Chestnut Hill College
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| Chestnut Hill College | |
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| School type | Private |
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| Established | 1924 |
| President | Carol Jean Vale, SSJ, Ph.D. |
| Students | ~1000 |
| Mascot | Griffin |
| Location | 9601 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19118 United States |
| Information | 215-248-7001 |
| Website | http://www.chc.edu |
Chestnut Hill College is a coeducational Catholic college in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1924 as a women's college by the Sisters of Saint Joseph. It was originally called Mount Saint Joseph College and assumed its current name in 1938. In 1980, it began to offer master's degrees and in 1997 began to offer doctorates. Chestnut Hill College became coeducational in 2003.
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[edit] History of Chestnut Hill College
Located at the northwestern edge of Philadelphia on 45 acres overlooking the Wissahickon Creek, Chestnut Hill College opened in 1924 as a Catholic, four-year, liberal arts college for women. Founded as Mount Saint Joseph College by the Sisters of Saint Joseph, the college was renamed in 1938 as Chestnut Hill College.
Since its inception, continues to offer a mid tier a liberal arts education that provides students with a broad background in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. The goal of Chestnut Hill College has been to prepare students for life’s challenges by helping them to grow intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and socially.
In keeping with the spirit of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, the curriculum has been modified over time to meet the ever-changing needs of higher education and society. The college originally awarded only the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees to young women of traditional college age. In 1972, a Continuing Education department extended opportunities for undergraduate study to mature women and men. With the addition of a coeducational graduate program in 1980, the college began to offer Master’s degrees and, in 1997, added its first doctoral program. Today, students may earn master’s degrees in six fields and a doctorate in clinical psychology.
Academic changes also included expanding beyond the physical limits of the campus. As a member of SEPCHE (Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education), Chestnut Hill pursues a collaborative approach to higher education with seven other local institutions. Through membership in the ACSSJ (Association of College of Sisters of St. Joseph) Chestnut Hill is able to offer its students opportunities to enrich their educational experiences by studying at seven other colleges in the United States. Study-abroad programs further extend the reach of a Chestnut Hill education and help to prepare students for life in a global society.
November 2001 proved to be an historic time for Chestnut Hill College. The announcement that men would be admitted to the traditional-age, full-time undergraduate program in fall 2003 marked the end of the 78-year-old College for Women. In choosing to pursue this new direction, the College makes a tradition of excellence and a history of success available to a wider audience.
The Chestnut Hill campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For many years the main buildings were St. Joseph Hall, with its six-story Greco-Roman rotunda and French Gothic exterior, Fournier Hall, a jewel of Italian Romanesque architecture, and Clement Hall, with its classrooms and modest athletic facilities, including a swimming pool. The additions of the Science Building, Logue Library, Fontbonne Hall, Barbara D’Iorio Martino Hall and, most recently, a new residence hall New Hall meet the needs of a growing college community.
Each new structure was carefully designed to preserve the architectural integrity of the campus while addressing specific educational or student life needs. The last decade has seen an emphasis on providing the technology that is essential to today's students. Renovated science facilities and computer laboratories helped to create a teaching/learning environment appropriate for the 21st century. Martino Hall includes “smart” classrooms and seminar rooms that are part of the campus-wide interactive network. Visitors to the grounds have long enjoyed the grotto with its charming fountain, the House of Loretto, and the elegant main chapel that was inspired by Sainte Chapelle in Paris.
More than 10,000 individuals have earned degrees from Chestnut Hill College since 1924. The list of accomplished graduates includes numerous representatives in medicine, law, research, education, business and social service workers. It is fairly easy to gain admission to Chestnut Hill College since the school has gone co-ed and over eighty percent of students are accepted. The average SAT is below the national average.
[edit] Mission statement
The mission of Chestnut Hill College is to provide students with holistic education in an inclusive Catholic community marked by academic excellence, shared responsibility, personal and professional growth, service to one another and to the global community, and concern for the earth.
[edit] Academics
An Associate of Arts degree (A.A.) may be obtained in the following majors: Accounting, Criminal Justice, Biology, French, Business Administration, Psychology, Chemistry, Spanish
A Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) may be obtained in the following majors: English, Political Science, English and Communications, Psychology, French, Spanish, History
A Bachelor of Music (B.M.) may be obtained in: Music
A Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) may be obtained in the following majors: Accounting, Education, Biochemistry, Early Childhood and Elementary Education, Biology, Early Childhood Education, Business Administration, Elementary Education, Chemistry, Human Services, Computer and Information Sciences, International Business, Language and Culture, Computer and Information Technology, Marketing, Communications and Technology, Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Criminal Justice, Molecular Biology, Environmental Sciences, Music, Education, Sociology.
[edit] Athletics
Chestnut Hill College's sports teams are known as the Griffins. Chestnut Hill College is an NCAA Division III institution that competes in the Atlantic Women’s College Conference, the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference and the North East Athletic Conference. The College sponsors 13 varsity intercollegiate sports teams. Men's lacrosse has been established as a club team in the 2006-07 academic year.
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Categories: Former women's universities and colleges in the United States that became coeducational | Former women's colleges | Universities and colleges in Philadelphia | Universities and colleges in Pennsylvania | Roman Catholic universities and colleges in the United States | Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph | Educational institutions established in 1924
