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Caldwell College is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Caldwell, New Jersey, which offers a four-year educational program.

The school was originally founded as an institution of higher learning for women. There are approximately 800 full-time and 900 part-time undergraduates, plus around 100 graduate students. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, chartered by the State of New Jersey, and registered with the Regents of the University of the State of New York.

The school follows a semester calendar. Caldwell admits 79% of its applicants. The number of students seeking undergraduate degrees is 1,681. First-time degree-seeking freshmen are 390. Graduate enrollment is numbered at 460. It is mostly a commuter campus.

Contents 1 Student body makeup 2 Location 3 The campus 4 Educational opportunities 5 Mission statement 6 Historical information 7 Other information 8 Alumni 9 External link

1st-year students (from collegeboard.com): 88% In-state students 12% Out-of-state students 19% Part-time students

69% Women 31% Men

2% Asian/Pacific Islander 15% Black/Non-Hispanic 12% Hispanic 60% White/Non-Hispanic 6% Non-Resident Alien 4% Race/ethnicity unreported

6% in top 10th of graduating class 25% in top quarter of graduating class 61% in top half of graduating class 53% had h.s. GPA of 3.0 and higher 47% had h.s. GPA of 2.0 - 2.99

The school is located on a 70 acre (283,000 m²) wooded campus in quiet suburban Caldwell, on Ryerson Avenue. It is twenty miles from Manhattan. The small town provides privacy, security, and excellent access to Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell's economic hub. The college has easy access to Routes 23, 46, 80, 280, 287, and the Garden State Parkway. Moreover, the campus is only thirty minutes from Jersey City, Newark and Morristown. Because of the college's close proximity to many populated areas, the school is ideal for finding internships and other practical experience.

The campus is currently comprised of a nine building complex. The Academic Building is a state-of-the-art facility that includes multi-media and computer capabilities which provide instruction in alternate formats. The building is wired with fiber-optic cable and linked to other campus facilities, including a satellite receiver.

Rosary Hall, located in the Administration Building, contains two floors of student residence as well as numerous administrative offices; it is linked to Aquinas Hall which includes classrooms and other administrative offices. Many support services, from Admissions to Alumni Affairs, are located in this complex.

The Student Center includes a cafeteria, lounge, snack bar, gymnasium, fitness center, and student activity offices. It is linked to the Visceglia Art Center, which is an academic building comprising classrooms and faculty offices. Albertus Magnus and Raymond Halls are the two wings of the science building, containing classrooms, laboratories, science faculty offices, and the Academic Support Center. The facility underwent a $1 million renovation project during the summer of 2002, and an additional $750,000 renovation project is scheduled for the summer of 2003.

The Library was expanded in 1993 to include additional stack space, the Center for Continuing Education, and a Theatre completely equipped with the latest technology in multimedia and satellite communication. Mother Joseph Residence Hall provides housing and dining facilities for the majority of campus residents.

A new loop roadway and expanded parking facilities were completed in the fall of 2000. Construction has been completed for the new George R. Newman Center. This new facility houses all of the College’s athletic and fitness programs and provides additional space for student activities and organizations including the Student Development Center and the Office of Campus Ministry.

Special instructional facilities include general and discipline-specific computer laboratories, a television and radio studio, art studios and gallery, a music center and practice rooms, a language laboratory and a learning center. Future campus expansion plans call for the construction of a new main entrance to the College from Bloomfield Avenue.

The school offers a student/faculty ratio of 13 to 1. The small classes and individual attention offer a positive learning experience for students. Professors know students by name and encourage them to strive for academic excellence.

Half of the 2,200 men and women enrolled at Caldwell are adults pursuing part time degrees. This can be done through the College's Center for Continuing Education.

The college offers 27 major programs, including BA, BS, BFA programs in arts and sciences, computer science, business, fine arts, and medical technology. Teaching certification can be obtained in elementary, secondary, or K-12 education.

The master's program offers a Master of Arts and Masters of Business Administration, two Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certificate programs, and four Post-Master programs. Approximately 400 students are enrolled in the Masters Program.

The College offers Post-Master programs in Art Therapy, Professional Licensing Credits for Psychologists, School Counseling, and Supervisor's Certification for educators and those in educational support services.

Founded in 1939 by the Sisters of Saint Dominic, Caldwell College is a Catholic institution in the Judaeo-Christian tradition with a heritage of eight centuries of Dominican commitment to higher learning. Serving a diverse population of all ages, Caldwell College provides a liberal arts education which promotes spiritual, intellectual and aesthetic growth. Upon this foundation the College offers career-related programs which prepare its graduates to take advantage of opportunities in a complex society.

Through a curriculum and extracurricular program rooted in the Catholic humanist tradition, the College seeks to empower its students to comprehend community and global issues and to act responsibly toward self and others.

The college was established by Dominican Order, a worldwide community of preachers, scholars and educators which traces its origins to the thirteenth century. This Order had its beginnings in an age not unlike the present day, a time of unrest and transition in the social, economic, moral and intellectual sphere. Dedicated to the pursuit of truth, the Order has found itself since its inception at the heart of higher education and its climate of study and prayer has produced such scholars as Thomas Aquinas, social reformers like Catherine of Siena, artists like Fra Angelico, and scientists like Albert the Great. This inherited integration of the arts, humanities and sciences with the deepest expression of the contemplative and creative spirit of men and women forms the basis of the educational philosophy of Caldwell College.

In 1952, Caldwell College received full accreditation from the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Caldwell has maintained this accreditation which was last reaffirmed in November 2000 when the Commission accepted the Periodic Review Report and commended the institution for the quality of the report.

In 1974, Caldwell College became the first institution in New Jersey to award the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. In 1979, Caldwell became one of the few institutions in the state to offer a unique external degree program. In 1985, the Board of Trustees of the College voted to make Caldwell College fully coeducational, enabling men to receive the superior education and career preparation that women had been able to receive for fifty years. Caldwell College welcomed the first full-time male students in the fall of 1986.

In November 1992, Caldwell College reached another plateau: the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education granted approval for the College to offer the M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction. During the summer of 1993, the first graduate students began classes.

College motto: “Sapientia et Scientia.”

Incorporated on August 10, 1939

Founded under the leadership of Mother M. Joseph Dunn, O.P., with the approval of the Most Reverend Thomas J. Walsh, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, who became its first president.

Sister Patrice Werner, O.P., became Caldwell’s seventh and current president in July of 1994.

• Mary Jo Kopechne

• Caldwell College - official website