Download or read book Maryville University 150+ Years written by Marty Parkes and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume celebrates the 150-year history of Maryville University. Founded in 1872 in St. Louis by the Society of the Sacred Heart, Maryville created educational opportunities for young women at a time when they were not readily available. An ethos of innovation has threaded its way throughout the institution's history to the present day. Its first campus was situated in South St. Louis on a small, elegant parcel of land. In the late 1950s, The Sacred Heart sisters recognized they needed to relocate to a location affording more acreage. Thus, in the early 1960s, Maryville University relocated to the then rural West County. This location has proved a keen advantage as the city of St. Louis and its highway system have approached the campus and moved well beyond it. Maryville today is a nationally recognized university with more than 90 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It has twice been selected as the number one over-performing university by U.S. News & World Report in 2013 and 2014. The Chronicle of Higher Education designated Maryville as the second-fastest growing private university in the nation in 2020. At the time of the book's printing, Maryville's student population exceeded 11,000 undergraduates, graduate, and online students from every state and more than 50 nations.