Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is a
private, comprehensive,
coeducational university with an
undergraduate campus in the city of
Winona,
Minnesota,
United States.
Graduate and professional programs are offered at facilities in Winona, the
Twin Cities,
Rochester,
Apple Valley and
Oakdale, Minnesota; and various course delivery sites around Minnesota and Wisconsin; Jamaica, and
Nairobi,
Kenya.
The university had a fall 2009 total enrollment of 5,700 students, including 1,400 traditional undergraduates. The University is also affiliated with the Institute of the
Brothers of the Christian Schools (Christian Brothers), a
religious order of the
Roman Catholic Church.
Brother William Mann, FSC, D.Min, the former Vicar General of the
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools was named the 13th president of Saint Mary's on December 13, 2007 and began his term on June 1, 2008. Brother William was inaugurated as president on September 26, 2008 at the Winona campus. The chancellor of the university is Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC, Ph.D.
History
Bishop Patrick Richard Heffron founded
Saint Mary's College in 1912, a
men's college operated by the Winona Diocese.
Heffron Hall, a residential hall was built in 1920, and named after Bishop Heffron. By 1925 it became a four-year liberal arts college. In 1933, it was taken over by the
De La Salle Christian Brothers, a
religious order whose main
charism is teaching. It became a co-educational university in 1969 and later...
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