Caldwell College
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Caldwell College is a Catholic liberal arts college in Caldwell, New Jersey.
Founded in 1939 by the Sisters of Saint Dominic, the college is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Universities, 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. The College offers 28 undergraduate degrees and 20 graduate programs. Classes are offered for traditional undergraduate, adult undergraduate and graduate students. The student faculty ratio is 12:1. The student body size is approx. 2,300.
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[edit] Student body makeup
1st-year students (from collegeboard.com): 88% In-state students 12% Out-of-state students 19% Part-time students
63% Women 37% 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
[edit] Location
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.
[edit] The campus
The campus currently comprises a ten building complex. A beautiful new state of the art residence hall opened in Fall 2007 to meet the needs of increasing enrollment. Each floor is outfitted with wireless internet connections.
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, gymnasium, fitness center, and student activity offices. The Student Center also includes state of the art media facilities. The radio studio is not only used in classes, but is also the home of a national talk show carried on XM Satellite Radio. The television facility is connected to the dorms allowing student productions to be seen throughout the campus. A digital editing suite with twelve stations trains students in the latest video techniques. Each station is equipped with Apple Macintosh computers and the latest version of Apple’s Final Cut Studio editing software, enabling students to create projects from music videos to news features to dramatic and documentary short productions.
The Student Center 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 was completed in 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 and Dominican Hall provide housing for the majority of campus residents.
A new loop roadway and expanded parking facilities were completed in the fall of 2000.
A new entrance from Bloomfield Avenue to the college was opened in June 2006.
The George R. Newman Center houses all of the College’s athletic and fitness programs and provides additional space for student activities and organizations including the Student Development Center.
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 an academic support center.
[edit] Educational opportunities
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.
The college offers 28 undergraduate 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 college offers several allied health affiliation programs allowing students to condense the time required for a professional degree.
The Center for Graduate and Continuing Studies meets the needs of adult learners.
Caldwell College offers one-on-one academic advisement and support services to Adult Students from admissions through graduation. Caldwell College provides a welcoming environment tailored to the needs of busy adults. This is demonstrated by the flexible course offerings schedule and evening office hours of the Academic Advisors. The same curriculum, courses, faculty, and support services available to traditional age students are made available to adults at times convenient for them. Students can select courses convenient for their personal schedule. Students can select from courses offered during the day, evening, Saturday 7-week Accelerated, and in the External (Distance Learning) format where no campus class attendance is required.
Caldwell College offers master's degree programs and post-baccalaureate and post-master's certificate programs in the areas of business, education, counseling, psychology, and pastoral ministry to over 600 students.
Master’s degrees include the MBA (with optional Accounting and Nonprofit Management tracks) and M.A.s in Applied Behavior Analysis (focusing on autism), Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Administration, Special Education, Counseling Psychology (with optional Art Therapy and School Counseling tracks), and Pastoral Ministry. The Applied Behavioral Analysis and Art Therapy master’s programs are the only ones in the state of New Jersey.
With New Jersey leading the country in the incidence of autism, with 1 in 94 children affected, there is a great demand for specialists trained in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), a well-developed and highly-effective educational intervention for children with autism. To address that need, Caldwell College offers an 18-credit Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in ABA and a 39-credit Masters Degree in ABA, the first and only of its kind in NJ. The ABA programs are approved by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc., as meeting the coursework requirements to sit for certification in ABA.
Non-degree certificate programs include Teaching, Special Education, Supervision, Principalship, Art Therapy, School Counseling, Director of School Counseling, Professional Counselor Licensing Credits, and Applied Behavior Analysis.
Caldwell College has 11 NCAA Division II teams including the highly successful men's and women's basketball programs and the new women's volleyball team that became the 11th intercollegiate sport at Caldwell College in the fall of 2006. The Caldwell College Department of Athletics is committed to excellence in academics and athletics.
[edit] Mission statement
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.
[edit] Historical information
The college was established by the Caldwell 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.
Caldwell College is fully accredited 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.
[edit] Other information
College motto: “Sapientia et Scientia.”/"Wisdom and knowledge"
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. Sister Patrice is a Jersey City native.
[edit] Alumni
- Mary Jo Codey (nee Rolli)
- Mary Jo Kopechne
- Donna Leon
- Elizabeth Fowler Witham
- Rayko Pipes of Rayko/KRB (aka Ray Einhorn)
[edit] External links
- Caldwell College - official website
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