Coordinates: 41°31′59″N 88°05′44″W / 41.5330°N 88.0955°W / 41.5330; -88.0955, This article is about the university in Illinois. 2007- USF athletics adds men's track & field. 2012- The recreation center is renamed the “Pat Sullivan Center” in recognition of Sullivan, a long-time basketball coach and athletic director. 1976- Women's basketball, men's tennis, women's tennis and women's volleyball Intercollegiate Athletics Programs start. In 21 years of Cougar Football, how many MSFA Mideast conference championship has the team won? In 1935, the all-female college began an affiliation with the St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing – to create the St. Francis College of Nursing. Completed in 2006, the building houses the Lee and Jim Vann Library, Registrar's Office, faculty offices, the Campus Shoppe, and classrooms. In the spring of 1999, the university—with a grant from the City of Fort Wayne and the State of Indiana—cleaned the ground, water, and surrounding area. 1987- Cheerleading added to the list of CSF sports. The Busse EPIC programs give students the opportunity to earn 2+ years of paid, for-credit work experience and graduate in 4 years. The University also offers a Physician Assistant program at a second campus site in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The University of St. Francis is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and is part of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Southern Division. For the university in Indiana, see, Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Congregation of the Third Order of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, "U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, and Percentage Change in Market Value from FY18 to FY19 (Revised)", Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202, Oswego Community Unit School District 308, Minooka Community High School District 111, Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois, Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities, Colleges and universities in metropolitan Chicago, Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_of_St._Francis&oldid=980463263, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, Educational institutions established in 1920, Former women's universities and colleges in the United States, Catholic universities and colleges in Illinois, Articles lacking sources from October 2015, Articles needing additional references from April 2014, All articles needing additional references, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Instances of Infobox university using image size, Pages using infobox university with the affiliations parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, College of Business and Health Administration, This page was last edited on 26 September 2020, at 17:31. The building originally housed the entire college, and has served as the university's library, as well as dorms and a dining area. The school became the University of St. Francis in 1998, the same year the school began offering online courses and degree programs. In 2016, Guardian Angel Hall opened to students at St. Clare Campus, located at 1550 Plainfield Road (about one mile from the main campus) as the home to the USF Leach College of Nursing. The college officially incorporated as its own institution separate from the congregation with its own charter and by-laws. (Men: 34.6% Women: 65.4%)USF website Facts & Figures page. 2017- USF women's bowling team wins the NAIA Invitational in its fourth season of competition. The university maintains a satellite campus in Crown Point, Indiana, about 120 miles (190 km) northwest of the main campus in Fort Wayne. In 1930, the school was reorganized with a full college curriculum as the College of St. Francis with bachelor's degree granting authority. The university's St. Bonaventure Campus opened in downtown Joliet with additional classrooms, offices, and a business incubator. The Pope John Paul II Center is also a main place of activity at the university. The University of St. Francis in Joliet officially unveiled two long-planned campus beautification projects on Monday to commemorate its centennial.