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Missouri. For Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee, see Maryville
College.
Maryville University of St. Louis is a private,
coeducational university in Town and Country, Missouri, United States.[1][2] It was
founded in 1872 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart, a Roman
Catholic order established in France by women dedicated to
education.
History
One of the oldest private institutions in Greater St.
Louis, Maryville was originally an academy for young women,
before becoming a four-year college in 1923 and a university in 1991. In
1968, a watershed year at Maryville, the University became a
co-educational institution. In 1972, Maryville’s Centennial year,
ownership of the college was transferred from the Religious of the
Sacred Heart to a lay board of trustees.
The institution's visionary grasp of the growth potential of
West St. Louis County, Missouri,
sparked its purchase in the late 1950s of 290 acres (1.2 km²)
of land adjacent to U.S. Highway 40,
St. Louis' main thoroughfare. The dedication of the new campus on
this site in 1961 marked the beginning of Maryville's mission as a
community-oriented liberal arts institution. Prior to 1961,
Maryville was located in south St. Louis city on Meramec Avenue.
The facility was taken over by the Midwest Province of the
Augustinian Fathers who established Augustinian Academy, a college
prep school for boys. In 1981, Maryville made history by launching
Weekend College. For the first time, St. Louis-area working adults
could complete entire degree programs solely on the weekends.
More construction was dedicated in 1986 with the addition of the
library building, an
academic link building with and auditorium style class room, and an
additional dormitory. Construction was completed around 1988. A
significant amount of construction was dedicated in 1997 with the
construction of the new Donius University Center completed in 2001,
the opening of the new theatre auditorium in 2002, and apartment
style dorms in 2003. An additional apartment building and the new
Buder Family Commons was completed in mid 2006 in time for the
start of the fall semester.
Academics
- School of Health Professions A majority of the
students at Maryville major in the medical fields of nursing, physical
therapy, occupational therapy, and music therapy.
- John E. Simon School of Business Named after
the late St. Louis philanthropist, the school of business offers programs in
accounting, marketing, e-business, business administration
and information systems. The school is ACBSP
accredited and fosters a strong relationship with Edward Jones
Investments.
- College of Arts and Sciences Many students at
Maryville who pursue a degree in liberal arts major in actuarial
science, art and design, social sciences, or the humanities.
Maryville is also one of the many schools in the St. Louis Area to
offer a degree in computer science, along with Washington University, Webster
University, UMSL, SLU,
and Lindenwood University.
- School of Education
- Music TherapyMaryville is also one of three
universities in Missouri to offer a degree in music therapy along
with University of
Missouri–Kansas City and Drury University.
Maryville
Library
The Library may request a book loan from another college or
university within Missouri that is a member of the state's MOBIUS
cluster. Other resources include a small collection of government
documents, periodicals, phonographic records,
videos, microfiche, and access to LexisNexis.
Athletics
Maryville athletic teams are known as the Saints, the
university competes in the St. Louis
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which is a Division III conference in the
NCAA. The
Saints have competed in division III sports since 1978. Maryville
was accepted into the Great Lakes Valley
Conference (GLVC) for the 2009-2010 school year when the school
will move to NCAA Division II athletics. On November 1, 2008
the university will become a voting member of the GLVC.
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