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Creighton University is a Jesuit , Catholic university located in Omaha , Nebraska , United States Of America . The university was founded as Creighton College in 1878 through a gift from Mary Lucretia Creighton who stipulated in her will that a school be established in memory of her husband, prominent Omaha businessman Edward Creighton .http://www2.creighton.edu/aea/institutionalresearch/factbook/pastpresent/universityhistory/index.php Sitting on a 108-acre campus just outside Omaha's downtown business district in the Near North Side Neighborhood , the University currently enrolls about 6,800 students. Creighton is one of 28 member institutions of the Association Of Jesuit Colleges And Universities . The current president is the Rev. John P. Schlegel . ACADEMICS The current schools and colleges at Creighton are:
In the Fall semester 2006 the student to faculty ratio for all undergraduate programs was 12 to 1. Creighton is a nationally known university, which is consistently ranked #1 in the Universities-Master's (Midwest) category, according to U.S. News And World Report . Creighton is also ranked one of the best 366 colleges in the country, according to The Princeton Review . In addition, the university frequently sends students to Ivy League graduate programs. In 2006, PC Magazine ranked Creighton as the 5th most "wired" campus in the country. The various Colleges of Creighton have hosted a variety of guest speakers including Warren Buffett , Bill Rancic , Joe Moglia , Jerry Jurgensen , Fr. Hans Kolvenbach, S.J. , Ralph Nader , Jon Heder , Justice Clarence Thomas , Archbishop J. Michael Miller , Tim Russert , Bob Newhart , as well as various ambassadors and dignitaries. Creighton is known as a solid natural science school because of its Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Emergency Medical Services, and Nursing. Moreover, the entire College of Arts and Sciences has been highly acclaimed and noted nationally and internationally for academic integrity, academic excellence, and scholarly publications from faculty members. The Creighton School of Dentistry is nationally acclaimed and was ranked #4 in the nation in 2006 by The Gourman Report and offers one of the best clinical faculty of any dental school in the nation. Creighton's Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and Occupational Therapy programs are six years long, offering students the opportunity to graduate with both a doctorate in their specialized field and a Bachelor of Science degree. The teaching hospital, Creighton University Medical Center, is where the Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Careers and Dentistry students put what they learn into action. ATHLETICS See Also: Creighton Bluejays Creighton competes in NCAA Division I athletics, competing in the Missouri Valley Conference . Nicknamed the Bluejays (or Jays), Creighton fields 14 teams in eight sports. The men's basketball team is the most popular of all of Creighton's athletic programs, having gone to the NCAA Basketball Tournament seven of the last nine years ( 1999 - 2003 , 2005 , 2007 ; they went to the National Invitation Tournament in 2004 and 2006 ). The Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team averages the highest attendance in the MVC . Creighton's men's basketball team also plays all home games at the new Qwest Center Omaha . They are coached by Dana Altman . The men's soccer team has gone to the NCAA Tournament every year for the last 14 years with three appearances in the Final Four and one appearance in the National Championship Match. Creighton, until 2006, was the only school in the NCAA to have at least one player selected in each of the 10 MLS Drafts since 1996 and twenty-nine former Bluejays have played professionally since 1990. The women's soccer team has competed in the NCAA Tournament in three of the last four years. The Creighton men's and women's soccer teams play their home games on-campus at Morrison Stadium . Creighton's baseball team has one appearance in the NCAA College World Series (1991), which is played in Omaha's Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium . Additionally, Creighton serves as the annual host institution of this event. {Link without Title} To complement Creighton's strong athletics program, Creighton also has a large intramural program. With over 130 basketball teams and 100 football teams, a large portion of the student body participates in the intramurals each year. Intramural sports include football, basketball, softball, soccer, and many more. During the span from 1998 to 2001 Creighton was one of only three schools in the nation to send a team to the NCAA tournaments in Soccer, Basketball, and Baseball. The other two schools were Stanford University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. DEMOGRAPHICS
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