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Immaculata University
Motto "Believe in Immaculata."
Established 1920
Type Private liberal arts
President Sister R. Patricia Fadden
Location Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA
Campus Small Town
Mascot The Mighty Macs
Website www.immaculata.edu
Immaculata University is a Catholic university on King Road in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

History

Immaculata was founded as Villa Maria College, a women's college in 1920. It was the first Catholic college for women in the Philadelphia area. The name was changed to Immaculata College in 1929.[1]

Founded by the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Immaculata is part of the greater IHM community, which includes the neighboring House of Studies and an academy for girls. The University became coeducational in the fall of 2005.

The current location of Immaculata University is a tract of land in Chester County, Pennsylvania, on the Main Line near Malvern, purchased by the sisters in 1906. The origianal 198 acre plot has grown to 373 acres since that time.

Athletics

The Immaculata Mighty Macs were the AIAW Division I Basketball Champions, the top national title, from 1972 to 1974, a pivotal time in the history of women's collegiate sports.[2] The story of the Mighty Macs basketball team is currently being adapted into a movie, Our Lady of Victory, which is due out in theaters in 2007.[3]

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Member schools of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
North DivisionAlvernia College • Cedar Crest College • Centenary College of New Jersey • Gwynedd-Mercy College • Marywood University • Misericordia University
South DivisionCabrini College • Eastern University • Immaculata University • Neumann College • College of Notre Dame of Maryland • Rosemont College
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Douglass (merged with Rutgers University) • Evelyn College for Women (with Princeton University; closed) • H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (merged with Tulane University) • Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (merged with Carnegie Mellon University) • Pembroke (merged with Brown University) • Radcliffe College (merged with Harvard University)
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Alvernia College is a private college located in Reading, Pennsylvania.

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Rosemont College is a women's college located in Rosemont in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. A Catholic college, it is operated by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Its campus is located 11 miles west of Philadelphia.
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