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|name      = Fordham University
 
|image = [[Image:Fordham University Keating Hall.JPG|250px]]|
 
|caption          =Keating Hall with Edwards Parade in the foreground (Rose Hill campus)
 
|latin_name  = Universitas Fordhamensis
 
|motto    = {{lang-la|Sapientia et Doctrina}}<br />''(Wisdom and Learning)''
 
|established = 1841 (as St. John's College)
 
|type      = [[Private university|Private]], [[Independent school|Independent]], [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]], [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]]
 
|endowment = $455.4 million
 
|president = [[Joseph M. McShane|Rev. Joseph M. McShane S.J.]]
 
|city      = [[The Bronx|Bronx]], [[Manhattan]], and [[Harrison, New York|West Harrison]]
 
|state    = [[New York]]
 
|country    = <br/>[[United States]]
 
|undergrad = 8,430
 
|postgrad  = 7,579 (1,652 law)
 
|faculty  = 681 full time, 475 adjunct
 
|campus    = Rose Hill ([[The Bronx|Bronx]]):<br/>[[Urban area|Urban]], {{convert|85|acre|m2}}<br/>Lincoln Center ([[Manhattan]]):<br/>Urban, {{convert|8|acre|m2}}<br/>Westchester ([[Harrison, New York|West Harrison]]):<br/>[[Suburb]]an, {{convert|32|acre|m2}}<br/>Louis Calder Center ([[Armonk, New York|Armonk]]):<br/>[[Rural]], {{convert|114|acre|km2|1}}
 
|colors      = [[Maroon (color)|Maroon]] and [[White]] {{color box|#800000}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
 
|mascot    = [[Bighorn Sheep|Ram]] [[Image:Fordham University mascot.png|30px|]]
 
|free_label = Athletics
 
|free      = 22 [[Division I|NCAA Division I]] [[varsity team]]s, [[Atlantic 10 Conference]], except football ([[Patriot League]]). Affiliations: [[Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association|MAISA]], [[Eastern College Athletic Conference|ECAC]], [[IC4A]]
 
|website= [http://www.fordham.edu/ www.fordham.edu]
 
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}}
 
 
'''Fordham University''' is a [[private university|private]] [[university]] in the [[United States]], with three campuses located in and around [[New York City]]. Founded by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York|Roman Catholic Diocese of New York]] in 1841 as ''St. John's College'', placed in the care of the [[Society of Jesus]] shortly thereafter, the university has since become an [[Independent school|independent institution]] under a [[laity|lay]] Board of [[Trustee]]s. With a long tradition of excellence in academics and theology, Fordham University has over the years broadened into many disciplines of the liberal arts, as well as outreach to the global community.
 
 
==Mission and Reputation==
 
 
According to its website, Fordham University states that it "is committed to the discovery of Wisdom and the transmission of Learning, through research and through undergraduate, graduate and professional education of the highest quality."<ref>(2005) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/discover_fordham/mission_26603.asp"Discover Fordham: Mission"] Retrieved January 11, 2009</ref> The statement from the Board of Trustees goes on to say that while the school is no longer subject to strictly religious administration, it nonetheless values and incorporates its religious history and tradition, particularly in regards to the paradigm of Jesuit educational philosophy. The University promotes a Jesuit principle known as ''[[cura personalis]]'', which fosters a faculty and administration respect for the individual student and their uniqueness, and the Jesuit principle ''[[magis]]'' which intends to inspire service and strive for excellence in all aspects of life, even beyond the academic.<ref>(2008) [http://www.fordham.edu/Discover_Fordham/Fordhams_Jesuit_Trad/"Fordham's Jesuit Tradition"] Retrieved January 11, 2009</ref>
 
 
Fordham University has a long standing reputation of excellence, both for secular and religious studies. Fordham University attracts students from around the world, and at the turn of the 21st century had registered students from approximately 90 countries in addition to every US state and territory.<ref>(2006) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/bulletins/pdf/2006-8_FB.pdf "2006-2008 Undergraduate Bulletin"] Retrieved January 11, 2008</ref> In 2009, ''U.S. News and World Report'', which evaluates American schools every year, ranked Fordham university overall as 61st in the country, keeping with many years of the school being listed within the top 100 schools of the US.<ref>(2009) U.S. News and World Report [http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/national-search/title+Fordham%20University"Best Colleges 2009: Fordham"] Retrieved January 11, 2009</ref> Fordham's graduate schools are also singled out for their excellence often: In 2008, Fordham University School of Law, the 15th most selective law school in the United States, was ranked 25th in the nation in, the Graduate School of Social Service was ranked 17th, the Graduate School of Education was ranked 58th, and the College of Business Administration 71st.<ref>(2009) U.S. News and World Report [http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/national-search/title+Fordham%20University"Best Colleges 2009: Fordham"] Retrieved January 11, 2009</ref>
 
 
==History==
 
[[Image:keatinghall.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Keating Hall at the Rose Hill campus circa February 1937.]]
 
Fordham University was originally founded as St. John's College in 1841 by the [[Coadjutor Bishop]] (later [[Archbishop]]) of the Diocese of New York, the Most Reverend [[John Hughes (archbishop)|John Joseph Hughes]]. The College was the first Catholic institution of [[higher education]] in the [[northeastern United States]].<ref>Schroth, S.J. Raymond A. ''Fordham: A History and Memoir'' (Fordham University Press, 2008. ISBN 0823229777)</ref> [[Bishop]] Hughes purchased most of Rose Hill Manor and Estate in [[Fordham, Bronx|Fordham]], the Bronx, then part of [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]], at $40,000 for the purpose of establishing the school.<ref>Schroth, S.J. Raymond A. ''Fordham: A History and Memoir'' (Fordham University Press, 2008. ISBN 0823229777)</ref> St. John's College opened with only six students on June 24, 1841, with the Reverend [[John Cardinal McCloskey|John McCloskey]] as its president. Most of the original [[Faculty (university)|faculty]] were [[Secular clergy|secular priests]] and [[Laity|lay]] instructors. The College was paired with a [[seminary]], St. Joseph's, which had been founded in 1839 and was in the separate charge of [[Italian people|Italian]] ''[[Lazarist]]s'' (also known as "Vincentians"). In 1861, St. John's College ended its connection to the seminary when St. Joseph's closed.
 
 
In 1846 St. John's College received its [[charter]] from the [[New York Legislature|New York state legislature]], and Bishop Hughes convinced a group of [[Jesuits]] from [[Kentucky]] to staff the new school.<ref>(2008) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/discover_fordham/mission_26603.asp"Discover Fordham:History"] Retrieved January 11, 2008</ref> In 1847, Fordham's first school in [[Manhattan]] opened, which, in 1861, became the separate, chartered ''College of St. Francis Xavier''. With the addition in 1905 of a law school and a (now defunct) medical school, the name was changed to Fordham University in 1907.<ref>(2008) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/discover_fordham/mission_26603.asp"Discover Fordham:History"] Retrieved January 11, 2008</ref>
 
[[Image:John Hughes archbishop - Brady-Handy.jpg|150px|left|thumb|Archbishop John Hughes ]]
 
Throughout the early twentieth century, the school continued to expand. In 1912, the university opened a College of [[Pharmacy]], which offered a three-year program in pharmacy and did not require its students to obtain bachelor's degrees until the late 1930s. The College had a mainly [[Judaism|Jewish]] student body, and in recognition of that, students were exempt from the then-required course in Catholic theology. The College's longtime dean, Jacob Diner, was also Jewish.<ref>(2008) Fordham University [http://www.library.fordham.edu/whatsnew/PharColl.htm"On Exhibit in the Walsh Library: The Blanche and Joseph Slotnik Pharmaceutical Collection"] Retrieved January 11, 2008</ref> The College of Pharmacy closed because of declining enrollment in 1972.
 
 
In 1961, [[Fordham Law School]] opened at the new [[Lincoln Center]] campus—the first building to open in the [[Lincoln Square Renewal Project]].In 1969, the colleges at 302 Broadway were moved to the new Lowenstein Building on the Lincoln Center campus, and other colleges soon followed.<ref>Intravia, Emily. ''Fordham University: Off the Record" (College Prowler, 2006 ISBN 142740061X)</ref>
 
 
The middle to late twentieth century proved to be a turning point in the school's history. In 1969 the [[board of trustees]] was reorganized to include a majority of non-[[clergy]] members, and officially made the University an independent institution.<ref>Schroth, S.J. Raymond A. ''Fordham: A History and Memoir'' (Fordham University Press, 2008. ISBN 0823229777)</ref>  Fordham College at Rose Hill became [[coeducational]] in 1974, as a result of the [[merger]] with Thomas More College (the University’s coordinate college for women opened in 1964).<ref>Intravia, Emily. ''Fordham University: Off the Record" (College Prowler, 2006 ISBN 142740061X)</ref> Fordham maintained its prestige for both secular and religious studies throughout the later half of the twentieth century.
 
 
With the 21st century, the university has once again looked at expanding and restructuring. In August 2005, the University announced a multi-year, $1 billion proposed master plan to add {{convert|1500000|sqft|m2}} of academic, student activities, and dormitory space to the Lincoln Center campus. The development of the campus was set to begin with the expansion of Quinn Library and the construction of a new Law School building, a new student center, a dormitory, and additional parking. Future phases of the development plan included the construction of new space for Fordham College of Liberal Studies, Fordham College at Lincoln Center, the [[Fordham Graduate School of Business|Graduate School of Business]], the Graduate School of Social Service, and the Graduate School of Education.<ref>(2005) Fordham University[http://www.fordham.edu/Campus_Resources/Public_Affairs/Archives/2005/archive_547.asp"Fordham Unveils Lincoln Center Master Plan"] Retrieved January 11, 2009</ref>
 
 
Fordham, like many universities, has also started to reach out to the global community. In April 2008, Fordham entered into an affiliation with [[Heythrop College]], the Jesuit specialist Philosophy and Theology College of the University of London, which is located near Kensington Square, in central London. The [[University of London Consortium of Colleges]] consists of such institutions as [[King's College London]], [[University College London]], and the [[London School of Economics and Political Science]]. Fordham will also house its London Dramatic Academy, and College of Business Administration programs at Heythrop as well. <ref>(2008) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/Campus_Resources/Public_Affairs/topstories_1201.asp "Fordham Establishes New Campus in Central London"] Retrieved January 11, 2009</ref>
 
 
==Facilities==
 
Fordham University has three main campuses located in New York: Rose Hill, Lincoln Center, and Westchester.
 
 
===Rose Hill===
 
[[Image:Fordham University Admin Building.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Administration Building at the Rose Hill campus, constructed circa 1841.]]
 
[[Image:Fordham 800.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Southern Boulevard entrance to the Rose Hill campus.]]
 
The Rose Hill campus, established in 1841, is home to the undergraduate Fordham College at Rose Hill, the College of Business Administration, and a portion of the Fordham College of Liberal Studies as well as the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School of Religion & Religious Education. Located on {{convert|85|acre|m2}} in the north Bronx, it is among the largest "open space campuses" in New York City.<ref>Intravia, Emily. Fordham University: Off the Record (College Prowler, 2006 ISBN 142740061X)</ref> The campus is bordered by the [[New York Botanical Garden]], the [[Bronx Zoo]], and "Little Italy of the Bronx" on [[Arthur Avenue]]. Rose Hill is also home to the University Church, which was built in 1845 as a seminary chapel and parish church for surrounding farms. The gothic-style church is an official New York City landmark and contains the original altar from [[St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, New York|Old St. Patrick's Cathedral]] along with [[stained glass]] windows first intended as a gift by [[Louis-Philippe of France]] for the cathedral.<ref>Schroth, S.J. Raymond A. ''Fordham: A History and Memoir'' (Fordham University Press, 2008. ISBN 0823229777) </ref>
 
 
===Lincoln Center===
 
[[Image:P3062951.JPG|thumb|left|200px|The front of the Leon Lowenstein Building at the Lincoln Center campus.]]
 
[[Image:Fisherman-Fordham.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Peter, Fisher of Men'' statue at the Lincoln Center campus.]]
 
The Lincoln Center campus, established in 1961, is home to the undergraduate Fordham College at Lincoln Center and a portion of Fordham College of Liberal Studies, as well as the [[Fordham University School of Law|School of Law]], the [[Fordham Graduate School of Business|Graduate School of Business Administration]], the Graduate School of Education, and the Graduate School of Social Service. The eight-acre campus occupies the area from West 60th Street to West 62nd Street between [[Columbus Avenue|Columbus]] and [[Amsterdam Avenue|Amsterdam]] Avenues, in the cultural heart of Manhattan. Across the street is one of the world's great cultural centers, [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]]; nearby are [[Central Park]], [[Broadway (New York City)|Broadway]], and [[Columbus Circle]].
 
 
===Westchester===
 
The University moved Fordham College of Liberal Studies (Westchester Division), graduate schools of Business Administration, Education, Social Service, and Religion and Religious Education, from the Marymount campus to 400 Westchester Avenue, in [[Harrison, New York|West Harrison]], New York.<ref>(2008) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/academics/westchester/campus_and_facilitie/index.asp"Westchester: Campus and Facilities"] Retrieved January 13, 2009</ref>  The first classes were scheduled for fall, 2008.
 
 
The new campus includes a three-story, {{convert|62500|sqft|m2|sing=on}} building on 32 landscaped acres with a stream and pond. Fordham signed a 20-year lease for the new campus. The facilities include 26 newly designed classrooms featuring technological amenities such as "smart boards," [[teleconferencing]] capabilities, and newly installed seating and learning areas.
 
 
In addition, faculty offices and administrative support space, a library resource center, a food service facility, and meeting areas both indoor and outdoor for student sessions are available. Over $8 million was spent in renovation to provide the University with green building technology, including the design of academic facilities surrounding a large central courtyard.<ref>(2008) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/academics/westchester/campus_and_facilitie/index.asp"Westchester: Campus and Facilities"] Retrieved January 13, 2009</ref>
 
 
===Libraries and other facilities===
 
[[Image:FordhamLawLibrary.JPG|thumb|left|205px|Leo T. Kissam Memorial Law Library at [[Fordham Law School]]]]The Fordham University libraries own over 2 million volumes, subscribe to over 15,500 periodicals and 19,000 electronic journals, and are a depository for [[United States Government]] documents.<ref>Intravia, Emily. ''Fordham University: Off the Record'' (College Prowler, 2006 ISBN 142740061X)</ref> The [[Walsh Family Library|William D. Walsh Family Library]] is at the Rose Hill campus; the Gerald M. Quinn Library at the Lincoln Center campus; and the Leo T. Kissam Memorial Law Library serves the Law School.
 
 
The McGinley Student Center is located on Rose Hill, and is headquarters for all all student activities as well as is where many of the university's conferences are held. The Rose Hill University Gym is where many of the university's sports team play and practice, as well as housing equipment and space for recreational exercises and other activities. The spiritual center of the main campus is the University Church, which was built in 1845 and became an official landmark of New York City in the late twentieth century<ref> (2008) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/images/Student_Activities/campus_ministries/UniversityChurch.pdf"The University Church"] Retrieved January 13, 2009</ref> Fordham has other spiritual facilities as well, such as the Philip H. McGrath House of Prayer, located in [[Goshen, New York|Goshen]], NY, and is used exclusively for Fordham's  Retreat Ministries. The McGrath House is situated in a rural, residential area about seventy miles northwest of Fordham's Rose Hill campus. The McGrath House has facilities for a large group of students and [[Retreat (spiritual)|retreat]] coordinators to stay overnight while participating in a Fordham Retreat. Fordham Campus Ministry regularly hosts non-compulsory retreats at the McGrath House, including Emmaus, [[Kairos retreat|Kairos]], Charis, Global Outreach Retreats, and other specialized retreats
 
 
In December 2007, the University established the Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art at its Rose Hill campus. The museum contains more than 200 relics from classical antiquity, ranging from Greek terra cotta vases to Roman marble heads to Etruscan urns. The museum was a gift from [[William D. Walsh]], a 1951 graduate and founding chairman of Sequoia Associates. The museum is located at the William D. Walsh Family Library on the Rose Hill campus. It is the largest collection of its kind in the [[New York metropolitan area]].<ref>Pogrebin, Robin. "The New York Times," Dec. 6, 2007 [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/arts/design/06muse.htm "Fordham Opens Its Gift: An Antiquities Museum,"] Retrieved January 13, 2009 </ref>
 
 
==Programs==
 
 
Fordham has a little under 100 different academic programs. Many of the undergrad degrees are aspects of the usual Liberal Arts schools, such as [[Literature]], [[Anthropology]], [[Business]], [[Economics]], [[Chemistry]], [[Biology]] and [[History]]. There are also several [[Divinity]] and [[Theology|Theological]] undergraduate programs that are sometimes connected to other disciplines as well.
 
 
The differing graduate level colleges offer many different programs as well, such as [[Law]], [[Theology]], [[Business]], [[Education]], [[Social Work]] and programs in the liberal arts and sciences.
 
 
Fordham offer two international programs:
 
 
The ''Beijing International [[MBA]] Program'' (BiMBA) is a [[joint venture]] between a consortium of [[Jesuit]] Colleges and Universities in the United States and [[Peking University]] and is managed by Fordham University and the [[China Center for Economic Research]] (CCER)<ref>(2008) [http://www.fordhamfrc.org/China/bimba.shtml"BiMBA"] Retrieved January 13, 2009</ref>  BiMBA was founded in 1998 and is located on the campus of Peking University in [[Beijing]], People's Republic of China. BiMBA enrolls over 400 students a year in traditional part-time and full-time MBA programs, and in Executive MBA (EMBA) programs.
 
 
The other international program is the London Drama Academy (LDA) at Fordham's [[Bloomsbury]]-area London Center, which  offers classes on British acting, using a primarily practical approach. The Academy was founded in the 1970s by Marymount College and a group of tutors from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA). Today it offers semester- and year-long sessions, with classes taught by working RADA-trained theater professionals.
 
 
===Core Curriculum===
 
All undergraduate colleges at Fordham share a [[Core curriculum|Core Curriculum]] that consists of 17–21 courses (depending on foreign language proficiency) drawn from nine disciplines and/or families of disciplines intended to provide a sound [[liberal arts]] education.<ref>(2008) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/UndergraduateBulletin/"Undergraduate Bulletin 2006-2008"] Retrieved January 13, 2008</ref>  In outline, the core includes:
 
 
*One course of English [[Composition studies|composition / rhetoric]] and two of [[literature]]
 
*Two courses of [[Philosophy]] and two of [[Theology]]
 
*Two courses each in [[History]], [[Social Sciences]], and the [[Natural Sciences]]
 
*One course each in [[Mathematics]] and the [[Fine Arts]]
 
*[[Foreign language]] up to an advanced level (1 to 4 courses)
 
*Courses on American [[Pluralism (political philosophy)|Pluralism]] and [[Area studies|Global Studies]]
 
*A capstone Senior Seminar in [[Values]] and [[Moral]] Choices
 
 
Students are expected to complete the core (in their home school) by the end of sophomore year, with the exception of the Global, Pluralism, and Senior Values courses.<ref>(2008) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/academics/colleges__graduate_s/undergraduate_colleg/fordham_college_at_l/core_curriculum/"Core Curriculum | Fordham College at Lincoln Center"] Retrieved January 13, 2009</ref>
 
 
==Colleges, schools, and institutes==
 
Fordham University comprises four undergraduate colleges and six graduate schools on three campuses.
 
 
====Undergraduate colleges====
 
 
*Fordham College at Rose Hill
 
*College of Business Administration
 
*Fordham College of Liberal Studies
 
*Fordham College at Lincoln Center
 
 
====Graduate schools====
 
*Fordham University School of Law
 
*Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
 
*Graduate School of Education
 
*Graduate School of Social Service
 
*Graduate School of Business
 
*Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education
 
 
====Institutes====
 
 
Fordham also houses several institutes and centers for various studies:
 
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/Academics/Office_of_Research/Research_Centers__In/The_Louis_Calder_Cen/|Louis J. Calder Center Biological Field Station]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/cs/|Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/Academics/Programs_at_Fordham_/irish_studies/index.shtml|Institue of Irish Studies]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/mvst/|Center for Medieval Studies]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/latin_american_and_l/index.asp|Latin American and Latino Studies Institute]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/academics/office_of_research/research_centers__in/cips/|Center for International Policy Studies]
 
*[http://www.bnet.fordham.edu/faculty—research/research-centers/entrepreneurship/index.htm|Bert Twaalfhoven Center for Entrepreneurship]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/academics/office_of_research/research_centers__in/center_for_communica/|Center for Communications]
 
*[http://www3.bnet.fordham.edu/faculty—research/research-centers/center-for-management-studies/index.htm|Center for Management Studies]
 
*[http://www3.bnet.fordham.edu/faculty—research/research-centers/pricing-center/index.htm|Fordham University Pricing Center]
 
*[http://www.bnet.fordham.edu/crif/|Frank J. Petrilli Center for Research in International Finance]
 
*[http://www.transatlanticfinance.org/|TransAtlantic Finance Institute]
 
*[http://cte.ged.fordham.edu/CLUE/|Center for Learning in Unsupervised Environments]
 
*[http://humanresiliency.com/|Human Resiliency Institute]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/academics/colleges__graduate_s/graduate__profession/social_service/centers_and_institut/the_bertram_m_beck_i/index.asp|Beck Institute for Religion and Poverty]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/academics/colleges__graduate_s/graduate__profession/social_service/centers_and_institut/institute_for_women_/|Institute for Women and Girls]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/academics/colleges__graduate_s/graduate__profession/social_service/centers_and_institut/interdisciplinary_ce_7260.asp|Interdisciplinary Center for Family and Child Advocacy]
 
*[http://www.ncscatfordham.org/pages/home.cfm|National Center for Schools and Communities]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/academics/colleges__graduate_s/graduate__profession/social_service/centers_and_institut/ravazzin_center_on_a/index.asp|Ravazzin Center on Aging]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/academics/office_of_research/research_centers__in/center_for_ethics_ed/|Center for Ethics Education]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/academics/office_of_the_senior/prestigious_fellowsh/index.asp|Archbishop Hughes Institute on Religion and Culture]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/Academics/Programs_at_Fordham_/Center_on_Religion_a/index.asp|Fordham Center on Religion and Culture]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/iiha/|Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs]
 
*[http://law.fordham.edu/moore.htm|Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center]
 
*[http://law.fordham.edu/ihtml/ce-2europeanunion.ihtml?id=650|Center on European Union Law]
 
*[http://law.fordham.edu/ihtml/clip-2home.ihtml?id=451|Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP)]
 
*[http://law.fordham.edu/feerickcenter.htm|Feerick Center for Social Justice and Dispute Resolution]
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/law/faculty/fisch/source.html|Fordham Center for Corporate, Securities and Financial Law]
 
*[http://law.fordham.edu/lawreligion.htm|Institute on Religion, Law and Lawyers' Work]
 
*[http://law.fordham.edu/leitner.htm|Leitner Center for International Law and Justice]
 
*[http://law.fordham.edu/stein.htm|Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics]
 
 
==Student Life==
 
 
Fordham students have numerous activities and interests beyond academics. The University supports 22 men's and women's varsity teams and a number of club teams, plus a significant [[intramural]] sports program. The Fordham Rams are members of [[NCAA Division I]] and compete in the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]] in all sports except [[college football|football]]. In football, the Rams play in the [[Patriot League]] of [[NCAA]] [[Football Championship Subdivision|Division I Football Championship Subdivision]]. Fordham athletics gained early fame for college football in the beginning of the 20th century, particularly with the success of the famous "[[Seven Blocks of Granite]]." In addition, the University launched the careers of dozens of [[major league baseball|professional baseball]] players, including a [[National Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] inductee, [[Frankie Frisch]], known by the further-alliterative nickname, "The Fordham Flash."<ref> (2006) Baseball Library.com [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Frankie_Frisch_1898"Frankie Frisch"] Retrieved Janaury 12, 2009</ref>  The, supports the Fordham University Men's and Women's basketball programs. The club was founded in the early 1990s by a group of Rose Hill College seniors. Sixth Man cheers on and roots for the Ram's from the Section 8 bleachers in the Rose Hill Gym.<ref>(2008) Fordham University [http://6manclub.googlepages.com/home ''The Sixth Man Club''] Retrieved January 12, 2009</ref>
 
 
Fordham has several student publications, including the literary/creative magazines ''Red Rover'' and ''The Ampersand'', and news publications ''The CBA Business Journal'', ''The Fordham Ram'', and ''The Fordham Observer''. Fordham also offers several student run/oriented media outlets, such as ''WFUV''', 90.7 [[FM]] the University's 50,000-watt radio station, with studios located in Keating Hall on the Rose Hill campus and the transmitter located atop a building owned by [[Montefiore Medical Center]], and the ''Fordham Nightly News'' ''(FNN)'', Fordham University's evening news program since 2004, created and produced by students.<ref> Intravia, Emily. ''Fordham University: Off the Record'' (College Prowler, 2006 ISBN 142740061X)</ref>
 
 
Fordham has several performing clubs and organizations, including the Fordham University Choir, whose repertoire includes both sacred and secular music, the ''Fordham University Women's Choir'', the all-male cappella group the ''Fordham Ramblers'' and the all-female a cappella group the ''Fordham Satin Dolls''. Fordham has several acting groups, including the Fordham University Theatre Company, the theatrical troupes ''Mimes & Mummers'', and  the ''Fordham Experimental Theatre'', and the ''Expressions Dance Alliance''.
 
 
Fordham University also has an excellent Debate Society. In 1982, the [[American Parliamentary Debate Association]] (APDA), Inc. was founded at Fordham, during a tournament called the "Fordham Fandango." FDS is still very active on APDA, and regularly places among the top teams in the country. The team competes weekly on APDA, but also occasionally attends international tournaments, ranking well in the [[World Universities Debating Championship]] standings. The ''Gannon Speech and Debate'' is based at the Lincoln Center Campus, and engages students in [[Public speaking|forensics]] training so that they may compete intercollegiately. The club is named for the Rev. Robert I. Gannon, S.J., President of Fordham from 1936–1949, considered to have been a popular and effective speaker. Alumni of the club have been successful in earning fellowships and awards.<ref>(2008) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/public_affairs/archives/2004/archive_413.asp"Fordham Student Wins British Marshall"] Retrieved January 12, 2009</ref>
 
 
''Global Outreach!'' (commonly known as ''GO!''), is a student led, university sponsored organization dedicated to educating students about issues of [[social justice]] and individual responsibility through service trips to global and domestic locations. Separate programs on each campus currently sponsor 27 annual trips ranging from [[Thailand]] to [[East New York]], and dealing with such diverse issues as [[public health]], affordable housing, [[migrant labor]], and [[disaster relief]].<ref> Intravia, Emily. ''Fordham University: Off the Record'' (College Prowler, 2006 ISBN 142740061X)</ref>
 
 
==Traditions==
 
 
Fordham has many traditions. The university's mascot, a [[bighorn sheep|ram]] evolved from a rowdy cheer that Fordham fans sang during an 1893 football game against the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point]]. The students began cheering "One-damn, two-damn, three-damn...Fordham!" The song was an instant hit, but "[[Damn#Profane language|damn]]" was later changed to "Ram" to conform to the university's image. <ref>Schroth, S.J. Raymond A. ''Fordham: A History and Memoir'' (Fordham University Press, 2008. ISBN 0823229777)</ref>
 
 
The "Victory Bell," which is mounted outside the Rose Hill Gym, was a gift to Fordham University by [[Admiral]] [[Chester W. Nimitz]] from a Japanese naval vessel sunk during WWII. It was blessed by [[Cardinal Spellman]], and was first rung by the President of the United States, [[Harry S. Truman]] in 1946 for the Charter Centenary of the University. Tradition now holds that it be rung by each Fordham senior player after victorious home football games and its ringing also marks the start of the commencement ceremonies each May.<ref> Intravia, Emily. ''Fordham University: Off the Record'' (College Prowler, 2006 ISBN 142740061X)</ref>
 
 
The University annually presents a concert of [[Nine Lessons and Carols|Lessons and Carols]] during the [[Christmas]] holiday season. The ensemble university choir presents one evening concert at the large and dramatic Church of Saint Paul the Apostle adjacent to the Lincoln Center Campus, and one afternoon concert at the more humble and intimate University Church at the Rose Hill Campus, each year.<ref>(2008) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/student_affairs/campus_ministry/music_ministry/concert_choir/index.asp"Campus Ministry, Concert Choir"]  Retrieved January 12, 2009</ref>
 
 
Fordham College at Rose Hill annually stages an [[Encaenia]] on an evening near the conclusion of the academic year. Faculty, administrators, and students process in [[academic regalia]] to a ceremony where candidates for degrees at the current year's commencement are presented awards and honors. The ceremony includes a sentimental speech by the college's [[valedictorian]], as well as the traditionally more humorous yet equally endearing speech by the honorary "Lord" or "Lady of the Manor" selected for the evening.<ref>(2008) Fordham University [http://www.fordham.edu/student_affairs/campus_ministry/music_ministry/concert_choir/index.asp"Campus Ministry, Concert Choir"]  Retrieved January 12, 2009</ref>
 
 
==Notable people==
 
===Alumni===
 
Among the notable people who have attended Fordham are:
 
 
*[[Alan Alda]], six-time [[Emmy Award]] and six-time [[Golden Globe Award]]-winning actor
 
*[[William Casey]], former United States [[Director of Central Intelligence]]
 
*[[Mary Higgins Clark]], best-selling suspense novelist
 
*[[Geraldine Ferraro]], former [[Member of Congress|Representative to the United States Congress]], the first woman Vice Presidential candidate by a major political party in the United States
 
*[[Frankie Frisch]], known as the "Fordham Flash," [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]r
 
*[[Jack Keane|General John "Jack" Keane]], retired four-star [[General]] and former Vice Chief of Staff of the [[United States Army]]
 
*[[Bob Keeshan]], television's multiple award-winning "[[Captain Kangaroo]]"
 
*[[G. Gordon Liddy]], lawyer, political operative for President [[Richard Nixon]], leader of the [[White House Plumbers]], political [[Pundit (expert)|pundit]] and radio show host
 
*[[Vince Lombardi]], football coaching legend
 
*[[Charles Osgood]], three-time Emmy Award and two-time [[Peabody Award]]-winning journalist and [[Radio Hall of Fame]] inductee
 
*[[Eugene Shvidler]], Russian-American [[billionaire]] and international oil [[tycoon]],
 
*[[Denzel Washington]], two-time [[Academy Award]] and two-time [[Golden Globe Award]]-winning actor.
 
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Image:Alan Alda Emmys 1994 cropped.jpg|<center>[[Alan Alda]]
 
Image:GeraldineFerraro.jpg|<center>[[Geraldine Ferraro]]</center>
 
Image:Denzel Washington.jpeg|<center>[[Denzel Washington]]</center>
 
</gallery>
 
 
===Faculty===
 
*[[Joseph Abboud]], fashion designer
 
*[[Bruce Andrews]], poet and theorist on state and global capitalism
 
*[[Hilaire Belloc]], writer
 
*[[Daniel Berrigan|Daniel Berrigan, S.J.]], poet-in-residence and world-renowned peace activist
 
*[[Mary Bly]], Writer
 
*[[Joseph Campbell (poet)|Joseph Campbell]], poet, Irish studies scholar, [[Irish republican]] and [[POW]]
 
*W. Norris Clarke, S.J., philosopher and noted authority on [[St. Thomas Aquinas]]
 
*[[Avery Cardinal Dulles|Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.]], noted theologian, [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]
 
*Brian Davies, OP, noted philosopher of religion and Aquinas scholar
 
*Patrick Heelan, S.J. noted philosopher of science
 
*[[Victor Francis Hess]],<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1936/hess-bio.html Victor F. Hess - Biography<!-- Bot generated title —>]</ref> [[Nobel Laureate]] for physics
 
*[[Dietrich von Hildebrand]], theologian
 
*[http://www.library.fordham.edu/archives/hogan.html William T. Hogan, S.J.], economist and noted authority on the [[steel industry]]
 
*[[J. Quentin Lauer, S.J.]], philosopher and noted authority on [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]]
 
*[[Paul Levinson]], author of ''[[The Plot To Save Socrates]]'' and winner of the 1999 [[Locus Award]] for Best First Novel
 
*[[James Marsh (philosopher)|James Marsh]], radical philosopher and noted authority on [[Marx]]
 
*[[Mark S. Massa|Mark Massa, S.J.]], authority on American Catholicism
 
*[[Matthew Maguire (playwright)|Matthew Maguire]], two-time [[Obie Award|OBIE Award]]-winning actor, director, and playwright
 
*[[Marshall McLuhan]] (Visiting, 1967), communications theorist and [[Neologism|coiner]] of the phrase, "[[the medium is the message]]."
 
*[[Frederick Marotto]], Mathematician, author of "Marotto Theorem" dealing with Chaos.
 
*[[William O'Malley|William O'Malley, S.J.]], actor in the film ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'', for which he was also a technical advisor; author of numerous books
 
*[[Margaret Mead]], noted anthropologist
 
*[[Diana Villiers Negroponte]], professor of history and law; wife of US Director of National Intelligence [[John Negroponte]]
 
*[[Lawrence J. Sacharow]], [[Obie Award|OBIE Award]]-winning director
 
*[[Asif Siddiqi]], historian specializing in the [[Cold War]] Era [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]]. He is a leading authority and scholar on the Soviet Space Program.
 
*[[Daniel Soyer]], Historian, author and authority on Jewish immigration into New York City
 
 
==Notes==
 
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==References==
 
 
*Feddeck, Fred C. ''Hale Men of Fordham: Hail!''. Trafford Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1552125777
 
*Fordham University Staff, Office of the Sesquicentennial. ''As I Remember Fordham: Selections from the Sesquicentennial Oral History Project''. Fordham University Press, 2001. ISBN 0823213382
 
*Gannon, Robert Ignatius. ''Up to the Present: the story of Fordham''. Doubleday, 1967.
 
*Schroth, Raymond A. ''Fordham: A History and Memoir, Revised Edition''. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 2008. ISBN 0823229777
 
*Thomas Gaffney Taaffe. ''A History of St. John's College, Fordham, N.Y.'' The Catholic Publication Society Co., 1891.
 
*Intravia, Emily. ''Fordham University: Off the Record.'' College Prowler, 2006. ISBN 142740061X
 
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/ Official website]
 
*[http://www.fordhamsports.com/ Fordham Athletics]
 
 
 
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