Regis University

Regis University
Motto	Men and Women in Service of Others
Established	1877
Type	Private Nonprofit Coeducational
Religious affiliation	Jesuit (Roman Catholic)
Endowment	US $44 Million[1]
President	Rev. John P. Fitzgibbons, S.J.
Academic staff	Total: 1,947[1] (300 full-time / 1,647 part-time)
Admin. staff	657
Students	10,683[2]
Undergraduates	5,750
Postgraduates	4,933
Location	Denver, Colorado, United States
Campus	Urban - 90 acres (36 ha)
Former names	Las Vegas College (1877) College of the Sacred Heart (1887) Regis College (1921-1991)
Fight song	"Hail Regis"
Colors	Blue      and      Gold
Athletics	NCAA Division II - RMAC
Sports	12 varsity sports teams[3] (5 men's and 7 women's)
Nickname	Rangers
Mascot	Ranger the Coyote
Affiliations	AJCU NCA
Website	www.regis.edu

Regis University (formerly known as Regis College) is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic, Jesuit university in the United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1877, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.^[4][5] Based in Denver, Colorado, Regis University is divided into three colleges: Regis College, The Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, and the College for Professional Studies.^[6] The university is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.^[7] In 2013 the University Web site stated that it had obtained a top tier ranking as one of the best colleges and universities in the United States for 19 consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report.^[8]

Establishment

Regis University was established by a group of exiled Italian Jesuits in 1877 in Las Vegas, New Mexico.^[9] That institution was named Las Vegas College.^[9]

In 1884, the Bishop of Denver invited the Jesuits to create a college at Morrison where Sacred Heart College was opened. In 1887, the two colleges merged and moved once again to the present location of Regis University. The name from then on was College of the Sacred Heart. In 1921 it adopted the name of Regis College in honor of Saint John Francis Regis, a 17th-century Jesuit who worked with prostitutes and the poor in the mountains of Southern France, and the prep section was separated to become the present-day Regis Jesuit High School. In 1991 it was renamed Regis University.

Regis University, in accordance with its Jesuit heritage, has a long tradition of charitable service, which includes the Father Woody Projects, which originated with the Archdiocese of Denver. This project runs the Father Woody Christmas Party for the homeless.^[10]

Regis College is a small, liberal arts, undergraduate/graduate, more selective school located on the Lowell Campus.^[11] Its approximately 1,600 students are high school graduates from over 40 states.^{[citation needed]}

Regis University operates a radio station, KRCX^[12] Other media programs include a weekly student-run newspaper, the Highlander.^[13] The school also fields 12 varsity athletic teams the Rangers.^[14] Regis competes at the NCAA Division II level and is part of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC). Men's basketball coach, Lonnie Porter,^[15] has the record for most won games as a basketball coach in Colorado history (505).

Many students participate in service learning by volunteering with various organizations throughout the Denver area.

Regis University played host to the rock icon, Jimi Hendrix, as well as the British rock band Queen (band), that played their first concert in the United States (April 16, 1974).^{[citation needed]}

Regis academic programs expanded with partnerships with the National University of Ireland, Galway, and with ITESO, the Jesuit University of Guadalajara, Mexico, for the first online bilingual joint MBA degree program.^[16]

Father Michael Sheeran, S.J. stepped down as the university's president, effective June 1, 2012, and was succeeded by Fr. John P. Fitzgibbons, S.J., the 24th president.^[17]

Papal visit

On August 12, 1993, Pope John Paul II visited the Lowell campus of Regis University, where he met with President Bill Clinton for the first time. They greeted about 150 visitors, who had been chosen through a lottery system, and met privately for an hour in the President’s Dining Room of Carroll Hall.

Awards to the University and alumni

Main Hall at Regis University in Denver, Colorado.

Carroll Hall from the side.

The Townhouses.

• Two nursing students in the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions received the Fuld Fellowship.^[1]
• In 2009 William Gohl was named the second American Rhodes Scholar in the history of Regis University.^[18]
• Two students, Hung Pham and Charity Sunshine TIllemann-Dick, were selected for the USA Today College All-Academic Team.^[19]
• The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded Regis College the Clare Boothe Luce Professorship two times.^[20]
• Four years in succession, Regis University professors were awarded Fulbright professorships.^[1]
• Regis University has won the National Parliamentary Debate Championships twice (one of only three schools).
• Basketball Coach Lonnie Porter holds the record for most victories as a college basketball coach (at any level) in Colorado history with 505 wins. Additionally, the basketball team maintains a 95 percent graduation rate among players.^[21]
• Since 2000, the Lowell campus has been designated an arboretum with more than 500 trees and shrubs, including three championship trees.^[22]

Schools

Regis College

Regis College houses the traditional, undergraduate (and Master's of Art in Education & Master's of Science in Biomedical Sciences) programs. These programs are designed for recent high school graduates, or transfer students, with little or no professional work experience. Regis college offers a choice of majors, minors, emphases, and pre-professional tracts. Students wishing to enter the nursing, physical therapy, or pharmacy programs often enter Regis College to complete pre-requisite requirements.^[23]

Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions

When Regis absorbed her sister school, Loretto Heights College, the Rueckert Hartman College for Health Professions was born.^[24] Regis operates a nationally-recognized nursing program, and one of the premiere physical therapist programs.^[25] The school is divided into three schools and two departments: Loretto Heights School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, School of Physical Therapy, Department of Health Care Ethics, and Department of Health Services Administration. The college offers three doctoral programs, Doctor of Nursing Practice (entirely on-line), Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Doctor of Pharmacy.^[26]

College for Professional Studies

In 2007, the School for Professional Studies was renamed the College for Professional Studies (CPS), with the mission of providing a values-centered Jesuit education designed for the adult learner. CPS students are working professionals, parents and spouses with work, school and family commitments seeking a bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited university. CPS serves over 9,000 adult students worldwide and offers campus-based, online and directed study formats. CPS consists of four distinct schools: the School of Management, the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, the School of Computer & Information Sciences and the School of Education & Counseling. Each of the schools offers bachelor's and master's degrees and certificate programs.^[27] CPS has been named a Top Military Friendly School for 2012 by GI Jobs.^[28]

Athletics

A distant view of the athletic fields, Field House, and Main Hall.

Regis University is in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference along with Adams State, Black Hills State, Chadron State, Colorado Christian, Colorado Mines, CSU-Pueblo, Fort Lewis, Colorado Mesa, Metro State, New Mexico Highlands, South Dakota Mines, UC-Colorado Springs, Western New Mexico, Western State Colorado. The university offers women's lacrosse, men and women's soccer, baseball, softball, men and women's basketball, volleyball, men and women's cross country, and golf.

Capital improvement campaign

Rowan Gillespie's Ripples of Ulysses at the Coors Life Directions Centre.

DeSmet Hall.

Carroll Hall from the garden to the north.

In the fall of 2007, Regis completed a landmark five-year, US$82.7 million capital campaign billed as "The Campaign for Regis University, Writing the Next Chapter."^[29] The school long owned more property than was used for educational purposes at the Lowell campus; this was incorporated into the main campus as sports fields, a new parking lot, and a new chapel. A Main Hall reopened its top floors for the first time in decades.^{[citation needed]} The Science Building, Carroll Hall and St. Peter Claver Hall (formerly the Adult Learning Center) were also renovated.^{[citation needed]} In 2012 Regis University opened the new four-story building Clarke Hall, which houses the College for Professional Studies.^[30]

Notable alumni

• Lee Anderson, Jr., Vice President, Business Development, APi Group, Inc.^[31]
• Daniel E. Berce, President and Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Financial Corp.^[31]
• Charles F. Brannan, Former Secretary of Agriculture (1948–53).
• Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr., Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Edward R. Beauvais, Chairman, Aviation Group ^[31]
• John P. Box, President and Chief Executive Officer, Newmark Knight Frank Frederick Ross Company ^[31]
• Campbell Brown, Television News Host - CNN^[32]
• Banny de Brum, Ambassador of the Marshall Islands to the United States (1996–2008, 2009–2011)^[33]
• Richard N. Cabela, CEO, Cabela's, Inc.^[31]
• Jim Daly, President and CEO, Focus on the Family.
• Tim DeRuyter, Head Coach at Fresno State.^{[citation needed]}
• Katee Doland, Miss Colorado (2001).
• John P. Farley, Actor and comedian, brother of actor Chris Farley.
• Edwin J. Feulner, President of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington D.C. thinktank^[34]
• Ryan Frazier, Managing director of Frazier Global Strategies.
• William J. Fortune, President and Chairman of the Board (Retired), Goldenbanks of Colorado ^[31]
• Matthew Gambs, President and Chief Executive Officer, Diamond Bancorp ^[31]
• Margaret M. Hartman, Co-Owner, Doyle Hartman, Oil Operator ^[31]
• Arnie Herber, NFL Player for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants, Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.^[35]
• John J. Hurley, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Glenayre Technologies, Inc.^[31]
• Walter F. Imhoff, Senior Vice President, Director, Denver Municipal Trading, Stifel Nicolaus, Inc.^[31]
• Richard C. Kelly, CEO Xcel Energy, Inc.^[31]
• Pasquale L. Marranzino, Jr, President, Karsh & Hagan Communications.^[36]
• Stephen McNichols, Former Colorado Governor.^[37]
• Joseph Montoya, US Senator from New Mexico.
• Jack Morris, S.J, founder of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.^[38]
• Bill Murray, actor and comedian, attended but did not graduate. Received an Honorary Doctor of Humanities in 2007.^[39]
• William M. Newland, President Hercules Industries, Inc.^[31]
• Jane E. Norton, Lt. Governor of Colorado (2003–07).
• Marcus S. Palkowitsh, Owner and Chief Executive Officer, MSP Companies ^[31]
• George E. Reid, Senior Analyst and Vice President (Retired), Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC ^[31]
• Josephine Siao, Hong Kong actress.
• Devorah Sperber, instillation Artist.
• Matt Stephenson, Fulbright Award Scholar.
• Leslie Strate, Chief Development Officer, St. Anthony's Hospital ^[40]
• Ken Summers, Colorado Senator (2006–12).^[41]
• Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, Soprano.
• Cody R. Teets, Vice President and General Manager, McDonald's Corporation, Rocky Mountain Region ^[31]
• Tom White, member of the Nebraska Legislature.

Institute on the Common Good

Founded in 1997, by Father Michael J. Sheeran, S.J, the Institute on the Common Good at Regis University^[42] says that it "serves the community ... by providing a safe and effective space for community dialogue, communal discernment, and public deliberation... All [these concepts] reflect the Roman Catholic and Jesuit heritage of Regis University and the Institute.".

References

External links

• Regis University (official site)
• Regis University Alumni Association (official site)
• Regis Athletics
• (ICG official site)
• Criminology Degrees

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