Xavier University ( ) is a private Jesuit university in

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and Evanston (Cincinnati), Ohio. It is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier has an undergraduate enrollment of 4,860 students and graduate enrollment of 1,269 students. The school's system comprises the main campus in Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as regional locations for the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) program in Columbus and Cleveland. Xavier University is primarily an

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institution. It provides an education in the Jesuit tradition, which emphasizes learning through community service, interdisciplinary courses and the engagement of faith, theology, philosophy and ethics studies. Xavier's athletic teams, known as the Xavier Musketeers, compete in the

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(NCAA) Division I level in the

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History

Xavier University is the fourth oldest Jesuit University and the sixth oldest Catholic university in the United States. The school was founded in 1831 as a men's college in downtown

next to St. Francis Xavier Church on Sycamore Street. The Athenaeum, as it was then called, was dedicated to the patronage of Saint

Francis Xavier Francis Xavier (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Latin: ''Franciscus Xaverius''; Basque: ''Frantzisko Xabierkoa''; French: ''François Xavier''; Spanish: ''Francisco Javier''; Portuguese: ''Francisco Xavier''; 7 April 15063 December ...

by Bishop Edward Fenwick on October 17, 1831. Upon Bishop

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's request, the

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took control of The Athenaeum in 1840, and the name was changed to St. Xavier College in honor of the 16th century

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Jesuit missionary, St.

who, like the founder of the Jesuits,

Ignatius Loyola Ignatius of Loyola, S.J. (born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; eu, Ignazio Loiolakoa; es, Ignacio de Loyola; la, Ignatius de Loyola; – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian, ...

, was a Spanish Navarrese. St. Xavier College moved in 1912 to its current Evanston location, about north of downtown Cincinnati, after the purchase of from the Avondale Athletic Club. The "original" Anthenaeum is now the seminary of the

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. St. Xavier College and St. Xavier High School officially split in 1919, though they did not become financially independent until 1934. The school's name was changed a second time to its current name, Xavier University, in 1930. Xavier fully admitted women starting in 1969, but women began attending the college in 1914 in the evening, weekend, and summer school divisions. Edgecliff College, another Catholic college in Cincinnati, merged with Xavier University in 1980.

Academics

Majors and Minors

Xavier University has more than 90 undergraduate majors and 40 graduate programs within the College of Arts and Sciences, The College of Professional Sciences, The College of Nursing and the Williams College of Business. Majors include nursing, business, biomedical sciences, psychology, biology, exploratory, exercise science, sport management, sport marketing and finance. All students must complete the core curriculum (see below).

Rankings

* Xavier was ranked No. 166 among national universities by '' U.S. News & World Report'' for its 2022-23 edition of ''America's Best Colleges'' report. * ''

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'' ranked Xavier #492 among its 'Top Colleges in America' for 2022 * ''

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'' ranked Xavier among its 'Best 378 Colleges in America' for 2022 * '' Niche'' ranked Xavier the #6 Catholic College in Ohio for 2023 * '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Xavier #23 in 'Best Undergraduate Business Analytics Programs in the Nation' for 2022-23 * '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Xavier #25 in 'Best Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program in the Nation' for 2022-23 * '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Xavier #29 in 'Best Undergraduate Marketing Programs in the Nation' for 2022-23 * '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Xavier #36 in 'Best Undergraduate Finance Programs in the Nation' for 2022-23 * '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Xavier #54 in 'Best Undergraduate Teaching Program Among National Universities' for 2022-23 XavierUniversitySmithHall

Core curriculum

Undergraduate students attending Xavier must complete a significant number of distribution requirements that are more commonly known as the Core Curriculum. There are required courses in:

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, Philosophy, Mathematics, Fine Arts,

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, Physical Science,

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, Second Language, and the

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Honorary society chapters

Xavier has several honorary society chapters, including: *

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, the honor society of Jesuit institutions of higher education *

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, an honor organization for financial information students and professionals * Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSB International *

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, an elite honor society present within only 10% of universities *

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, national honor society recognizing college seniors * Eta Sigma Phi, an honor society aimed at preserving interest and scholarship in Classical Studies.

Campus

The campus covers approximately in the City of

(Evanston neighborhood). At the center of campus are the Gallagher Student Center and Bellarmine Chapel. Bellarmine Chapel's roof is in the shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid, also known as a saddle roof, that will not collapse even if the Chapel walls were removed. The chapel is also home to an active parish community independent of the university.

Academic mall

Six buildings with

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overlook Victory parkway on one side of the Academic Mall: Lindner Hall (home to the Department of Physics), Logan Hall (home to the Chemistry Department), Albers Hall (home to the Biology Department), Hinkle Hall (home to the Departments of Mathematics, Computer Science, English, History, Philosophy and Theology), Schmidt Hall (houses the University Administration offices) and Edgecliff Hall (home to the Department of Music). The other side of the Academic mall includes three buildings: Walter Schott Hall (home to the Office of Admission, Office of Financial Aid and the Departments of Modern Languages, Classics, Communication Arts, Political Science and Sociology), McDonald Library (home to the University Library and Archives) and Alter Hall (main classroom building on campus). Our Lady of Peace Chapel was relocated to the Academic Mall in 2018. Originally constructed in 1938 by Charles F. and Elizabeth R. Williams on their property in Anderson Township, the 22-seat chapel is now located off Dana Avenue on the west end of the Academic Mall.

Academic Quad

The Academic Quad, also known as the Hoff Quad, is east of the Academic Mall. It includes three buildings: Conaton Learning Commons (home to academic support services), Smith Hall (home to the Williams College of Business) and Hailstones Hall (traditional classroom building).

Residential Mall

The Residential Mall, north of the Academic mall, includes four underclassmen residence halls: Brockman Hall, Buenger Hall, Kuhlman Hall and Husman Hall. The all-purpose area for students and events between Kuhlman, Husman and Gallagher is referred to as "The Xavier Yard." A residential complex called Justice Hall (formerly known as Fenwick Place) opened in fall 2011 to the south of the Residential Mall. It is home to the campus dining center in addition to providing housing for upper-class students.

West Campus

West campus is on the west side of Victory Parkway. Athletic facilities include J. Page Hayden Field, Corcoran Soccer Field, Schmidt Fieldhouse and the Heidt Champion Center (formerly O'Connor Recreational Center). Academic buildings include: St. Barbara Hall and the Armory (home to Xavier's ROTC program), Joseph Hall (Home to the Education and Sports Studies Departments) and Elet Hall (home to the Department of Psychology).

East Campus

The

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, where the

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host their

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games, is adjacent to the Residential Mall. In addition to the 10,250-seat arena, Cintas also includes the Schiff Conference Center and the James and Caroline Duff Banquet Center. The A. B. Cohen Center, located across the parking lot from Cintas Center, is home to the Art Department and Xavier Art Gallery. The Health United Building opened in 2019. Located between University Station and the Commons Apartments, the facility houses a recreational center, an upgraded health and wellness center, and classroom facilities and labs for five academic programs: Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Health Services Administration, Sport Studies and Radiologic Technology.

Athletics

Xavier competes at the

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level in the

, and their mascot is D'Artagnan the Musketeer. Xavier sponsors eight intercollegiate sports for men, and eight sports for women. The university's graduation rate of 94% is the third highest graduation rate for athletes in the nation behind Duke University and Stanford University. Xavier sports teams have several traditional rivalries with local universities, including the

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and the

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. Xavier was a founding member of the Midwestern City Conference in 1979. Renamed the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1985, it is now known as the Horizon League. Xavier was a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference from 1995 to 2013 where it enjoyed many successful basketball seasons. On March 20, 2013, the Xavier administration announced that the school will join the newly created

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following the realignment of the old Big East Conference, and moved to the new conference July 1, 2013. The basketball and volleyball teams play in the 10,250-seat

on campus which opened in 2000.

Men's basketball

The Xavier men's basketball team is perhaps the best known of the sports sponsored at Xavier. The team has enjoyed considerable recent success, reaching the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament in 2004,

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, and 2017. Since 1985, every men's basketball player who has played as a senior has graduated with a degree. During the era of college football's now-defunct Bowl Championship Series, Xavier was one of only two schools outside the main BCS conferences (a group now known as the Power Five) to be listed among the top 20 most valuable programs in college basketball (the other being

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) according to

Football

Xavier fielded an

football team until the 1973 season.

Baseball

The Xavier baseball team won the 2014 Big East Championship and participated in the Nashville Regional. The 2009 Xavier Baseball team won the Atlantic 10 tournament and participated in the Houston Regional.

Swimming

The Xavier men's swim team earned the school's first Big East Conference Championship in 2014. The Xavier men's swim team overall has captured the Big East Title in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2021 making it their second three peat and sixth championship in their eight years since joining the conference in 2013.

Club sports

The club sports program is designed to serve the interests of Xavier University students, faculty, and staff in different sports and recreational activities. These interests may be competitive, recreational, and/or instructional in nature. The Xavier Men's Volleyball Club Team took home 2nd place at Nationals in April 2019. No other team in the history of Xavier Sports has made it that far in a national tournament. Until 2022, when the Xavier Men's Volleyball Club Team won the national championship.

Mascots

Xavier is one of a handful of universities with two mascots. D'Artagnan, the Musketeer, is the university's official mascot and is the origin of the school's nickname, The Xavier Musketeers. The Musketeer concept was suggested in 1925 by the late Reverend Francis J. Finn, S.J. The Blue Blob came about in 1985 when the spirit squad coordinators realized that a more audience-friendly mascot was needed. The musketeer mascot, who sported a handlebar mustache and a prop sword, scared younger spectators. The Blue Blob is a furry creature that has made several television and magazine appearances over the years, including a controversial PlayBoy appearance. The Blue Blob has Bobble-Body dolls, Plush replicas, and T-shirts made in his likeness, and an annual Blue Blob Appreciation Night during the Musketeer's basketball season. He most recently appeared on two ESPN ''

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and John Anderson.

Media

Most Xavier games can be heard on

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or WKRC-AM. Joe Sunderman does the play-by-play and Byron Larkin does color commentary.

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holds the local television rights to the Musketeers basketball games. Brad Johansen does play-by-play and Steve Wolf is the analyst. Over the air stations,

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and

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have held the rights to Xavier games in the past.

Faith and Service

The

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Center for Faith and Justice is an important part of Xavier University's mission to form men and women for others.

Student programs

At the beginning of freshman year, the center gives students opportunities to form community among themselves, with an effort at inclusiveness across all lines of faith and culture. They are then encouraged to join the other students in choosing from a variety of service opportunities. Students can pursue community service through the following programs: work in the Nexus community garden, weekly service with organizations in the Cincinnati area through the X-CHANGE program, Community Action Day when the whole XU community and alumni are encouraged to give a day of service to the larger community, a monthly service opportunity at St. Francis Seraph Soup Kitchen, and Alternative Breaks offering opportunities to serve in the United States and abroad during fall and spring breaks. A total of 25 immersion trips are offered. It is estimated that students perform more than 60,000 service hours in a year. Most programs include reflection components and the following programs facilitated by the center are also staged to provoke reflection: Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, Stories of Solidarity, Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador commemoration, and Contemplatives in Action. More intensive service experiences include the following: *Summer Service Internship allows 20 students to live on campus while being paid for working at an area non-profit. *Graduate Internship employs graduates to work along with the CFJ staff. * is the center's listing of non-profit internships nationwide. This is supplemented by Idealist.org which includes also international listings. Sponsors of internships include Scripps Howard Foundation, the Catholic Archdiocese, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, and Community Shares. *GetAway for First Year Students, with opportunities to organize and make spiritual retreats. *Graduate School and Year-of-Service Fair introduces students to over 50 options for a year of service after graduation, at home and abroad. Some of the more popular are

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, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Public Allies, and Americorps. Long listings of possibilities are on websites hosted by Stanford, Notre Dame, Service Leader, and Volunteer.gov.

Notable alumni

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(born 1945), NFL wide receiver * George Billman, physiology professor at

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, Ohio Secretary of State, 2006 Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate * John Boehner,

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, U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader and Majority Leader * Phil H. Bucklew, Naval Officer and professional football player. Widely credited as the "Father of Naval Special Warfare" *

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as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1964 * Derrick Brown, small forward for the New York Knicks * John A. Cade, Maryland State Senator * Lionel Chalmers, professional basketball player * Donald D. Clancy, Congressman * Bill Cunningham, radio talk show host for

's 700 WLW * Dane Dastillung, American football player * John J. Dillon, 35th Indiana Attorney General * Dennis E. Eckart, Congressman * Russell Findlay, first

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, Major League Soccer * Thomas J. Fogarty, surgeon and inventor of the balloon embolectomy catheter * Edward J. Gardner, Congressman * GEN Michael X. Garrett, Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command * Kaiser Gates (born 1996), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League *

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* Tyrone Hill, NBA All Star forward; played 14 seasons with 5 teams *

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(1930-2001), NFL player * Greg J. Holbrock, U.S. representative * Tu Holloway (born 1989), basketball player for Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. * Robert Huebner (1914-1998), virologist *

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(born 1997), basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League *

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, Ohio politician * Mark Lyons, basketball player, top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League in both 2015 and 2017 * Nora McInerny, writer * Rhine McLin, Mayor of Dayton * Art Mergenthal, American football player * Jack Miles, Pulitzer Prize winner * Ryan Nemeth, professional wrestler signed to

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* Donald C. Nugent, US federal judge *

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, educator * Daniel Edward Pilarczyk, archbishop * James Posey, NBA assistant coach. Two-time NBA champion as a player with the

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and Boston Celtics. * Jalen Reynolds (born 1992), basketball player for

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, represented the 4th Legislative District from 1980 to 1990.Staff
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p. 243. E. J. Mullin, 1987. Accessed September 13, 2016. "Dennis L. Riley, Dem., Gloucester Township - Mr. Riley was born Sept. 13, 1945, in Ottawa, Ill. He studied at Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati, and received his law degree at the Camden Law School of Rutgers University in 1972, the year of his admission to the bar." *

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member *

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, American football player * Julianne Smith, U.S. Ambassador to NATO * Matt Stainbrook, basketball player in the German Bundesliga * Derek Strong (born 1968), NBA player * Francis Wade, philosopher * David West, power forward for the Golden State Warriors. 2003

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National Player of the Year and two-time NBA All-Star * Carroll Williams, player of gridiron football * Garry Wills, Pulitzer Prize-winning author *

Leo Wise Leo Wise (October 28, 1849 – January 27, 1933) was a Jewish-American newspaper editor and publisher. Life Wise was born on October 28, 1849 in Albany, New York, the son of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise and Theresa Bloch. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio wi ...

(1849–1933), newspaper editor and publisher

Notable faculty

* Arthur J. Dewey,

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...

scholar * John J. Gilligan, Congressman and

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

* Paul F. Knitter,

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

Richard Polt Richard F. H. Polt is a professor of philosophy at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has written about and translated works by Martin Heidegger. Polt is a typewriter enthusiast active on the Typosphere and a former editor of the quarterl ...

Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th centur ...

scholar; manual

typewriter A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced on paper by striking an inked ribbon selectivel ...

enthusiast * Henry Heimlich, "inventor" of Heimlich Maneuver, Advanced Clinical Science Professor 1977–89 *

Boris Podolsky Boris Yakovlevich Podolsky (russian: link=no, Бори́с Я́ковлевич Подо́льский; June 29, 1896 – November 28, 1966) was a Russian-American physicist of Jewish descent, noted for his work with Albert Einstein and Nathan ...

, physicist and "creator" of the EPR paradox *

Norman Finkelstein Norman Gary Finkelstein (; born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist, activist, former professor, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. He is a g ...

, poet and literary critic

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References

External links

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Xavier Athletics website
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