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Thomas More College is a liberal arts college located in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, a suburb near Cincinnati, Ohio. The Roman Catholic school serves 1,900 full and part-time students. The college was originally founded in 1921 by the local Benedictine Sisters as Villa Madonna College. ==History== The Benedictine Sisters of Covington, Kentucky, founded Villa Madonna College in 1921 to train Catholic school teachers and to provide college education for young women. The college was chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1923. Villa Madonna graduated its first students in 1929 and became the official college of the Diocese of Covington that same year. Three religious orders operated Villa Madonna in its early years: the Sisters of Notre Dame, the Congregation of Divine Providence, and the local Benedictine Sisters. Through the 1930s and early 1940s, the college grew slowly. The school year 1942–1943 closed with commencement exercises on June 4 with ten graduates. The number of graduates of the college including the 1943 class was 152. Although founded as an institution for women, men attended many of the same classes through the Villa Madonna – affiliated St. Thomas More College. In 1945, Villa Madonna was designated a co-educational college, and St. Thomas More College was abolished. In that year the Diocese of Covington purchased the college. At the opening of classes in September 1945, Villa Madonna College enrolled 28 Sisters, 56 laywomen, and 28 men for a total of 112 students. As the college began to grow, facilities and classrooms were stretched to their limits. Several buildings owned by the Diocese of Covington were quickly secured for additional classrooms and offices. Over the next two decades, as enrollment and curriculum steadily grew, any available space was acquired and adapted for the College's use. Eventually, all available space was exhausted, and it was clear that a more spacious campus was needed. Campus buildings of Villa Madonna College include St. Joseph's Hall, St. Thomas More Hall,〔 Cabrini Hall,〔 St. Pius Hall, Talbott Hall, Cafeteria Annex, Columbus Hall (library), St. Jude Hall, Aquinas Hall,〔 Bernard Hall,〔 St. Luke Hall (art department).〔(Northern Kentucky Views, Villa Madonna College ), nkyviews.com; accessed September 15, 2014.〕 In 1964, the faculty, alumni, and friends of the college saw the dawn of a new era when the school's chancellor, Bishop Ackerman, announced a building program. A growing co-educational institution, an expanding campus and the opportunity to serve a wider area made the move the natural choice. In 1968, the college was moved from downtown Covington to what is now Crestview Hills. In this same year, Bishop Ackerman announced that Villa Madonna College would receive a new name: Thomas More College. This same year saw the opening of another Thomas More College, a woman's college of Jesuit Fordham University in New York which later merged with Fordham College as a co-educational college and dropped the Thomas More name.〔(Fordham University )〕 Although the college was opened in January 1968, the crowning moment of the relocation and renaming of the college came in that same year during dedication ceremonies held on September 28 with President Lyndon B. Johnson in attendance. The college serves 1,900 full- and part-time students. Although primarily from Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, students from roughly 20 states and several countries attend Thomas More College.〔(History of Thomas More College & Villa Madonna College ), thomasmore.edu; accessed September 15, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas More College (Kentucky)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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