Chatham College
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| Motto | Filiae Nostrae Sicut Antarii Lapides (That our daughters may be as cornerstones, polished after the similitude of a palace.) |
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| Established | December 11, 1869 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Esther Barazzone, Ph.D. |
| Location | Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| Students | 1,500 (approx.) |
| Website | www.chatham.edu |
Chatham College is a liberal arts women's college located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Shadyside neighborhood. The campus population of approximately 1,500 includes undergraduate women as well as graduate women and men. The College grants degrees including certificates, bachelor, master, first-professional, and doctoral.
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[edit] History
Founded as the Pennsylvania Female College on December 11, 1869 by Reverend William Trimble Beatty, Chatham was initially situated in a mansion on 5th Avenue in the neighborhood of Shadyside. The campus today is composed of buildings and grounds from a number of former private mansions. It was renamed Pennsylvania College for Women in 1890, and as Chatham College in 1955. The name served to honor William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham and namesake of the City of Pittsburgh.
With elements designed for the original Andrew Mellon estate by the renowned Olmsted Brothers, the 35-acre Chatham College campus was designated an arboretum in 1998 by the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta. It features over 110 different varieties of species, including Japanese Flowering Crabapple, River Birch and Kentucky Coffee Tree. The Arboretum provides an outdoor classroom for students in the College’s Landscape Architecture and Landscape Studies programs, as well as an inviting place to stroll and to meditate.
[edit] Accreditation
The College is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the American Chemical Society, the Pennsylvania Department of Education teacher certification program, the American Physical Therapy Association, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, and the Council on Social Work Education.
[edit] Mission Statement
Chatham College prepares its students, bachelors through doctoral level, on campus and around the world, to excel in their professions and to be engaged, environmentally responsible, globally conscious, life-long learners, and citizen leaders for democracy. The women’s undergraduate program offers superb career preparation informed by the liberal arts; other entities within the College provide men and women with undergraduate, graduate, professional, and continuing education of the highest quality with primary emphasis on preparation for work and the professions.
[edit] Notable Alumni
Among Chatham's notable alumnae is biologist and zoologist Rachel Carson (1929), after whom the Rachel Carson Institute at Chatham is named. The RCI, as it is known, promotes understanding of environmental issues through conferences, lectures, discussion panels, and other methods. In honor of Rachel Carson's legacy, the College President, Esther L. Barazzone, Ph.D. and others led a campaign to rename the Ninth Street Bridge in downtown Pittsburgh as the Rachel Carson Bridge. The naming resolution was passed by Allegheny County Council on December 6, 2005. The Rachel Carson Bridge is one of the "Three Sisters" Bridges, opened between 1926 and 1928, and designed by County architect Stanley L. Roush and the Allegheny County Department of Public Works. The Roberto Clemente (formerly Sixth Street) Bridge and the Andy Warhol (formerly Seventh Street) Bridge complete the trio of bridges. They are the only trio of nearly identical bridges and were the first self-anchored suspension spans built in the United States. They are among the only surviving examples of large eyebar chain suspension bridges in the country.
Some notable alumni include:
- Rachel Carson, biologist, zoologist, environmentalist and author
- Elaine Scarry, author and Harvard University professor
- Kathie L. Olsen, Ph.D., associate director of the National Science Foundation
[edit] Points of interest
[edit] External links
- Chatham College official website
- Map of Chatham College campus
- Chatham College School of Continuing Education
- Rachel Carson Institute at Chatham College
- Pennsylvania Center for Women, Politics, & Public Policy at Chatham College
| Presidents' Athletic Conference |
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| Bethany • Chatham† • Geneva† • Grove City • Saint Vincent • Thiel • Thomas More • Washington & Jefferson • Waynesburg • Westminster † joining mid-2007 |
| Universities and Colleges in the Pittsburgh Metro Area | |
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| Universities | Carnegie Mellon | Duquesne | University of Pittsburgh | Penn State Beaver | Penn State McKeesport | Penn State New Kensington | Slippery Rock | Pittsburgh-Bradford | Pittsburgh-Greensburg |
| Colleges | Art Institute of Pittsburgh | Carlow | Chatham | Community College of Allegheny County | Geneva | La Roche | Saint Vincent College | Seton Hill | Pittsburgh Theological | Point Park | Robert Morris | Trinity Episcopal | Westminster College |
