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Marian College of Fond du Lac is a four-year catholic university in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1936 by the Sisters of Saint Agnes.

Contents 1 History 2 Accredition 3 Demographics 4 Sports 5 References 6 External links

Marian College opened on September 8, 1936. It had seventeen full-time and 25 part-time students, and eight faculty. The sisters decided to start the college after the Wisconsin Department of Instuction decided that nuns were not allowed to teach in public schools while wearing their habit. ^[1]

Marian became accredited to grant a bachelor’s degrees in elementary education in 1941. The first graduating class in August 1941 had eight nun graduates. The first lay graduates graduated in 1942. Marian had 86 full-time and 145 part-time students in 1950, who attended classes in a convent next to St. Agnes Hospital. Marian was founded as a women’s college, but the superintendent of Fond du Lac schools attended art and music classes with his wife in 1940. Increasing enrollment caused the college to move to its current 100 acres campus in the mid 1960s. The college became coeducational in 1970. ^[1]

The school became accredited by the North Central Association for a Master's of Art program in 1987. The college's first doctorate program started in 2002. ^[1]

Marian became affiliated with The Catholic University of America and the National Catholic Educational Association in 1949. It became accredited with the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools for teacher education in 1960. ^[1]

Today the college is accredited by the North Central Association, International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education, National League for Nursing, Council on Social Work Education, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Marian’s curriculum has been approved by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin State Board of Nursing, and certified by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Law Enforcement Standards Board Training and Standards Bureau. ^[1]

The college had 3040 traditional undergraduate students in the 2006-2007 school year, and 1226 were full-time. 71% of students are women. 33% of students live on campus. ^[2]

There were 88 full-time and 188 adjunct faculty in Fall 2006.

The College celebrated it's 75th anniversary in Fall 2006 and welcomed its new President, Josefina Castillo Baltodano to the academic community. ^[2]

The college's first sport was women's volleyball. The college has the following teams: NCAA Division III men’s basketball, baseball, golf, hockey, soccer and tennis, and women’s basketball, golf, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball ^[1]

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} College history at official website
2. ^ ^{a b} College Profile at Official website

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Northern Athletics Conference
Alverno • Aurora • Benedictine • Concordia Chicago • Concordia, Wisconsin • Dominican University • Edgewood • Lakeland (WI) • Maranatha Baptist Bible • Marian College (WI) • MSOE (provisional) • Rockford • Wisconsin Lutheran

Lake Michigan Conference
Alverno • Concordia University • Dominican University • Edgewood • Lakeland • Maranatha • Marian College • Wisconsin Lutheran College

Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association
Adrian College • Concordia University • Finlandia University • Lawrence University • Marian College • MSOE • Minnesota Crookston • Northland College

Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Milwaukee Area: Alverno • Cardinal Stritch • Concordia • Marquette • Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design • Milwaukee School of Engineering • Mount Mary • Wisconsin Lutheran Greater Wisconsin Area: Beloit • Carroll • Carthage • Edgewood • Lakeland (WI) • Lawrence • Marian (WI) • Northland • Ripon (WI) • Silver Lake • St. Norbert • Viterbo