Cardinal Stritch University

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Cardinal Stritch University is a private Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1937 as St. Clare College by the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi to train nuns as teachers. It was renamed Cardinal Stritch College in 1946 for Samuel Cardinal Stritch of Chicago, who was archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee during the 1930s. The institution became Cardinal Stritch University in 1997. In 1998, the university expanded to offer its first doctoral program.

The university also has a campus located in Edina, Minnesota, and an evening program in Rochester, Minnesota.

Cardinal Stritch University's total enrollment for the 2004-2005 academic year was approximately 7,600.

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The Cardinal Stritch Wolves compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC). Both the Mens' and Womens' Basketball teams are consistently among the leaders in the CCAC and routinely make it to the NAIA National Basketball Tournament. The baseball team is overlooked at the University. The team is very talanted and should make the Conference Touney.

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Mens Cross Country Mens Basketball Mens Baseball
Womens Cross Country Womens Basketball Womens Softball
Mens Soccer Mens Volleyball
Womens Soccer
Womens Volleyball

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