode Island. A utilitarian annex was added in 1969. Salve acquired the property in 1982.
drew the original plans. Dudley Newton supervised the construction, including the assembly of certain rooms that were created and built in England. The building of these rooms, the English Jacobean Long Hall, Dutch Renaissance den, and Bruges dining room, introduced the concept of the "museum room." The dining room was also the first actual neoclassical room by Robert Adam
to be imported to America. The grounds of Wakehurst were created by landscape designer Ernest Bowditch. It mimics an English country estate, with footpaths winding among a large variety of trees and ending at formal gardens. The slate roof, made of Vermont slate, is unique in American architecture.
The home represents a vintage transition in scale between the humble Newport summer cottages of the Civil War era and the grandiose mansions that followed. In 2001, it was designated an official project Save America's Treasures
by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
.
Salve purchased Wakehurst in 1972. It is currently home to the university's Student Center and to the departments of English and Cultural and Historic Preservation.
estate. Built in 1852-53 by Seth Bradford for William Shepard Wetmore
, it was the most significant "service building" for Chateau-sur-Mer. Between 1876 and 1883, plans for alterations to the carriage house complex may have been completed by Richard Morris Hunt
, who was designing alterations to the house at the time. In March 2006, it was recognized as a Department of Interior National Historic Landmark
.
The 15000 square feet (1,393.5 m²) carriage house and stables complex had significantly advanced engineering systems for the 19th century. Many remain intact, such as complex and still-functioning systems of ventilation and heating and cooling. The carriage house also retains a high level of decorative finish throughout its interior, including cast-iron hardware, Minton tile in the stable stalls, and decorative yellow brick flooring laid in black grout. The exterior of the structure is characterized by rough-cut sandstone laid in a random horizontal fashion, with a slate mansard roof, gable dormers, and unique features such as a Belgian block courtyard laid in a concentric circular pattern. Noted exterior features include large wooden doors.
Wetmore Hall is currently under renovation with the assistance of a Champlin Foundations
grant received in 2005. Once restored, it will house the Cultural and Historic Preservation program, including its Community Preservation Laboratory dedicated to assisting individuals and organizations in the greater community in need of historic preservation research and expertise, and the Department of Art, including its studio major of Interactive Communication Technology (ICT), as well as publicly accessible presentation areas.
's Vice President, Levi P. Morton
, bought the property in the late 1860s and commissioned Richard Morris Hunt
to build a ballroom on the south side. The room was added in 1870 expressly for the visit of Ulysses S. Grant
shortly after he became President.
In 1881, McKim, Mead and White designed second-story family rooms over the ballroom. Also during this period of renovation, Tiffany
stained-glass windows were added to the Great Hall. I. Townsend Burden bought the house nine years later and commissioned Peabody and Stearns
to design a curved porch. Fairlawn remained a private residence until the 1920s. It has served as a preparatory school and a junior college and was returned to residential use after the 1960s. Acquired by the university in 1997 to house the Pell Center of International Relations and Public Policy, it has recently been restored and renamed in memory of Anita O'Keeffe Young and Robert R. Young
. The university received the Newport Historical Society
's Historic Preservation Award in 1999 for the restoration of this building.
details like pedimented dormer windows, a fanlight entrance, and roof trim to the informal ambiance of a seaside villa. It was purchased by the university in 1964.
award to develop a Campus Heritage Preservation Plan. The Campus Heritage Preservation Plan includes a detailed review of 21 buildings comprising seven contiguous 19th-century estates that distinguish Salve Regina's historic campus. The plan includes full existing conditions reports, restorative plans and, where appropriate, comprehensive recommendations and plans for adaptive reuse
. The plan has been integrated as the key component of several classes in the Cultural and Historic Preservation Program, as well as affording students countless opportunities for independent study.
In addition to the Getty Grant Program, Salve Regina's efforts have resulted in awards from the Newport Historical Society, the White House Millennium Council and the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Save America's Treasures Program, the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
, the Preservation Society of Newport County
, and The Victorian Society
.
The Annual Salve Regina University Conference on Cultural and Historic Preservation attracts nationwide attendance.
(CCC) and New England Football Conference
(NEFC). The university offers 10 varsity sports for women (soccer, field hockey, tennis, cross country, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, softball, track and field, and lacrosse), eight for men (football, cross country, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, baseball, and lacrosse), and one co-ed sport (sailing).
In addition, the university has a successful club sports program. The men's rugby club competes at the Division III level in the New England Rugby Football Union
(NERFU). The team won the 2010 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament
and placed third in the National Small College Rugby Organization
http://nscro.org Championship. In 2010 Salve Regina Rugby had an undefeated season finishing with ten wins, zero losses.
The highly regarded co-ed sailing team competes in the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). Sailing was named a varsity sport over the summer of 2008.
While every sports program has been successful in its tenure, Men's tennis has become an athletic institution at Salve Regina University. Under the strong leadership of coach Brian Shanley the Seahawks have notched 10 Commonwealth Coast Conference
Championships and twice ranked runners up since Shanley took over as head coach in 1995.
Former Salve Regina baseball player Damian Costantino
holds the NCAA record (for all divisions) for consecutive games in which he had at least one hit, at 60 games. Costantino passed former professional ball player Robin Ventura
of Oklahoma State (58 games) in 2003.
An Athletic/Wellness Center is located on campus. It has varsity and intramural sports as well as health and fitness programs. Student-athletes have the opportunity to occasionally compete at historic Newport athletic sites such as Cardines Field
, home to one of the longest-running amateur baseball leagues in the country or the grass courts of the Newport Casino
at the Tennis Hall of Fame.
The University's Rodgers Recreation Center is the pre-season training home of the Boston Celtics
.
, Inc. through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.
The art program is among just 10 at liberal arts universities accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design
.
The National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC) accredits the Nursing Program, which is also approved by the Rhode Island Board of Nurses Registration and Nursing Education. The Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and Special Education programs are interstate-approved.; students completing these programs qualify for certification in approximately 45 states. The Social Work
Department offers a baccalaureate program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
. The Business Studies program is accredited by the International Association for Collegiate Business Education. The Master's program in Rehabilitative Counseling is accredited by the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE).
Other Memberships:
American Council on Education
, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
,
American Association of College and Universities, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers, College Entrance Examination Board, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, National Association of College Admission Counselors, National Catholic Educational Association
, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
, Council of Independent Colleges
, Council on Rehabilitation Education, Mercy Higher Education Colloquium, Association of Mercy Colleges, Council on Social Work Education
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
in Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
, the university is a Catholic, co-educational, private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1934. In 1947 the university acquired Ochre Court
Ochre Court
Ochre Court is a large châteauesque mansion in Newport, Rhode Island.Commissioned by Ogden Goelet, it was built in 1892 and is one of the many famed mansions in Newport that served as summer residences for New York City's wealthy socialite class....
and welcomed its first class of 58 students. By a 1991 amendment to the Charter, College was deleted as the institution officially became Salve Regina University.
General information
The undergraduate academic programs are based on the liberal arts, offering concentrations in the arts and sciences and in pre-professional and professional programs. The university offers associate, baccalaureate, and master's degrees, the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study, and the Ph.D. in humanities. Salve Regina enrolls over 2,500 men and women from 42 states and 17 nations. Approximately 2000 are undergraduates and 500 graduate students.Currently 44 undergraduate majors, 13 graduate and undergraduate certificate programs, 7 master's degree programs, and a Ph.D. in humanities are offered.
All students are required to perform 10 hours of community service in their freshman year and are encouraged to volunteer throughout their college years.
Jane Gerety has been President of the University since September 2009.
History
Ochre Court
Ochre Court is a large châteauesque mansion in Newport, Rhode Island.Commissioned by Ogden Goelet, it was built in 1892 and is one of the many famed mansions in Newport that served as summer residences for New York City's wealthy socialite class....
as a gift by the estate of Robert Walton Goelet
Robert Walton Goelet
Robert Walton Goelet was a financier and real estate developer in New York City, who, at the time of his death, was one of the largest property owners in the city...
. It welcomed its first class of 58 students. The students lived and took classes in this building. A small group of Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
resided on a separate floor. Slowly, the college expanded to the 21 historical buildings and 23 modern buildings that make up the current 75 acres (303,514.5 m²) campus. Enrolled students number over 2,500 and staff 550.
The college became co-educational in 1973 and added graduate programs
Graduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
in 1975. Recognizing changes in technology, the school added distance learning/extension programs in 1985. University status was achieved in 1991, changing the school name from Salve Regina College to Salve Regina University. The Ph.D. program was accredited in 1995.
In 1991, Salve Regina was a party to a Supreme Court case centered around the school administration's expulsion of a nursing student with a fitness problem.
Pell Center of International Relations and Public Policy was established by an Act of Congress
Act of Congress
An Act of Congress is a statute enacted by government with a legislature named "Congress," such as the United States Congress or the Congress of the Philippines....
in 1996 and is located at Salve Regina.
In 2007, U.S. News ranked Salve 37th in the northern region "Best Universities Master’s" category in its survey of the best institutions of higher education. In 2011, U.S. News ranked Salve 40th in the Tier 1 Regional Universities (North) with an average freshman retention rate of 77.8%.
Mission statement
As a community that welcomes people of all beliefs, Salve Regina University, a Catholic institution founded by the Sisters of Mercy, seeks wisdom and promotes universal justice.
The university through teaching and research prepares men and women for responsible lives by imparting and expanding knowledge, developing skills, and cultivating enduring values. Through liberal arts and professional programs, students develop their abilities for thinking clearly and creatively, enhance their capacity for sound judgment, and prepare for the challenge of learning throughout their lives.
In keeping with the traditions of the Sisters of Mercy, and recognizing that all people are stewards of God’s creation, the university encourages students to work for a world that is harmonious, just, and merciful.
Mission integration
Salve Regina's mission preserves the university's Catholic identity and the traditions of the Sisters of Mercy and their belief in the value of education. The integration of the mission's basic principles into the academic curriculum, student-centered programs, and institutional operations supports not only the core value of mercy, but also the shared vision of graduating men and women who positively impact the intellectual, spiritual and cultural lives of their respective communities.See also the strategic planning document "Enduring Power of a Shared Vision".
Admissions
Admission is selective. Applicants to Salve Regina had an acceptance rate of 64% in the Fall of 2009 and an average combined SAT score of 1125 (critical reading/math sections only). On average, of the 570 freshmen, a third ranked in the top 20% of their high school classes. Salve Regina is no longer a rolling admissions office, as the number of applications has risen steadily in the last 5 years.Nursing admissions
Admission to Salve Regina's Nursing program is relatively selective, with an acceptance rate of only 37%. The Nursing School can accommodate only 55 students per year. The average SAT score (combined Critical Reading and Math) of students offered admission to the Nursing program for Fall 2008 was an 1150 with a minimum 500 scored on each section. Students who chose to take the ACT had an average composite score of a 26. The average high school grade point average (recalculated on a 4.0 scale at the completion of junior year) was a 3.50. Students accepted to the Nursing program had four or more years of science with no grade lower than a B- in those courses.Financial aid
Salve Regina offers scholarships, loans, and part-time work-study employment to full-time students and to part-time students accepted as degree candidates. Students with superior academic credentials may be considered for a number of academic scholarship programs provided by the university. Academic scholarships are awarded to incoming freshmen based on rank in class and SAT or ACT scores, renewable as long as students maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA. Partial scholarships are awarded annually to five sophomores and five juniors with the highest GPAs in their classes. The University offers 11 endowed scholarships and participates in state and federal loan and scholarship programs including the Army ROTC program, as well as a number of private philanthropic programs.Academics
Salve Regina offers associate's, bachelor's, master's, and a doctoral degree, as well as a certificate of advanced graduate study. The classes are small and are all taught by professors; no graduate assistants are used for instruction.Exchange/Study Abroad Programs
Programs vary in length from semester, intersession, to summer programs. The University offers programs in the following locations: Australia, Austria, China, Egypt, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, and Washington, D.C.Cultural and Historic Preservation Major
The university also has a major in cultural and historic preservation, which combines architectural history, archeology and preservation planning. The campus and its surrounding areas are used extensively in the major.The program is housed in Wetmore Hall, part of the newly christened Antone Center for Fine Arts, the former stables of Chateau-sur-Mer
Chateau-sur-Mer
Chateau-sur-Mer is the first of the grand Bellevue Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. It is now open to the public as a museum...
, the grand estate built on Bellevue Avenue for a China trade merchant in the mid-19th century. The university is in the process of raising $6.5 million to convert the 21000 square feet (1,951 m²) building into art studios, historic preservation labs, and classrooms.
Master's Degree in International Relations
Salve Regina University's Graduate Program in International Relations offers students the opportunity to obtain a master of arts degree by taking courses either on campus or online. Twelve courses or 36 credits must be completed for the master’s degree in international relations, with half of the courses coming from the program's core curriculum. Naval War CollegeNaval War College
The Naval War College is an education and research institution of the United States Navy that specializes in developing ideas for naval warfare and passing them along to officers of the Navy. The college is located on the grounds of Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island...
students may transfer up to 18 credits to the program. Core courses consist of INR511: Philosophical Foundations of Politics; INR512: Justice and Order in International Relations; INR513: Comparative Political Development; INR516: Identity, Harmony, and Conflict; INR531: Just and Unjust Wars; and INR533: International Political Economy. Ideally, core courses should be completed prior to taking electives.
In conjunction with the Graduate Program in the Administration of Justice, the Graduate Program in International Relations also offers a Concentration in Justice and Homeland Security. Students in this field acquire an education that prepares them for meeting challenges that affect justice and security at home and abroad. The program includes attention to counterterrorism training in such areas as information technology, terrorist groups, domestic terrorism and financial investigative techniques.
Campus
Salve Regina is located in the Ochre Point area of Newport, which is part of Newport's historic districtHistoric district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries, historic districts receive legal protection from development....
. Newport is world-famous for its opulent "cottages," such as Belcourt Castle
Belcourt Castle
Belcourt Castle is the former summer cottage of Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, located on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. Begun in 1891 and completed in 1894, it was intended to be used for only six to eight weeks of the year...
, The Breakers
The Breakers
The Breakers is a Vanderbilt mansion located on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, United States on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a National Historic Landmark, a contributing property to the Bellevue Avenue Historic District, and is owned and operated by the Preservation Society of Newport...
, and Marble House
Marble House
Marble House is one of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a museum. It was designed by the architect Richard Morris Hunt, and said to be inspired by the Petit Trianon at Versailles . Grounds were designed by noted landscape architect Ernest W...
. The campus is considered one of the most beautiful in America, and the University has been praised for its restoration efforts.
"A small stroll through the campus of Salve is a tour of the great architectural works of the Golden Age. The protection and sensitive adaptation of these estates and their surrounding landscapes for educational use are examples of preservation at its best." Richard MoeRichard MoeRichard Moe is an American lawyer from Duluth, Minnesota. Following his graduation from Williams College and the University of Minnesota Law School, Moe went on to a distinguished career in government, law, and historic preservation...
, President National Trust for Historic PreservationNational Trust for Historic PreservationThe National Trust for Historic Preservation is an American member-supported organization that was founded in 1949 by congressional charter to support preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods through a range of programs and activities, including the publication of Preservation...
Its 75 acres (303,514.5 m²) campus borders the famed Cliff Walk and has views of the Atlantic Ocean. It has an active campus life and is within walking distance of Newport Harbor, beaches, and other tourist attractions.
Ochre Court
The main administration offices are housed in the 50-room former summer "cottage" of Ogden Goelet, Ochre CourtOchre Court
Ochre Court is a large châteauesque mansion in Newport, Rhode Island.Commissioned by Ogden Goelet, it was built in 1892 and is one of the many famed mansions in Newport that served as summer residences for New York City's wealthy socialite class....
. The building was used in the beginning scenes of the movie True Lies
True Lies
True Lies is a 1994 American action-comedy film directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Charlton Heston, and Art Malik. Eliza Dushku also appears in the film in one of her first major film roles...
.
Ochre Court was built in 1892 by the architect Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt was an American architect of the nineteenth century and a preeminent figure in the history of American architecture...
for the banker and developer Ogden Goelet and his wife Mary Wilson Goelet. The estate grounds were designed by the Olmsted Brothers
Olmsted Brothers
The Olmsted Brothers company was an influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by stepbrothers John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. .-History:...
. The exterior is a gothic-style limestone palace that borrows heavily from the detail of the great medieval chateaux of France's Loire Valley
Loire Valley
The Loire Valley , spanning , is located in the middle stretch of the Loire River in central France. Its area comprises approximately . It is referred to as the Cradle of the French Language, and the Garden of France due to the abundance of vineyards, fruit orchards, and artichoke, asparagus, and...
. It includes Louis XIII style
Louis XIII style
The Louis XIII style or Louis Treize was a fashion in French art and architecture, especially effecting the visual and decorative arts. Its distinctness as a period in the history of French art has much to do with the regency under which Louis XIII began his reign...
including high roofs, turrets, gargoyles and tall chimneys. The 50-room building is also remarkable for its sweeping ocean views. The Goelets used the estate solely for Newport's eight-week summer season. It required 27 servants, 12 gardeners, and 8 grooms and coachmen to run it during the season.
In March 1947, Robert Goelet
Robert Goelet
Robert Goelet was a real estate developer in New York City and a director of the Chemical National Bank. He had a house in New York, at 591 Fifth Avenue, and seasonal residences in Tuxedo Park and Newport, Rhode Island...
, son of Ogden Goelet, donated this mansion to the Diocese of Providence, who then gave it to the Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
for the establishment of the college.
The entire college was housed in this building for the first few years of its existence. The eight faculty members were nuns who lived in the mansion's servants' quarters. The original 58 women students lived on the third floor and took classes on the second floor. Students ate, studied, and used the library on the first floor. They bought books in the mansion's basement. During this time, the library held about 2,000 books, which had been gathered during the 30's and 40's before the college had a home. The library in Ochre Court was run by Sister Mary Catherine Durkin from 1947 to 1950, then by Sister Marie Therese Lebeau from 1950 to 1971, during which time the library moved to McAuley.
In March 2000, Ochre Court was designated as an official project of the Save America's Treasures
Save America's Treasures
Save America's Treasures is a United States Federal initiative to preserve and protect American historic buildings, arts, and published works. It is a public-private partnership between the U.S. National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation...
program by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is an American member-supported organization that was founded in 1949 by congressional charter to support preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods through a range of programs and activities, including the publication of Preservation...
McAuley Hall
Inspired by Longfellow's poem about Vikings, "The Skeleton in Armor," the original owner Catharine Lorillard WolfeCatharine Lorillard Wolfe
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe was an American philanthropist and art collector. Though she gave large amounts of money to institutions such as Grace Episcopal Church and Union College, her most significant gifts were two bequests to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City...
called her home Vinland
Vinland
Vinland was the name given to an area of North America by the Norsemen, about the year 1000 CE.There is a consensus among scholars that the Vikings reached North America approximately five centuries prior to the voyages of Christopher Columbus...
. Designed by Peabody & Stearns in 1880, it was built in the Romanesque Revival style. It features carved belt courses and window casings with decorative motifs derived from 1,000-year-old Celtic manuscripts in its red sandstone. Ernest Bowditch designed the landscaping. In 1896, Vinland was sold to railroad tycoon Hamilton McKnown Twombly and his wife Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, whose brother Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Cornelius Vanderbilt II was an American socialite, heir, businessman, and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family....
owned The Breakers
The Breakers
The Breakers is a Vanderbilt mansion located on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, United States on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a National Historic Landmark, a contributing property to the Bellevue Avenue Historic District, and is owned and operated by the Preservation Society of Newport...
next door. In December 1955, Vinland Estate
Vinland Estate
Vinland Estate was built at Ochre Point, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, in 1882 for tobacco heiress Catharine Lorillard Wolfe by Peabody & Stearns. The Romanesque Revival style exterior consists of red sandstone with Aesthetic Movement style elements....
was donated to Salve Regina by their daughter Florence Burden.
The estate includes the main structure (a mansion with about 50 rooms) and a great number of outbuildings including a gatehouse, carriage house, and potting shed. The Vinland mansion was renamed McAuley Hall, after Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley
The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831...
, the founder of the Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
. The library was then moved from Ochre Court to the first and second floors of McAuley Hall, where it was able to grow in volumes and staff. Faculty offices were also located on the second floor, and student housing on the third floor. The library remained in McAuley Hall until all available space had been used and there was a need for a modern building to house the library and its collections. Thus McKillop Library was conceived, planned, and built. The main building is now used for faculty offices, student meetings and limited classes.
McKillop Library
Built in 1991, the library includes over 150,000 equivalent volumes and Macintosh and Pentium PC labs equipped with national and international databases and Internet and World Wide Web connections. Labs include multi-media options, and a Multi-media Center allows production of interactive presentations.McKillop Library was named after former President Sr. Lucille McKillop, during whose tenure Salve Regina overcame a $1 million deficit, more than doubled its enrollment to 2,300, and was transformed into a financially viable university offering a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses. Sr. Lucille McKillop was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Medal of Honor, Compassionate of Merit in the rank order of Officer Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem; National Conference of Christians and Jews Inc. Brotherhood Award; the Mercy Higher Education Colloquium Award for Excellence and Leadership in Higher Education; the Rhode Island Distinguished Service Star, awarded by Gov. Bruce G. Sundlun; and the Hope Award of the Rhode Island Commission on Women.
Carey Mansion
The Carey MansionCarey Mansion
Carey Mansion, originally called Seaview Terrace, is a sprawling French Renaissance château located in Newport, Rhode Island. It was the last of the great "Summer Cottages” constructed, and is the fifth-largest of Newport's mansions — after The Breakers, Ochre Court, Belcourt Castle, and...
(Cecilia Hall) and formerly Seaview Terrace. was used for the exterior shots of "Collinwood" in the TV series Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows is a gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements...
. The Carey Mansion was leased by the University from Martin Carey, and is one of the largest mansions still owned by an individual rather than the university or the historical society. Cecilia Hall refers to the music chamber in the mansion, which was used for musical practice and performance; St. Cecilia is the patron of musicians.
The University discontinued its lease of Carey Mansion in 2009.
Conley
Conley is a Tudor Revival building located off Annanndale Rd. It houses approximately 50 students.Watts Sherman
The William Watts Sherman HouseWilliam Watts Sherman House
The William Watts Sherman House is a notable house designed by American architect H. H. Richardson, with later interiors by Stanford White. The house is generally acknowledged as one of Richardson's masterpieces, and the prototype for what later became known as the Shingle Style in American...
was built in 1876 by William Watts Sherman and his first wife, Annie Derby Rodgers Wetmore.
It was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson
Henry Hobson Richardson
Henry Hobson Richardson was a prominent American architect who designed buildings in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and other cities. The style he popularized is named for him: Richardsonian Romanesque...
and is generally regarded as a stepping-off point for what later became known as the Shingle Style in American architecture. It features a masonry first floor with small half-timbered panels, textured stucco, and diamond-panel windows above. It is known for its massive chimneys and unifying broad gable roof with weathered wood shingles. It borrows from the English Queen Anne country house style with combined elements that draw from medieval European, Renaissance English, and Colonial American styles. The interior has rooms clustered about a spacious central stair hall. Renderings were done by Stanford White
Stanford White
Stanford White was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed a long series of houses for the rich and the very rich, and various public, institutional, and religious buildings, some of which can be found...
. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
, the house is a 19th century American architectural landmark.
In 1949, a Baptist church acquired the house and turned it into a nursing home, the Baptist Home of Rhode Island. A utilitarian annex was added in 1969. Salve acquired the property in 1982.
Wakehurst
Wakehurst was conceptualized in 1882 and built for James J. Van Alen between 1884 and 1887. It was designed to replicate Wakehurst Place, an Elizabethan manor house built in Sussex, England in 1570, that still stands today. Charles Eamer KempeCharles Eamer Kempe
Charles Eamer Kempe was a well-known Victorian stained glass designer. After attending Twyford School, he studied for the priesthood at Pembroke College, Oxford, but it became clear that his severe stammer would be an impediment to preaching...
drew the original plans. Dudley Newton supervised the construction, including the assembly of certain rooms that were created and built in England. The building of these rooms, the English Jacobean Long Hall, Dutch Renaissance den, and Bruges dining room, introduced the concept of the "museum room." The dining room was also the first actual neoclassical room by Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Robert Adam was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam , Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him...
to be imported to America. The grounds of Wakehurst were created by landscape designer Ernest Bowditch. It mimics an English country estate, with footpaths winding among a large variety of trees and ending at formal gardens. The slate roof, made of Vermont slate, is unique in American architecture.
The home represents a vintage transition in scale between the humble Newport summer cottages of the Civil War era and the grandiose mansions that followed. In 2001, it was designated an official project Save America's Treasures
Save America's Treasures
Save America's Treasures is a United States Federal initiative to preserve and protect American historic buildings, arts, and published works. It is a public-private partnership between the U.S. National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation...
by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is an American member-supported organization that was founded in 1949 by congressional charter to support preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods through a range of programs and activities, including the publication of Preservation...
.
Salve purchased Wakehurst in 1972. It is currently home to the university's Student Center and to the departments of English and Cultural and Historic Preservation.
Wetmore Hall
Wetmore is the former carriage house and stables for the Chateau-sur-MerChateau-sur-Mer
Chateau-sur-Mer is the first of the grand Bellevue Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. It is now open to the public as a museum...
estate. Built in 1852-53 by Seth Bradford for William Shepard Wetmore
William Shepard Wetmore
William Shepard Wetmore was an Old China Trade merchant and philanthropist from New England.-Early life:He was born on January 26, 1801 to Nancy Shepard and Seth Wetmore in St. Albans, Vermont...
, it was the most significant "service building" for Chateau-sur-Mer. Between 1876 and 1883, plans for alterations to the carriage house complex may have been completed by Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt was an American architect of the nineteenth century and a preeminent figure in the history of American architecture...
, who was designing alterations to the house at the time. In March 2006, it was recognized as a Department of Interior National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
.
The 15000 square feet (1,393.5 m²) carriage house and stables complex had significantly advanced engineering systems for the 19th century. Many remain intact, such as complex and still-functioning systems of ventilation and heating and cooling. The carriage house also retains a high level of decorative finish throughout its interior, including cast-iron hardware, Minton tile in the stable stalls, and decorative yellow brick flooring laid in black grout. The exterior of the structure is characterized by rough-cut sandstone laid in a random horizontal fashion, with a slate mansard roof, gable dormers, and unique features such as a Belgian block courtyard laid in a concentric circular pattern. Noted exterior features include large wooden doors.
Wetmore Hall is currently under renovation with the assistance of a Champlin Foundations
Champlin Foundations
The Champlin Foundations are private foundations that make direct grants to tax exempt organizations and are one of the oldest philanthropic organization groups in Rhode Island. The majority of grants are made to organizations located in Rhode Island. The majority of grants are for capital needs...
grant received in 2005. Once restored, it will house the Cultural and Historic Preservation program, including its Community Preservation Laboratory dedicated to assisting individuals and organizations in the greater community in need of historic preservation research and expertise, and the Department of Art, including its studio major of Interactive Communication Technology (ICT), as well as publicly accessible presentation areas.
Young Hall/Fairlawn
The three-story brick and wood frame structure built for Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ritchie of Boston was part of the initial development of Bellevue Avenue during the 1850s. Wrought-iron gates and a mosaic-tiled floor at the front entrance lead to the Great Hall with its carved staircase. The dining room, paneled in dark carved wood under an ornamental ceiling, could seat up to 100 guests. Benjamin HarrisonBenjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there...
's Vice President, Levi P. Morton
Levi P. Morton
Levi Parsons Morton was a Representative from New York and the 22nd Vice President of the United States . He also later served as the 31st Governor of New York.-Biography:...
, bought the property in the late 1860s and commissioned Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt was an American architect of the nineteenth century and a preeminent figure in the history of American architecture...
to build a ballroom on the south side. The room was added in 1870 expressly for the visit of Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
shortly after he became President.
In 1881, McKim, Mead and White designed second-story family rooms over the ballroom. Also during this period of renovation, Tiffany
Tiffany glass
Tiffany glass refers to the many and varied types of glass developed and produced from 1878 to 1933 at the Tiffany Studios, by Louis Comfort Tiffany....
stained-glass windows were added to the Great Hall. I. Townsend Burden bought the house nine years later and commissioned Peabody and Stearns
Peabody and Stearns
Peabody & Stearns was a premier architectural firm in the Eastern United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm consisted of Robert Swain Peabody and John Goddard Stearns, Jr...
to design a curved porch. Fairlawn remained a private residence until the 1920s. It has served as a preparatory school and a junior college and was returned to residential use after the 1960s. Acquired by the university in 1997 to house the Pell Center of International Relations and Public Policy, it has recently been restored and renamed in memory of Anita O'Keeffe Young and Robert R. Young
Robert R. Young
Robert Ralph Young was a United States financier and industrialist. He is best-known for leading the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and New York Central Railroad during and after World War II. He was a brother-in-law of the famous western painter Georgia O'Keeffe.Because of his initials, R.R...
. The university received the Newport Historical Society
Newport Historical Society
The Newport Historical Society is a historical society in Newport, Rhode Island that was chartered in 1854 to collect and preserve books, manuscripts, and objects pertaining to Newport's history.-History of the Society:...
's Historic Preservation Award in 1999 for the restoration of this building.
Founder's Hall
The former summer home of Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson Spencer is designed in a Colonial Revival style. The architectural firm of Peabody & Stearns adapted formal GeorgianGeorgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...
details like pedimented dormer windows, a fanlight entrance, and roof trim to the informal ambiance of a seaside villa. It was purchased by the university in 1964.
Satellite campuses
Additional satellite locations include the Graduate Studies and Continuing Education Campus, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket R.I.; Kent County Memorial Hospital, Warwick R.I.; Newport Hospital, Newport R.I.; and Women & Infants Hospital, Providence R.I.Campus Heritage Preservation Plan
Salve Regina University was the first New England institution to receive a Getty Grant ProgramGetty Foundation
The Getty Foundation, based in Los Angeles, California, at the Getty Center, awards grants for "the understanding and preservation of the visual arts". In the past, it funded the Getty Leadership Institute for "current and future museum leaders", which is now at Claremont Graduate University. Its...
award to develop a Campus Heritage Preservation Plan. The Campus Heritage Preservation Plan includes a detailed review of 21 buildings comprising seven contiguous 19th-century estates that distinguish Salve Regina's historic campus. The plan includes full existing conditions reports, restorative plans and, where appropriate, comprehensive recommendations and plans for adaptive reuse
Adaptive reuse
Adaptive reuse refers to the process of reusing an old site or building for a purpose other than which it was built or designed for. Along with brownfield reclamation, adaptive reuse is seen by many as a key factor in land conservation and the reduction of urban sprawl...
. The plan has been integrated as the key component of several classes in the Cultural and Historic Preservation Program, as well as affording students countless opportunities for independent study.
In addition to the Getty Grant Program, Salve Regina's efforts have resulted in awards from the Newport Historical Society, the White House Millennium Council and the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Save America's Treasures Program, the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is an American member-supported organization that was founded in 1949 by congressional charter to support preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods through a range of programs and activities, including the publication of Preservation...
, the Preservation Society of Newport County
Preservation Society of Newport County
The Preservation Society of Newport County is a private, non-profit organization based in Newport, Rhode Island. It is Rhode Island's largest and most-visited cultural organization. The organization's mission is to preserve the architectural heritage of Newport County, Rhode Island, including...
, and The Victorian Society
The Victorian Society
The Victorian Society is the national charity responsible for the study and protection of Victorian and Edwardian architecture and other arts in Britain....
.
The Annual Salve Regina University Conference on Cultural and Historic Preservation attracts nationwide attendance.
Athletics/sports
Salve Regina University Athletics compete on the NCAA Division III level. The University is a member of the Commonwealth Coast ConferenceCommonwealth Coast Conference
The Commonwealth Coast Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are located in New England in the States of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island....
(CCC) and New England Football Conference
New England Football Conference
The New England Football Conference is an athletic conference which competes in football in the NCAA's Division III. Member teams are located in New England...
(NEFC). The university offers 10 varsity sports for women (soccer, field hockey, tennis, cross country, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, softball, track and field, and lacrosse), eight for men (football, cross country, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, baseball, and lacrosse), and one co-ed sport (sailing).
In addition, the university has a successful club sports program. The men's rugby club competes at the Division III level in the New England Rugby Football Union
New England Rugby Football Union
The New England Rugby Football Union is a stand-alone union for rugby union teams in New England.NERFU had been a local area union , and part of the Northeast Rugby Union , which is the governing body for three LAU's The New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) is a stand-alone union for rugby...
(NERFU). The team won the 2010 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament
2010 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament
2010 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby TournamentThe 2010 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament featured the top 8 Division III college rugby teams out of 32 competitors from the four NERFU sub-conferences...
and placed third in the National Small College Rugby Organization
National Small College Rugby Organization
The National Small College Rugby Organization was created in 2006 by Chip Auscavitch and Steve Cohen to support and encourage the development and organization of Division III and IV college rugby across the country....
http://nscro.org Championship. In 2010 Salve Regina Rugby had an undefeated season finishing with ten wins, zero losses.
The highly regarded co-ed sailing team competes in the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). Sailing was named a varsity sport over the summer of 2008.
While every sports program has been successful in its tenure, Men's tennis has become an athletic institution at Salve Regina University. Under the strong leadership of coach Brian Shanley the Seahawks have notched 10 Commonwealth Coast Conference
Commonwealth Coast Conference
The Commonwealth Coast Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are located in New England in the States of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island....
Championships and twice ranked runners up since Shanley took over as head coach in 1995.
Former Salve Regina baseball player Damian Costantino
Damian Costantino
Damian Costantino is an American baseball player who set the record for the longest hitting streak in National Collegiate Athletic Association baseball history, with a 60-game streak that ran through the 2001, 2002 and 2003 seasons playing for the Division III Salve Regina Seahawks and broke the...
holds the NCAA record (for all divisions) for consecutive games in which he had at least one hit, at 60 games. Costantino passed former professional ball player Robin Ventura
Robin Ventura
Robin Mark Ventura is the current manager of the Chicago White Sox. He is a former professional baseball player, a third baseman who played for four major league teams, most notably for the Chicago White Sox...
of Oklahoma State (58 games) in 2003.
An Athletic/Wellness Center is located on campus. It has varsity and intramural sports as well as health and fitness programs. Student-athletes have the opportunity to occasionally compete at historic Newport athletic sites such as Cardines Field
Cardines Field
Cardines Field, "a small urban gem of a ballpark" is a baseball stadium located at 20 America’s Cup Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. It is believed to be one of the oldest ballparks in the United States. The field serves as a buffer between the residential and commercial sections of an older part...
, home to one of the longest-running amateur baseball leagues in the country or the grass courts of the Newport Casino
Newport Casino
The Newport Casino is located at 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on February 27, 1987.- 1879 - 1900 :The complex was commissioned in 1880 by James Gordon Bennett, Jr...
at the Tennis Hall of Fame.
The University's Rodgers Recreation Center is the pre-season training home of the Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...
.
Arts
- Janet L. RobinsonJanet L. RobinsonJanet L. Robinson is an American publishing executive, and became president and chief executive officer of The New York Times Company on December 27, 2004...
, President & CEO, The New York Times CompanyThe New York Times CompanyThe New York Times Company is an American media company best known as the publisher of its namesake, The New York Times. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has served as Chairman of the Board since 1997. It is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.... - Betty HuttonBetty HuttonBetty Hutton was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedienne and singer.-Early life:Hutton was born Elizabeth June Thornburg, daughter of a railroad foreman, Percy E. Thornburg and his wife, the former Mabel Lum . While she was very young, her father abandoned the family for...
, actress - Mike Lombardi, actor, Rescue MeRescue Me (TV series)Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show...
- Kristin HershKristin HershKristin Hersh is an American singer/songwriter who performs solo acoustic concerts; she also continues to perform as lead singer and guitarist for alternative rock group Throwing Muses and the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave...
, musician, solo artist and member of Throwing Muses - Lois GriffinLois GriffinLois Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. She is voiced by writer Alex Borstein and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Lois was created and designed by series creator Seth MacFarlane...
, fictional character - Nicolas Piscitelli, athlete
Military
- Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr.Robert J. Papp, Jr.Robert J. Papp. Jr. is a United States Coast Guard admiral and the 24th and current Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. He leads the largest component of the United States Department of Homeland Security, with 42,000 active duty, 8,200 Reserve, 8,000 civilian, and 31,000...
, USCG, Commandant - General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC, Commander, Central CommandCentral CommandCentral Command may refer to:* United States Central Command* AFP Central Command * Central Command...
- General Charles E. Wihelm, USMC, Commander, Southern CommandSouthern CommandSouthern Command can refer to a number of military commands:*Southern Command *Southern Command *Southern Command *Southern Command *United States Southern Command*Southern Command ...
- General Stanley A. McChrystalStanley A. McChrystalStanley Allen McChrystal is a retired four-star general in the United States Army. His last assignment was as Commander, International Security Assistance Force and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan...
, USA, Commander, USFOR-A, Commander, ISAFInternational Security Assistance ForceThe International Security Assistance Force is a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001 by Resolution 1386 as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement... - General Peter W. ChiarelliPeter W. ChiarelliPeter W. Chiarelli is a United States Army General who is serving as the 32nd and current Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. He previously served as commander, Multi-National Corps—Iraq under General George W. Casey, Jr. He assumed his current assignment on August 4, 2008...
, USA, Vice Chief of Staff - Vice Admiral Joseph D. Stewart, USMSUnited States Maritime ServiceThe United States Maritime Service, abbreviated as USMS, was established in 1938 under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. The mission of the organization is to train people to become officers and crewmembers on merchant ships that form the United States Merchant Marine...
Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine AcademyUnited States Merchant Marine AcademyThe United States Merchant Marine Academy is one of the five United States Service academies... - Lt. General Allen G. Peck, USAF, Commander/ President, Air UniversityAir UniversityThe United States Air Force Air University is a component of the United States Air Force's Air Education and Training Command, headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Air University is the U.S. Air Force's primary center for professional military education.-Organization:Air Force...
- Lt. General George J. Trautman, IIIGeorge J. Trautman, IIILieutenant General George J. Trautman III served as the Deputy Commandant for Aviation of the United States Marine Corps from 2007 to 2011. He retired from active duty military service on April 1, 2011.-Marine Corps career:...
, USMC, Deputy Comandant for Aviation, United States Marine CorpsUnited States Marine CorpsThe United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States... - Lt. General Glenn F. Spears, USAF, Deputy Commander, United States Southern CommandUnited States Southern CommandThe United States Southern Command , located in Miami, Florida, is one of nine Unified Combatant Commands in the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for providing contingency planning and operations in Central and South America, the Caribbean The United States Southern Command...
- Lt. General Jack L. Hudson, USAF, Commander, Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center
- Lt. General James J. LovelaceJames J. LovelaceJames J. Lovelace is a retired Lieutenant General and a native of Richmond, Virginia. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in Field Artillery upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1970.-Education:...
, USA, Commander, Coalition Forces Land Component Command, Central CommandCentral CommandCentral Command may refer to:* United States Central Command* AFP Central Command * Central Command... - Lt. General Martin R. SteeleMartin R. SteeleMartin R. Steele is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general. He served in combat during the Vietnam War and in Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm. He served for 35 years in the Marine Corps before retiring in 1999. He then became the President and CEO of the Intrepid Sea, Air...
, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Policies, and Operations, United States Marine CorpsUnited States Marine CorpsThe United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States... - Major General Antonio M. Taguba, USA, Deputy Commander, Coalition Forces Land Component Command, Central CommandCentral CommandCentral Command may refer to:* United States Central Command* AFP Central Command * Central Command...
- Major General James W. Nuttall, ANG, Deputy Director, Army National GuardArmy National GuardEstablished under Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code, the Army National Guard is part of the National Guard and is divided up into subordinate units stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia operating under their respective governors...
- Major General Timothy R. Larsen, USMC, Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Japan
- Major General Ronald G. RichardRonald G. RichardMajor General Ronald G. Richard is a retired United States Marine Corps officer who last served as the Commanding General of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.-Biography:Richard was born and raised in Basile, Louisiana...
, USMC, Commander, Marine Corps Base Camp LejeuneMarine Corps Base Camp LejeuneMarine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a United States military training facility in North Carolina. The base's of beaches make it a major area for amphibious assault training, and its location between two deep-water ports allows for fast deployments.The main base is supplemented by five satellite... - Major General Robert S. Dickman, USAF, Director, National Reconnaissance OfficeNational Reconnaissance OfficeThe National Reconnaissance Office , located in Chantilly, Virginia, is one of the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies. It designs, builds, and operates the spy satellites of the United States government.-Mission:...
- Major General Howard J. Mitchell, USAF, Director of Operations, Air Force Space CommandAir Force Space CommandAir Force Space Command is a major command of the United States Department of the Air Force, with its headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. AFSPC supports U.S. military operations worldwide through the use of many different types of satellite, launch and cyber operations....
- Rear Admiral Cynthia Dullea, USN, Deputy Commander, Navy Medicine National Capital Area
- Arnold ResnicoffArnold ResnicoffArnold E. Resnicoff is an American Conservative rabbi, a decorated retired military officer and military chaplain, and a consultant on leadership, values, and interreligious affairs to military and civilian leaders...
, Special Assistant (Values and Vision) to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
Law Enforcement
- Chief Rick Stone - Chief of Police. United States Department of Justice "Law Enforcement Officer of the Year" and the most highly decorated officer in Dallas Police Department history, including the Medal of ValorMedal of ValorThe Medal of Valor is the highest Israeli military decoration.The medal was established in 1970 by the Knesset in an act of law as a replacement for the Hero of Israel military decoration that was awarded during the War of Independence...
Notable faculty
- Dr. Arthur Frankel, social psychologist
- Dr. Bernard Munge, electroanalytical chemist
- Dr. Tina Wray, biblical scholar
Accreditation and memberships
The university is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and CollegesNew England Association of Schools and Colleges
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. is the U.S. regional accreditation association providing educational accreditation for all levels of education, from pre-kindergarten to the doctoral level, in the six-state New England region. It also provides accreditation for some...
, Inc. through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.
The art program is among just 10 at liberal arts universities accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design
National Association of Schools of Art and Design
The National Association of Schools of Art and Design , founded in 1944, is an accrediting organization of colleges, schools and universities in the United States. The organization establishes standards for graduate and undergraduate degrees. Member institutions complete periodic peer review...
.
The National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC) accredits the Nursing Program, which is also approved by the Rhode Island Board of Nurses Registration and Nursing Education. The Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and Special Education programs are interstate-approved.; students completing these programs qualify for certification in approximately 45 states. The Social Work
Social work
Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
Department offers a baccalaureate program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
Council on Social Work Education
The Council on Social Work Education is the national association for social work education in the United States of America.The CSWE sets and maintains standards of courses and accreditation of bachelor's degree's and Master's degree programs in social work.The CSWE specifies foundation social work...
. The Business Studies program is accredited by the International Association for Collegiate Business Education. The Master's program in Rehabilitative Counseling is accredited by the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE).
Other Memberships:
American Council on Education
American Council on Education
The American Council on Education is a United States organization, established in 1918, comprising over 1,800 accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities and higher education-related associations, organizations, and corporations....
, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is a nonprofit national alliance of education programs, which is dedicated to professional development of Pre-K-12 teachers and school leaders....
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American Association of College and Universities, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers, College Entrance Examination Board, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, National Association of College Admission Counselors, National Catholic Educational Association
National Catholic Educational Association
The National Catholic Educational Association is a private professional educational association of over 200,000 educators in Catholic schools, universities, and religious education programs...
, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, or ACCU, is a voluntary association of delegates from Catholic institutions of higher learning. It was founded in 1899 by fifty-three delegates from Catholic colleges across the United States...
, Council of Independent Colleges
Council of Independent Colleges
The Council of Independent Colleges is an association of nearly 600 independent, liberal arts colleges and universities and more than 70 higher education affiliates and organizations that work together to strengthen college and university leadership, sustain high-quality education, and enhance...
, Council on Rehabilitation Education, Mercy Higher Education Colloquium, Association of Mercy Colleges, Council on Social Work Education
Council on Social Work Education
The Council on Social Work Education is the national association for social work education in the United States of America.The CSWE sets and maintains standards of courses and accreditation of bachelor's degree's and Master's degree programs in social work.The CSWE specifies foundation social work...
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- President Reagan reads first-hand account of 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, written by Salve Regina Alumnus: Text Version, Video Version, (Chaplain Arnold Resnicoff)Arnold ResnicoffArnold E. Resnicoff is an American Conservative rabbi, a decorated retired military officer and military chaplain, and a consultant on leadership, values, and interreligious affairs to military and civilian leaders...