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Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, USA. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit,
Duquesne (IPA: /duk?e?n/) first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic
College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of 40 students and
a faculty of six. In 1911, the college became a university, the first Catholic
institution of higher learning in Pennsylvania to achieve such a distinction.
It is the only Spiritan institution of higher education in the world. Duquesne has since expanded to over 10,000 graduate and undergraduate students within a self-contained 48-acre (19.4 ha) hilltop campus in Pittsburgh's Bluff neighborhood. The school maintains associate campuses in Harrisburg and Rome and encompasses ten schools of study. The university hosts international students from more than eighty different countries, although enrollment is mostly regional, with 81 percent of Duquesne students residing in the state of Pennsylvania. Duquesne University can count more than 77,000 living alumni, notably including General Michael V. Hayden (Director of the CIA), a cardinal, and the current bishop of Pittsburgh. The Duquesne Dukes compete in NCAA Division I. |
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Established 1878 Type: Private Religious affiliation: Roman Catholic (Spiritan Fathers) Endowment: $123.3 million[a] Chancellor: John E. Murray, Jr., S.J.D. President: Charles J. Dougherty, Ph.D. Undergraduates: 5,751 Postgraduates: 4,433 Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
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The Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost was founded on 1 October 1878 by
Fr. Joseph Strub and the Holy Ghost Fathers, who had been expelled from Germany
during Bismarck's Kulturkampf six years earlier. When the college was founded,
it had six faculty members and 40 students.The college obtained its state charter
in 1882.Students attended classes in a rented space above a bakery on Wylie
Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. Duquesne established itself at its current location
on the Bluff and built the original five-story red brick "Old Main" in 1885.
At the time, it was the highest point on the Pittsburgh skyline. |