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{{Short description|Catholic college in Massachusetts, U.S.}}
{{Short description|Catholic college in Chicopee, Massachusetts, US}}
{{redirect|Lady of the Elms|the Ohio school|Our Lady of the Elms High School}}
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{{Infobox university
{{Infobox university
|name = College of Our Lady of the Elms
| name = College of Our Lady of the Elms
|logo = [[Image:ElmsCollege TextLogo.svg|150px]]
| logo = [[Image:ElmsCollege TextLogo.svg|150px]]
|image = Seal of Elms College.svg
| image = Seal of Elms College.svg
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|caption =
| caption =
|latin_name = Collegium Dominae Nostrae In Ulmis
| latin_name = Collegium Dominae Nostrae In Ulmis<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search |url=https://archive.org/search?query=%22Collegium+Dominae+Nostrae+In+Ulmis%22&sin=TXT |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
|motto = ''Viam Veritatis Elegi''
| motto = ''Viam Veritatis Elegi''
|mottoeng = "I have chosen the way of truth"
| mottoeng = "I have chosen the way of truth"
|established = 1928
| established = 1928
|type = [[Private college]]
| type = [[Private college]]
|religious_affiliation = [[Catholic church|Roman Catholic]] ([[Sisters of St. Joseph]])
| religious_affiliation = [[Catholic church|Roman Catholic]] ([[Sisters of St. Joseph]])
|academic_affiliation = [[Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield]]
| academic_affiliation = [[Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield]]
|endowment = [[United States dollar|US$]]12 million
| endowment = [[United States dollar|US$]]12 million
|president = Harry Dumay
| president = Harry Dumay
|undergrad = 1,217
| undergrad = 1,217
|faculty = 67
| faculty = 67
|city = [[Chicopee, Massachusetts|Chicopee]]
| city = [[Chicopee, Massachusetts|Chicopee]]
|state = [[Massachusetts]]
| state = [[Massachusetts]]
|country = U.S.
| country = U.S.
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| campus_size = {{Convert|22|acre}}
|athletics_affiliations = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]]
| athletics_affiliations = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]]
|sports_nickname = Blazers
| sports_nickname = Blazers
|colors = Green, gold, white
|website = {{url|www.elms.edu}}
| colors = Green, gold, white
| website = {{url|www.elms.edu}}
}}
}}


The '''College of Our Lady of the Elms''', often called '''Elms College''', is a [[Private college|private]] [[Catholic church|Roman Catholic]] in [[Chicopee, Massachusetts]].
The '''College of Our Lady of the Elms''', often called '''Elms College''', is a [[Private college|private]] [[Catholic church|Roman Catholic]] college in [[Chicopee, Massachusetts]] in the United States.


== History ==
== History ==
The Sisters of St. Joseph and the Diocese of Springfield co-founded Elms as a girls' preparatory [[academy]] in [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]], the Academy of Our Lady of the Elms, in 1897.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/americanuniversi0000song |url-access=registration |title=American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes |first=Alice H. |last=Songe |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Metuchen, N.J. |year=1978 |page=[https://archive.org/details/americanuniversi0000song/page/45 45] |isbn=0810811375}}</ref> In 1899, Rev. John McCoy and Bishop Thomas Beaven of the Springfield diocese purchased property in Chicopee and it became St. Joseph's Normal College.
The Sisters of St. Joseph and the Diocese of Springfield co-founded Elms College as a preparatory [[academy]] for women in [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]], the Academy of Our Lady of the Elms, in 1897.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/americanuniversi0000song |url-access=registration |title=American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes |first=Alice H. |last=Songe |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Metuchen, N.J. |year=1978 |page=[https://archive.org/details/americanuniversi0000song/page/45 45] |isbn=0810811375}}</ref> In 1899, Rev. John McCoy and Bishop Thomas Beaven of the Springfield diocese purchased property in Chicopee and it became St. Joseph's Normal College.


In 1927, the [[Sisters of Saint Joseph]] petitioned the [[Commonwealth of Massachusetts]] to charter the school as a women's liberal arts college with a specialization in education, the charter was approved in 1928, and the name was changed to the College of Our Lady of the Elms with Rev. Thomas Michael O'Leary as the first president. Through the efforts of the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Springfield diocesan clergy, the curriculum was expanded through the 1940s and 1950s, and in 1953, an evening program was established.
In 1927, the [[Sisters of Saint Joseph]] petitioned the [[Commonwealth of Massachusetts]] to charter the school as a women's liberal arts college with a specialization in education, the charter was approved in 1928, and the name was changed to the College of Our Lady of the Elms with Rev. Thomas Michael O'Leary as the first president. Through the efforts of the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Springfield diocesan clergy, the curriculum was expanded through the 1940s and 1950s, and in 1953, an evening program was established.


To meet the needs of the surrounding community, Elms developed undergraduate programs in nursing, business management, and communication sciences and disorders during the 1960s and 1970s. In the late 1980s, Weekend College, paralegal studies and legal studies, and a Master of Arts degree program in teaching were instituted.
To meet the needs of the surrounding community, Elms developed undergraduate programs in nursing, business management, and communication sciences and disorders during the 1960s and 1970s. In the late 1980s, Weekend College, paralegal studies and legal studies, and a Master of Arts degree program in teaching were instituted.

In 1994 Elms College opened the Maguire Center for Health, Fitness, and Athletics that includes an aerobics/weight room, a 25-meter handicapped-accessible six-lane pool, a wood-floored gymnasium, an elevated rubberized 100-meter track, a sports medicine facility, a laundry room, and four locker rooms.


The Elms College board of trustees voted 23–5 to begin admitting men, starting with the 1998–1999 school year, on October 7, 1997.
The Elms College board of trustees voted 23–5 to begin admitting men, starting with the 1998–1999 school year, on October 7, 1997.
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Academically, the college is divided into the division of business, division of communication sciences and disorders, division of education, division of humanities and fine arts, division of natural sciences, mathematics and technology, and division of social sciences.
Academically, the college is divided into the division of business, division of communication sciences and disorders, division of education, division of humanities and fine arts, division of natural sciences, mathematics and technology, and division of social sciences.


In 2013, the division of nursing became the school of nursing. On August 9 2023, Julie Beck was announced as the new dean of the School of Nursing (SON).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-08-09 |title=Elms College Names Julie Beck Dean of School of Nursing |url=https://businesswest.com/blog/elms-college-names-julie-beck-dean-of-school-of-nursing/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=BusinessWest |language=en-US}}
In 2013, the division of nursing became the school of nursing.
</ref>


== Student body ==
== Student body ==
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== Student life ==
== Student life ==
Traditions include Elms Night, an event in the beginning of the fall semester to welcome incoming first-year students. The event starts with an outdoor dinner where all Elms students and staff are invited. Freshmen are encouraged by seniors to sing a few lyrics from a song of choice during dinner. Following dinner, everyone meets in the Berchman's Hall Rotunda. Each class is assigned a pop song and sings for the other classes. At this point in the evening, seniors toss items from the second floor balcony to the freshmen on the first floor. Traditionally, the items were beanie caps. Now they vary from towels to wallets or other items. Often an Elms College student will keep this item at least until they graduate.

===Athletics===
===Athletics===
The Elms College teams participate at the [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]] level of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]. The team colors are green, gold, and white. The Elms athletic teams competes in the [[Great Northeast Athletic Conference]]<ref>[http://athletics.elms.edu/landing/index Elms College Athletics]</ref> and are known as the Blazers.
The Elms College Blazers got their nickname from an old tradition when sophomore students would receive 'blazers' to wear as a seniority right. Although this tradition has long since been discontinued, the team name has stuck.


[[File:Elms College Athletics logo.jpg|thumb|125px|right|The current Elms College Athletics logo.]]
The Elms College Blazers team colors are green, gold, and white. Elms competes in the [[New England Collegiate Conference|New England Collegiate Conference - NECC]] at the [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]] level as part of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] in [[baseball]], [[basketball]], [[Cross country running|cross-country]], [[golf]], [[soccer]], [[softball]], [[volleyball]], [[field hockey]], [[lacrosse]], and [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]].<ref>[http://athletics.elms.edu/landing/index Elms College Athletics]</ref> The athletics at Elms are based out of The Maguire Center.<ref>http://athletics.elms.edu/information/facilities/index {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608222420/http://athletics.elms.edu/information/facilities/index |date=2010-06-08 }} Maguire Center</ref>


{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
==Cultural affiliations==
* Baseball
{{See also|History of the Irish in Holyoke|Polish American}}
* Men's Basketball
Elms College is the seat of two non-profit organizations that promote the arts and cultures of two ethnic communities that have historically immigrated to Western Massachusetts.
* Men's Cross Country
* Men's Golf
* Men's Lacrosse
* Men's Soccer
* Men's Swimming
* Men's Volleyball
* Softball
* Women's Basketball
* Women's Cross Country
* Women's Field Hockey
* Women's Lacrosse
* Women's Soccer
* Women's Swimming
* Women's Volleyball
}}

===Facilities===
The majority of athletics at Elms College are based out of The Maguire Center, which features a physical therapy and training center, gym and weight room, six-lane swimming pool (Natatorium), 100-meter track, and the Picknelly Arena basketball court.<ref>http://athletics.elms.edu/information/facilities/index {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608222420/http://athletics.elms.edu/information/facilities/index |date=2010-06-08 }} Maguire Center</ref> In June of 2007, the college announced an athletic fields renovation project involving the soccer specific ''Leary Field'' being transformed into a multi-use artificial surface field and the construction of a new NCAA-compliant softball field.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-06-05 |title=Elms College building 2 new athletic fields |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2007/06/elms_college_building_2_new_at.html |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=masslive |language=en}}</ref> The baseball team travels to [[Mackenzie Stadium]] in Holyoke, Mass.

====Cheryl R. Condon Field====
The new softball field was built in for the 2008 season, it featured newly-added covered dugouts and a batting cage and extended the homerun wall a few feet. The field was dedicated to longtime winningest coach [[Cheryl R. Condon]] on April 23 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lightman |first=Andrew |title=Elms College names softball field for Rockland High School grad |url=https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/2008/04/23/elms-college-names-softball-field/40226552007/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Enterprise News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2012/08/cheryl_condon_jennifer_ledoux.html | title=Cheryl Condon, Jennifer LeDoux, Kristin Tassey headed to Elms College Athletics Hall of Fame | date=5 August 2012 }}</ref>

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== Notable people ==

=== Alumni ===


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* [[Joan Hartley]], Connecticut politician, Deputy President Pro Tempore of the [[Connecticut State Senate]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senator Hartley |url=http://senatedems.ct.gov/Hartley.php |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=senatedems.ct.gov}}</ref>
*The Irish Cultural Center of Western New England
*The Polish Center for Discovery & Learning at Elms College


==Notable faculty==
=== Faculty ===
* [[Paul Jenkins (poet)|Paul Jenkins]], professor of poetry
* [[Paul Jenkins (poet)|Paul Jenkins]], professor of poetry
* [[Thomas Michael O'Leary]], co-founder and first president of Elms College
* [[Thomas Michael O'Leary]], co-founder and first president of Elms College
* [[John Elder Robison]], adjunct professor, autistic author of two books, brother of [[Augusten Burroughs]]
* [[John Elder Robison]], adjunct professor, autistic author of two books, brother of [[Augusten Burroughs]]
* [[Christopher Joseph Weldon]], president of Elms College from 1958 to 1977
* [[Christopher Joseph Weldon]], president of Elms College from 1958 to 1977

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==Notable alumni==
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* [[Joan Hartley]], Connecticut politician, Deputy President Pro Tempore of the [[Connecticut State Senate]]<ref>[http://senatedems.ct.gov/Hartley.php State Senator Hartley Official Senate Website]</ref>
* [[Mike Lima]], [[USL Premier Development League]] soccer player


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Sisters of Saint Joseph colleges and universities]]
[[Category:Sisters of Saint Joseph colleges and universities]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Chicopee, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Chicopee, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1928]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1928]]
[[Category:Former women's universities and colleges in the United States]]
[[Category:Former women's universities and colleges in the United States]]
[[Category:Catholic universities and colleges in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Catholic universities and colleges in Massachusetts]]

Latest revision as of 03:33, 29 November 2024

"Lady of the Elms" redirects here. For the Ohio school, see Our Lady of the Elms High School.
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Latin: Collegium Dominae Nostrae In Ulmis[1]
MottoViam Veritatis Elegi
Motto in English
"I have chosen the way of truth"
TypePrivate college
Established1928
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic (Sisters of St. Joseph)
Academic affiliation
Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield
EndowmentUS$12 million
PresidentHarry Dumay
Academic staff
67
Undergraduates1,217
Location
Chicopee
,
Massachusetts
,
U.S.

42°8′32.15″N 72°36′5.00″W / 42.1422639°N 72.6013889°W / 42.1422639; -72.6013889
Campus22 acres (8.9 ha)
ColorsGreen, gold, white
NicknameBlazers
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III
Websitewww.elms.edu

The College of Our Lady of the Elms, often called Elms College, is a private Roman Catholic college in Chicopee, Massachusetts in the United States.

History

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The Sisters of St. Joseph and the Diocese of Springfield co-founded Elms College as a preparatory academy for women in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Academy of Our Lady of the Elms, in 1897.[2] In 1899, Rev. John McCoy and Bishop Thomas Beaven of the Springfield diocese purchased property in Chicopee and it became St. Joseph's Normal College.

In 1927, the Sisters of Saint Joseph petitioned the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to charter the school as a women's liberal arts college with a specialization in education, the charter was approved in 1928, and the name was changed to the College of Our Lady of the Elms with Rev. Thomas Michael O'Leary as the first president. Through the efforts of the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Springfield diocesan clergy, the curriculum was expanded through the 1940s and 1950s, and in 1953, an evening program was established.

To meet the needs of the surrounding community, Elms developed undergraduate programs in nursing, business management, and communication sciences and disorders during the 1960s and 1970s. In the late 1980s, Weekend College, paralegal studies and legal studies, and a Master of Arts degree program in teaching were instituted.

The Elms College board of trustees voted 23–5 to begin admitting men, starting with the 1998–1999 school year, on October 7, 1997.

Campus

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Berchmans Hall

The campus is about two miles north of Metro Center Springfield, Massachusetts. It is focused on the Keating Quadrangle, which lies at its center, and has 14 buildings.[3] In 2014, Elms College completed construction on the Center for Natural and Health Sciences, its first academic building in more than 30 years.

Academics

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Elms offers thirty-three academic majors to 814 full-time undergraduate students, and it employs 67 full-time faculty members.[citation needed]

Academically, the college is divided into the division of business, division of communication sciences and disorders, division of education, division of humanities and fine arts, division of natural sciences, mathematics and technology, and division of social sciences.

In 2013, the division of nursing became the school of nursing. On August 9 2023, Julie Beck was announced as the new dean of the School of Nursing (SON).[4]

Student body

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In 2020 the school had about 1,100 students at the undergraduate level, with about 40% eligible for Pell grants. Fred Thys of WBUR wrote that year that "Elms caters to many students who are the first in their family to go to college."[5]

Student life

[edit]

Athletics

[edit]

The Elms College teams participate at the Division III level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team colors are green, gold, and white. The Elms athletic teams competes in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference[6] and are known as the Blazers.

The current Elms College Athletics logo.
  • Baseball
  • Men's Basketball
  • Men's Cross Country
  • Men's Golf
  • Men's Lacrosse
  • Men's Soccer
  • Men's Swimming
  • Men's Volleyball
  • Softball
  • Women's Basketball
  • Women's Cross Country
  • Women's Field Hockey
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • Women's Soccer
  • Women's Swimming
  • Women's Volleyball

Facilities

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The majority of athletics at Elms College are based out of The Maguire Center, which features a physical therapy and training center, gym and weight room, six-lane swimming pool (Natatorium), 100-meter track, and the Picknelly Arena basketball court.[7] In June of 2007, the college announced an athletic fields renovation project involving the soccer specific Leary Field being transformed into a multi-use artificial surface field and the construction of a new NCAA-compliant softball field.[8] The baseball team travels to Mackenzie Stadium in Holyoke, Mass.

Cheryl R. Condon Field

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The new softball field was built in for the 2008 season, it featured newly-added covered dugouts and a batting cage and extended the homerun wall a few feet. The field was dedicated to longtime winningest coach Cheryl R. Condon on April 23 2008.[9][10]

Notable people

[edit]

Alumni

[edit]

Faculty

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Search". Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Songe, Alice H. (1978). American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 45. ISBN 0810811375.
  3. ^ Elms College Campus Map
  4. ^ "Elms College Names Julie Beck Dean of School of Nursing". BusinessWest. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  5. ^ Thys, Fred (2020-06-24). "For Small Colleges, Decision To Reopen Campus Is Especially Daunting". WBUR. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  6. ^ Elms College Athletics
  7. ^ http://athletics.elms.edu/information/facilities/index Archived 2010-06-08 at the Wayback Machine Maguire Center
  8. ^ "Elms College building 2 new athletic fields". masslive. 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  9. ^ Lightman, Andrew. "Elms College names softball field for Rockland High School grad". Enterprise News. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  10. ^ "Cheryl Condon, Jennifer LeDoux, Kristin Tassey headed to Elms College Athletics Hall of Fame". 5 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Senator Hartley". senatedems.ct.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
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