College of the Holy Cross facts for kids
Latin: Collegium Sanctae Crucis | |
Motto | In Hoc Signo Vinces (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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In this sign you shall conquer |
Type | Private Nonprofit Coeducational Liberal arts college |
Established | 1843 |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic (Jesuit) |
Endowment | US $726,053,000 |
President | Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J. |
Academic staff
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Total: 325 (258 full-time / 67 part-time) |
Students | 2,872 |
Location | , , |
Campus | Suburban - Total: 174 acres (70.4 ha) |
Fighting Song | "Chu! Chu! Rah! Rah!" |
Colors | Purple and White |
Athletics | NCAA Division I - Patriot League AHA, ECAC, BSC |
Nickname | Crusaders |
Affiliations | AAC&U, NAICU, ACCU, AJCU, AICUM, WRC, COWC, 568 Group |
Sports | 27 varsity teams (13 men's and 14 women's) |
Mascot | Iggy the Crusader |
Website | www.holycross.edu |
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Location | Fenwick and O'Kane Halls, surrounding landscaping |
Area | 2.6 acres (1.1 ha) |
Built | 1843 |
Architect | Lamb,Capt. Edward, et al |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Gothic, Second Empire |
MPS | Worcester MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 80000491 |
Added to NRHP | March 5, 1980 |
The College of the Holy Cross or Holy Cross is a private, undergraduate Roman Catholic, Jesuit liberal arts college located in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest in the United States. U.S. News & World Report ranked Holy Cross 25th in the U.S. among liberal arts colleges in 2014. Holy Cross is the only Catholic college among the top 50 liberal arts schools on the U.S. News list.
Opened as a school for boys under the auspices of the Society of Jesus, it was the first Jesuit college in New England. Today, Holy Cross is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) and is part of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium (COWC). Holy Cross sports teams are called the Crusaders, and their sole color is purple; they compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Patriot League.
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Academics
Holy Cross has 240 faculty members who teach 2,817 undergraduate students. It offers 28 majors mainly focused on a liberal arts curriculum, each of which leads to the completion of the Bachelor of Arts degree. All B.A. candidates must successfully complete 32 semester courses in eight semesters of full-time study to graduate. Common requirements include one course each in arts, literature, religion, philosophy, history, and cross-cultural studies; and two courses each in language studies, social science, and natural and mathematical sciences. As of 2010, Holy Cross is in the top 3% of four-year colleges in the number of students going on to earn doctorates in their fields.
Of particular interest is the Classics department at Holy Cross, which has ten faculty members, making it the second largest Classics program at any American liberal arts college (after St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe), where Ancient Greek is a required subject). D. Neel Smith, one of the department professors, is a primary collaborator on the Perseus Project, the multimedia database of Greek antiquity created by several college and universities.
Campus
Holy Cross' campus, a registered arboretum, has won national awards for its landscaping. In 1977, Holy Cross was cited by the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) for having the best-maintained school or university grounds in the United States Holy Cross is marked by an irregular layout as its 175-acre (0.71 km2) campus is situated on the northern slope of a very steep hill named Mount Saint James which offers it a panoramic view of the city of Worcester. The Princeton Review ranked the campus as #5 most beautiful campus in the nation in 2010 and consistently ranks the campus in the top 15. The design and landscape is ingrained into many themes and nicknames for the school which is commonly known as The Hill.
Today, some 37 college buildings are divided primarily with residential housing and academic buildings located in the middle sections of the campus, with athletic and practice facilities on the outskirts of the campus on its northern and southern ends. Holy Cross also owns 6 non-campus properties.
- Mascot
Holy Cross's athletic teams for both men and women are known as the Crusaders. It is reported that the name "Crusader" was first associated with Holy Cross in 1884 at an alumni banquet in Boston, where an engraved Crusader mounted on an armored horse appeared at the head of the menu.
- Motto
The Latin motto In Hoc Signo Vinces, "In This Sign You Shall Conquer", has been attributed to Emperor Constantine the Great, a Roman emperor noted for his tolerance of Christians. According to some historians, Constantine had a dream or vision of a flaming cross in the sky with this inscription on the day preceding his decisive victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge (October 28, 312). This victory led to his capturing Rome and convinced him of the importance of Christianity.
Images for kids
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Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick, S.J., founder of Holy Cross
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Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Bob Cousy, former professional NBA player, who is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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Chris Matthews, political commentator
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Bob Wright, former president and CEO of NBC
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Bill Simmons, sports analyst and founder of The Ringer
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William Joseph McDonough, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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In Spanish: College of the Holy Cross para niños