21 Facts About Edgewood College

Edgewood College is a private Dominican college in Madison, Wisconsin.

Edgewood College property was bought in 1855 by Mr Ashmead from Governor Leonard J Farwell and later developed by Samuel Marshall.

In 1927, Edgewood staff requested support for the academic recognition of a junior college for women in Madison from the President of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Edgewood Junior College opened on September 4,1927, with an enrollment of 12 women.

Edgewood College grew slowly, attracting a few young women to its four-year program.

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Edgewood College's chorus formed a broadcast choir to present live programs for the Madison Catholic Hour.

The fund allowed Edgewood College to expand campus space for academy and students' activities.

Edgewood College was steadily expanding, adding new buildings and extensions through the support of congregations, alumni, and other donors.

In 1959, Edgewood joined the Association of American Colleges, which further enhanced its opportunities for accreditation.

In 1983, when Sister Mary Ewens became the president of Edgewood College, she dealt with budget deficits, causing the elimination of the position of the Human Issues director, the athletic director, the inter-collegiate department program, and all theater courses and student productions.

In May 1997, Edgewood College received a conditional use permit that included a multi-story science building and a parking structure, a new main entrance to campus, and reconstructed athletic fields.

Edgewood College tries to maintain freshman class size at around 300.

Edgewood College offers co-educational housing as well as all girls' singles in Regina Hall and boys' singles in Marshall Hall.

In 2006, Edgewood College became the first college in Wisconsin to be Green Tier Certified by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Edgewood College students have the privilege of using the University of Wisconsin–Madison libraries and the Madison Public Library system because of arrangements with those libraries.

Edgewood College offers more than 60 majors and 40 minors, as well as individualized undergraduate programs.

Edgewood College allows the credits and grades to appear on students' transcripts.

Edgewood College offers the Collaborative program option for students who want to take classes that apply to their major through the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Edgewood College has a dance team that performs at home athletic events and during Homecoming.

Edgewood College offers intramural sports including basketball, volleyball, soccer, bowling, and yoga.

Today the sport areas for the teams at Edgewood College consist of the Todd Wehr Edgedome, Breese Stevens Field, Madison, Yahara Golf Course, Madison, the Oaks Golf Course, McKee Farms Park, Fitchburg, Verona Little League Complex, Verona, and Stampfl Field, Verona.