Immaculata University

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Immaculata University
Motto:	"Believe in Immaculata."
Established	1920
Type:	Private liberal arts
President:	Sister R. Patricia Fadden
Location	Immaculata, Pennsylvania, USA
Campus:	Small Town
Colors:	Blue, White
Mascot:	The Mighty Macs
Website:	www.immaculata.edu

Immaculata University is a Catholic university on King Road in Immaculata, Pennsylvania.

Contents 1 History 2 Athletics 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

Immaculata was founded as Villa Maria College, a women's college in 1920. It was the first Catholic college for women in the Philadelphia area. The name was changed to Immaculata College in 1929.^[1]

Founded by the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Immaculata is part of the greater IHM community, which includes the neighboring House of Studies and an academy for girls. The University became coeducational in the fall of 2005.

The current location of Immaculata University is a tract of land in Chester County, Pennsylvania, on the Main Line near Malvern, purchased by the sisters in 1906. The origianal 198 acre plot has grown to 373 acres since that time.

[edit] Athletics

The Immaculata Mighty Macs were the AIAW Division I Basketball Champions, the top national title, from 1972 to 1974, a pivotal time in the history of women's collegiate sports.^[2] The story of the Mighty Macs basketball team is currently being adapted into a movie, Our Lady of Victory, which is due out in theaters in 2007.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Immaculata University
• Believe in Immaculata

v • d • e Member schools of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
North Division	Alvernia College • Cedar Crest College • Centenary College of New Jersey • Gwynedd-Mercy College • Marywood University • Misericordia University
South Division	Cabrini College • Eastern University • Immaculata University • Neumann College • College of Notre Dame of Maryland • Rosemont College

v • d • e Women's colleges that became coeducational

Became coeducational Adelphi University • Albertus Magnus College • Andrew College • Beaver College • Bennington College • Carlow University • Cazenovia College • Chestnut Hill College • Chowan College • Columbia College • Connecticut College • Drexel University College of Medicine • Elmira College • Emmanuel College • Florida State University •Georgia College & State University • Goucher College • Greensboro College • Hood College • Hunter College • Immaculata University • James Madison University • Keuka College • LaGrange College • Lake Erie College • Lasell College • Lesley College • Longwood University • MacMurray College • Mississippi University for Women• Marymount Manhattan College • Moravian College • Notre Dame College •Ohio Dominican University • Queens University of Charlotte • Radford University • Randolph College • Regis College • Rivier College • Sarah Lawrence College • Seton Hill University • Shorter College • Skidmore College • Silver Lake College • Texas Woman's University • Tift College • Trocaire College • University of Mary Washington • University of North Carolina at Greensboro • Vassar College • Villa Julie College • Viterbo University • Washington College of Law • Wells College • Wheaton College Coordinate colleges Douglass (merged with Rutgers University) • Evelyn College for Women (with Princeton University; closed) • H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (merged with Tulane University) • Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (merged with Carnegie Mellon University) • Pembroke (merged with Brown University) • Radcliffe College (merged with Harvard University)

v • d • e Colleges and Universities in Metropolitan Philadelphia

The American College • Arcadia University • Art Institute of Philadelphia • Bryn Mawr College • Cabrini College • Chestnut Hill College • Cheyney University • Curtis Institute of Music • Delaware Valley College • Drexel University • Eastern University • Gratz College • Gwynedd-Mercy College • Haverford College • Holy Family University • Immaculata University • La Salle University • Lincoln University • Manor College • Moore College of Art and Design • Neumann College • Peirce College • Penn State Abington • Penn State Brandywine • Penn State Great Valley • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts • Pennsylvania College of Optometry • Philadelphia Biblical University • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine • Philadelphia University • Reconstructionist Rabbinical College • The Restaurant School • Rosemont College • Rutgers University • Saint Joseph's University • Swarthmore College • Temple University • Thomas Jefferson University • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey • University of the Arts • University of the Sciences in Philadelphia • University of Pennsylvania • Ursinus College • Valley Forge Christian College • Villanova University • West Chester University • Westminster Theological Seminary • Widener University