Quinnipiac University
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| Motto: | "Challenging Students to Meet the Challenges of the Future."[1] |
| Established: | 1929 |
| Type: | Private |
| Endowment: | $223 million |
| President: | John L. Lahey |
| Staff: | 681 full time, 475 adjunct |
| Undergraduates: | 5,400 |
| Postgraduates: | 2,000 |
| Location: | Hamden, CT, USA |
| Campus: | Suburban |
| Athletics: | Division I |
| Colors: | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot: | Boomer the Bobcat |
| Website: | www.quinnipiac.edu |
Quinnipiac University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Hamden, Connecticut, at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees through its College of Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Communications; School of Health Sciences; School of Law; College of Professional Studies; and School of Education. U.S. News & World Report's 2009 America's Best Colleges issue has ranked Quinnipiac University first among northern universities with master's degree programs as having made the most promising and innovative changes in academics, faculty, campus or facilities.
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[edit] History
Quinnipiac University (pronounced /ˈkwɪn-ə-pi-æk/), was founded in 1929 by Samuel W. Tator, a business professor and politician. Judge Phillip Troup, a Yale College graduate, and Tator's wife, Irmagarde Tator, a Mount Holyoke College graduate, also played major roles in the fledgling institution's founding and nurturing;the former became its first president until his death in 1939; the latter, its first bursar.
Quinnipiac was conceived in reaction to Northeastern University's abandonment of its New Haven, Connecticut program at the onset of The Great Depression. Originally, Quinnipiac was located in New Haven and called Connecticut College of Commerce. On opening its doors in 1929, it enrolled under 200, and its first graduating class featured only eight students. At the time, it awarded only associate's degrees. In 1935, the college changed its name to Junior College of Commerce.
From 1943-1945, the college closed; nearly its entire student body was drafted into World War II. Upon re-opening, the college's enrollment nearly quadrupled to approximately 800 students.
In 1951, the institution was renamed Quinnipiac College, in honor of the Quinnipiac Indian tribe that once inhabited Greater New Haven. That same year, Quinnipiac began to confer bachelor's degrees. In 1952, Quinnipiac expanded rapidly, both physically and in terms of curriculum, relocating to a larger campus in New Haven, and also assuming administrative control of Larson College, a private women's college.
In 1966, after having outgrown its campus in New Haven, Quinnipiac moved to its current campus in Hamden, Connecticut's Mount Carmel section, at the foot of Sleeping Giant Park. Quinnipiac's relatively uniform red-brick architecture results from much of it being built at (or around) that time. During the 1970s, Quinnipiac began to offer master's degrees in a variety of disciplines. Until the 1990s, Quinnipiac remained primarily a commuter college with only a regional reputation; however, that changed during the next decade. In 1995, the University of Bridgeport's law school migrated to Quinnipiac. That same year, the American Bar Association accredited Quinnipiac to award the Juris Doctor degree. The Quinnipiac School of Law Center was dedicated later that year as well. Also, during the mid-1990s, Quinnipiac's journalism and business programs, respectively, built state-of-the-art facilities and attracted nationally-known professors. Quinnipiac's Polling Institute was noted for excellence by several prominent journalistic outlets, and often cited during the 1998 and 2000 election campaigns.
On July 1, 2000, the school officially changed its name to Quinnipiac University—to reflect its relatively new breadth in academic offerings. That same year, Quinnipiac University received accreditation by AACSB.
Currently, Quinnipiac offers 51 undergraduate majors, 20 graduate concentrations, and a JD program. Its most esteemed programs are in arts and sciences, business, journalism/communications, and health sciences. Quinnipiac's Polling Institute often garners the university national media attention.
To enhance Quinnipiac's journalism and communications programs, the university operates several media outlets, including a professionally-run, commercial radio station WQUN, founded by prominent journalist and Quinnipiac professor Lou Adler.) (It has become the dominant AM radio station originating from greater New Haven.) The university also operates a student-run FM radio station WQAQ, which concurrently streams on the Internet. A student-run television station, Q30, can be viewed only on campus. Also, a student-produced newspaper, The Chronicle, established in 1929, publishes 2,500 copies every Wednesday. As well, there is the Quinnipiac Film Society, which offers a forum for critical viewing of student film projects and discussion of industry trends. The society is currently producing a feature length film called The Mercury Cycle.
Notably, Quinnipiac is home to one of the world's largest collections of art commemorating the Great Irish Famine. The collection is contained in the Lender Family Special Collection room located in the Arnold Bernhard library.
[edit] York Hill and North Haven Graduate Campus
Currently, Quinnipiac is developing two new campuses. The York Hill campus features the state-of-the-art, $52 million TD Banknorth Sports Center complex. By 2012, York Hill will also feature a student union and undergraduate dormitories. It will be a "green" campus, featuring the use of renewable energy and environmentally-friendly resources. Quinnipiac is also developing a comprehensive graduate campus on 100-acre (0.40 km2) parcel in North Haven, Connecticut.[2] Many graduate programs will relocate there after renovations to the site's buildings, formerly owned by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, are completed. Quinnipiac will rent space to Blue Cross Blue Shield, so as to encourage interchange between the company and students in Quinnipiac's highly-ranked physician assistant program.
[edit] Admissions
Class of 2011 For the undergraduate class of 2011, Quinnipiac admitted 5,669 of the 12,049 applicants who applied (47%). 1,350 (24%) of those admitted enrolled. 62% of the class is female; 38% is male. 90% of the Quinnipiac's class of 2011 ranked in the top half of their high school class; 55% ranked in the top quarter; 22% ranked in the top tenth. Most students hail from the American Northeast: New York (29%), Connecticut (21%), New Jersey (19%), and Massachusetts (18%). One percent (1%) of the class of 2011 is international. 70% receive financial aid. 93% were white with 7% being minorities.
Generally, Quinnipiac's Office of Admissions seeks the following characteristics in undergraduate applicants: a 3.5/4.0 GPA and a combined SAT score of approximately 1750.
Class of 2012 For the undergraduate class of 2012, 14,990 applications were reviewed, and 6,715 offers were sent out, which is a 45% admittance rate. 1,480 (22%) students enrolled into the freshman class. 22% were in the top tenth of their high school class, 55% were in the top quarter, and 90% were in the top half. 61% of the class is female, and 39% is male. 78% of the students consider themselves Caucasian.[3]
[edit] Quinnipiac Polling Institute
Quinnipiac's Polling Institute receives national recognition for its independent surveys of residents throughout the United States. It conducts public opinion polls on politics and public policy as a public service—and for academic research.[4]
The poll has been cited by major news outlets throughout North America and Europe, including The Washington Post [5], FOX News [6], USA Today [7], The New York Times [8], CNN,[9] and Reuters[10].
[edit] Campus buildings and landmarks
Alumni Hall - Located in the Carl Hansen Student Center, this multipurpose room has hosted bands, comedians, debates and an Alumni Social during Winter Homecoming.
Carl Hansen Student Center - Commonly called "The Student Center," it serves as the home to Student Government, WQAQ-FM, The Chronicle and many student organizations. The student bookstore, Main Dining Hall, mail facility, and a branch of TD Banknorth are located here as well.
Arnold Bernhard Library - The library is named for Arnold Bernhard, the founder and former chief executive officer of Value Line, Inc., the world's largest investment advisory service. Bernhard's son made the library renovation project possible by donating $1 million for the library project and an additional $3 million for the University's endowment in 1997. The donation was the largest in University history. The signature clock tower was replaced during the renovation which changed the icon of the school, which was a futuristic looking rocket ship spire, to a more conservative, modern tower.
Ed McMahon Mass Communications Center - The Ed McMahon Mass Communications Center is a first-rate media production facility equipped with up-to-date technology for hands-on training in all aspects of radio, television, journalism and multimedia production. The HDTV studio provides students with a professional environment for creating quality television programming.
Clarice L. Buckman Center and Theater
Echlin Health Sciences Center
Lender School of Business Center - This school is considered the perfect environment for learning: television monitors displaying breaking financial news, case team rooms for case study projects and larger classrooms wired for computer-driven learning. The school also co-sponsors more than 150 internship sites to give students first-hand experience in a business environment. The school offers several graduate programs and two certification programs.
Tator Hall is part of the Student Center and has multiple classrooms, and labs. The Learning Center is located here, as is the Computer Help Desk.
[edit] Student journalism controversy
Quinnipiac has been at the center of controversy over the university's control over student publications and students' speech. The conflict has drawn national attention.
The problems began in the Fall 2007 semester, when junior Jason Braff, then editor of the Quinnipiac Chronicle, the official newspaper of the school, openly criticized a university policy that forbade the Chronicle from publishing news online before the content was published in the weekly print edition. Braff wrote an editorial about the policy and also gave an interview to the Republican-American criticizing it.
Manuel Carreiro, Quinnipiac's vice president and dean of students, then sent a letter to Braff in November, telling him that his public disagreement with school policies "will seriously place your position and organization at risk with the university." Braff received an $8,000 annual stipend for his position, and the university said that its employees have more of a responsibility than other students to uphold policies. But Lynn Bushnell, QU's vice president for public affairs, denied threatening to fire Braff for disagreeing with school policies.
Braff and the Chronicle staff were also openly critical of a public relations policy requiring all news media inquiries and questions (including those from the Chronicle) for administrators to be sent, via e-mail, to the university's public relations department.[11]
Quinnipiac officials agreed to discuss the policies with students, and eventually decided that making the Chronicle independent from the university would be the best idea. The school set forth a plan of action, which included the university appointing editors for the 2008-2009 academic year. Angry with this plan, Braff and other staff agreed to leave the Chronicle at the end of the spring 2008 semester, and all applicants for the editor positions withdrew their applications.
Former Chronicle staffers came back in Fall 2008 with Quad News, an independent newspaper with only a website and no print edition. Plans are to incorporate Quad News as its own business venture run on advertising revenue.
Quad News immediately faced opposition from the university. Staffers learned in September that university officials had instructed all varsity coaches, staff and athletes not to speak to Quad News reporters.
Shortly after, officials threatened to shut down the university's chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, claiming that they violated school policy by using their meetings as a cover for Quad News meetings. The Quad News staff had used two SPJ meetings to meet,[12] after the university took away Quad News meeting reservation, citing the fact that the organization was not a university-recognized club. Quad News promptly stopped their meetings with SPJ.[13]
The move prompted a public letter from national SPJ leaders, expressing concern over QU's actions.
Meanwhile, the Chronicle is staffed almost completely by underclass students, with some editors even being freshmen. Both staffs recognize the other publication as legitimate and have wished each other luck in their friendly competition.[14]
[edit] Greek life
Quinnipiac University has two fraternities and three sororities.
Fraternities: Tau Kappa Epsilon and Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sororities: Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Phi Sigma Sigma
[edit] Accolades
- Featured in 2009 edition of "Best 296 Business Schools" by Princeton Review.
- U.S. News & World Report's 2009 America's Best Colleges issue has ranked Quinnipiac University first among northern universities with master's degree programs as having made the most promising and innovative changes in academics, faculty, campus or facilities.[15]
- U.S. News & World Report's 2009 America's Best Colleges issue has, for the thirteenth consecutive year, named Quinnipiac as one of the best master's universities in the region.[16]
- Quinnipiac is featured in the 2009 edition of the Princeton Review guide "Best 368 Colleges."[17]
- 2008 - U.S. News & World Report has ranked Quinnipiac 12th in the northern universities master’s region.[18]
- Featured in 2008 edition of "Best 290 Business Schools" by Princeton Review.[19]
- Quinnipiac's School of Business[20] is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International.[21]
- PC Magazine[22] and the Princeton Review[23] to rate Quinnipiac as number nine in 2007's Top 20 Wired Colleges.
- The School of Law[24] was ranked 108 in the most recent U.S. News and World Report rankings.[25]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.highereducation.org/crosstalk/ct0106/voices0106-kirp.shtml
- ^ http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x3363.xml
- ^ http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x64.xml
- ^ Lapidos, Juliet (2008-10-16). "What's With All the "Quinnipiac University" Polls? How an obscure school in Connecticut turned into a major opinion research center.". Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2202433/.
- ^ Polls: Menendez Leads Kean in N.J. Race - washingtonpost.com
- ^ FOXNews.com - Poll: Lieberman Leads Challenger Lamont in Connecticut Senate Race - Voting | Vote | 2006 Elections
- ^ Quinnipiac Poll: Giuliani still leads GOP hopefuls, but by much less - On Politics - USATODAY.com
- ^ Poll Tests ‘New York-New York-New York’ Race in Ohio - New York Times
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/20/bloomberg.ap/index.html
- ^ Obama leads in four battleground states: poll | Reuters
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- ^ http://media.www.quadnews.net/media/storage/paper1368/news/2008/09/09/News/Quad-News.Statement-3429336.shtml
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- ^ http://www.qu.edu/x2063.xml
- ^ http://www.qu.edu/x2063.xml
- ^ http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings.aspx?uidbadge=%07
- ^ http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_1402_brief.php
- ^ http://princeton.localplacement.com/business-school-rankings.aspx
- ^ http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x192.xml
- ^ http://www.aacsb.edu/General/InstLists.asp?lid=2
- ^ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2073580,00.asp
- ^ http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings.aspx?uidbadge=%07
- ^ http://law.quinnipiac.edu/
- ^ http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/law/search
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