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119-720: A member of the Horizon League , the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay sponsors teams in six men's and eight women's sports. During the 2008/09-2012/13 seasons, the Green Bay women's basketball team had the third highest winning-percentage in the NCAA Division I with a 175–21 mark trailing only Connecticut and Stanford. The Phoenix has the fifth-most wins in Division I during that same stretch. The Phoenix entered

238-557: A Master of Education program, where students study at the university during the summer and teach in Catholic elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools across the South for two school years. The university first offered graduate degrees, in the form of a Master of Arts (MA), in the 1854–1855 academic year. The program expanded to include Master of Laws (LLM) and Master of Civil Engineering in its early stages of growth, before

357-648: A white supremacist and anti-Catholic movement. The Klan decided to hold a week-long Klavern in South Bend. Clashes with the student body started on May 17, when students blocked the Klansmen from descending from their trains in the South Bend station and ripped KKK clothes and regalia. Two days later, thousands of students massed downtown protesting the Klavern, and only the arrival of college president Walsh prevented any further clashes. The next day, Rockne spoke at

476-519: A 19–12 record in the NCAA tournament from 2003 to 2011, ranking tops among all 32 NCAA Division I conferences for winning percentage (.613) in March Madness during that span. This historic stretch of conference dominance was thanks to NCAA Tournament wins from Butler (15), Milwaukee (3), and Cleveland State (1) . Butler appeared in the men's national championship game in both 2010 and 2011 . Since

595-552: A 50 percent reduction in water consumption over 10 years. In 2015, Notre Dame announced major environmental sustainability goals, including eliminating using coal by 2020 and reducing its carbon footprint by half by 2030. Both these goals were reached in early 2019. This was achieved by implementing energy conservation, energy efficiency strategies, temperature setpoints, low-flow water devices, and diversifying its energy sources and infrastructures. New sources of renewable energy on campus include geothermal wells on East Quad and by

714-534: A 500-seat student ballroom, the departments of anthropology and psychology, a digital media center and the department of music and sacred music program. Jenkins announced the 2023–2024 academic year would be his last as president in October 2023. The board of trustees subsequently elected Robert A. Dowd to succeed him, effective June 1, 2024. Notre Dame's campus is located in Notre Dame, Indiana , in

833-407: A 9 seed, lost in the first round to LSU while 13 seed Cleveland State upset No. 8 (AP)/No. 9 (ESPN) (4 seed) Wake Forest 84–69 (and achieved the third biggest upset in NCAA history winning by 15 points) and shocked the nation in the first round of play before falling to 12 seed Arizona in the second round of tournament play. Butler finished the season ranked No. 22 in the final AP poll and No. 25 in

952-673: A Learning Resource Center, which provides time management, collaborative learning, and subject tutoring. First Year of Studies is designed to encourage intellectual and academic achievement and innovation among first-year students. It includes programs such as FY advising, the Dean's A-list, the Renaissance circle, NDignite, the First Year Urban challenge, and more. Every admissions cycle, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions selects

1071-597: A Sustainability Strategy Working Group and appointed the first director in April 2008. The pursuit of sustainability is related directly to the Catholic mission of the university. Other resources and centers on campus focusing on sustainability include the Environmental Change Initiative, Environmental Research Center, and the Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame. The university also houses

1190-490: A Sweet 16 berth by beating Old Dominion and Maryland before losing to eventual national champion Florida . Wright State also qualified for the NCAA tournament as the winner of the Horizon League tournament championship and tying Butler for the regular season championship. As a 14 seed, the Raiders fell to No. 13 (AP)/No. 11 (ESPN) (3 seed) Pittsburgh in the first round. During the 2007–08 basketball season, Butler won

1309-704: A campus rally and implored the students to refrain from further violence. A few days later, the Klavern broke up, but the hostility shown by the students contributed to the downfall of the KKK in Indiana. Charles L. O'Donnell (1928–1934) and John Francis O'Hara (1934–1939) fueled both material and academic expansion. During their tenures at Notre Dame, they brought many refugees and intellectuals to campus, such as W. B. Yeats , Frank H. Spearman , Jeremiah D. M. Ford , Irvin Abell , and Josephine Brownson for

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1428-494: A collaboration with the South Bend Solar Project. Current goals include cutting Notre Dame's carbon footprint by 83 percent by 2050 and eventually becoming carbon neutral, diverting 67 percent of all waste from landfills by 2030. The university owns several centers around the world used for international studies and research, conferences abroad, and alumni support. In addition to the five Global Gateways,

1547-461: A dean. John J. Cavanaugh , president from 1946 to 1952, devoted his efforts to raising academic standards and reshaping the university administration to better serve its educational mission and an expanded student body. He stressed advanced studies and research while quadrupling the university's student population, with undergraduate enrollment seeing an increase by more than half, and graduate student enrollment growing fivefold. Cavanaugh established

1666-494: A formal graduate school education was developed with a thesis not required to receive the degrees. This changed in 1924, with formal requirements developed for graduate degrees, including offering doctorates. Although Notre Dame does not have its own medical school, it offers a combined MD–PhD though the regional campus of the Indiana University School of Medicine , where Indiana medical students may spend

1785-643: A new athletic conference was needed. Further progress was made through a series of early 1979 meetings in San Francisco , Chicago , and St. Louis that included participation by Butler , Creighton , Marquette , and Oral Roberts . On June 16, 1979, the Midwestern City Conference (nicknamed the MCC or Midwestern City 6) was formed by charter members Butler, Evansville , Loyola, Oklahoma City , Oral Roberts, and Xavier, with Detroit joining

1904-680: A prerequisite for the study of law. Walsh expanded the College of Commerce, enlarged the stadium, completed South Dining Hall, and built the memorial and entrance transept of the Basilica . One of the main driving forces in the university's growth was its football team, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Knute Rockne became head coach in 1918. Under him, the Irish won three national championships, had five undefeated seasons, won

2023-674: A school mostly known for its football to a top-tier university, academic powerhouse, and preeminent Catholic university. The annual operating budget rose by a factor of 18, from $ 9.7 million to $ 176.6 million; the endowment by a factor of 40, from $ 9 million to $ 350 million; and research funding by a factor of 20, from $ 735,000 to $ 15 million. Enrollment nearly doubled from 4,979 to 9,600; faculty more than doubled from 389 to 950, and degrees awarded annually doubled from 1,212 to 2,500. Hesburgh made Notre Dame coeducational. Women had graduated every year since 1917, but they were mostly religious sisters in graduate programs. In

2142-480: A small number of students for the Glynn Family Honors Program, which grants top students within the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Science access to smaller class sizes taught by distinguished faculty, endowed funding for independent research, and dedicated advising faculty and staff. Each college offers graduate education in the form of master's and doctoral programs. Most of

2261-512: A woman, and its first bachelor's degree in 1922. However, female undergraduates were uncommon until 1972. James A. Burns became president in 1919 and, following in the footsteps of Cavanaugh, he oversaw an academic revolution that brought the school up to national standards by adopting the elective system and moving away from the traditional scholastic and classical emphasis in three years. Notre Dame continued to grow, adding more colleges, programs, residence halls, and sports teams. By 1921, with

2380-707: Is Notre Dame Stadium, home of the Fighting Irish football team; it has been renovated several times and today can seat over 80,000 people. Prominent venues include the Edmund P. Joyce Center , with indoor basketball and volleyball courts, and the Compton Family Ice Arena, a two-rink facility dedicated to hockey. There are many outdoor fields, such as the Frank Eck Stadium for baseball. Legends of Notre Dame (commonly called Legends)

2499-472: Is a music venue , public house , and restaurant on campus, just 100 yd (91 m) south of the stadium. The former Alumni Senior Club opened in September 2003 after a $ 3.5 million renovation and became an all-ages student hang-out. Legends is made up of two parts: The Restaurant and Alehouse and the nightclub. The Office of Sustainability was created in the fall of 2007 at the recommendation of

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2618-566: Is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana , United States. Founded in 1842 by members of the clerical Congregation of Holy Cross , the main campus of 1,261 acres (510 ha ) has a suburban setting and contains landmarks such as the Golden Dome , the Word of Life mural, Notre Dame Stadium , and the basilica . Notre Dame is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". The university

2737-722: Is a collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I . Headquartered in Indianapolis , the league's eleven member schools are located in and near the Great Lakes region and in part of the Southern United States . The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Midwestern City Conference . The conference changed its name to Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1985 and then

2856-411: Is dedicated to research, education, and outreach, on the causes of violent conflict and the conditions for sustainable peace. It offers Ph.D., master's, and undergraduate degrees in peace studies. It has contributed to international policy discussions about peace building practices. The university's library system is divided between the main library, the 14-story Theodore M. Hesburgh Library, and each of

2975-435: Is in his 17th year as league commissioner, just finished a five-year term on the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee. As stated on their official website, the recent success of Horizon League athletic teams on the national stage heightened the visibility of the league and its member schools and quickly moved it closer toward its stated goal of becoming one of the nation's top 10 Division I NCAA athletic conferences. In

3094-417: Is organized into seven schools and colleges: College of Arts and Letters , College of Science , Notre Dame Law School , School of Architecture , College of Engineering , Mendoza College of Business , and Keough School of Global Affairs. Notre Dame's graduate program includes more than 50 master, doctoral and professional degrees offered by the seven schools. The university's athletic teams are members of

3213-480: Is part of one of the school's five undergraduate colleges or is in the First Year of Studies program. The First Year of Studies program was established in 1962 to guide freshmen through their first year at the school before they have declared a major . Each student is assigned an academic advisor who helps them choose classes that give them exposure to any major in which they are interested. The program includes

3332-432: The 1963 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament , Loyola defeated two-time defending champ Cincinnati . Before post-season tournaments determined champions, former Horizon member Butler claimed national titles in 1924 and 1929. The League hosted the men's Final Four in 1991, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2009 and 2010. It also hosted the women's Final Four in 2005 and 2007. Horizon League commissioner Jonathan B. LeCrone, who

3451-474: The 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament , the Horizon League entered two teams for the first time since 1998. Milwaukee , who earned a 12 seed in its first bid to the tournament since joining the conference, lost by one point to Notre Dame in the first round. Butler , who earned both an at-large bid and a 12 seed, made its fifth tournament appearance in seven years. The Bulldogs made it to

3570-435: The 2017–18 season on a string of 40 consecutive winning seasons, with only Tennessee having a longer such streak in women's college basketball. Green Bay has won or tied for the Horizon League regular-season championship since 2000, the longest active streak in Division I NCAA women's basketball. In those 17 years, the team has only lost the conference tournament three times, in the 2000–01, 2009–10, and 2013–14 seasons. Since

3689-539: The Compton Family Ice Arena , a new architecture hall, and additional residence halls. Announced as an integration of "the academy, student life and athletics," construction on the 750,000 sq ft (70,000 m ) Campus Crossroads project began around Notre Dame Stadium in November 2014. Its three buildings house student life services, an indoor gym, a recreation center, the career center,

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3808-540: The Indiana University and Purdue University systems. At that time, the athletic program transferred to the new Indiana University Indianapolis with an athletic brand name of IU Indy, maintaining IUPUI's Division I and Horizon League memberships. The start of the 2020s set further membership changes into motion, with the arrivals of Purdue Fort Wayne and Robert Morris from the Summit League and

3927-735: The Michiana area of Northern Indiana . It lies on 1,250 acres (5.1 km ) south of the Indiana Toll Road and includes around 170 buildings and athletic fields located around its two lakes and seven quadrangles . It is consistently ranked as one of the most beautiful university campuses in the United States and around the world, and is noted particularly for the Golden Dome, the Basilica and its stained glass windows,

4046-753: The Missouri Valley Football Conference ; Robert Morris originally planned to play the 2020–21 season as an independent and join Big South Conference football in July 2021, but COVID-19 issues led the Big South to bring Robert Morris into its football league for its rescheduled spring 2021 season. University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac (known simply as Notre Dame ; / ˌ n oʊ t ər ˈ d eɪ m / NOH -tər- DAYM ; ND )

4165-692: The NCAA Division ;I and are known collectively as the Fighting Irish . Notre Dame is noted for its football team , which contributed to its rise to prominence on the national stage in the early 20th century. Notre Dame teams in other sports, chiefly in the Atlantic Coast Conference , have won 17 national championships. Major improvements to the university occurred during Theodore Hesburgh 's administration between 1952 and 1987. Hesburgh's administration increased

4284-682: The Northeast Conference (NEC), respectively, announced on August 5, 2019 and June 15, 2020. This brought the Horizon League up to 12 full-time members for the first time since the 1994–95 season. It was short-lived, however, as the UIC Flames were reported to be following many of their former conference colleagues to the MVC effective July 1, 2022. On July 6, 2022, the Horizon League and Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) jointly announced that they would merge their men's tennis leagues under

4403-807: The Old College , the first church, and the first main building. Notre Dame began as a primary and secondary school; in 1844 it received its official college charter from the Indiana General Assembly , under the name the University of Notre Dame du Lac (University of Our Lady of the Lake). The university was originally all-male; the Sisters of the Holy Cross founded the female-only Saint Mary's College near Notre Dame in 1844. The college awarded its first degrees in 1849. As it grew under

4522-610: The Rose Bowl Game in 1925, and produced players such as George Gipp and the " Four Horsemen ". Knute Rockne has the highest winning percentage (.881) in NCAA Division ;I/FBS football history. Rockne's offenses employed the Notre Dame Box and his defenses ran a 7–2–2 scheme . The success of Notre Dame reflected the rising status of Irish Americans and Catholics in the 1920s. Catholics rallied around

4641-564: The law school , which offered a two-year course of study, and in 1871 he began construction of Sacred Heart Church, today the Basilica of the Sacred Heart . Two years later, Auguste Lemonnier started a library in the Main Building, which had 10,000 volumes by 1879. Fire destroyed the Main Building and the library collection in April 1879; the school closed immediately and students were sent home. Rebuilding began on May 17, and

4760-679: The provost overseeing academic functions. Until 1967, Notre Dame had been governed directly by the Congregation. Under the presidency of Theodore Hesburgh, two groups, the Board of Fellows, and the Board of Trustees , were established to govern the university. The 12 fellows are evenly divided between members of the Holy Cross order and the laity; they have final say over the operation of the university. They vote on potential trustees and sign off on all that board's major decisions. The trustees elect

4879-562: The 2002–03 season, Green Bay has been ranked in the top 25 polls, with the highest ranking being #9 at the conclusion of the 2010–11 season when they made it to the Sweet 16 where they lost to the University of Baylor, 86–76. They have been to the NCAA tournament 18 times, advancing to the second round five times and to the Sweet 16 once. The men's basketball team has appeared in the NCAA Tournament five times, most recently in 2016. In

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4998-418: The 2005 season, they claimed their first Horizon League tournament championship after being picked to finish last in the conference. They went on to the national tournament, where they defeated #6 seed Oregon State in the first round of the tournament. They also won both the Horizon League regular season title as well as the Horizon League tournament title in 2014. Horizon League The Horizon League

5117-507: The 2023–24 season. Men's and women's associate Chicago State also announced they would join the Northeast Conference , which sponsors the sport for both sexes— however, they announced that they would keep their tennis programs in the Horizon for one extra year before moving them to the NEC for the 2025–26 season. Prior to the 2023–24 academic year, the conference announced a brand refresh with

5236-524: The 9,683 (17 percent) who requested it. Admission is need-blind for domestic applicants. Admitted students came from 1,311 high schools; the average student traveled over 750 mi (1,210 km) to Notre Dame. While all entering students begin in the College of the First Year of Studies, 26 percent have indicated they plan to study in the liberal arts or social sciences, 21 percent in engineering, 26 percent in business, 24 percent in science, and 3 percent in architecture. Tuition for full-time students at

5355-585: The Big East. The Horizon announced that Oakland University , formerly of the Summit League, would immediately replace Loyola within a month. The next change in the Horizon League's membership came in 2015 with the arrival of Northern Kentucky University from the Atlantic Sun Conference . Two more membership changes were announced near the end of the 2016–17 school year. First, Valparaiso announced on May 25, 2017, that it would leave for

5474-649: The Bulldogs claimed victory over Purdue in the Wooden Tradition. On February 5, 2007, Butler became the first school in Horizon League history to rank in the Top 10 of the national college basketball polls, as the Bulldogs reached No. 9 and No. 10 in the ESPN/USA Today and AP polls, respectively. The Bulldogs ended their season with a No. 21 ranking in the final AP poll, a 5 seed in the NCAA tournament and

5593-499: The Center for Ethics and Culture. The university is also home to the McGrath Institute for Church Life, which "partners with Catholic dioceses, parishes and schools to address pastoral challenges with theological depth and rigor". The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, founded in 1986 through donations Joan B. Kroc , the surviving spouse of McDonald's owner Ray Kroc , and inspired by Father Hesburgh,

5712-555: The Center-South and Center-East sections of campus. McCourtney Hall, an interdisciplinary research facility, opened its doors for the fall 2016 semester, and ground was broken on the 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m ) Walsh Family Hall of Architecture on the south end of campus near the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center opened in fall 2018. Since 2004, several buildings have been added, including

5831-450: The City of South Bend to construct the public parking garage picketed the private work site after a contractor hired non-union workers. The $ 90 million second phase broke ground in 2017. The university's president is always a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross. The first president was Edward Sorin; and the current president is Robert A. Dowd . As of June 2024 , John McGreevy is

5950-732: The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, the Guglielmino Complex, and the Jordan Hall of Science. A new engineering building, Stinson-Remick Hall, a new combination Center for Social Concerns/Institute for Church Life building, Geddes Hall, and a law school addition were completed at the same time. Many academic buildings were built with a system of libraries, the most prominent of which is the Hesburgh Library, built in 1963 and today containing almost four million books. The Stayer Center for Executive Education, which houses

6069-463: The Fighting Irish football team could be an effective means to "acquaint the public with the ideals that dominate" Notre Dame. He wrote, "Notre Dame football is a spiritual service because it is played for the honor and glory of God and of his Blessed Mother. When St. Paul said: 'Whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all for the glory of God,' he included football." During World War II , O'Donnell offered Notre Dame's facilities to

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6188-502: The Great Alaska Shootout with wins over Michigan , Virginia Tech and Texas Tech , and also claimed wins over Ohio State and Florida State , who extended their record against BCS schools to 10–1 since the start of the 2006–07 season. As a 7 seed in the 2008 NCAA basketball tournament , the Bulldogs beat 10 seed South Alabama before falling in overtime to No. 5 (AP)/No. 4 (ESPN) (2 seed) Tennessee . Butler finished

6307-491: The Horizon League in 2001. The conference started with a membership of six teams and has fluctuated in size with 24 different schools as members at different times. The league currently has 11 members. The Horizon League currently sponsors 19 sports and is a non-football conference. In May 1978, DePaul University hosted a meeting with representatives from Bradley , Dayton , Detroit , Illinois State , Loyola–Chicago , Air Force , and Xavier who all agreed in principle that

6426-485: The Horizon League which are played by Horizon schools: In addition to the above sports, Northern Kentucky will add men's triathlon, which has no NCAA recognition of any kind, as a varsity sport in 2024–25. Departing member in pink. Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Horizon League which are played by Horizon schools: In 2006, the conference launched the Horizon League Network (HLN) as

6545-820: The Horizon banner, effective immediately. The five OVC members that sponsored the sport became Horizon associates. At the same time, the Horizon announced that Belmont , which had just left the OVC for the Missouri Valley Conference (which sponsors tennis only for women), would become a men's tennis associate, and Chicago State , which became a D-I independent after leaving the Western Athletic Conference days earlier, would become an associate in both men's and women's tennis. The Horizon later lost men's associate Lindenwood after they dropped nine NCAA sports, including men's tennis, after

6664-763: The Kellogg Institute for International Peace Studies. Notre Dame received a gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in 2014, though in 2017 it was downgraded to silver. In 2016, the Office of Sustainability released its Comprehensive Sustainability Strategy to achieve its goals in a wide area of university operations. As of November 2020 , 17 buildings have achieved LEED-Certified status , with 12 of them earning Gold certification. Notre Dame's dining service sources 40 percent of its food locally and offers sustainably caught seafood and many organic, fair-trade, and vegan options. In 2019, irrigation systems' improvements led to 244 million fewer gallons of water being used and

6783-436: The Laetare Medal, instituted in 1883. O'Hara also concentrated on expanding the graduate school. New construction included Notre Dame Stadium , the law school building, Rockne Memorial, numerous residential halls, Cushing Hall of Engineering, and a new heating plant. This rapid expansion, which cost the university more than $ 2.8 million, was made possible in large part through football revenues. O'Hara strongly believed that

6902-573: The Lobund Institute for Animal Studies and Notre Dame's Medieval Institute , presided over the construction of Nieuwland Science Hall, Fisher Hall, and the Morris Inn, and the Hall of Liberal Arts (now O'Shaughnessy Hall), made possible by a donation from I. A. O'Shaughnessy, at the time the largest ever made to an American Catholic university. He also established the university's system of advisory councils. Theodore Hesburgh served as president for 35 years (1952–1987). Under his presidency, Notre Dame underwent huge growth and transformation from

7021-456: The MVC effective July 1. The Crusaders replaced Wichita State , who announced that it would leave the MVC for the American Athletic Conference . Three days before Valparaiso's departure, the Horizon League Board of Directors unanimously approved the membership of Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) to replace Valparaiso, also effective July 1. IUPUI was dissolved in 2024 and replaced by separate institutions affiliated with

7140-399: The March 7 ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll. In the 2006 NCAA basketball tournament , 11 seed Milwaukee once again advanced in the Tournament by upsetting the No. 20 (6 seed) Oklahoma 82–74. The Panthers, led by first year head coach Rob Jeter , fell to eventual national champion No. 11 (AP)/No. 10 (ESPN) (3 seed) Florida in the second round of the tournament. The league had a team advance past

7259-475: The Mendoza College of Business Executive Education Department, opened in March 2013 just South of the Mendoza College of Business building. There are 33 single-sex undergraduate residence halls . The university has recently announced a co-educational undergraduate dorm community based in one of the graduate residential apartments. Most of the graduate students on campus live in one of four graduate housing complexes on campus. A new residence for men, Baumer Hall ,

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7378-437: The Mendoza College of Business, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and a slide library in O'Shaughnessy Hall. A theology library, opened in the fall of 2015 on the first floor of Stanford Hall, is the first branch of the library system to be housed in a dorm room. With over three million volumes, the library system was the single largest university library in

7497-418: The NCAA began seeding teams in 1979, Loyola's 4 seed in the 1985 tournament is the best for a Horizon League team. The Horizon League currently holds the best winning percentage among non- BCS conferences in the men's NCAA basketball Tournament (.488, 7th overall amongst the 32 Division I conferences). One former Horizon League member claims a national championship from the era before the league's creation. In

7616-467: The Notre Dame Stadium, substitution of boilers with gas turbines, solar panels on Fitzpatrick Hall and Stinson-Remick Hall and off-campus, a hydroelectric facility at Seitz Park in South Bend powered by the St. Joseph River , and heat recovery strategies. Future projects outlined by the university's utilities long-range plan include continual diversification of its energy portfolio, future geothermal wells in new buildings and some existing facilities, and

7735-451: The South Regional Champions, No. 3 (1 seed) Duke for the NCAA Division I National Championship. Butler lost what many call the most thrilling college basketball game in a generation, losing 61–59 in a game that came down to the final play. This is the farthest any team has reached in the tournament while a member of the Horizon League. Butler was the first Division I men's team to play in the Final Four in its hometown since UCLA in 1972, and

7854-603: The Sweet 16 with victories over No. 20 (5 seed) Mississippi State and No. 14 (4 seed) Louisville before falling to No. 3 (1 seed) Oklahoma in the East Regional. The Bulldogs finished the year ranked No. 21 in the final ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll. In the men's 2005 NCAA basketball tournament , the Horizon League enjoyed one of its best showings ever as 12 seed Milwaukee marched to the Sweet 16 with victories over No. 19 (5 seed) Alabama and No. 14 (4 seed) Boston College before they fell to then-No. 1 and eventual tournament runner-up Illinois . Milwaukee ranked as high as No. 23 in

7973-440: The addition of Duncan Student Center, which is built onto the Notre Dame Stadium as part of the Campus Crossroads projects. As well as additional food service chains, recreation facilities, and student offices, Duncan also hosts a student gym and a ballroom. Because of its long athletic tradition, the university features many athletic buildings, which are concentrated in the southern and eastern sections of campus. The most prominent

8092-467: The addition of the College of Commerce , Notre Dame had grown from a small college to a university with five colleges and a law school. President Matthew Walsh (1922–1928) addressed the material needs of the university, particularly the $ 10,000 debt and the lack of space for new students. When he assumed the presidency, more than 1,100 students lived off campus while only 135 students paid for room and board. With fund-raising money, Walsh concentrated on

8211-433: The armed forces. The Navy accepted his offer and installed Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) units on campus as part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program . Soon after the installation, there were only a few hundred civilian students at Notre Dame. O'Donnell continued O'Hara's work with the graduate school. He formalized the graduate program further and replaced the previous committee of graduate studies with

8330-648: The arrival of the Northern Kentucky Norse to the league, who departed from the Atlantic Sun Conference . Valparaiso won the regular season championship again but was defeated by Green Bay in the tournament championship 78–69. The Milwaukee baseball team made national headlines during the 1999 College World Series by upsetting No. 1 ranked Rice in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. In the 2004–05 academic year, Milwaukee's men's soccer team defeated 16th-ranked San Francisco , while Detroit upset Michigan in women's soccer in their respective NCAA tournaments. Also that year, Butler's men's cross country team finished fourth in

8449-505: The average Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) score rising from 1240 to 1460. The number of minority students more than doubled, the endowment grew from $ 350 million to more than $ 3 billion, the annual operating budget rose from $ 177 million to more than $ 650 million, and annual research funding improved from $ 15 million to more than $ 70 million. Notre Dame's most recent (2014) capital campaign raised $ 2.014 billion, far exceeding its goal of $ 767 million. It

8568-545: The bishop of Vincennes , Célestin Guynemer de la Hailandière , offered the land to Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross , on the condition that he build a college in two years. Sorin arrived on the site with eight Holy Cross brothers from France and Ireland on November 26, 1842, and began the school using Badin's old log chapel . After enrolling two students, Sorin soon erected more buildings, including

8687-466: The campus art gallery and library, amassing what became a famous Dante collection, and pushing Notre Dame towards becoming a research university dedicated to scholarship. The congregation did not renew Zahm's term, fearing he had expanded Notre Dame too quickly and had run the order into serious debt. In particular, his vision to make Notre Dame a research university was at odds with that of Andrew Morrissey (president from 1893 to 1905), who hoped to keep

8806-534: The centerpiece of a revamped web portal. The digital network aired over 200 live events free on the league's official website at the time. The Horizon League and WebStream Productions launched a completely redesigned HLN website in September 2009. The site serves as a portal to hundreds of live and on-demand videos while giving its users the ability to interact on an array of social media platforms. The Horizon League Network migrated to ESPN3 in 2014, and over 700 events streamed live in 2015–16. Horizon League coverage

8925-507: The colleges and schools. The Hesburgh Library, completed in 1963, is the third building to house the main collection. The Word of Life mural by Millard Sheets , popularly known as "Touchdown Jesus" because of its proximity to Notre Dame Stadium and Jesus' arms appearing to make the signal for a touchdown adorns the front of the library. The library system also includes branch libraries for Architecture, Chemistry and Physics, Engineering, Law, and Mathematics and information centers in

9044-663: The conference in 1993. The largest non-merger conference expansion in NCAA history occurred on December 9, 1993, when Cleveland State , UIC , Northern Illinois , Wisconsin–Green Bay , Wisconsin–Milwaukee , and Wright State left the Mid-Continent Conference to join the Midwestern Collegiate Conference beginning with the 1994–95 academic year. With Evansville's departure to the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) , there were 12 league members. Xavier, Notre Dame, and La Salle withdrew

9163-479: The construction of a dormitory system. He built Freshman Hall in 1922 and Sophomore Hall in 1923, and began construction of Morrissey , Howard and Lyons Halls between 1924 and 1925. By 1925, enrollment had increased to 2,500 students, of which 1,471 lived on campus; faculty members increased from 90 to 175. On the academic side, credit hours were reduced to encourage in-depth study, and Latin and Greek were no longer required. In 1928, three years of college were made

9282-700: The core of the original campus such as the Main Administration Building and the Basilica. The Main Building serves as the center for the university's administrative offices, including the Office of the President. Its golden dome, topped by the statue of Mary, is the campus' most recognizable landmark. The main building is located on Main Quad (also known as "God Quad"), which is the oldest, most historic, and most central part of campus. Behind

9401-822: The departments in the College of Arts and Letters offer PhDs, while a professional Master of Divinity (M.Div.) program also exists. All of the departments in the College of Science offer PhDs, except for the Department of Pre-Professional Studies. The School of Architecture offers a Master of Architecture , while each of the departments of the College of Engineering offer PhDs. The College of Business offers multiple professional programs, including MBA and Master of Science in Accountancy programs. It also operates facilities in Chicago and Cincinnati for its executive MBA program. The Alliance for Catholic Education program offers

9520-607: The final ESPN/USA Today poll. After defeating No. 25 (12 seed) UTEP , 13 seed Murray State and No. 4 (1 seed) Syracuse , the No. 8 (ESPN)/No. 11 (AP) (5 seed) Butler men's team defeated No. 7 Kansas State , the 2 seed in the West, by a score of 63–56 to advance to their first Final Four. After beating the No. 12 (ESPN)/No. 13 (AP) (5 seed) Michigan State Spartans 52–50 in the national semifinals, Butler played in Indianapolis against

9639-704: The first of either sex since Texas played in the 1987 Women's Final Four on its home court . Also of note, former Milwaukee head coach Bruce Pearl coached the Tennessee Volunteers to the Elite Eight and narrowly lost the opportunity to play Butler by losing to Michigan State, who Butler beat in the Final Four. Butler once again represented the Horizon League in the tournament with another very strong showing. As an 8 seed, Butler defeated (9 seed) Old Dominion , narrowly upset Pittsburgh (who

9758-720: The first round for the second straight year and third time in the last four years. In the 2006–07 basketball season, Butler won the Preseason NIT tournament in Madison Square Garden with wins over in-state rivals Notre Dame and Indiana in the NIT's Midwest regional bracket, followed by wins over No. 21 Tennessee and No. 23 Gonzaga in the NIT Final Four in Madison Square Garden. Later,

9877-404: The first two years of their medical education before transferring to the main medical campus at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis . In 2019, Notre Dame announced plans to rename the Center for Ethics and Culture, an organization focused on spreading Catholic moral and intellectual traditions. The new de Nicola A $ 10 million gift from Anthony and Christie de Nicola funded

9996-472: The following season. The University of Notre Dame joined the conference for all sports except basketball and football in 1982. The conference attained automatic qualification for the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in 1984 and the conference moved its headquarters to Indianapolis . Three changes occurred in the summer of 1985: Oklahoma City dropped out of the NCAA altogether; the conference name

10115-531: The following summer of 1995, followed by Northern Illinois in 1997. The conference changed its name to the Horizon League on June 4, 2001, in part due to the initials causing confusion between the MCC and the Mid-Continent Conference, who also used the initials. That year, Youngstown State University joined from the Mid-Con, and on May 17, 2006, Valparaiso University announced it would do

10234-459: The following year. As of the 2023–24 academic year , Detroit, now known as Detroit Mercy, is the only remaining member from the league's original members. In 1980, the league established its headquarters in Champaign, Illinois . The MCC gained an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1981, followed by the announcement that Saint Louis University would be joining

10353-677: The institution a smaller boarding school. Morrissey's presidency remained largely focused on younger students and saw the construction of the Grotto , the addition of wings to Sorin Hall , and the erection of the first gymnasium. By 1900, student enrollment had increased to over 700, with most students still following the Commercial Course. The movement towards a research university was championed subsequently by John W. Cavanaugh , who modernized educational standards and dedicated himself to

10472-405: The integration of the sexes is a normal and expected aspect, replacing separatism." Two of the residence halls were converted for the newly admitted female students that first year, with two more converted the next school year. In 1971, Mary Ann Proctor, a transfer from St. Mary's, became the first female undergraduate. The following year, Mary Davey Bliley became the first woman to graduate from

10591-483: The interior. The basilica also features a bell tower with a carillon. Inside the church, there are sculptures by Ivan Meštrović . The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, built in 1896, is a replica of the original in Lourdes and is a popular spot for prayer and meditation. The Old College building has become one of two seminaries on the campus run by the Congregation of Holy Cross. Academic buildings are concentrated in

10710-510: The introduction of a new secondary logo. The logo is a gold stylized H that incorporates the arch of the conference's primary logo and a number one to symbolize unity. As of the 2023–24 academic year , eight of the 11 full Horizon League members are former members of the Mid-Con (now known as the Summit League), with the exceptions being Detroit Mercy, Northern Kentucky, and Robert Morris. Nicknames and school names reflect those used in

10829-503: The last school year of conference membership. Full members  Affiliate members  Other Conference  Other Conference  The Horizon League sponsors championship competition in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports: For 2020–21, Detroit Mercy, Wright State and Green Bay announced eliminating men's and women's tennis, while Youngstown State reinstated men's swimming & diving. Departing members in pink. Men's varsity sports not sponsored by

10948-603: The main building stand several facilities with administrative purposes and student services, including Carole Sadner Hall, Brownson Hall, and St. Liam's Hall, the campus health center. There are several religious buildings The current Basilica of the Sacred Heart is on the site of Sorin's original church, which had become too small for the growing college. It is built in French Revival style, with stained glass windows imported from France. Luigi Gregori , an Italian painter invited by Sorin to be an artist in residence, painted

11067-548: The men's basketball tournament and automatic qualification to the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship in 1989. In 1991, the conference received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament and lost members Marquette and Saint Louis. Duquesne and La Salle joined the MCC in 1992, the same year the conference gained an automatic berth to the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship . Duquesne and Dayton left

11186-567: The mid-1960s, Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College developed a co-exchange program whereby several hundred students took classes not offered at their home institution. After extensive debate, merging with St. Mary's was rejected, primarily because of the differential in faculty qualifications and pay scales. "In American college education," explained Charles E. Sheedy , Notre Dame's dean of Arts and Letters, "certain features formerly considered advantageous and enviable are now seen as anachronistic and out of place. ... In this environment of diversity,

11305-574: The most prolific mid-major (non-power 6) conferences in all of college basketball. Even more impressively, those 24 clubs produced 22 wins in that span, including five "Sweet 16" appearances, making the Horizon League the only non-BCS conference to have Sweet 16 participants in five NCAA tournaments during that span (2003, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2011). Four schools from the conference have produced "modern-day" Sweet 16 appearances – Loyola ( 1985 ), Xavier ( 1990 ), Butler ( 2003 , 2007 , 2010 and 2011 ), and Milwaukee ( 2005 ). The Horizon League also compiled

11424-724: The nation at the NCAA Cross-Country Championships, and their own Victoria Mitchell became the first Horizon League athlete to win an individual national title when she captured the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Green Bay also upset 6th-ranked Oregon State in the opening round of the NCAA softball tournament. Although the league does not sponsor football , current members Robert Morris and Youngstown State play in Division I FCS . Youngstown State plays in

11543-470: The presidency of Sorin and his successors, new academic programs were offered and new buildings built to accommodate the growing student and faculty population. The brief presidency of Patrick Dillon (1865–1866) saw the original main building replaced with a larger one, which housed the university's administration, classrooms, and dormitories. Under William Corby 's first administration, enrollment at Notre Dame increased to over 500 students. In 1869, he opened

11662-444: The president and provide general guidance and governance to the university. Notre Dame's endowment was started in the early 1920s by university president James Burns; it was $ 7 million by 1952 when Hesburgh became president. In fiscal year ending in 2021, the university endowment market value was $ 18.07 billion. For fiscal year 2023, the university reported total endowment assets of $ 16.62 billion. Every Notre Dame undergraduate

11781-637: The quads and the greenery, the Grotto, Touchdown Jesus , and its statues and museums. Notre Dame is a major tourist attraction in northern Indiana; in the 2015–2016 academic year, more than 1.8 million visitors, almost half of whom were from outside St. Joseph County , visited the campus. A 116-acre (47 ha) historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as University of Notre Dame: Main and South Quadrangles. The district includes 21 contributing buildings in

11900-540: The same in 2007. In April 2013, the split of the original Big East Conference caused a ripple effect that fell to the Horizon League; Loyola announced that it would leave the Horizon League effective July 1 to join the Missouri Valley Conference, who itself lost Creighton to the reconfigured Big East. Butler also left the Horizon League. They spent a season in the Atlantic 10 before joining

12019-407: The school's academic reputation and to increasing the number of students awarded bachelor's and master's degrees. As part of his efforts, he attracted many eminent scholars, established a chair in journalism, and introduced courses in chemical engineering . During his time as president, Notre Dame rapidly became a significant force on the football field. In 1917, Notre Dame awarded its first degree to

12138-603: The season ranked No. 11 in the AP poll and No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today poll. Cleveland State also earned a 6 seed in the NIT, losing in the first round to Dayton . Starting in 2009, regional convenience store and gas station chain Speedway served as the title sponsor of the conference tournament that Cleveland State won and earned the Horizon League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tourney while Butler earned an at-large bid. Butler,

12257-690: The second consecutive season. This time they faced Connecticut at Reliant Stadium in Houston. The Huskies were too much for the Butler Bulldogs to handle, as Butler lost the game 53–41 in an unusually low-scoring national championship game. This made Butler national runner-up for the second straight season. In the 2012 postseason, the Detroit Titans won their first Horizon League Championship since 1999 under head coach Ray McCallum . They defeated top seeded Valparaiso 70–50. The tournament MVP

12376-592: The team and listened to the games on the radio, especially when it defeated teams from schools that symbolized the Protestant establishment in America—Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Army. Its role as a high-profile flagship institution of Catholicism made it an easy target of anti-Catholicism . The most remarkable episode of violence was a clash in 1924 between Notre Dame students and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK),

12495-464: The teams’ home markets. In recent years, WMYD Detroit , Marquee Sports Network , Bally Sports Ohio , Bally Sports Great Lakes , Bally Sports Wisconsin , and SportsNet Pittsburgh have broadcast multiple men's and women's basketball contests. From 1995 to 2011, the Horizon League sent an impressive 24 qualifiers (7 At-Large berths) to the Men's NCAA basketball tournament, making the Horizon League one of

12614-490: The third and current Main Building was completed before the fall semester of 1879. The library collection was redeveloped. The presidency of Thomas E. Walsh (1881–1893) focused on improving Notre Dame's scholastic reputation and standards. At the time, many students came to Notre Dame only for its business courses and did not graduate. Walsh started a " Belles Lettres " program and invited notable lay intellectuals like writer Maurice Francis Egan to campus. Washington Hall

12733-631: The university also owns the Santa Fe Building in Chicago, where it offers its executive Master of Business Administration program. The university also hosts Global Centers located in Santiago , São Paulo , Mexico City , Hong Kong , and Mumbai . The first phase of Eddy Street Commons, a $ 215 million development adjacent to campus funded by the university, broke ground in June 2008. The project drew union protests when workers hired by

12852-444: The university's resources, academic programs, and its reputation. At the end of the fiscal year 2022, Notre Dame's endowment was valued at $ 20.3 billion. Its network of alumni consists of 151,000 members. Stephen Badin , the first priest ordained in the United States, had come to the area invited by Potawatomi chief Leopold Pokagon to minister to his tribe, and had bought these 524 acres (212 ha) of land in 1830. In 1842,

12971-477: The university, with a bachelor's degree in marketing. In 1978, a historic district comprising 21 contributing buildings was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . In the eighteen years Edward Malloy was president, the school's reputation, faculty, and resources grew rapidly. He added more than 500 professors and the academic quality of the student body improved dramatically, with

13090-422: The world at the time of completion. It remains one of the hundred largest libraries in the country. The fall 2024 incoming class admitted 3,324 from a pool of 29,943 applicants for 11.1 percent acceptance rate. The university practices a non-restrictive early action policy that allows admitted students to consider admission to Notre Dame and any other colleges that accepted them. This process admitted 1,675 of

13209-413: Was No. 1 ranked and seeded), Wisconsin (4 seed) and Florida (2 seed) to return to the Final Four. Butler faced VCU , an 11 seed Cinderella team who unexpectedly reached the Final Four as the first team to play five tournament games to reach the Final Four, due to VCU's participation in the inaugural First Four Round. After Butler defeated VCU 70–62, the Bulldogs were in the national championship game for

13328-485: Was absorbed into ESPN+ , along with other mid-major conferences, in 2018. The conference extended its deal with ESPN in 2021. Over 500 events are aired on ESPN+ annually, along with select men's basketball games airing on ESPN2 and ESPNU and the men's and women's basketball championships airing on ESPN and ESPNU. Basketball games not selected for broadcast on national linear television are often televised by regional sports networks and over-the-air channels within

13447-588: Was altered slightly to Midwestern Collegiate Conference ; and the conference began sponsoring women's athletics. The latter triggered Notre Dame's temporary withdrawal from the league as its women's teams were contracted to the North Star Conference . ESPN began televising the MCC Championship game in 1986. In 1987, Oral Roberts left the conference while Dayton joined and Notre Dame rejoined. The conference earned its first at-large bid to

13566-515: Was awarded the first Laetare Medal . The Law School was reorganized under the leadership of William J. Hoynes (dean from 1883 to 1919), and when its new building was opened shortly after his death, it was renamed in his honor. John Zahm was the Holy Cross Provincial for the United States from 1898 to 1906, with overall supervision of the university. He sought to modernize and expand Notre Dame by erecting buildings and adding to

13685-614: Was built in 1881 as a theater, and the Science Hall (today the LaFortune Student Center ) was built in 1883 to house the science program (established in 1880) and multiple classrooms and science labs. The construction of Sorin Hall saw the first freestanding residence hall on campus and one of the first in the country to have private rooms for students, a project championed by Sorin and John Zahm. During Walsh's tenure, Notre Dame started its football program and

13804-617: Was built in 2019. Johnson Family Hall , for women, was also completed and opened that semester. The South Dining Hall and North Dining Hall serve the student body. The campus hosts several entertainment, general purpose, and common spaces. LaFortune Student Center, commonly known as "LaFortune" or "LaFun," is a four-story building built in 1883 that serves the student union and hosts social, recreational, cultural, and educational activities. LaFortune hosts many businesses (including restaurant chains), student services, and divisions of The Office of Student Affairs. A second student union came with

13923-456: Was son Ray McCallum, Jr. Valparaiso was the regular season champion of the Horizon for the second straight year. It defeated Wright State 62–54 in the championship game under coach Bryce Drew for its first Horizon League Championship. This was the first season that the league was absent of Butler, who departed for the Atlantic 10 . Green Bay won the regular season championship in 2014. It

14042-510: Was the largest in the history of Catholic higher education, and the largest of any university without a medical school at the time. John I. Jenkins took over from Malloy in 2005. In his inaugural address, Jenkins described his goals of making the university a leader in research that recognizes ethics and builds the connection between faith and studies. During his tenure, Notre Dame has increased its endowment, enlarged its student body, and undergone many construction projects on campus, including

14161-509: Was upset by Milwaukee in the tournament semi-final. Milwaukee would go on to win the tournament, knocking off Wright State. Following a good outcome, finishing as the 2014 champions, the Milwaukee Panthers were banned from the 2015 NCAA Tournament and postseason play. Valparaiso won the regular and postseason championships. It entered the NCAA tournament as a 13th seed, although losing in the first round. The 2015 season ushered in

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