CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY

'Creighton University' is a Jesuit, Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America. The university was founded as Creighton College in 1878 through a gift from Mary Lucretia Creighton who stipulated in her will that a school be established in memory of her husband, prominent Omaha businessman Edward Creighton.^[2]
Sitting on a 108-acre campus just outside Omaha's downtown business district in the Near North Side neighborhood, the University currently enrolls about 6,800 students. Creighton is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The current president is the Rev. John P. Schlegel.

Contents

Academics

Athletics

Demographics

Notable alumni

Academics

Law and politics

Authors and entertainers

Others

Athletics

Basketball

Baseball

Soccer

External links

See also

Sources

References

Academics

'Undergraduate Class Sizes'^[3]

# Students	# Classes
2-9	157
10-19	207
20-29	248
30-39	154
40-49	40
50-99	43
100+	2

The current schools and colleges at Creighton are:

★ College of Arts and Sciences

★ College of Business Administration

★ School of Nursing

★ School of Dentistry

★ School of Law

★ School of Medicine

★ School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

★ Graduate School

★ University College
In the Fall semester 2006 the student to faculty ratio for all undergraduate programs was 12 to 1.
Creighton is a nationally known university, which is consistently ranked #1 in the Universities-Master's (Midwest) category, according to U.S. News and World Report. Creighton is also ranked one of the best 366 colleges in the country, according to The Princeton Review. In addition, the university frequently sends students to Ivy League graduate programs. In 2006, PC Magazine ranked Creighton as the 5th most "wired" campus in the country.
The various Colleges of Creighton have hosted a variety of guest speakers including Warren Buffett, Bill Rancic, Joe Moglia, Jerry Jurgensen, Fr. Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., Ralph Nader, Jon Heder, Justice Clarence Thomas, Archbishop J. Michael Miller, Tim Russert, Bob Newhart, as well as various ambassadors and dignitaries.
Creighton is known as a solid natural science school because of its Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Emergency Medical Services, and Nursing. Moreover, the entire College of Arts and Sciences has been highly acclaimed and noted nationally and internationally for academic integrity, academic excellence, and scholarly publications from faculty members.
The Creighton School of Dentistry is nationally acclaimed and was ranked #4 in the nation in 2006 by The Gourman Report and offers one of the best clinical faculty of any dental school in the nation.
Creighton's Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and Occupational Therapy programs are six years long, offering students the opportunity to graduate with both a doctorate in their specialized field and a Bachelor of Science degree.
The teaching hospital, Creighton University Medical Center, is where the Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Careers and Dentistry students put what they learn into action.

Athletics

Main articles: Creighton Bluejays

Creighton competes in NCAA Division I athletics, competing in the Missouri Valley Conference. Nicknamed the Bluejays (or Jays), Creighton fields 14 teams in eight sports.
The men's basketball team is the most popular of all of Creighton's athletic programs, having gone to the NCAA basketball tournament seven of the last nine years (1999-2003, 2005, 2007; they went to the National Invitation Tournament in 2004 and 2006). The Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team averages the highest attendance in the MVC. Creighton's men's basketball team also plays all home games at the new Qwest Center Omaha. They are coached by Dana Altman.
The men's soccer team has gone to the NCAA Tournament every year for the last 14 years with three appearances in the Final Four and one appearance in the National Championship Match. Creighton, until 2006, was the only school in the NCAA to have at least one player selected in each of the 10 MLS Drafts since 1996 and twenty-nine former Bluejays have played professionally since 1990. The women's soccer team has competed in the NCAA Tournament in three of the last four years. The Creighton men's and women's soccer teams play their home games on-campus at Morrison Stadium.
Creighton's baseball team has one appearance in the NCAA College World Series (1991), which is played in Omaha's Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. Additionally, Creighton serves as the annual host institution of this event.[1]
To complement Creighton's strong athletics program, Creighton also has a large intramural program. With over 130 basketball teams and 100 football teams, a large portion of the student body participates in the intramurals each year. Intramural sports include football, basketball, softball, soccer, and many more.
During the span from 1998 to 2001 Creighton was one of only three schools in the nation to send a team to the NCAA tournaments in Soccer, Basketball, and Baseball. The other two schools were Stanford University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Demographics

Creighton's total enrollment is about 6,800, with 3,888 undergraduates. The enrollment is about 46% male and 54% female. About 56% of the students are from outside of Nebraska. Of the student body 83% is Caucasian, 7% is Asian American, 1% African American, 3% Hispanic/Latino, and 1% Native American. Out of the school's freshman class, 80% graduate in 4 years, and 85% graduate in 6 years
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Notable alumni

Academics

Law and politics

★ Mike Boyle, former mayor of Omaha, Nebraska

★ John Joseph Cavanaugh III, former Member of the United States House of Representatives (D-Nebraska)

★ Barbara Cubin, member of the United States House of Representatives (R-Wyoming)

★ Robert E. Davis, Kansas Supreme Court Justice

★ Mike Fahey, mayor of Omaha, Nebraska

★ Mike Friend, member of the Nebraska Legislature and chairman of the legislature's Committee on Urban Affairs.

★ Mike Johanns, former Governor of Nebraska and current United States Secretary of Agriculture

★ George Wells Parker, co-founder of the Hamitic League of the World

★ John Dale Ryan, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force

★ Leo Ryan, former member of the U.S. House Of Representatives (D-California) who was assassinated at the outset of the Jonestown Massacre

★ Lee Terry, member of the U.S. House Of Representatives (R-Nebraska)

★ Virginia Lamp Thomas, director of Executive Branch relations for the Heritage Foundation and wife to United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Authors and entertainers

★ Todd Fink, lead singer of The Faint

★ Matt Maginn, bass player for Cursive

★ Ron Hansen, American novelist

★ Jimmy Murphy, syndicated cartoonist of Toots and Casper

Others

★ Michael P. Anderson, former NASA astronaut killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

★ Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago

★ Don Keogh, former president and CEO of Coca-Cola

★ J. Joseph Ricketts, founder of Ameritrade

★ V.J. Skutt, former CEO of Mutual of Omaha

★ Mary Alice Williams, former NBC and CNN broadcaster

Athletics

Basketball

★ Kyle Korver, current member of the Philadelphia 76ers

★ Benoit Benjamin, former NBA player

★ Rodney Buford, former NBA player

★ Kevin McKenna, former NBA player, current head coach of the Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team.

★ Paul Silas, former NBA all-star and former NBA coach

★ Todd Eisner, current head coach of the Bellevue University Bruins men's basketball team

Baseball

★ Kimera Bartee, former MLB player

★ Alan Benes, former MLB player

★ Bob Gibson, former MLB player and current Hall of Famer

★ Scott Servais, former MLB player

★ Scott Stahoviak, former MLB player

★ Pat Venditte, ambidextrious pitcher

Soccer

★ Ryan Junge, current member of the Columbus Crew

★ Michael Kraus, current member of the Kansas City Wizards

★ Brian Mullan, current member of the Houston Dynamos

★ Richard Mulrooney, current member of the Houston Dynamos

★ David Wagenfuhr, current member of FC Dallas

★ Ross Paule, former MLS soccer player

★ Johnny Torres, former MLS soccer player and 1997 Hermann Trophy Winner

External links

★ Office of Undergraduate Admissions

★ Creighton University

★ Creighton University Webcam

★ Creighton Athletics

★ Creighton History - Memoirs of Fr. William Rigge, SJ

★ Online Ministries

★ Creighton University Observatory

★ Creighton TV Documentary - NET Television

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See also

★ Education in North Omaha, Nebraska

★ Edward Creighton

★ John A. Creighton

★ Mary Creighton

Sources

★ official website

★ official athletics website

★ The Princeton Review: Creighton University

References

1. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_2542_brief.php
2. http://www2.creighton.edu/aea/institutionalresearch/factbook/pastpresent/universityhistory/index.php
3. http://www2.creighton.edu/fileadmin/user/AEA/InstitutionalResearch/docs/cds-i.pdf