(abbreviated "CUA"), located in Washington, DC , is unique as the national University of the Roman Catholic Church and as the only higher education institution founded by U.S. Roman Catholic bishops. Established in 1887 following approval by Pope Leo XIII as a graduate and research center, the university began offering undergraduate education in 1904 . Programs emphasize the Liberal Arts , professional education, and personal development. It also has a long history of Working with the Knights Of Columbus .
The CUA campus is located in the residential community of Brookland in Northeast Washington, DC ; its main entrance is located at 620 Michigan Ave., NE. The campus is bound by Monroe Avenue to the South, North Capital Street to the West, Hawaii Avenue to the North, and John McCormick Road to the East.
In April of 2004, the University purchased 49 acres of land from the Armed Forces Retirement Home . The parcel is the largest plot of open space in the District and makes CUA the largest university in DC by land area. There are currently no plans for the parcel other than to secure the property for future growth.
The Campus is served by the Brookland-CUA station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro .
Romanesque and modern design dominate among the university’s 55 major buildings. Adjacent to campus is the Basilica Of The National Shrine Of The Immaculate Conception . Nearby are the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center and the offices of the United States Conference Of Catholic Bishops .
CUA sponsors 21 NCAA Division III sports teams. The school competes in Football , Baseball , Softball , women's Volleyball and Field Hockey , and both men's and women's teams in Cross Country , Soccer , Basketball , Swimming , Lacrosse , Tennis , and both indoor and outdoor Track And Field .
Students also field club teams in sports including Horseback Riding , Ice Hockey , and Rugby . Student also row on on the club Crew team.
The men's basketball team won the 2001 NCAA Division III National Championship and was the only program in Division III to reach the Sweet Sixteen five consecutive seasons, from 1998 - 2002 . The football team has appeared in two major bowl games (the 1936 Orange Bowl and the 1940 Sun Bowl ) and has made three consecutive trips to the Division III playoffs. The baseball team advanced to the NCAA Division I Tournament in 1977 . The track & field team has produced three national champions, while the swimming program has two individual national titles as well. The volleyball team made its first NCAA tournament appearance in 2001 and followed it up in 2002, while the field hockey team advanced to the 2001 ECAC Southern Region championship game. The men's swim team has won four CAC titles and three National Catholic Division III championships, while women's swimming has won a Catholic Division III title and softball has an ECAC Southern Region title.
Ripley's Believe It Or Not! once featured Edward Lynch (LL.B., 1924) for making 98 tackles in a single football game.
- Harolyn M. Blackwell, B.M. 1977, Soprano , Metropolitan Opera
- Philip M. Bosco, B.A. 1957 , Tony Award winning actor
- Patricia A. Carroll, B.A. 1989 , actress, voice of Ursula in Disney ’s '' The Little Mermaid ''
- Mark Adamo , B.M>, 1990, American Composer
- Laurence Luckinbill , M.F.A. 1958 , Emmy Award winning producer, writer, actor
- Ed McMahon , B.A. 1949, announcer on " The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson " and host of " Star Search "
- Martin Puryear, B.A. 1963 , Sculptor
- Susan Sarandon , B.A. 1968 , Academy Award winning actress
- John M. Slattery Jr., B.F.A. 1984 , actor
- Paula Vogel , B.A. 1974 , Pulitzer Prize winning playwright
- Jon Voight , B.A. 1960 , Academy Award winning actor.
- Kurt Von Finck , B.A. 1995 , Open-source advocate
- Richard Diefenbach Jr., B.A. 1984, Senior Producer, Fox News Channel
- Mary Alice Dwyer Dobbin, M.F.A. 1967 , CEO , Procter & Gamble Productions (producers of '' As The World Turns '' and '' Guiding Light '')
- Maureen B. Dowd , B.A. 1973 , Columnist for '' The New York Times ''
- Alfred Gough , B.A. 1989 , Executive Producer of WB ’s '' Smallville '', co-wrote screenplay for '' Spider-Man 2 ''
- Amy Joyce, B.A. 1996 , Columnist for '' The Washington Post ''
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower , M.A. 1972 , author
- Alberto R. Ortiz, B.A. 1972, Executive Producer, CBS News
- James L. Rowe Jr., B.A. 1969 , Sunday Editor ''The Washington Post''
- Angela C. Santomero, B.A. 1990 , Co-Creator of '' Blue's Clues ''
- Rosanna D. Scotto, B.F.A. 1980 , Co-Anchor of FOX-5 News (New York)
- W. Gresham Striegel, B.A. 1990, Senior Producer, Fox News Channel
- Kathryn Jean Lopez , B.A. 1997 , Web Editor, National Review
- Brian Williams , Anchor, NBC Nightly News
- Sanford Berman , M.S. 1961 , outspoken, radical Librarian
- Michael Griffin , NASA Administrator
- Euphemia Lofton Haynes (deceased), Ph.D. 1943 , first African-American female Mathematician
- Charles Kaman , B.A. 1940, aviation pioneer and founder of Kaman Aircraft
- Carol Nacy, B.A. 1970 , M.S. 1975 , Ph.D. 1977, CEO of Sequella, Inc.
- Rev. Julius Nieuwland , C.S.C. , Ph.D. 1904 , discoverer of synthetic rubber.
- Tarek Saab , B.E.E. 2001 , Contestant on the 5th season of NBC's The Apprentice
- Brian M. Cashman , B.A. 1989, General Manager of the New York Yankees
- Robert E. Craves, B.A. 1965 , Co-Founder of Costco Wholesale
- Martin R. Hurney, B.A. 1993 , General Manager of the Carolina Panthers
- Edward M. Liddy, B.A. 1968, CEO of Allstate Insurance
- Timothy C. Scheve, B.A. 1980, President of Legg Mason
- Joseph A. Unanue, B.M.E. 1950 , CEO of Goya Foods
- James T. Vanderslice, Ph.D. 1966 , former President of Dell Computer s
- Tarek Saab , B.S., contestant on the show The Apprentice 5
- Edward W. Gillespie , B.A. 1983 , former Chairman of the Republican National Committee
- Patrick Guerriero , B.A. 1990, executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans
- Thomas R. Harkin , J.D. 1972, U.S. Senator from Iowa
- Mitchell J. Landrieu , B.A. 1982 , Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
- Terence R. McAuliffe , B.A. 1979 , former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
- Martin O'Malley , B.A. 1985 , Mayor of Baltimore
- Thomas P. Melady , Ph.D. 1955 , former US Ambassador to the Vatican , Burundi , and Uganda
- Richard G. Renzi , J.D. 2002, U.S. Congressman from Arizona
- Timothy Shriver , M.A. 1989, CEO of the Special Olympics
- James Chu-yu Soong , M.S. 1971 , Taiwanese Politician and founder of the People First Party
- Robert Patrick Casey, Jr. , J.D. 1988 , Treasurer of Pennsylvania and candidate for the U.S. Senate
- Charlene Barshefsky , J.D. 1975 , Ambassador, United States Trade Representative under Bill Clinton .
- Francis Cardinal George , M.A. 1966, Archbishop of Chicago
- Rev. Theodore Hesburgh , CSC , S.T.D. 1945 , President Emeritus of the University Of Notre Dame
- James Cardinal Hickey (deceased), S.T.L. 1946 , retired Archbishop of Washington, DC
- Roger Cardinal Mahony , M.S.W. 1964 , Archbishop of Los Angeles
- Rev. Kevin Mackin, four degrees from CUA, President of Siena College
- Sean Patrick Cardinal O'Malley , O.F.M.Cap., Ph.D. 1978 , Archbishop of Boston
- Theodore Cardinal McCarrick , Ph.D. 1963, Archbishop of Washington
- John Cardinal O'Connor (deceased), Archbishop of New York
- Justin Cardinal Rigali , S.T.B. 1961, Archbishop of Philadelphia
- Rev. Michael Scanlan , Chancellor of the Franciscan University Of Steubenville
- Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen (deceased), J.C.B. 1920 , host of '' Life Is Worth Living ''
Catholic University has 11 schools as well as the Metropolitan College. The 11 schools offer Doctor Of Philosophy degrees or appropriate professional degrees. Undergraduate degrees are awarded by six schools — Architecture and planning, Arts and Sciences , Engineering , Music , Nursing and Philosophy .
Undergraduates combine a liberal arts Curriculum in arts and sciences with courses in their major fields of study.
Metropolitan College provides programs for adults who wish to earn Baccalaureate degrees or participate in continuing education and certificate programs.
Catholic University is the only U.S. university with an Ecclesiastical faculty of Canon Law and is one of the few U.S. universities with ecclesiastical faculties of Philosophy and Sacred Theology . Theological College, the university Seminary , has prepared men for the Priesthood in many Dioceses of the United States.
''Randall Ott, Dean''
The School of Architecture and Planning is dedicated to the professional education of those who will design, build and conserve the built environment, principally as architect and planners. Imbued with a sense of professional purpose, environmental responsibility, and community service, graduates of our program are expected to enter their profession with the knowledge, skills and commitment to understand and improve the built world.
The school seeks to instill in students an understanding of the changing role of the architect in society and the multiple career paths possible within the profession. In keeping with the mission of The Catholic University of America, the school is responsible for developing in its students an ethical responsibility and those faculties of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis that will lead to life-long learning and the continuous desire to be of service to society.
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- 1.Bachelor of Science in Architecture
- 2.Master of Architecture''' and
- 3.Master of Architectural Studies
''Lawrence R. Poos, Dean''
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
- Master of Arts
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- Master of Fine Arts
- Master of Science
- Doctor of Philosophy
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''Reverend Monsignor Brian E. Ferme, Dean''
- Licentiate of Canon Law (ecclesiastical degree)
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- Doctor of Canon Law (ecclesiastical degree)
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''Charles C. Nguyen, Dean''
- Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering
- Bachelor of Civil Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
- Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
- Master of Biomedical Engineering
- Master of Civil Engineering
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- Master of Electrical Engineering
- Master of Mechanical Engineering
- Master of Science in Computer Science
- Master of Science in Engineering
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctor of Engineering
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''Veryl V. Miles, Dean''
''Martha Hale, Dean''
- Master of Science in Library Science
''Murry Sidlin, Dean''
- Bachelor of Music in Composition
- Bachelor of Music in Music Education
- Bachelor of Music in Music History
- Bachelor of Music in Literature
- Bachelor of Music in Musical Theatre
- Bachelor of Music in Orchestral Instruments
- Bachelor of Music in Organ
- Bachelor of Music in Piano
- Bachelor of Music in Voice
- Master of Arts in Musicology
- Master of Arts (joint-degree program in music librarianship)
- Master of Music in Composition
- Master of Music in Instrumental Conducting
- Master of Music in Orchestral Arrangements
- Master of Music in Organ
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- Master of Music in Vocal Pedagogy
- Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy
- Master of Music in Vocal Performance
- Master of Music in Piano Performance
- Master of Music in Sacred Music
- Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition
- Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance
- Doctor of Musical Arts in Pedagogy
- Doctor of Musical Arts in Sacred Music
- Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology
- Graduate Artist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting
- Graduate Artist Diploma in Piano
- Graduate Artist Diploma in Strings
- Graduate Artist Diploma in Voice
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''Nalini Jairath, Dean''
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Master of Science in Nursing
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- Doctor of Nursing Science
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''Reverend Kurt Pritzl, Dean''
- Bachelor of Arts
- Master of Arts
- Bachelor of Philosophy (ecclesiastical degree)
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- Licentiate of Philosophy (ecclesiastical degree)
- Doctor of Philosophy (secular and ecclesiastical versions)
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The School of Philosophy also offers a joint M.A.-J.D. dual degree program with the Columbus School of Law and a joint M.A.-M.D. program with Georgetown University Medical School.
''James A. Zabora, Dean''
The National Catholic School of Social Service also offers a joint degree in social work and law.
''Reverend Monsignor Kevin W. Irwin, Dean''
- Bachelor of Sacred Theology (ecclesiastical degree)
- Licentiate of Sacred Theology (ecclesiastical degree)
- Doctor of Sacred Theology (ecclesiastical degree)
- Master of Arts
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Master of Religious Education
- Master of Divinity
- Doctor of Ministry
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- Master of Arts/Master of Science in Library Science (with the School of Library and Information Science)
- Master of Arts in Catholic Educational Leadership (with the U.S. Department Of Education )
- Master of Arts in the History of Religions (with the Consortium of Washington Universities)
- Undergraduate Certificate in Pastoral Ministry
- Undergraduate Certificate in Hispanic Pastoral Leadership
- Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Ministry
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''Sara Thompson, Dean''
- Bachelor of Arts in General Studies
At Commencement Exercises each May, these degrees are formally conferred by the School of Arts and Sciences.
# Bishop John J. Keane ( 1887 – 1896 )
# Bishop Thomas J. Conaty (1896– 1903 )
# Bishop Denis J. O’Connell (1903– 1909 )
# Bishop Thomas J. Shahan (1909– 1927 )
# Bishop James Hugh Ryan ( 1928 – 1935 )
# Bishop Joseph M. Corrigan ( 1936 – 1942 )
# Bishop Patrick J. McCormick ( 1943 – 1953 )
# Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart (1953– 1957 )
# Bishop William J. McDonald (1957– 1967 , last Rector)
# Clarence C. Walton, Ph.D. ( 1969 – 1978 , first President)
# Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D. (1978– 1982 )
# Rev. William J. Byron, S.J. (1982– 1992 )
# Brother Patrick Ellis, F.S.C. (1992– 1998 )
# Very Rev. David M. O'Connell , C.M., J.C.D. (1998–present)
''A map is available to locate the buildings on campus.''
- Caldwell Hall - graduate and undergraduate (note graduate housing is being phased out except for international students)
- Caldwell Hall's Elizabeth Ann Seton Wing - graduate women and some junior and senior women
- Centennial Village - undergraduates, mostly sophomores
- --- Camalier House
- --- Engelhard House
- --- Magner House
- --- McDonald House (Upperclassmen Residential College)
- --- Quinn House
- --- Reardon House
- --- Unanue House (Freshmen Residential College)
- --- Walton House
- Conaty Hall - undergraduates, almost all freshmen
- Curley Court - modular homes for juniors, seniors
- Flather Hall - undergraduates, almost all Freshmen
- Gibbons Hall - undergraduates
- Millennium Hall North - apartments/suites for juniors, seniors, few graduates
- Millennium Hall South - apartments/suites for juniors, seniors, few graduates
- Regan Hall - University Honors housing
- Ryan Hall - undergraduates
- Spellman Hall - undergraduates, almost all freshmen.
- Caldwell Hall - theology, religion, canon law (Deans of Canon Law and Theology & Religious Studies)
- Columbus School of Law - law (Dean of Law)
- Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies - architecture (Dean of Architecture & Planning)
- Gibbons Hall - history
- Gowan Hall - nursing (Dean of Nursing)
- Hannan Hall - physics
- Gilbert V. Hartke Theatre - drama
- Life Cycle Institute
- Maloney Hall - chemistry, sciences
- Marist Hall - media studies, politics, English, library & information sciences, anthropology (Dean of Library & Information Science)
- McCort-Ward Hall - biology, sciences
- McMahon Hall - modern languages, Greek & Latin, philosophy, mathematics (Deans of Arts & Sciences and Philosophy)
- Nursing-Biology Building - sciences
- O'Boyle Hall - education, psychology
- Pangborn Hall - engineering, sciences (Deans of Engineering and Metropolitan College)
- Salve Regina Hall - art
- Shahan Hall - social work (Dean of Social Services)
- Theological College - University seminary
- Ward Hall - music (Dean of Music)
''As with most college campuses, classes of many different fields are taught in most of the buildings; the list of courses above is not meant to be exhaustive, but is the primary building for those courses.''
- Caldwell Hall - campus ministry
- Curley Hall - priests' residence
- Raymond A. DuFour Athletic Center - with pool, gym, playing fields, and fitness center
- Grounds Maintenance Complex
- Hannan Hall - contains Herzfeld Auditorium
- Gilbert V. Hartke Theatre - includes Callan Theatre and the Lab Theatre
- Eugene I. Kane Student Health & Fitness Center - infirmary and student gym
- Leahy Hall - public safety/campus police, computer lab (both open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
- Life Cycle Institute - research facility, politics and sociology
- McMahon Hall - admissions office, post office, registrar, financial aid office
- John K. Mullen of Denver Memorial Library - main library (subject-specific branch libraries in Gowan, Hannan, Pangborn, and Ward Halls)
- Nugent Hall - offices of the President and other University executives
- O'Boyle Hall - counseling center, academic tutoring services, writing center
- Pangborn Hall - summer sessions office
- Power Plant
- Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center - Dean of Students, student organizations, dining services, disability support services, international students office
- Saint Bonaventure Hall - Housing and Residential Services, faculty offices
- University Chapel of St. Vincent de Paul - chapel for Catholic Masses and periodic music recitals
- University Parking Garage - located underground directly south of the Columbus School of Law
- Visitors Information Center
- Ward Hall - music performances in recital hall
- Cardinal Hall (formerly University Center West & East) - to reopen as new admissions and alumni offices. Originally was built by the Knights Of Columbus and known as Graduate Hall to house the Knights Of Columbus fellows. The large check hanging in what was South Dining Hall was the check presented to endow the fellowships. It was made out for $500,000 and dated April, 1914.
- Keane Hall - undergoing renovations
- Spalding Hall - permanently abandoned
Student Media:
Student Government:
Student Organizations
- CUA College Democrats – Represents and provides opportunities for students interested in Democratic Politics
- [http://www.cuaknights.com CUA Knights of Columbus Council #9542] – CUA Knights of Columbus #9542
- CUA RHA – Residence Hall Association
- CUA Program Board – Program Board
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