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|name=College of Our Lady of the Elms |logo= |image_name=Seal of Elms College.svg |image_size=150px |caption= |latin_name=Collegium Dominae Nostrae In Ulmis |motto=Viam Veritatis Elegi |mottoeng="I have chosen the way of truth" |established=1928 |type=Private |affiliation=Sisters of St. Joseph |endowment= US$12 million |president=Harry Dumay, Ph.D. |undergrad=1,217 |faculty=67 |city= Chicopee |state= Massachusetts |country= United States |coor= {{Coord|42|8|32.15|N|72|36|5.00|W|display=title}} |athletics=NCAA Division III |nickname= Blazers |colors=Green, Gold, White |website=www.elms.edu }} The College of Our Lady of the Elms, often called Elms College, is a Catholic liberal arts college located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, near Springfield. HistoryThe Sisters of St. Joseph and the Diocese of Springfield co-founded Elms as a girls' preparatory academy in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Academy of Our Lady of the Elms, in 1897.[1] In 1899, Rev. John McCoy and Bishop Thomas Beaven of the Springfield diocese purchased property in Chicopee and it became St. Joseph's Normal College. In 1927, the Sisters of Saint Joseph petitioned the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to charter the school as a women's liberal arts college with a specialization in education, the charter was approved in 1928, and the name was changed to the College of Our Lady of the Elms with Rev. Thomas Mary O'Leary as the first president. Through the efforts of the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Springfield diocesan clergy, the curriculum was expanded through the 1940s and 1950s, and in 1953, an evening program was established. To meet the needs of the surrounding community, Elms developed undergraduate programs in nursing, business management, and communication sciences and disorders during the 1960s and 1970s. In the late 1980s, Weekend College, paralegal studies and legal studies, and a master of arts degree program in teaching were instituted. In 1994 Elms College opened the Maguire Center for Health, Fitness, and Athletics that includes an aerobics/weight room, a 25-meter handicapped-accessible six-lane pool, a wood-floored gymnasium, an elevated rubberized 100-meter track, a sports medicine facility, a laundry room, and four locker rooms. The Elms College board of trustees voted 23–5 to begin admitting men, starting with the 1998–1999 school year, on October 7, 1997. CampusThe campus is about two miles north of Metro Center Springfield, Massachusetts. It is focused on the Keating Quadrangle, which lies at its center, and has 14 buildings.[2] In 2014, Elms College completed construction on the Center for Natural and Health Sciences, its first academic building in more than 30 years. AcademicsElms is a four-year liberal arts college. It offers thirty-three academic majors to 814 full-time undergraduate students, and it employs 67 full-time faculty members.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} Academically, the college is divided into the division of business, division of communication sciences and disorders, division of education, division of humanities and fine arts, division of natural sciences, mathematics and technology, and division of social sciences. In 2013, the division of nursing became the school of nursing. Student lifeTraditions include Elms Night, an event in the beginning of the fall semester to welcome incoming first-year students. The event starts with an outdoor dinner where all Elms students and staff are invited. Freshmen are encouraged by seniors to sing a few lyrics from a song of choice during dinner. Following dinner, everyone meets in the Berchman's Hall Rotunda. Each class is assigned a pop song and sings for the other classes. At this point in the evening, seniors toss items from the second floor balcony to the freshmen on the first floor. Traditionally, the items were beanie caps. Now they vary from towels to wallets or other items. Often an Elms College student will keep this item at least until they graduate. AthleticsThe Elms College Blazers got their nickname from an old tradition when sophomore students would receive 'blazers' to wear as a seniority right. Although this tradition has long since been discontinued, the team name has stuck. The Elms College Blazers team colors are a green, gold, and white. Elms competes in the New England Collegiate Conference - NECC at the Division III level as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in baseball, basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball, volleyball, field hockey, lacrosse, and swimming.[3] The athletics at Elms are based out of The Maguire Center.[4] Cultural affiliations{{See also|Irish American#Irish immigration to United States|Polish American}}Elms College is the seat of two non-profit organizations that promote the arts and cultures of two ethnic communities that have historically immigrated to Western Massachusetts.
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Notes and references1. ^{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vIpqqwX1yfEC&pg=PA45#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes |first=Alice H. |last=Songe |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Metuchen, N.J. |year=1978 |page=45 |isbn=0810811375}} 2. ^Elms College Campus Map 3. ^Elms College Athletics 4. ^http://athletics.elms.edu/information/facilities/index {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608222420/http://athletics.elms.edu/information/facilities/index |date=2010-06-08 }} Maguire Center 5. ^State Senator Hartley Official Senate Website External links
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