Maryville University (Maryville University of St. Louis) was founded in 1872. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St Louis Metro[1] Area  Ranked 21st  - Total 69,709 sq mi (180,693 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 300 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a university or college within the United States of America is the name officially adopted by that institution for at least the members of its athletic teams. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

History

One of the oldest private institutions in the St. Louis, Missouri region, Maryville was originally an academy for young women, before becoming a four-year college in 1923 and a university in 1991. In 1968, a watershed year at Maryville, the University became a co-educational institution. In 1972, Maryville’s Centennial year, ownership of the college was transferred from the Religious of the Sacred Heart to a lay board of trustees. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St Louis Metro[1] Area  Ranked 21st  - Total 69,709 sq mi (180,693 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 300 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

The institution's visionary grasp of the growth potential of West St. Louis County, Missouri, sparked its purchase in the late 1950s of 290 acres (1.2 km²) of land adjacent to U.S. Highway 40, St. Louis' main thoroughfare. The dedication of the new campus on this site in 1961 marked the beginning of Maryville's mission as a community-oriented liberal arts institution. Prior to 1961, Maryville was located in South St. Louis County. In 1981, Maryville made history by launching Weekend College. For the first time, St. Louis-area working adults could complete entire degree programs solely on the weekends. St. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... United States Highway 40 is an east-west United States highway. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ...

More construction was dedicated in 1986 with the addition of the library building, an academic link building with and auditorium style class room, and an additional dormitory. Construction was completed around 1988. A significant amount of construction was dedicated in 1997 with the construction of a new student union center completed in 2001, the opening of the new theatre auditorium in 2002, and apartment style dorms in 2003. An additional apartment building and the new Budder Family Commons was completed in mid 2006 in time for the start of the fall semester. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Julio Pérez Ferrero Library - Cúcuta, Colombia A modern-style library in Chambéry A library is a collection of information, sources, resources and services, organized for use, and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

School of Health Professions

A majority of the students at Maryville major in the medical fields of nursing, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities in attaining, re-attaining, and maintaining optimal health and functioning. ... Physical therapy (or physiotherapy[1]) is the provision of services to people and populations to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout the lifespan. ... Occupational therapy refers to the use of meaningful occupations to assist people who have difficulty in achieving occupationally balanced lives. ...

John E. Simon School of Business

The John E. Simon school of Business offers a variety of graduate and undergraduate programs. Named after the late St. Louis philanthropist, the school of business offers programs in accounting, marketing, e-business, business administration and information systems. The school is ACBSP accredited and fosters a strong relationship with Edward Jones Investments. A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, or reputation to a charitable cause. ... Wall Street, Manhattan is the location of the New York Stock Exchange and is often used as a symbol for the world of business. ... It has been suggested that Accounting scholarship be merged into this article or section. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Look up marketing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Electronic business is any information system or application that empowers business processes. ... Look up Management in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Management Information Systems (MIS), are information systems, typically computer based, that are used within an organization. ...

College of Arts and Sciences

Many students at Maryville who pursue a degree in liberal arts major in [actuarial science], art and design, social sciences, or the humanities. Maryville is also one of the many schools in the St. Louis Area to offer a degree in computer science, along with Washington University, Webster University, UMSL, SLU, and Lindenwood University. Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ... Washington University in St. ... Webster University is an American private university in Webster Groves, a suburb of St. ... The University of Missouri-St. ... The three-letter acronym SLU has several meanings, primarily referring to two institutions of higher education: Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet in the Swedish language), Uppsala, Sweden SLU is also the IATA airport code for George F. L. Charles... Lindenwood University is a four-year liberal arts institution in St. ...

School of Education

Maryville offers some of the most esteemed programs of study in the field of education. Many who study in this field are not limited to teaching elementary or secondary education but higher learning levels as well.

Maryville Library

The library at Maryville has a vast amount of resources available inside the library, outside the library, and online.

While Maryville has a two-story library with an abundant amount of resources, like all libraries it doesn't have every book. When this happens, students and staff usually request books through interlibrary loan. Most of the time, the loan is from another college or university within Missouri that is a member of the state's MOBIUS cluster. Interlibrary loan (abbreviated ILL and in some countries called interloan, document delivery, or document supply etc) is a service whereby a user of one library can borrow books, videos, DVDs, sound recordings, microfilms, or receive photocopies of articles in magazines that are owned by another library. ...

Other resources include a small collection of government documents, periodicals, phonographic records, videos, microfiche, and access to LexisNexis. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Edison cylinder phonograph ca. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Microform. ... Nexis redirects here. ...

Athletics

Maryville competes in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which is a Division III conference in the NCAA. Its teams are known as the Saints. The St. ... Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. ... This is a list of athletic conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...

External links

• Maryville University
• Maryville University Library