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Loras College
Loras College is a private Catholic college in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. It has an enrollment of approximately 1,600 students and is the oldest post-secondary institution in the state of Iowa.
Loras offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. It is one of four four-year post-secondary institutions in the city of Dubuque, one of four Catholic colleges in the Archdiocese of Dubuque, and one of six Catholic colleges in the state of Iowa. The campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Loras College Historic District in 2020.
The college has had different names during its existence;
In 1839, Bishop Mathias Loras of the Diocese of Dubuque established Saint Raphael's Seminary for men in the back of Saint Raphael's Cathedral in Dubuque. His first students were four seminarians from France, two members of a Sioux tribe, and several local students. In 1850, Loras moved the seminary from downtown Dubuque to a more rural area in the city. He wanted fewer distractions for the students and farmland to grow food for the college. It was renamed Mount St. Bernard's College and Seminary. The first present of St. Bernard was Father Joseph Cretin, who later became the first bishop of the Diocese of Saint Paul. Loras became president of the college in 1855.
The financial Panic of 1857 caused severe financial losses at St. Bernard, forcing it to close in 1860. When John Hennessy became bishop in 1866, he started holding college courses in private residences. In 1873, he established St. Joseph's College in Dubuque with a high school and four-year college program. By 1878, St. Joseph had three departments: preparatory, commercial, and ecclesiastical. The next year, the Franciscan Sisters of Dubuque started running the so-called domestic department and the college added theology courses for the formation of priests.
By 1886, enrollment at St. Joseph had fallen to 56 students. The college then added a classical, philosophical and theological course with Christian doctrine and foreign languages. The college was incorporated in 1893 and was able to start offering academic degrees.
St. Joseph became Dubuque College in 1914 and started offering a four-year degree program. St. Joseph was accredited in 1917 by the North Central Association of Colleges and started admitting women to its summer school in 1919.
During this period, Dubuque College came into conflict with the Dubuque German College over their similar names. To avoid a costly court battle, the two colleges agreed that Dubuque College would become Columbia College and Dubuque German College the University of Dubuque.
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Loras College
Loras College is a private Catholic college in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. It has an enrollment of approximately 1,600 students and is the oldest post-secondary institution in the state of Iowa.
Loras offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. It is one of four four-year post-secondary institutions in the city of Dubuque, one of four Catholic colleges in the Archdiocese of Dubuque, and one of six Catholic colleges in the state of Iowa. The campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Loras College Historic District in 2020.
The college has had different names during its existence;
In 1839, Bishop Mathias Loras of the Diocese of Dubuque established Saint Raphael's Seminary for men in the back of Saint Raphael's Cathedral in Dubuque. His first students were four seminarians from France, two members of a Sioux tribe, and several local students. In 1850, Loras moved the seminary from downtown Dubuque to a more rural area in the city. He wanted fewer distractions for the students and farmland to grow food for the college. It was renamed Mount St. Bernard's College and Seminary. The first present of St. Bernard was Father Joseph Cretin, who later became the first bishop of the Diocese of Saint Paul. Loras became president of the college in 1855.
The financial Panic of 1857 caused severe financial losses at St. Bernard, forcing it to close in 1860. When John Hennessy became bishop in 1866, he started holding college courses in private residences. In 1873, he established St. Joseph's College in Dubuque with a high school and four-year college program. By 1878, St. Joseph had three departments: preparatory, commercial, and ecclesiastical. The next year, the Franciscan Sisters of Dubuque started running the so-called domestic department and the college added theology courses for the formation of priests.
By 1886, enrollment at St. Joseph had fallen to 56 students. The college then added a classical, philosophical and theological course with Christian doctrine and foreign languages. The college was incorporated in 1893 and was able to start offering academic degrees.
St. Joseph became Dubuque College in 1914 and started offering a four-year degree program. St. Joseph was accredited in 1917 by the North Central Association of Colleges and started admitting women to its summer school in 1919.
During this period, Dubuque College came into conflict with the Dubuque German College over their similar names. To avoid a costly court battle, the two colleges agreed that Dubuque College would become Columbia College and Dubuque German College the University of Dubuque.