Webster University

**Webster University** be private varsity plus ein main campus for Webster Groves, Missouri. E get multiple branch locations across de United States den countries across Europe, Asia, den Africa. For 2023 insyd, Webster enroll 13,448 students. De university get alumni network of around 170,000 graduates worldwide.

## Dema History
Sisters of Loretto wey establish am for 1915 insyd as **Loretto College**, sam Catholic women's college, one of de first west of de Mississippi River. One of de early founders be Mother Praxedes Carty. Dem change de college ein name go **Webster College** for 1924 insyd. Dem admit first male students for 1962 insyd. De sisters transfer ownership of de college give lay Board of Directors for 1967 insyd; na ebe de first Catholic college for United States wey be totally under lay control. For 1983 insyd, dem change Webster College name go Webster University.

Na Webster be part of early racial integration battles for St. Louis. For de early 1940s insyd, chaw local priests, especially de Jesuits, challenge de segregationist policies for de city ein Catholic colleges den parochial schools. De St. Louis chapter of de Midwest Clergy Conference for Negro Welfare top arrange  for 1943 insyd for Webster College make dem admit sam black female student, Mary Aloyse Foster, wey go make am de city ein first Catholic college make e integrate. However, for 1943insyd, Archbishop John J. Glennon block say student ein enrollment by speaking privately plus de Kentucky-based Superior General of de Sisters of Loretto. De *Pittsburgh Courier*, sam African-American newspaper plus national circulation, discover Glennon ein actions wey e ran sam front-page feature for de Webster incident top for February 1944 insyd. De negative publicity toward Glennon ein segregationist policies lead Saint Louis University make dem start dey admit African American students for summer 1944 insyd. For de fall of 1945 insyd, Webster College respond give pressure by say dem admit Irene Thomas, sam Catholic African-American shoddie wey dey cam from St. Louis, as music major.

## Dema Academics

Colleges dey include:

* College of Humanities den Social Sciences
* College of Health den Science
* Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts
* George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology
* School of Communications
* School of Education.

Ebe Higher Learning Commission wey accredit Webster University. Specialized accreditors wey dey accredit Specific programs, wey dey include de Association of Collegiate Business Schools den Programs (ACBSP), de National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), de National League for Nursing (NLN), de Council on Accreditation (COA), de National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), de Missouri Department of Elementary den Secondary Education, den de National Board for Certified Counselors.

## Notable people

### Faculty
Na Professors give de university include Chess grandmaster Susan Polgar, actor/dancer Lara Teeter, dancer Alicia Graf Mack, poet David Clewell, video artist Van McElwee, political scientists Daniel Hellinger den Johannes Pollak, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Violence Against Women Rashida Manjoo, activist den writer Sulak Sivaraksa, sound engineer Bill Porter, Holocaust scholar Harry J. Cargas, den former Missouri Governor Bob Holden.

### Alumni

* Alumni include four-time Academy Award nominee actress Marsha Mason, television, screen den stage actress Jenifer Lewis,
* Tony Award-winning actor Norbert Leo Butz den multiple Tony Award-winning choreographer den director Jerry Mitchell, as well as actor den cabaret artist Nathan Lee Graham;
* William Broad, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for *The New York Times*; comedian, television star den sports commentator Rob Riggle; John Boccieri, former U.S. Congressman;
* Ann Walsh Bradley, Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice;
* Lloyd James Austin III, 28th United States Secretary of Defense; Army 41 year retired four star general
* Bronze Star recipient, United States Army veteran of Afghan den Iraq conflicts den West Virginia state senator Richard Ojeda;
* Clarence Harmon, former mayor den chief of police for St. Louis;
* Roderick Royal, former mayor of Birmingham, Alabama;
* Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono;
* R. Alan King, military veteran (Panama den Iraq) den author of *Twice Armed: An American Soldier's Battle for Hearts and Minds in Iraq* – Winner of 2008 William E. Colby Award;
* Debra Drexler, painter, installation artist, curator;
* Sandra Mansour, fashion designer;
* Three-time Emmy Awardee, Leyna Nguyen, KCAL9 news anchor, Los Angeles;
* Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin, television producer;
* Poet and arts educator Jane Ellen Ibur;
* Astronauts Col. Sidney M. Gutierrez den Eileen Collins.

Na der be over 190,000 alumni as of 2017.

## References



## External links

*Official website
*Official athletics website