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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ave_Maria_University_Seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ave_Maria_University_Seal.svg/220px-Ave_Maria_University_Seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ave_Maria_University_Seal.svg/330px-Ave_Maria_University_Seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ave_Maria_University_Seal.svg/440px-Ave_Maria_University_Seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former names</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Ave Maria College (1999–2003)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ex_Corde_Ecclesiae" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex Corde Ecclesiae">Ex Corde Ecclesiae</a> (<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Veritatis_Splendor" class="mw-redirect" title="Veritatis Splendor">Veritatis Splendor</a> (Latin)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Motto in English</div></th><td class="infobox-data">From the Heart of the Church<br />The Splendor of Truth</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">Private university</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">College: 1998<span class="noprint">;<br />26 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1998</span>)</span><br /> University: 2003<span class="noprint">;<br />21 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2003</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Religious affiliation</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Catholic_Colleges_and_Universities" title="Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities">ACCU</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Independent_Colleges_and_Universities_of_Florida" title="Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida">ICUF</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Independent_Colleges" title="Council of Independent Colleges">CIC</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_(education)" title="Chancellor (education)">Chancellor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Monaghan" title="Tom Monaghan">Tom Monaghan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/University_president" class="mw-redirect" title="University president">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Middendorf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mark Middendorf (page does not exist)">Mark Middendorf</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Provost_(education)" title="Provost (education)">Provost</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Nutt" title="Roger Nutt">Roger Nutt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">107 (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-Factbook_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Factbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">1,311 (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-Factbook_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Factbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Ave_Maria,_Florida" title="Ave Maria, Florida">Ave Maria</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data">Rural, 1,000 acres (4.0 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/School_colors" title="School colors">Colors</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0033a1; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#8a6e4b; color:white;"> </span><br />Tanzanite Blue & Gold (academics)<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#041e41; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00833e; color:white;"> </span><br />Navy Blue & Kelly Green (athletics)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ave_Maria_Gyrenes" title="Ave Maria Gyrenes">Gyrenes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Sporting affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">NAIA</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sun_Conference" title="Sun Conference">The Sun</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.avemaria.edu">www<wbr />.avemaria<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ave Maria University</b> (<b>AMU</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">private</a> <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> university in <a href="/wiki/Ave_Maria,_Florida" title="Ave Maria, Florida">Ave Maria, Florida</a>. It existed formerly as <b>Ave Maria College</b> in <a href="/wiki/Ypsilanti,_Michigan" title="Ypsilanti, Michigan">Ypsilanti, Michigan</a>, which was founded in 1998 and reestablished in 2007 along with an interim <a href="/wiki/Naples,_Florida" title="Naples, Florida">Naples, Florida</a> campus (first named Ave Maria University) created in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school was founded by philanthropist and entrepreneur, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Monaghan" title="Tom Monaghan">Tom Monaghan</a>. In 2021, the enrollment was 1,245 students.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016 its student body was 80% Catholic.<sup id="cite_ref-groove_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-groove-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ave_Maria_College">Ave Maria College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ave Maria College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ave Maria College was founded by Catholic philanthropist and former <a href="/wiki/Domino%27s_Pizza" class="mw-redirect" title="Domino's Pizza">Domino's Pizza</a> owner and founder <a href="/wiki/Tom_Monaghan" title="Tom Monaghan">Tom Monaghan</a> on March 19, 1998, occupying two former <a href="/wiki/Elementary_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Elementary school">elementary school</a> buildings in Ypsilanti, Michigan, near the campus of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Michigan_University" title="Eastern Michigan University">Eastern Michigan University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-beginning_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beginning-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Monaghan's goal was to create a Catholic university faithful to the <a href="/wiki/Magisterium" title="Magisterium">magisterium</a> of the Catholic Church, providing a liberal arts education in a Catholic environment. He originally intended to construct a full college campus on his 280-acre (1.1 km<sup>2</sup>) property in nearby <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor</a>, known as Domino's Farms.<sup id="cite_ref-beginning_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beginning-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plan for the Ann Arbor campus also included a 25-story <a href="/wiki/Crucifix" title="Crucifix">crucifix</a>, which was never built.<sup id="cite_ref-beginning_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beginning-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interim_Naples_campus">Interim Naples campus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Interim Naples campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After being denied zoning approval by <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor Township</a> to build a larger campus near Domino's Farms, Monaghan decided to move the college to Florida. Monaghan initiated the founding of the Florida institution Ave Maria University with a donation of $250 million.<sup id="cite_ref-AMU_About_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMU_About-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-discord_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discord-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2003, the university opened an interim campus in The Vineyards in Naples, Florida, enrolling some 100 undergraduate students, 75 of whom were freshmen.<sup id="cite_ref-AMU_About_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMU_About-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While occupying the interim campus, Monaghan focused efforts on constructing a new campus and <a href="/wiki/Planned_community" title="Planned community">planned community</a> nearby known as <a href="/wiki/Ave_Maria,_Florida" title="Ave Maria, Florida">Ave Maria, Florida</a>. The Barron Collier family donated the land in southwest Florida for the campus, joining Monaghan in the enterprise as 50% partner.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>While the infrastructure of the new campus and town were being completed in early 2007, the Ypsilanti campus was also closing at the end of the 2006–2007 academic year. Monaghan planned to have most of the staff transferred to the Florida location. The Michigan location remained open until students graduated or transferred, leaving just three students for the final year and a number of the remaining staff.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ave_Maria_campus">Ave Maria campus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ave Maria campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The university moved from the temporary facility to the new campus in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-ground_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ground-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its first year at the new campus, the university enrolled about 450 undergraduates and 150 graduate students. Bishop Frank Dewane, the local Catholic ordinary, formally dedicated the university in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2007, the original provost of the university, Fr. <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fessio" title="Joseph Fessio">Joseph Fessio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">S.J.</a>, was dismissed by Monaghan for undisclosed reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a formal statement, Monaghan, in his role as chancellor, stated that the dismissal was because of "irreconcilable differences over administrative policies and practices."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Immediately, the school's first-ever student protests were mounted in support of Fessio.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooperman2007_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooperman2007-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outside observers were critical: editor Philip F. Lawler of the conservative <i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_World_News" title="Catholic World News">Catholic World News</a></i> said the firing was "institutional suicide", and that if a respected theologian such as Fessio could be fired then no others would want to fill the position.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooperman2007_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooperman2007-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Monaghan reinstated Fessio the next day as theologian-in-residence. He was dismissed from that position in 2009, stating he was fired the second time because of a conversation he had with Academic Vice President Jack Sites about administrative policies harming the university's finances.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fessio_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fessio-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said his firing was "another mistake in a long series of unwise decisions" but that he would continue to guide students to AMU.<sup id="cite_ref-Fessio_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fessio-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Monaghan planned to continue to expand the university and hoped to one day have an enrollment over 5,000, <a href="/wiki/Division_I_(NCAA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Division I (NCAA)">Division I</a> athletics and an academic reputation as "a Catholic Ivy", however as of 2024, only has about 20 percent of this goal.<sup id="cite_ref-ground_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ground-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The university's growth has fallen short of its stated goal of "growing the University's undergraduate enrollment at its main campus in Florida to approximately 1,700 students by the fall of 2016"<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1,500 by the year 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Towey" title="Jim Towey">James Towey</a>, former Director of the <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_Faith-Based_and_Community_Initiatives" class="mw-redirect" title="White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives">White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives</a> and former President of Saint Vincent College, was named the president of Ave Maria University after a unanimous vote by the AMU Board of Trustees. He also assumed the role of CEO, in the place of Monaghan, who remains the Chancellor.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2008_financial_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 financial crisis">2008 financial crisis</a> took a toll on Ave Maria's finances. Monaghan said in 2012 that Ave Maria's construction cost estimates doubled over three years, requiring the university to cut back on planned buildings. The troubled Florida real estate market also meant that Ave Maria School of Law had to shelve its plans for a building in Ave Maria, as its existing campus was worth less than was paid for it.<sup id="cite_ref-Sparks_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sparks-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Towey, for a period of time the university survived through Monaghan's funding of a ten million dollar annual deficit. Towey credits his efforts at controlling financing costs, along with increased contributions, with placing the university back on a firm financial footing by 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-groove_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-groove-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2012, Ave Maria made national news when it filed its lawsuit <i>Ave Maria University v. Sebelius</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> suing the government over the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">US Health and Human Services</a> birth control mandate by claiming that it would force the university to forego its religious freedom. It became the second college to do so, and was followed by several others, including the <a href="/wiki/Franciscan_University_of_Steubenville" title="Franciscan University of Steubenville">Franciscan University of Steubenville</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">University of Notre Dame</a>. The lawsuit is represented by the <a href="/wiki/Becket_Fund_for_Religious_Liberty" class="mw-redirect" title="Becket Fund for Religious Liberty">Becket Fund for Religious Liberty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2012, President Towey wrote that the university would "vigorously prosecute its lawsuit".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, the Supreme Court unanimously sent the case back to federal appeals court to find a solution that would both honor religious organizations objections and provide their employees with birth control. Ave Maria administrators celebrated the decision as a "great victory."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The university ran a <a href="/wiki/Satellite_campus" title="Satellite campus">satellite campus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a> called the <a href="/wiki/Ave_Maria_University-Latin_American_Campus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ave Maria University-Latin American Campus">Ave Maria University-Latin American Campus</a> for 13 years, and then sold it to <a href="/wiki/Keiser_University" title="Keiser University">Keiser University</a> in July 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Noting in this source about the Latin-American campus or Keiser (March 2019)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2021, it was ranked in the Top 8% (115 of 1472 colleges) in the "Best Colleges for the Money" by CollegeFactual <sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Founder's_goals"><span id="Founder.27s_goals"></span>Founder's goals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Founder's goals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a May 2004 speech, Monaghan expressed his wish to have the new town and university campus be free from pre-marital sex, contraceptives and pornography.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ2005_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ2005-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This elicited sharply critical statements from the international press, who saw such proposed restrictions as violations of civil liberties.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Howard Simon, executive director of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a> branch in Florida, challenged the legality of the restriction of sales of contraceptives.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said, "This is not just about the sale of contraceptives in the local pharmacy, it is about whether in an incorporated town there will be a fusion of religion and government."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An opinion column in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> quoted an Ave Maria faculty member who called it a "Catholic <a href="/wiki/Jonestown" title="Jonestown">Jonestown</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ2005_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ2005-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frances Kissling of <a href="/wiki/Catholics_for_Choice" title="Catholics for Choice">Catholics for Choice</a> compared Monaghan's civic vision to <a href="/wiki/Islamic_fundamentalism" title="Islamic fundamentalism">Islamic fundamentalism</a>, and called it "un-American".<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, Monaghan announced a milder form of civic planning in which the town could mostly grow on its own, except that it would not have <a href="/wiki/Sex_shop" title="Sex shop">sex shops</a> or <a href="/wiki/Strip_club" title="Strip club">strip clubs</a>, and store owners would be asked rather than ordered not to sell contraceptives or porn. Contraception and porn would still be banned from the university.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ave Maria University currently offers 33 <a href="/wiki/Undergraduate" class="mw-redirect" title="Undergraduate">undergraduate</a> and three <a href="/wiki/Graduate_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Graduate school">graduate</a> degrees.<sup id="cite_ref-academics_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-academics-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Graduate programs include M.A. and Ph.D. studies in theology and a Master of Theological Studies for <a href="/wiki/Non-traditional_student" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-traditional student">non-traditional students</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Undergraduate students must complete a core curriculum of 14 required courses in philosophy, theology, composition, science, math, history, political science, and a foreign language.<sup id="cite_ref-2017_catalogue_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2017_catalogue-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Honor Society of <a href="/wiki/Phi_Kappa_Phi" title="Phi Kappa Phi">Phi Kappa Phi</a> installed Ave Maria University as its 358th chapter on October 17, 2023. <sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023 <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> reported that the university enrolled 1,021 undergraduate students paying an average of $28,224 for the school year 2022-2023. Faculty student ratio was 18:1. <sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accreditation">Accreditation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Accreditation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2010, the Commission on Colleges of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Southern Association of Colleges and Schools">Southern Association of Colleges and Schools</a> (SACS) declared that Ave Maria had obtained "accredited membership" status. This allows the university to award bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees accredited by the SACS.<sup id="cite_ref-accred_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-accred-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The university had previously received full accreditation from the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_for_Liberal_Education" title="American Academy for Liberal Education">American Academy for Liberal Education</a> (AALE) in June 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-academicaccred_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-academicaccred-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 7, 2011, the local ordinary, Bishop <a href="/wiki/Frank_Joseph_Dewane" title="Frank Joseph Dewane">Frank Joseph Dewane</a>, formally recognized the institution as a Catholic university pursuant to the code of canon law. In December 2015, The <a href="/wiki/Southern_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Southern Association of Colleges and Schools">Southern Association of Colleges and Schools</a> reaffirmed Ave Maria University's accreditation.<sup id="cite_ref-sacscoc.org_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sacscoc.org-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Catholic_Theology_Show">Catholic Theology Show</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Catholic Theology Show"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Catholic Theology Show</i>, a faculty podcast, began on October 22, 2022, hosted by Dr. Michael Dauphinais, chair of the Theology Department and professor of theology. <i>The Catholic Theology Show</i> was launched on the feast day of Saint <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>. The pope’s apostolic constitution, <i><a href="/wiki/Ex_Corde_Ecclesiae" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex Corde Ecclesiae">Ex Corde Ecclesiae</a></i> (<i>From the Heart of the Church</i>), set the foundations for the academic and spiritual standards for Ave Maria University.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since its inception there have been fifty-seven podcasts listened to by 31,100 listeners in 86 countries. <i>The Catholic Theology Show</i> is available on <a href="/wiki/Apple_Podcasts" title="Apple Podcasts">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spotify" title="Spotify">Spotify</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Study_abroad">Study abroad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Study abroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ave_Maria_University-Latin_American_Campus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ave Maria University-Latin American Campus">Ave Maria University-Latin American Campus</a></div> <p>Ave Maria University offered study abroad programs in <a href="/wiki/Gaming,_Austria" title="Gaming, Austria">Gaming, Austria</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/San_Marcos,_Nicaragua" class="mw-redirect" title="San Marcos, Nicaragua">San Marcos, Nicaragua</a>. Instruction was conducted in English. The Austrian program required an additional $1,750 beyond regular tuition, along with the added expense of airfare and ground transportation, while the Nicaraguan program required no additional tuition. Ave Maria's Nicaraguan program was discontinued in mid-2013, with the site transferred to <a href="/wiki/Keiser_University" title="Keiser University">Keiser University</a> to become Keiser University-Latin American Campus.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rankings">Rankings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ave Maria University was ranked #156-201 in National Liberal Arts Colleges by <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> in 2022-23.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campus">Campus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Exterior_oratory.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Exterior_oratory.jpg/180px-Exterior_oratory.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Exterior_oratory.jpg/270px-Exterior_oratory.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Exterior_oratory.jpg/360px-Exterior_oratory.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="333" /></a><figcaption>The Ave Maria Catholic Church, originally named The Oratory, is the center of the town of Ave Maria.</figcaption></figure> <p>The new campus is located in the town of Ave Maria, Florida, 17 miles (27 km) east of Naples in rural <a href="/wiki/Collier_County,_Florida" title="Collier County, Florida">Collier County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-town_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-town-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-clean_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clean-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town site occupies about 5,000 acres (20 km<sup>2</sup>), of which nearly 20 percent are designated for the campus.<sup id="cite_ref-town_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-town-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ave Maria Oratory, a large <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture" title="Gothic Revival architecture">Gothic-inspired</a> structure located at the center of town, was constructed by the university and currently serves as the parish church.<sup id="cite_ref-clean_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clean-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several more <a href="/wiki/New_town" class="mw-redirect" title="New town">master-planned communities</a> are under construction or planned in the immediately surrounding area, north and south of the campus.<sup id="cite_ref-clean_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clean-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Managed wetlands lie north and west of the campus. Wildlife preservation and restoration projects have also been instituted on the site, to preserve a degree of its natural state.<sup id="cite_ref-town_52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-town-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recognition">Recognition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ave Maria University won the 2007 'Digie Award' (Commercial Real Estate Digital Innovation Award).<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The $24 million Oratory won the 2008 TCA Achievement Award<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as an award from the American Institute of Steel Construction.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canizaro_Library">Canizaro Library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Canizaro Library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Canizaro Library holds over 215,000 volumes and over 100 online journals. The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections houses over 10,000 volumes which includes Catholic Americana, leaves from Bibles from the 12th through the 20th century, the Oxford Movement and manuscript letters by <a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Newman" title="John Henry Newman">John Henry Newman</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Michael_Novak" title="Michael Novak">Michael Novak</a> collection, and the <a href="/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case" title="Terri Schiavo case">Terri Schiavo case</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second floor of the Canizaro Library houses the University Archives and the Canizaro Exhibit Gallery.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mother_Teresa_Museum">Mother Teresa Museum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Mother Teresa Museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ave Maria University is home to a museum about the life and legacy of <a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a>, honored in 1979 with the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a>. Artifacts include a piece of her sari, her crucifix and rosary, and letters from her and former Ave Maria University president, James Towey.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mother Teresa Museum contains an array of items on loan from the <a href="/wiki/Missionaries_of_Charity" title="Missionaries of Charity">Missionaries of Charity</a> in Calcutta. The Missionaries of Charity also provided storyboards – in Spanish and English – that include rare photographs of Mother Teresa and tell the story of her life. <sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Student_life">Student life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Student life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dormitories are organized into same-sex communities. There are six dorms on campus: Sebastian, Maria Goretti, St. Joseph, Xavier, and the Mega dorm, a building which contains both John Paul II and Mother Teresa dormitories.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Not all dormitories are always used to house undergraduates; for example, Xavier has been used as a conference center and guest house. However, it currently serves as a girls dormitory. Opposite-sex visitors are permitted in residential common areas during the day, and in individual dorm rooms on specified evenings.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-handbook2018_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2018-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 25">: 25 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liturgy">Liturgy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Liturgy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oratory_interior_at_ave.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Oratory_interior_at_ave.jpg/100px-Oratory_interior_at_ave.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Oratory_interior_at_ave.jpg/150px-Oratory_interior_at_ave.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Oratory_interior_at_ave.jpg/200px-Oratory_interior_at_ave.jpg 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="882" /></a><figcaption>Interior of the parish church</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">Mass</a> is celebrated on-campus in the Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel and off-campus in the Ave Maria Parish Church.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Parish" title="Parish">parish</a> serves both the town and the university. Originally owned by the university and called the Oratory, the building was purchased in January 2017 by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Venice_in_Florida" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida">Diocese of Venice</a>, and its status was raised to parish church.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chapels are located in each of the six dorms, each containing a tabernacle housing the Eucharist, and each but the Mega dorm containing an altar for Mass. Members of the clergy, who live on campus, assist in maintaining spiritual life. A perpetual adoration chapel was added to the Library in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mass on campus is offered in both the <a href="/wiki/Mass_of_Paul_VI" title="Mass of Paul VI">Ordinary Form</a> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Extraordinary Form</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Student_organizations">Student organizations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Student organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until 2022, the official news publication of Ave Maria's student body was <i>The Daily Bulletin</i>. Recently, the Marketing department has started sending bi-weekly event reminders to students.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Campus organizations include the student activities board, student government, and more than 40 other clubs and organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-clubsandorgs_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clubsandorgs-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The university also offers intramural<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and club<sup id="cite_ref-clubsandorgs_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clubsandorgs-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sport programs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ave_Maria_Gyrenes" title="Ave Maria Gyrenes">Ave Maria Gyrenes</a></div> <p>The Ave Maria athletic teams are called the Gyrenes. The university is a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics</a> (NAIA),<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> primarily competing in the <a href="/wiki/Sun_Conference" title="Sun Conference">Sun Conference</a> (formerly known as the Florida Sun Conference (FSC) until after the 2007–08 school year) since the 2009–10 academic year.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are also a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="United States Collegiate Athletic Association">United States Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (USCAA).<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Gyrenes previously competed as an <a href="/wiki/NAIA_independent_schools" title="NAIA independent schools">NAIA Independent</a> within the Association of Independent Institutions (AII) during the 2008–09 school year (when the school joined the NAIA). </p><p>Ave Maria competes in 24 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and ultimate frisbee; basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, dance, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball. Former sports included men's & women's rugby. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011, Ave Maria became the first college in southwestern Florida to field a football team.<sup id="cite_ref-football_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-football-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the spring of 2016, the Gyrenes football team joined the <a href="/wiki/Mid-South_Conference" title="Mid-South Conference">Mid-South Conference</a> (MSC) as an affiliate member.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lacrosse">Lacrosse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Lacrosse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The women's lacrosse team competed in the <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Lacrosse_League" title="National Women's Lacrosse League">National Women's Lacrosse League</a> (NWLL) in their first varsity season in the spring of 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Online_Outreach">Online Outreach</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Online Outreach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023 Ave Maria University launched a series of free online video courses titled, "The Pursuit of Wisdom." Topics include: "Stewarding the Environment," "The Genius of <a href="/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien" class="mw-redirect" title="J.R.R. Tolkien">J.R.R. Tolkien</a>,” “The Wisdom of <a href="/wiki/C.S._Lewis" class="mw-redirect" title="C.S. Lewis">C.S. Lewis</a>," and "The Philosophy of Motherhood." <sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ave_Maria_School_of_Law" title="Ave Maria School of Law">Ave Maria School of Law</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ave_Maria_University&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/ave-maria-university-39413">"Ave Maria University – Best College – US News"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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