Xavier University | |
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City: | Cincinnati, Ohio |
Type: | Private |
Sports: | baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball[1] |
Colors: | blue, yellow, gold |
Mascot: | Muskateers |
Website: | http://www.xavier.edu/ |
Xavier University is an Ohio private Jesuit university founded in 1831.[2] The school ranked #2 in US News's 2008 "Universities-Master's (Midwest): Top Schools" list.[3]
Xavier was founded by Bishop Edward Fenwick as Athenaeum, intended to be a college dedicated to religion and liberal arts.[4] The Jesuits took responsibility for the college in 1840, naming it Saint Xavier College, in honor of Saint Francis Xavier: one of the original members of the Society of Jesus.[4] The first president was John A. Elet.[4]