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Webster University
private university, private not-for-profit educational institution
Industryhigher education Edit
Year dem found am1915 Edit
CountryUnited States Edit
Edey de administrative territorial entity insydWebster Groves Edit
Coordinate location38°35′21″N 90°20′45″W Edit
Legal formNot For Profit Corporation Edit
Get subsidiaryWebster University - Vienna Campus Edit
Demma headquarters locationSt. Louis Edit
Street address470 E Lockwood Ave., Saint Louis, MO, 63119-3194 Edit
Postal code63119-3194 Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.webster.edu/ Edit
Academic calendar typesemester Edit
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Webster University be private varsity plus ein main campus for Webster Groves, Missouri. E get multiple branch locations across de United States den countries across Europe, Asia, den Africa.[1] For 2023 insyd, Webster enroll 13,448 students.[2] De university get alumni network of around 170,000 graduates worldwide.[3]

Dema History

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Sisters of Loretto wey establish am for 1915 insyd as Loretto College, sam Catholic women's college, one of de first west of de Mississippi River.[4] One of de early founders be Mother Praxedes Carty.[5] Dem change de college ein name go Webster College for 1924 insyd.[6] Dem admit first male students for 1962 insyd.[7] De sisters transfer ownership of de college give lay Board of Directors for 1967 insyd; na ebe de first Catholic college for United States wey be totally under lay control.[8] For 1983 insyd, dem change Webster College name go Webster University.[6]

Na Webster be part of early racial integration battles for St. Louis. For de early 1940s insyd, chaw local priests, especially de Jesuits, challenge de segregationist policies for de city ein Catholic colleges den parochial schools. De St. Louis chapter of de Midwest Clergy Conference for Negro Welfare top arrange for 1943 insyd for Webster College make dem admit sam black female student, Mary Aloyse Foster, wey go make am de city ein first Catholic college make e integrate.[9] However, for 1943insyd, Archbishop John J. Glennon block say student ein enrollment by speaking privately plus de Kentucky-based Superior General of de Sisters of Loretto.[10] De Pittsburgh Courier, sam African-American newspaper plus national circulation, discover Glennon ein actions wey e ran sam front-page feature for de Webster incident top for February 1944 insyd.[11] De negative publicity toward Glennon ein segregationist policies lead Saint Louis University make dem start dey admit African American students for summer 1944 insyd.[12] For de fall of 1945 insyd, Webster College respond give pressure by say dem admit Irene Thomas, sam Catholic African-American shoddie wey dey cam from St. Louis, as music major.[13]

Dema Academics

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Loretto Hall in 2007

Colleges dey include:[14]

  • College of Humanities den Social Sciences
  • College of Health den Science
  • Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts
  • George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology
  • School of Communications
  • School of Education.

Ebe Higher Learning Commission wey accredit Webster University.[15] Specialized accreditors wey dey accredit Specific programs, wey dey include de Association of Collegiate Business Schools den Programs (ACBSP),[16] de National Association of Schools of Music (NASM),[17] de National League for Nursing (NLN),[18] de Council on Accreditation (COA),[19] de National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE),[20] de Missouri Department of Elementary den Secondary Education,[21] den de National Board for Certified Counselors.[22]

Notable people

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Faculty

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Na Professors give de university include Chess grandmaster Susan Polgar, actor/dancer Lara Teeter, dancer Alicia Graf Mack, poet David Clewell,[23] video artist Van McElwee,[24] political scientists Daniel Hellinger den Johannes Pollak, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Violence Against Women Rashida Manjoo,[25] activist den writer Sulak Sivaraksa, sound engineer Bill Porter, Holocaust scholar Harry J. Cargas, den former Missouri Governor Bob Holden.[26]

Alumni

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  • Alumni include four-time Academy Award nominee actress Marsha Mason, television, screen den stage actress Jenifer Lewis,[27]
  • Tony Award-winning actor Norbert Leo Butz den multiple Tony Award-winning choreographer den director Jerry Mitchell, as well as actor den cabaret artist Nathan Lee Graham;[28]
  • William Broad, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for The New York Times;[29] comedian, television star den sports commentator Rob Riggle; John Boccieri, former U.S. Congressman;
  • Ann Walsh Bradley, Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice;[29]
  • Lloyd James Austin III, 28th United States Secretary of Defense; Army 41 year retired four star general
  • Bronze Star recipient, United States Army veteran of Afghan den Iraq conflicts den West Virginia state senator Richard Ojeda;
  • Clarence Harmon, former mayor den chief of police for St. Louis;[29]
  • Roderick Royal, former mayor of Birmingham, Alabama;
  • Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono;[30]
  • R. Alan King, military veteran (Panama den Iraq) den author of Twice Armed: An American Soldier's Battle for Hearts and Minds in Iraq – Winner of 2008 William E. Colby Award;
  • Debra Drexler, painter, installation artist, curator;
  • Sandra Mansour, fashion designer;
  • Three-time Emmy Awardee, Leyna Nguyen, KCAL9 news anchor, Los Angeles;[31]
  • Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin, television producer;
  • Poet and arts educator Jane Ellen Ibur;
  • Astronauts Col. Sidney M. Gutierrez[32] den Eileen Collins.

Na der be over 190,000 alumni as of 2017.[33]

References

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  1. ↑ "Study Abroad Programs | Webster University". www.webster.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  2. ↑ "Fall 2021 enrollment report". Missouri Department of Higher Education. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Worldwide Webster".
  4. ↑ "Commemorating the centennial of Webster University". Bill Text: 113th Congress (2013–2014): S.RES.465.ATS. June 3, 2014. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ Lee, Barbara (17 April 2012). "Honoring the Sisters of Loretto" (PDF). Congressional Record: E545.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Webster University History Timeline". Webster University. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Webster University Forbes". Forbes. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  8. ↑ "About Webster". Webster University. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Webster University 100 years". Webster University 100 Years. April 2014.
  10. ↑ Donald J. Kemper, "Catholic Integration in St. Louis, 1935–1947," Missouri Historical Review, October 1978, pp. 1–13.
  11. ↑ Ted LeBerthon, "Why Jim Crow Won at Webster College," Pittsburgh Courier, February 5, 1944, p. 13.
  12. ↑ "Pressure Grows to Have Catholic College Doors Open to Negroes," Pittsburgh Courier, February 19, 1944, p. 1; "St. Louis U. Lifts Color Bar: Accepts Five Negroes for Summer Session," Pittsburgh Courier, May 6, 1944, p. 1.
  13. ↑ "Missouri College Admits Race Girl," Pittsburgh Courier, October 13, 1945, p. 1.
  14. ↑ "Colleges". Webster University. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  15. ↑ "The Higher Learning Commission website". Ncahlc.org. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs website". Acbsp.org. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  17. ↑ "National Association of Schools of Music website". Nasm.arts-accredit.org. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  18. ↑ "National League of Nursing website". Nln.org. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  19. ↑ "Council on Accreditation website". Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  20. ↑ National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education website Archived September 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  21. ↑ "Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website" (PDF). Dese.mo.gov. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  22. ↑ "National Board for Certified Counselors". Nbcc.org. March 21, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  23. ↑ "English – Faculty". Webster University. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  24. ↑ "Webster University: School of Communications: Van McElwee". Webster University. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  25. ↑ "Violence Against Women: South African legal expert takes over as new UN Special Rapporteur". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
  26. ↑ "Holden Public Policy Forum". Webster University. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  27. ↑ "Black-ish Actress, Kinloch Native Jenifer Lewis Will Give Webster U. Commencement Speech". The Riverfront Times. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Broadway, Film Star Returns to Webster | Webster University". Webster.edu. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 "Alumni Award Recipients" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  30. ↑ "Webster University". Admissions.webster.edu. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  31. ↑ "Leyna Nguyen". Archived from the original on October 2, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  32. ↑ "Astronaut Bio: Sidney M. Gutierrez". Jsc.nasa.gov. February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  33. ↑ "Webster University Facts" (PDF). Webster University. Fall 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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