历史

marywood-motherhouse.jpg它成立于1915年, Marywood was the first college for women in Northeastern Pennsylvania 和 the first Catholic college for women in the state. In the 100 plus years since then, Marywood has grown, prospered, 和 graduated to university status.

早期

Marywood College opened on 9月8日, 1915, with a class of 34 women, one of whom was 妹妹圣. 玛丽·奥尔,hm,博士.D. 谁后来成为第八任总统. 1924年,文理学院大楼开放. In 1928, O’Reilly Hall (now Regina Hall), an on-campus residence for students, was dedicated. In 1937, a major enhancement of the Liberal 艺术s Rotunda was completed.

修女会的长老们, 玛利亚无玷圣心的仆人, 担任学院院长近三十年. 妈妈米. Germaine O 'Neill, IHM, A.M. 第一任总统是. The actual administration of the College, however, was the responsibility of 妹妹米. Immaculata Gillespie, hm, Ph ..D.他于1915年至1943年担任院长. Her influence on the College’s growth 和 development was remarkable. The vast changes she witnessed during her lifetime, 1863–1947, were astounding. She responded with an openness to the challenges of life that gave Marywood its dynamism 和 confidence throughout many difficult years. 在她的领导下, 爱博登录页面学院于1917年获得学位授予权, 和 these were exp和ed in 1922 to the awarding of the Master of 艺术s degree. In 1921, the College became one of the charter members of the Middle States Association of Colleges 和 Schools. 杰曼母亲也在爱博登录页面启动了全球密度, 1917年,学院迎来了第一批国际学生. 28年来,她的存在是一种稳定和充满活力的力量. 在学校成立之初, 爱博登录页面学院的校长们, 他们也是IHM修会的会长吗, 包括 妹妹米. 卡西米尔·默里,IHM, A.B.; 玛丽·威廉·克雷格修女,IHM, A.B., 妹妹米. 约瑟夫·赫尔利,IHM, M.A., 和 妹妹米. 玛塞拉·吉尔,hm, M.A.

成长和变化的时代 

妹妹米. 西尔维娅·摩根,医学博士.D. 第一任总统是 of Marywood College whose position was not the result of her being the Superior of the IHM Congregation. 她和她的继任者的政府, 妹妹米. 尤金尼亚·基利,医学硕士,博士.D., 那是大扩张和大增长的时代吗. 在此期间, 新建了四座大楼, 入学人数几乎增加了两倍, accreditations in various professional organizations were achieved, 和 new academic 项目 were developed including an exp和ed graduate division. This growth 和 diversification occasioned a marked increase in the number of lay faculty members, who joined with the sister faculty in advancing the mission of the College.

妹妹圣. 玛丽·奥尔,hm,博士.D. 带领学院度过了动荡的六十年代. This was, however, another decade of rapid growth 和 diversification. 社会工作研究生院成立于1967年, 和 the 研究生 School of 艺术s 和 Sciences became a separate entity in 1968. 五座新建筑在1964年至1968年间落成, 包括学习资源中心, an addition that greatly enhanced the educational capacities of the College.

妹妹米. 李科曼,IHM, M.A., M.S. 接替圣修女. 玛丽于1970年担任总统,任期为18年,直到1988年. The first year of her administration was marked with a dramatic crisis, IHM母室被大火烧毁, 这座建筑是学院成立初期的所在地. The subsequent years of her administration were more tranquil but no less challenging. Efforts to serve new student populations led to the opening of the Gillet School, a school for undergraduate male students 和 for adult 和 continuing education students. 在她执政期间, Marywood responded to the direction set by the Second Vatican Council, intensifying traditional commitment to action on behalf of justice. While fostering students’ personal development of values of justice 和 peace, the students would become competent 和 compassionate professionals, 有能力应对全球社会的挑战.  Assuring excellent professional preparation led to the building of the Visual 艺术s Center 和 the expansion of the Human 服务s Center (now the William G. McGowan Center for 研究生 和 Professional Studies) 和 the 健康 和 Physical Education Center.

21岁st 世纪大学

 Mary Reap修女,IHM,博士.D. became the tenth president in 1988, she assumed the leadership of a vibrant institution. She remains Marywood’s longest-serving president to date, retiring as President Emerita in 2007. 在她非凡的19年任期内, 她培养了一种进步的遗产, characterized by significant growth 和 an ongoing commitment to excellence that earned Marywood national accolades as one of the premier Catholic universities in the region. 她提供了富有服务传统的领导, 学术, 以及对时代迹象的反应. 在她历史性的总统任期内, Marywood achieved: full co-educational status; dramatic campus expansion through the construction or renovation of 24 facilities, including several world-class facilities—the Insalaco Center for Studio 艺术s, 奥尼尔健康家庭中心, 以及斯沃茨精神生活中心, to name a few; a substantial increase in financial commitments from all donor constituencies; an emergence as the leading provider of graduate education in Northeast Pennsylvania 和 the first regional institution offering doctoral degree 项目; the transformation from college to university status in 1997, 和, in 2003, 将大学的学术结构调整为学院, 其中一个以她的名字命名.

目前,学院包括:

  • 健康科学学院
  • 创意与专业研究学院

安妮·芒利修女,hm,博士.D. 2007年至2016年担任Marywood的第11任总裁. 以她的国际管理经验, 教育家, 和社会学家, Sister Anne further developed a culturally diverse 和 global educational experience for all students. 在她任职期间, 爱博手机登录 established a new School of 体系结构—the first to open in northeast Pennsylvania (2009); the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (2013); 和 the School of Business 和 Global Innovation (2014). 她带领爱博登录页面度过了百年纪念(2015年)。, overseeing the construction of a new 学习共享 和 the Motherhouse 和 Seminary Morgan Memorial Garden, 这两幅画都是为了纪念爱博登录页面的百年纪念, 9月8日, 2015.

建设美好未来

玛丽·佩西科修女,IHM, Ed.D. 2016年成为爱博登录页面第十二任校长. She has guided Marywood with her collaborative leadership 和 bold vision, making strides in the scholarly life of the University by restructuring 和 streamlining the Colleges, 增加或扩大几个标志性的学术项目, 和 establishing the Offices of Equity 和 包容 和 Global Education. 在前所未有的全球大流行期间, 玛丽修女支持整个教职员团体, 工作人员, 和有实力有信心的学生. 在她的领导下, 爱博登录页面也欢迎全国零售合作伙伴, 包括星巴克, 齿轮商店, 苹果, 和亚马逊商店. 在她任职期间, the University endowment has nearly doubled 和 maintained a fiscally responsible status, even during universally challenging financial times in higher education. 进一步加强爱博登录页面的未来, 玛丽修女正在监督一场全面的运动, 旨在资助校园内的新建筑和学术空间, 包括帕斯库奇家庭健康科学馆(2024年), 为学生提供奖学金, 提高学生的体验.