{"id":1033,"date":"2017-04-20T08:24:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T13:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=1033"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:38:12","slug":"history-maryville-university","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/history-maryville-university\/","title":{"rendered":"History of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.hero-section {\n  background: url(/alumni/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/1033/"//alumni/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2017/04/header.jpg/") 50% no-repeat;\n  background-size: cover;\n  height: 78vh;\n  text-align: center;\n  display: -webkit-flex;\n  display: -ms-flexbox;\n  display: flex;\n  -webkit-align-items: center;\n      -ms-flex-align: center;\n          align-items: center;\n  -webkit-justify-content: center;\n      -ms-flex-pack: center;\n          justify-content: center;\n}\n.button {\n  width: 100%;\n  margin: 5px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"hero-section\">\n<span class=\"background-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"black and white picture of old ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ campus building\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"panel\" style=\"width: 50%; display: block; margin: 25px auto; background-color: white; opacity: 0.8;\">\n<h4 style=\"color: #black;\"><strong>ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and The Society of the Sacred Heart:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"color: #black; font-size: 22px;\"><em>A Continuing Tradition<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- !!!!!!!!   TOP NAV BAR  !!!!!!!! --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3; margin-top: -22px; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x small-up-1 medium-up-3 large-up-3\">\n<div class=\"cell\"><strong><a style=\"color: grey; font-size: 17px;\" href=\"#early\">The Early Years<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"cell\"><strong><a style=\"color: grey; font-size: 17px;\" href=\"#college\">A College is Born<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"cell\"><strong><a style=\"color: grey; font-size: 17px;\" href=\"#today\">ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Today<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- !!!!!!!!   FIRST 100 YEARS  !!!!!!!! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid-container\" style=\"padding: 20px 5px 0px 5px; margin-top: -10px;\"><a name=\"early\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Celebrating the First 100 Years<\/h3>\n<p>ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ was created out of the Society of the Sacred Heart\u2019s deep commitment to service, education and faith, and the indomitable spirit and courage of one of the order\u2019s first and greatest pioneers, Rose Philippine Duchesne.  <\/p>\n<p>The Religious of the Sacred Heart deliberately and lovingly guided the growth and development of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ for 100 years with a progressive series of decisions and bold moves that proved to be profoundly effective. As a result, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ evolved from a small academy in the Dutchtown neighborhood of South St. Louis to an innovative and robust institution of higher education in West St. Louis County with students from around the country and indeed around the world.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #cccccc; padding: 10px 5px;\">\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<h3>Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat and \u201cThe Heart of an Educator\u201d<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1539\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1539\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2018\/02\/sophie-barat1.jpeg\" alt=\"Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1539\" style=\"border-radius: 1px;\"\/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin-top: -15px;\">Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Established in post-revolutionary France by Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, the Society viewed as its purpose \u201cto make known the love of God revealed in the Heart of Christ\u201d (hence the motto, \u201cCor unum et anima una in Corde Jesu\u201d\u2014 One Heart and One Mind in the Heart of Jesus).<\/p>\n<p>Education has always had a special place in the mission of the Society. Saint Madeleine Sophie believed that, \u201cPresent day society will be saved by education; other means are almost useless.\u201d Her hope was that the Society would help restore Christian life in France by educating young women in both the rich and poor economic classes.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Madeleine Sophie emphasized two abiding goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To reveal to the world a God who loves us.<\/li>\n<li>To educate children to be a source of transformation in their world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (in French, Religieuses du Sacr\u00e9 C\u0153ur de J\u00e9sus, or RSCJ) make a vow of education which goes beyond the typical three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience made by most religious orders. The fourth vow of education does not simply refer to teaching, it implores each individual to have the \u201cheart of an educator\u201d in order to draw from every person his or her God-given gifts and talents so that \u201cThey may discover the significance of their lives, devote themselves to others and help transform the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stressing that \u201cThe main goal of education is not the mere imparting of knowledge, but the development of the individual,\u201d Saint Madeleine Sophie established an educational philosophy that continues to drive ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\u2019s mission and vision.<br \/>\n     &nbsp;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f2f2f2; padding: 10px 5px; margin-top: -20px;\">\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<h3>The Journey of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\u2019s Spiritual Foundress: Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne<\/h3>\n<div style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/DuchesneRSCJ.jpg\" alt=\"Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne\" width=\"450\" style=\"padding-right: 15px; border-radius: 1px;\"\/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin-top: -15px;\">Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Born in Grenoble, France in 1769, Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne first arrived at the village of St. Charles, Missouri in September of 1818. It was the end of a long journey and the beginning of one that continues today.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Philippine was one of the first women to join the Society, which was founded in 1800. Saint Madeleine Sophie travelled to Grenoble in 1804 to meet Philippine.\u00a0She welcomed her into her new order and together they established a foundation in that city. <\/p>\n<p>Thus began the lifelong friendship between Philippine Duchesne and Madeleine Sophie Barat. But even greater was the attraction that drew the older of these two women to teach Native Americans in the New World.\u00a0Living, by that time, in Paris with her beloved superior, Mother Barat, she met Bishop Louis DuBourg of Louisiana when he arrived in France in 1817 to recruit religious to help him evangelize his vast new diocese. Although her order was still very new, Mother Barat agreed to allow Mother Duchesne to embark on this bold missionary venture.<\/p>\n<p>She travelled with four other religious from Bordeaux to New Orleans, a seventy-day voyage on the little ship, the Rebecca. After a brief stay with the Ursuline nuns in Louisiana, the five Religious of the Sacred Heart made the forty-day trip up the Mississippi to St. Louis on the steamboat Franklin. Having no house in the episcopal city to accommodate the nuns, Bishop DuBourg assigned them to St. Charles, where they rented the &#8220;Duquette Mansion,&#8221; a log cabin overlooking the Missouri River.\u00a0One week later, on September 14, 1818, Philippine opened the first Sacred Heart school outside of Europe. It was the first free school for girls west of the Mississippi.<br \/>\n\u00a0\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-container\" style=\"padding: 10px 5px;\">\n<h3>From Academy to College<\/h3>\n<p>The Religious of the Sacred Heart followed a path that, while long and winding, remained centered on a core set of values.<\/p>\n<p>Philippine Duchesne did not stop after establishing the first school in St. Charles. She established a second in nearby Florissant, Missouri which was transferred to the Sisters of Loretto in 1846. Her third Academy of the Sacred Heart, established at Broadway and Convent streets in the city of St. Louis, opened in 1827 as La Maison de Ville, the City House. The property had been leased from philanthropist John Mullanphy for 999 years, with a provision that there would always be an orphanage on the property as well as the day school and boarding school.<\/p>\n<p>The growth of St. Louis necessitated another move. In 1864, 21 acres of property at the corner of Meramec and Nebraska Streets (Withnell\u2019s Grove) were purchased for the Academy for $40,000. After financial difficulties slowed construction, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Academy (Mary\u2019s Villa) was finally completed in 1872.<\/p>\n<p>This new \u201ccountry home,\u201d designed by architect James McNamara, opened on September 5, 1872 with 80 boarding school students. Also part of the new complex was a free school for nearly 70 underprivileged children, and a novitiate for 11 young women.<\/p>\n<p>During the following year, 1873, four young women received the first degrees conferred on the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ campus.<\/p>\n<p>With its educational roots in France, the school was based on a six-year French Lycee pattern\u2014 which included the equivalent of junior college work at the two highest levels. Many French customs prevailed throughout the school, from the celebration of traditional French holidays (cong\u00e9s) to the games students played after school hours (a glorified hide and seek known as cache-cache) and even the daily snacks, or go\u00fbter. The French language was taught at all levels, and girls were encouraged to speak it at all times, especially during meals.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x small-up-1 medium-up-3 large-up-3\">\n<div class=\"cell\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/first-families-timeline3.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 1px;\" alt=\"Some of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\u2019s first families\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; padding-top: 5px;\">Some of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\u2019s first families were influential in the development of St. Louis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cell\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/history-art-studio2.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 1px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; padding-top: 5px;\" alt=\"ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ students at work in the campus art studio\">ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ students at work in the campus art studio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cell\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/history-study-hall2.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 1px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; padding-top: 5px;\" alt=\"Women stay current with coursework in study hall\">Women stay current with coursework in study hall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>School activities included lectures, recitals, concerts and even early \u201cmoving pictures.\u201d So complete was the education taught at the Academy, that\u2014by 1900\u2014women who continued their education after leaving the school were receiving college credit for their last two years there. By 1910, enrollment had reached 181, more than double its original. <\/p>\n<p>From the very beginning, many of our distinguished alumni have been part of families who were influential within the St. Louis community\u2014contributing to the civic, social and business development of the city. Some were descendants of the very early French families: Chouteau, Papin, Cabanne, Desloge, Benoist, Fusz, Chambers and Valle. Some were members of German families who arrived in the 1850s: Anheuser, Busch, Bardenheier, Griesedieck, Von Brecht and Padberg.  <\/p>\n<p>The Irish were represented by numerous descendants of Alexander McNair, the first governor of Missouri, and John Mullanphy, early patron of the Sacred Heart and father of a mayor of St. Louis.  <\/p>\n<p>There were daughters of families who were prominent in the 19th century growth of St. Louis: Fruin, Barney, Haydel, Gross, Schlafly, Clemens, Ring and more. There were descendants of Joseph Murphy, maker of the famous \u201cMurphy Wagon\u201d\u2014 the prairie schooner that took many pioneers west.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these first families of St. Louis, there are many multi- generational families\u2014women, and now men\u2014who continue the family tradition of a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/view-slideshow.jpg\" alt=\"sister helping student with course work\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button medium\" style=\"z-index: 1; margin-top: -95px; width: 195px; position: absolute; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; left: 0; right: 0; background: #cccccc; color: black; font-size: 16px; border-radius: 0px;\" href=\"\/alumni\/history-maryville-university\/photo-slideshow\/\"><strong>View Gallery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid-container\" style=\"margin-top: -20px; padding: 10px 5px;\">\n<h3>&#8220;I will not forget&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>By 1912, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\u2019s lifelong impact on young women\u2019s lives was already evident. Acknowledging this, former graduates met with Reverend Mother Reid and Mother Sturgis to plan the formation of a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Alumnae Association. On May 15, 1913, the first Alumnae Association luncheon and meeting took place and the group adopted the motto that remains today: \u201cI will not forget\u201d (taken from Isaiah, 49:15). <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/12\/forget-history.jpg\" alt=\"I Will Not Forget sign\" style=\"border-radius: 1px;\"\/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin-top: -15px;\">\u201cI Will Not Forget\u201d motto was placed above the campus gymnasium door.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Later, in 1933, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ alumnae would co-sponsor with St. Charles, City House and Villa Duchesne the first meeting of alumnae from Sacred Heart academies and colleges throughout the country to form a national organization: AASH (Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart). More than 200 women would meet in St. Louis to create the ties that still exist today between alumni of this worldwide system of schools. ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ alumna Sarah Chambers Polk, who promoted the case for greater connection among the associations, was elected the first President of the AASH. Historian and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ professor Louise Callan, RSCJ, wrote of this meeting: \u201cIt is fitting that the convention be held in St. Louis where Philippine Duchesne and her pioneer band had planted the seed that was now being harvested so splendidly.\u201d (<em>Society of the Sacred Heart in North America, pages 721-722<\/em>)<br \/>\n<a name=\"college\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #cccccc; margin-top: -10px; padding: 10px 5px;\">\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<h3>A College is Born<\/h3>\n<p>In 1919, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\u2019s two highest classes (\u201cfirst and superior classes\u201d) were officially recognized as a Junior College by the state of Missouri. Then in 1923, it was announced that ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ would become a four-year college, with the first degrees granted in 1925. By the end of the decade, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College and its Academy formally separated, with Academy classes moving to a new West St. Louis County site named Villa Duchesne.<\/p>\n<p>In 1941, one year after the beatification of Mother Philippine Duchesne was announced in Rome, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College received independent accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. True to its original mission, the College was rooted in a liberal arts tradition, with career-focused and pre-professional programs rounding out the curriculum. ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\u2019s commitment to educating the whole student, academically, socially and morally, was key to its Sacred Heart beginnings, as was its commitment to serving the community surrounding the college.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/a-college-is-born-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two Sisters standing in front of sign\" width=\"500\" style=\"border-radius: 1px;\"\/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; margin-top: -15px; text-align: center;\">ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ moved to its current location in 1961<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The College\u2019s physical growth prompted a move to a new campus in West St. Louis County, dedicated by Cardinal Joseph Ritter on April 23, 1961. True to their \u201cI will not forget\u201d promise, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\u2019s alumnae led a $1 million development drive, which helped make construction of the campus possible. ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ parents literally rolled up their sleeves to help the nuns sweep the new dorms and set up furniture just hours before the first classes arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Amid 290 sprawling acres, four buildings comprised the campus: Gander, Duchesne, Reid and Kernaghan Halls.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f2f2f2; margin-top: -20px; padding: 10px 5px;\">\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<h3>Seeds of Change<\/h3>\n<p>By the end of the 1960s it was clear that a \u201crevolution in higher education\u201d was coming, and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ was ready to respond by reinventing itself to meet the needs of students while remaining financially solvent. <\/p>\n<p>Key among the changes was the decision to admit men in 1968, then providing housing for them on campus in 1972. <\/p>\n<p>The absorption of the nearby Mercy Junior College nursing program led to the creation of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½&#8217;s Department of Nursing and Allied Health (forerunner of today&#8217;s Myrtle E. and Earl E. Walker College of Health Professions).<\/p>\n<p>Strategic partnerships with other local colleges expanded program options for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ students, and new programs and majors were added at an accelerated pace.<\/p>\n<p>In 1972, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\u2019s Centennial year, the Society of the Sacred Heart turned governance of the College over to a lay board of trustees, with a provision for five Religious of the Sacred Heart to remain seated on the board at all times. Past and present, forever linked.<a name=\"today\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: -10px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;\"\">\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<h3>ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Today: Leading the New Revolution in Higher Education<\/h3>\n<p>With historic growth over the past decade, the University now welcomes students from all 50 states and 52 countries. Some students attend remotely, via online courses accessed from all corners of the world. Others attend classes on the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ campus or at satellite locations in the evening and on weekends. Many of our 10,000 students still live on, or commute to, the main campus\u2014now expanded with state-of-the-art classrooms, digital technologies and flexible living and learning spaces. <\/p>\n<p>On the surface, today\u2019s ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ would seem to bear little resemblance to the sparsely-populated campus that opened in 1961, dotted with few classroom buildings and one residence hall. But, once again, a revolution in higher education is happening, and, like its spiritual founder Rose Philippine Duchesne, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ is leading the way.<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x small-up-1 medium-up-2 large-up-2\">\n<div class=\"cell\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/maryville-today-3.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 1px;\" alt=\"diverse group of students on campus\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;\">Diversity and Inclusion is a core value of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cell\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/maryville-today-2.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 1px;\" alt=\"old maryville gate on campus\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;\">ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ continues its leadership role in providing higher education to all.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ is pioneering new, personalized teaching methods that are designed for the way each student learns.<\/li>\n<li>Life Coaches advise and mentor students from before they set foot on campus and throughout each individual\u2019s college experience, just as the Religious of the Sacred Heart once counseled each student through his or her educational journey.<\/li>\n<li>ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ is building partnerships throughout the community, both to strengthen its academic offerings and to fulfill its obligation of being a good neighbor in a civilized society.<\/li>\n<li>And just as the Religious of the Sacred Heart sought to extend the basic right of education to all students, rich and poor alike, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ seeks to provide necessary financial assistance to help all students achieve equity in their education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #ce1126; float: left; margin-bottom: -65px; padding-bottom: 20px;\">\n<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x grid-margin-y\">\n<div class=\"large-4 medium-4 small-12 cell\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/heart-of-maryville-icon-white.png\" width=\"50px;\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;\" alt=\"heart of maryville icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: white;\"><strong>Heart of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: white;\">This award recognizes and honors alumnae who best exemplify the values and traditions of the Sacred Heart.<\/span><br \/>\n<a class=\"button small\" style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 15px; width: 170px;\" href=\"\/spiritofmaryville#heart\">View Awardees<\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"large-4 medium-4 small-12 cell\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/bicentennial-white.png\" width=\"110px;\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;\" alt=\"bicentennial icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: white;\"><strong>Bicentennial Celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: white;\">An entire year of activities and remembrances will honor the Sacred Heart\u2019s remarkable history of crossing frontiers.<\/span><br \/>\n<a class=\"button small\" style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 15px; width: 170px;\" href=\"\/alumni\/history-maryville-university\/bicentennial-celebration\/\">View Events<\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"large-4 medium-4 small-12 cell\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/alumni-association-white-color.png\" width=\"70px;\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;\" alt=\"ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ alumni association logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: white;\"><strong>Alumni Association<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: white;\">In 1913, the first alumnae association luncheon and meeting took place and the group adopted the motto that remains today: \u201cI will not forget.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<a class=\"button small\" style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 15px; width: 170px;\" href=\"\/alumni\/\">Explore More<\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal post-bottom\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"\" data-rm-love=\"0\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"nectar-love\" id=\"nectar-love-1033\" title=\"Love this\"> <i class=\"icon-salient-heart-2\"><\/i><span class=\"love-text\">Love<\/span><span class=\"total_loves\"><span class=\"nectar-love-count\">0<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Share this'> <i class='fa 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