Motto | Veritas |
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Type | Private university |
Established | 1955 |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (Dominican) |
Endowment | $43.6 million (2020)[1] |
President | James Lentini |
Students | 5,000+ |
Undergraduates | 3500 |
Location | , , United States 40°41′9″N 73°37′35″W / 40.68583°N 73.62639°WCoordinates: 40°41′9″N 73°37′35″W / 40.68583°N 73.62639°W |
Campus | Rockville Centre, Suffolk Center, Manhattan Center (50 Broadway) |
Athletics | NCAA Division II |
Colours | Rose and Gold |
Nickname | Lions |
Mascot | Victor E. Lion |
Website | www |
Molloy University is a private Roman Catholic university in Rockville Centre, New York. It provides more than 50 academic undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs for over 5,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.
History
In 1941 the Sisters of St. Dominic purchased 25 acres in Rockville Centre. In 1955 the Dominican Sisters of Amityville founded Molloy Catholic College. It was established as a women's college appointing Mother Anselma Ruth, O.P., Ph.D., as the first president. A year later the first institutional building called Quealy Hall opened. Soon after, Mother Bernadette de Lourdes, O.P., was appointed as the second president followed by the opening of Kellenberg Hall. In 1959 the first commencement ceremony took place celebrating the first graduating class. In 1971 its name was changed to Molloy College. In 1972 it began accepting men into the nursing program and in 1982 became fully coeducational.[2]
In March 2022, the New York State Board of Regents approved the name change from Molloy College to Molloy University.[3] The school announced on March 31, 2022, that the name change would be effective June 1, 2022.[4]
Student life
Molloy University offers over 60 clubs and organizations. Some are founded on academics but others are centered around a cultural theme.[5]
Molloy has three residence halls that house nearly 350 students, Maria Regina, Fitzgerald, and Boogner Hall, which opened in August, 2019. Dorms are co-ed but the halls and wings are separated by gender. Students living on campus have a choice of three different meal plans, and the school provides daily shuttle service for dining, shopping, or the train.[6]
The Madison Theatre at Molloy University opened in the late fall of 2011. The 550-seat theater hosts a variety of performers from the world of theater, music, dance, cabaret, comedy and more. Madison Theatre's Artistic Director is Angelo Fraboni, a Broadway performer who has produced and managed a range of Off-Broadway productions and tours.[7]
Faculty
Molloy University's academic structure has four distinct schools (Business, Education & Human Services, Nursing & Health Sciences, and Arts & Sciences) under which individual academic departments fall.[8] The Vice-President for Academic Affairs is the senior administrator for Molloy College academics.
Three quarters of Molloy University faculty are part-time adjunct-faculty - 723 in number - with the remaining 190 working as full-time professors.[9] The adjunct-faculty is about twice the percentage of the typical not-for-profit college or university, whose average adjunct-faculty composition is between 30%-40%.[10]
Athletics
Molloy athletic teams are the Lions. The college is a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the East Coast Conference (ECC; formerly known as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC) until after the 2005–06 academic year) since the 1989–90 academic year.
Molloy has 19 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, track & field (indoor and outdoor); while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, field hockey, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball.
One player from their basketball team, Jaylen Morris, managed to play professionally in the NBA after graduation. In addition to the Molloy Men's Rugby Club, the College's club sports include the equestrian team and the cheerleading and dance squads.
The Molloy College softball team earned a trip to the College World Series three times in the 2010s.[11] Also, during 2014–15 Molloy had two of its student-athletes named All-American selections.[12]
Notable alumni
- Shea Spitzbarth - professional baseball player
References
- ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ Ziegler, Patrick (2005). Encyclopedia of New York State (8th ed.). Peter R. Eisenstadt and Laura-Eve Moss. p. 997.
- ^ Steele, David (May 27, 2022). "Changing from college to university driven by image, prestige". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ "Molloy College becomes Molloy University" (Press release). Mar 31, 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ "Clubs and Organizations". Molloy College. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ^ Residence Life, Molloy College, retrieved 2016-03-01
- ^ "Madison Theatre". madisontheatreny.org. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ^ "Academic Division Structure 2017 - 2018". Molloy College.
- ^ "Molloy College Faculty Composition". 2013-02-20.
- ^ "Are Full-Time Faculty Being Adjunctified? Recent Data Show Otherwise". 2017-05-19.
- ^ "Molloy scraps way to Div. II World Series". Newsday. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- ^ "Academic All-Americans for two at Molloy College". Molloy College. Retrieved 2017-02-23.