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 Image: College of Saint Elizabeth
Saint Elizabeth University traces its roots to the Catholic educational work of the Sisters of Charity. In 1809, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the Sisters of Charity in the United States, and in 1859 Mother Mary Xavier Mehegan established the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth in the Diocese of Newark. The Academy of Saint Elizabeth, founded by the Sisters in 1860, is the oldest Catholic all-girls high school in New Jersey. Originally based in Newark, the Academy later moved to Convent Station in Morris Township, where Mother Mary Xavier Mehegan successfully petitioned the railroad for a stop near the Academy; the Sisters donated the land, and a wooden station house was built in 1876.
The College of Saint Elizabeth opened on September 11, 1899, with six students and Sister Mary Pauline Kelligar as its first president. In 1902, Sister Helen Angela Dorety graduated and later continued her studies at the University of Chicago, becoming in 1909 the first Sister in the United States to receive a Ph.D. The first graduating class received degrees in 1903. The institution expanded its academic offerings throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries. It added graduate programs in 1993, awarded its first doctoral degree in educational leadership in 2010, and admitted its first coeducational traditional undergraduate class in 2016. In 2017, the first doctoral students in counseling psychology received their Psy.D. degrees, and the school launched new bachelor’s programs in computer software engineering, sports management and marketing, and social work, along with master’s programs in applied behavior analysis, data analytics, public health, and digital media design and marketing. On July 1, 2020, the former College of Saint Elizabeth officially became Saint Elizabeth University after receiving university-status approval from the New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education. Several milestones in the university’s Catholic heritage remain central to its identity. In 2014, Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, a 1923 alumna, was beatified at Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart; Saint Elizabeth University notes that this was the first beatification held outside the Vatican. University centers and programs include the Center for Catholic Women’s History, established in 2001 to collect and preserve Catholic women’s stories; the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education, which provides resources, programming, and curriculum support for students and educators; the Center for Human and Social Development, which supports individuals, families, schools, and community organizations; and the Center for Ministry and Spirituality, which offers theological and spiritual formation for laypeople. Therapy Education partnership between NJ Collaborative for Emotionally Focused Therapy to advance mission of working with underserved populations with emphasis on social justice in field of mental health. The 560-seat Dolan Performance Hall in the Annunciation Center hosts musical performances, plays, lectures, recitals, trainings, and other events. The campus Greek Theater, built in 1932, remains an outdoor venue for plays, concerts, and gatherings, while the Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery presents exhibitions and campus arts programming. |