Brescia University

Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011

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Brescia University is located in Owensboro, Kentucky, near the Ohio River. The University campus is within walking distance of the revitalized downtown area, the RiverPark Performing Arts Center, the Daviess County Public Library and the Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, as well as numerous restaurants, churches and parks. Many Owensboro industries and professional organizations partner with Brescia to provide enriching off-campus learning opportunities for students, particularly in the areas of business, education, social work, the arts, speech and hearing, and special education.

Owensboro is the industrial and cultural hub of western Kentucky. Owensboro is the third largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with a population of approximately 88,000. Owensboro is located 32 miles southeast of Evansville, Indiana; 123 miles north of Nashville, Tennessee; 109 miles southwest of Louisville, Kentucky; 203 miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri; and 205 miles southwest of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Brescia University was founded by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph in 1950. Its origins are in Mount Saint Joseph Junior College for Women, established at Maple Mount, Kentucky, in 1925. Between 1925 and 1950, coeducational extension courses in Owensboro led to the creation of a second campus and, after 1949, consolidation of the two campuses at the present site of Brescia University . In 1951, Brescia began operating as a four-year College.

The Brescia University campus consists of twenty-two buildings within a three block area near downtown Owensboro, Kentucky. Our campus is continually growing and has been under constant renovation for the past several years to better serve the needs of our students. Recent additions to campus include: two new student apartment complexes, a new chapel, several new computer labs, and an new electronic messaging center. You can get a closer look at our campus by taking the online campus tour.

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Brescia University President, Father Larry Hostetter, speaks during his inauguration ceremony on October 27, 2007. He is the fifth president in the 59 year history of the university. Also pictured is John J. McRaith, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Owensboro, KY and Brescia University’s Scholar in Residence. Brescia University is a Catholic, liberal arts institution founded in the Ursuline tradition of personal and social transformation through education.

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