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College of the Holy Cross

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NameThe College of the Holy Cross
MottoIn Hoc Signo Vinces
Motto in EnglishIn this sign you shall conquer
Established1843
TypePrivate
Religious affiliationRoman Catholic (Jesuit)
Endowment$490 million
PresidentRev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J.
Faculty288
Under graduates2817
CityWorcester
StateMA
CountryUSA
CampusUrban
ColorsPurple  
MascotThe Crusader
Athletics27 varsity sports
AffiliationsAJCU, Patriot League, WRC
Websitewww.holycross.edu

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The College of the Holy Cross (or, Holy Cross) is an undergraduate Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Holy Cross is the oldest Roman Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest in the United States.

Opened as a school for boys under the auspices of the Society of Jesus, it was the first Jesuit college in New England. Today, Holy Cross is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) and is part of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium (COWC). On July 1, 2000, Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. became the current president of the college. As of June 2007, the Holy Cross endowment was valued at $660 million.

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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Keeper of the Register * History of the National Register of Historic Places * Property types * Historic district * Contributing property
List of entries * National Park Service * National Historic Landmarks * National Battlefields * National Historic Sites * National Historical Parks * National Memorials * National Monuments

Patriot League

Full members (all sports)Bucknell * Colgate * Holy Cross * Lafayette * Lehigh
Full members (except football)American * Army * Navy
Associate members (football only)Fordham * Georgetown
Associate member (women's lacrosse only)Villanova

Atlantic Hockey


Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges

BU * Brown * Columbia * Cornell * Dartmouth * Georgetown * Harvard * Holy Cross *
MIT * Navy * Northeastern * Penn * Princeton * Rutgers * Syracuse * Wisconsin * Yale

Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU)

East
Mid WestCreighton (NE) * Detroit Mercy (MI) * John Carroll (OH) * Xavier (OH) * Loyola Chicago (IL) * Marquette (WI) * Rockhurst (MO) * Saint Louis (MO)
SouthLoyola New Orleans (LA) * Spring Hill (AL)
WestGonzaga (WA) * Seattle (WA) * Loyola Marymount (CA) * San Francisco (CA) * Santa Clara (CA) * Regis (CO)
GraduateBerkeley (CA) * Weston (MA)

Colleges of Worcester Consortium (COWC)

Anna Maria * Assumption * Atlantic Union * Becker * Clark * Holy Cross * Cummings * MCPHS * Nichols * Quinsigamond * UMass-Medical School * Worcester State * WPI

Annapolis Group

Chair: Katherine Haley Will
Agnes Scott * Albion * Albright * Allegheny * Alma * Amherst * Augustana * Austin * Bard * Barnard * Bates * Bennington * Berea * Berry * Birmingham-Southern * Bowdoin * Bryn Mawr * Bucknell * Carleton * Centre * Chatham * Claremont McKenna * Coe * Colby * Colgate * Saint Benedict * Colorado * Connecticut * Cornell * Davidson * Denison * DePauw * Dickinson * Drew * Earlham * Eckerd * Franklin & Marshall * Furman * Gettysburg * Gordon * Goucher * Grinnell * Gustavus Adolphus * Hamilton * Hampden-Sydney * Hampshire * Harvey Mudd * Haverford * Hendrix * Hiram * Hobart & William Smith * Hollins * Holy Cross * Hope * Illinois Wesleyan * Juniata * Kalamazoo * Kenyon * Knox * Lafayette * Lake Forest * Lawrence * Lewis & Clark * Luther * Macalester * Manhattan * McDaniel * Middlebury * Millsaps * Monmouth * Moravian * Morehouse * Mount Holyoke * Muhlenberg * Nebraska Wesleyan * Oberlin * Occidental * Oglethorpe * Ohio Wesleyan * Pitzer * Pomona * Presbyterian * Puget Sound * Randolph-Macon * Randolph * Reed * Rhodes * Ripon * Rollins * St. Benedict and St. John's * St. John's * St. Lawrence * St. Olaf * Salem * Sarah Lawrence * Scripps * Sewanee * Skidmore * Smith * Southwestern * Spelman * Swarthmore * Sweet Briar * Transylvania * Trinity College * Trinity University * Union * Ursinus * Vassar * Wabash * Washington * Washington & Jefferson * Washington & Lee * Wellesley * Wesleyan College * Wesleyan University * Westmont * Wheaton * Whitman * Whittier * Willamette * William Jewell * Williams * Wittenberg * Wooster

Oberlin Group

Agnes Scott College * Albion College * Alma College * Amherst College * Augustana College * Austin College * Bard College * Barnard College * Bates College * Beloit College * Berea College * Bowdoin College * Bryn Mawr College * Bucknell University * Carleton College * Claremont McKenna College * Clark University * Coe College * Colby College * Colgate University * Colorado College * Connecticut College * Davidson College * Denison University * DePauw University * Dickinson College * Drew University * Earlham College * Eckerd College * Franklin & Marshall College * Furman University * Gettysburg College * Grinnell College * Gustavus Adolphus College * Hamilton College * Harvey Mudd College * Haverford College * College of the Holy Cross * Hope College * Kalamazoo College * Kenyon College * Knox College * Lafayette College * Lake Forest College * Lawrence University * Macalester College * Manhattan College * Middlebury College * Mills College * Morehouse College * Mount Holyoke College * Oberlin College * Occidental College * Ohio Wesleyan University * Pitzer College * Pomona College * Randolph-Macon College * Reed College * Rhodes College * Rollins College * Sarah Lawrence College * Scripps College * Sewanee: The University of the South * Simmons College * Skidmore College * Smith College * Spelman College * College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University * St. Lawrence University * St. Olaf College * Swarthmore College * Trinity College * Trinity University * Union College * Vassar College * Wabash College * Washington and Lee University * Wellesley College * Wesleyan University * Wheaton College * Whitman College * Whittier College * Willamette University * Williams College * College of Wooster |

Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC)

Albion * Alma * Amherst * Bates * Beloit * Bowdoin * Bryn Mawr * Bucknell * Carleton * Colby * Colgate * Colorado College * Connecticut College * Davidson * Denison * DePauw * Dickinson * Earlham * Eckerd * Franklin & Marshall * Gettysburg * Grinnell * Hamilton * Harvey Mudd * Haverford * Holy Cross * Hope * Kalamazoo * Kenyon * Lafayette * Lawrence * Lewis & Clark * Luther * Macalester * Manhattan * Middlebury * Mills * Mount Holyoke * Muhlenberg * Nebraksa Wesleyan * Oberlin * Occidental * Ohio Wesleyan * Pitzer * Pomona * Reed * Rhodes * Scripps * Sewanee * Skidmore * Smith * St. Lawrence * St. Olaf * Swarthmore * Sweet Briar * Trinity (CT) * Trinity (TX) * Union * Vassar * Wabash * Washington * Washington & Lee * Wellesley * Wesleyan * Westmont * Wheaton (IL) * Wheaton (MA) * Whitman * Whittier * Williams * Wooster |

Sports teams based in Massachusetts

BaseballAL: Boston Red Sox * NYPL: Lowell Spinners * Can-Am: Brockton Rox * Pittsfield Colonials * Worcester Tornadoes * NECBL: Holyoke Blue Sox * Lowell All-Americans * New Bedford Bay Sox * North Adams SteepleCats * North Shore Navigators
BasketballNBA: Boston Celtics * D-League: Springfield Armor
FootballNFL: New England Patriots * IWFL: Boston Militia * Holyoke Hurricanes * New England Intensity
HockeyNHL: Boston Bruins * AHL: Lowell Devils * Springfield Falcons * Worcester Sharks
SoccerMLS: New England Revolution * WPS: Boston Breakers * PDL: Western Mass Pioneers * NPSL: Boston Tea Men * WPSL: Boston 23 * Boston Aztec Women * New England Mutiny
LacrosseMLL: Boston Cannons * NLL: Boston Blazers
SoftballNPF: New England Riptide
Rugby unionNERFU: Harvard Business School RFC RSL: Boston Irish Wolfhounds RFC * Boston RFC
TennisWTT: Boston Lobsters
Inline HockeyMLRH: Boston Storm
Australian rules footballUSAFL: Boston Demons
College athletics
(NCAA Div. I)
AIC Yellow Jackets (ice hockey) * Bentley Falcons (ice hockey) * Boston College Eagles * Boston University Terriers * Harvard Crimson * Holy Cross Crusaders * UMass Minutemen * UMass Lowell River Hawks (ice hockey) * Merrimack Warriors (ice hockey) * Northeastern Huskies
Gaelic gamesBoston GAA: Hurling * Gaelic football



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