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Seal of Curry College |
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| Motto | Rem Tene Verba Sequentur |
| Established | 1879 |
| Type | Private |
| Endowment | US$33,300,00 |
| President | Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr. |
| Undergraduates | 2,000 traditional |
| Postgraduates | 380 |
| Other students | 1,500 nontraditional |
| Location | Milton, Massachusetts, United States |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Former names | School of Elocution (1879-1943) |
| Colors | Purple and white [1] |
| Athletics | NCAA (TCCC) |
| Sports | Ice hockey, baseball, basketball, football, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, cross-country running, softball |
| Nickname | Colonels |
| Website | www.curry.edu |
Curry College is a private liberal arts-based institution in Milton, Massachusetts that started as the School of Elocution in 1879.
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The school was founded as the School of Elocution in 1879 on Boston's Commonwealth Avenue by Anna Baright, who married the school's namesake, Samuel Silas Curry, in 1882. Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell was the school's first chancellor. In 1943, the School of Elocution became Curry College.
Curry College offers certificates[2] bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees[3] in 20 majors.[4] The Army and Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) programs are offered through "a cross-enrolled program with Boston University".[5] Curry is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).[6]
Its main campus in Milton is 137-acre (0.55 km2) near the Blue Hills Reservation and seven miles (11 km) from downtown Boston. It includes the former Joan of Arc Academy. Curry has satellite campuses in Plymouth and classroom locations at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston and at the Medford Police Academy in Medford which offer classes through the Division of Continuing and Graduate Studies.
Curry has an enrollment of approximately 3,880 students. 2,000 or so are traditional students from roughly 40 states and 23 countries, 1,500 are continuing education students, and about 380 are graduate students. Approximately 1,400 students reside on the Curry campus.
The Curry Arts Journal publishes "the work of student writers, artists and photographers".[7] The student newspaper is the Currier Times, which is "published biweekly."[8] The yearbook is entitled the Amethyst.[9] Curry College's philosophy club, which was initiated in the spring of 2008, is called "The New Academy". There is also a commuter club.[10]
Curry College's athletic teams are nicknamed the "Colonels". Sports include ice hockey, baseball, basketball, football, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, cross-country running, and softball. There is a men's rugby club team[11] and an ultimate club.[10]
Curry is mentioned in the novels Center Cut and Bad Lie by John Corrigan,[12][13] Outlaws by George V. Higgins,[14] and Wilson's Women: A Novel of Mystery and Revenge by James W. Ryan.[15]
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