Le Moyne College
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| Established | 1946 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Rev. Charles Beirne, S.J. |
| Faculty | 230 |
| Students | 2,290 |
| Location | Syracuse, NY, USA |
| Campus | Urban and Suburban |
| Sports Team | Dolphins |
| Website | www.lemoyne.edu |
Le Moyne College is a four-year Jesuit college of approximately 2,300 undergraduate students that balances a comprehensive liberal arts education with preparation for specific career paths or graduate study. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1946, Le Moyne is the second-youngest of the twenty-eight Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States.
Le Moyne's 150-acre campus is located in a residential setting of the Syracuse, New York suburb of DeWitt, New York. A small portion of the Le Moyne campus stretches into the Meadowbrook Neighborhood of Syracuse, New York, which allows the school to employ a legal Syracuse, New York address. Syracuse has a population of 147,306 (2000).
The college motto is "Totus in Domino Jesu" which is Latin for "The Entire Person in the Lord Jesus".
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[edit] Academics
Le Moyne offers academic programs in Accounting, Biology, Business Administration, Chemistry & Physics, Communication, Criminology and Crime & Justice Studies, Economics, Education (Duel Certification with Special Ed, English, Foreign Languages & Literature, Industrial Relations & Human Resource Management, Information Systems, Mathematics & Computer Science, Nursing, Philosophy, Physician Assistant Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology & Anthropology, Theatre Arts, and Visual & Performing Arts.
Interdisiplinary Programs are offered in Biochemistry, Catholic Studies, Cultural Foundations of Medicine, Gender and Women's Studies, Integral Honors, Library, Multiple Science, Peace & Global Studies, and Urban Studies.
In addition, Le Moyne offers the following special programs: affiliated 3-4 programs in dentistry, optometry, and podiatry; early assurance dental and medical programs; pre-engineering, pre-environmental science and forestry; pre-health related professions; pre-law; pre-medicine, pre-physician assistant; and study abroad. Le Moyne students may enroll in Army and Air Force ROTC programs at Syracuse University.
While each major department has its own sequence requirements for the minimum 120 credit hours needed for the Le Moyne degree, the core curriculum includes studies of English language and literature, philosophy, history, religious studies, science, mathematics, and social sciences.
Le Moyne College's Graduate Programs include Graduate Education, Masters in Business Administration, and Nursing.
[edit] Campus facilities and resources
The Computer Center houses a VAX 3100 computer system. The Noreen Reale Falcone Library has over 185,000 volumes and seating for 700 and is connected to the World Wide Web.
With a recently installed fiber-optic network, students can access the campus network, the Library's system, and the Internet from several computer labs around campus or from their rooms if they have computers of their own. All classrooms are being converted to "smart" classrooms, with multimedia capabilities. The Coyne Science Center has over 60 labs, classrooms, prep rooms and faculty/office suites, with two electron microscopes and a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer.
The Recreation Center is designed primarily for intramural, personal fitness and recreational activities. The building houses a fitness room with Nautilus and Universal equipment, an Olympic-size indoor pool built for competition, a whirlpool, an elevated jogging track, racquet ball courts, and a large multipurpose gymnasium that can be divided into three courts for tennis, volleyball, basketball and other activities.
Residence halls range from the traditional dormitories to townhouse-style living, featuring three floors of living with three two-person bedrooms, a common area, kitchen, dining cove, and three bathrooms.
[edit] School library
The Noreen Reale Falcone Library, Le Moyne's only on-campus library, currently houses almost 900,000 materials and maintains a website with its own OPAC Reference System, which is available from both on- and off-campus computers.
At last count, the following materials were available from the library:
- 256,565 books, serial backfiles, and government documents (titles)
- 13,589 current serials (titles), including periodicals, newspapers, and government documents
- 577,468 microforms (titles)
- 10,935 video and audio titles
[edit] Student life
A wide range of student-directed activities, athletics, clubs, and service organizations are available to the student body. Students are represented by a Student Senate and have formal representation through the senate on most College-wide committees involved in decision making and policy formation.
Approximately 80 percent of students live in residence halls and townhouses on campus. The Residence Hall Councils and the Le Moyne Student Programming Board organize many campus activities, including concerts, dances, a weekly film series, student talent programs, and special lectures as well as off-campus trips and skiing excursions. Le Moyne's theater program puts on two productions a year.
Le Moyne was once home to The Dolphin, a weekly student newspaper. The paper's staff discontinued production of the newspaper from November 2005 until September 2006, in protest, due to the administration's removal of its adviser. For its actions, Le Moyne has been criticized and subsequently censured for violations of freedom of speech, by two well-known national organizations, FIRE, and College Media Advisers. The nearly eleven-month protest formally came to an end on Tuesday, September 26, when Le Moyne's administration dissolved The Dolphin as an organization on campus. The school later put out a new newspaper with a revamped staff and a new adviser handpicked by the administration. The paper retained the same name as before.
Le Moyne's radio station, WLMU, features The Fetal Position; a talk show with various music accompaniment. They run from 8-10 pm on Tuesday Nights during regular school schedule.
[edit] Athletics
Le Moyne sponsors 16 NCAA varsity teams. Le Moyne's varsity athletic program allows new students to make an immediate impact on a team--an opportunity that is not available at many larger institutions. Le Moyne sponsors Division I (MAAC) baseball and women's lacrosse as well as Division II (Northeast 10) varsity teams in men's/women's basketball, cross-country, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis; men's golf; and women's softball and volleyball.
The College participates in four sports on the club level: men's ice hockey, rugby, and volleyball, in addition to cheerleading, with both men and women on the squad.
The College conducts an extensive intramural program with sports and competitors that vary each year. The program usually includes: basketball (men's and women's leagues); flag football (men); indoor soccer (men's, women's and coed leagues); walleyball (coed); racquetball tournaments (coed, men's and women's divisions); volleyball (coed); softball (men's and women's leagues); and inner tube water polo (coed).
[edit] Sports at-a-glance
[edit] Varsity
- Baseball
- Men's & Women's Basketball
- Men's & Women's Cross Country
- Golf
- Men's & Women's Lacrosse
- Men's & Women's Soccer
- Softball
- Men's & Women's Swimming and Diving
- Men's & Women's Tennis
- Volleyball
[edit] Intramural activities
- Basketball
- Flag Football
- Indoor Soccer
- Inner Tube Water Polo
- Racquetball
- Softball
- Volleyball
- Wallyball
[edit] Club sports
- Men's Ice Hockey
- Rugby
- Volleyball
[edit] National championships
[edit] Athletic centers
- Anthony A. Henninger Athletic Center
[edit] Recreation center
The college's recreation center is a 47,000 square foot facility connected to the Anthony A. Henninger Athletic Center. Designed primarily for intramural, recreational use and personal fitness activities, the center is one of the most modern small-college recreation centers in the Northeast. The college community can use the 25-yard competition-size swimming pool, whirlpool, large fitness center and weight room, a three-court size multi-purpose gym area, an elevated jogging track, and four racquetball courts.
[edit] Alma mater
Against the sky you stand, Le Moyne.
A beacon to us all,
And on the Heights our forces join,
We rally to your call.
From loyal hearts our challenge roars
That here we stand allied,
You're ours, Le Moyne, and we are yours
While Heights and Hearts abide.
May your ideals be our command
Your praises ever sung;
So long as on the Heights you stand
Your name be on our tongue.
From loyal hearts our challenge roars
That here we stand allied,
You're ours, Le Moyne, and we are yours
While Heights and Hearts abide.
[edit] External links
- Le Moyne College website
- Le Moyne Athletics website
- Noreen Reale Falcone Library Webpage
- College Profile (CollegeProfiles.com)
- College Profile (CollegeBoard.com)
- College Profile (XAP.com)
| Northeast Ten Conference |
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| American International • Assumption • Bentley • Bryant • Franklin Pierce • Le Moyne • Long Island Post† • Massachusetts Lowell • Merrimack • Pace • Saint Anselm • Saint Michael's • Saint Rose • Southern Connecticut State • Southern New Hampshire • Stonehill † football-only member |
