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Gannon University
Latin: Universitas Gannonensis
Motto:	Sanitas, Scientia, Sanctitas
Established	1925
Type:	Private, Catholic university
Endowment:	$31,957,000[1]
President:	Antoine M. Garibaldi
Provost:	Keith Taylor
Faculty:	181 full-time, 131 adjunct
Students:	3,815
Undergraduates:	2,254 full time 421 part-time
Postgraduates:	1,140
Location	Erie, PA, USA
Campus:	Urban
Colors:	Maroon and gold
Nickname:	Golden Knights
Mascot:	Drake the Golden Knight
Affiliations:	NCAA Division II GLIAC (1995-July 1, 2008) PSAC(July 1,2008)
Website:	www.gannon.edu

Gannon University (Gannon) is a private, Roman Catholic university located in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Gannon University was established in 1933 as the two-year Cathedral College by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie. In 1944, the school became the four-year men's school Gannon College of Arts and Sciences, named in honor of the then-Bishop of Erie, John Mark Gannon, the driving force behind its opening and development. The college became coeducational in 1964 and gained university status in 1979^{[2] [3]}

The all-girls school Villa Maria College, which was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1925^[4], merged with the university in 1989. ^[5]Its Villa Maria School of Nursing retains the name of the original institution.

Gannon University has an alumni base numbering around 27,000. Current enrollment is approximately 3,500.

Contents 1 Student Living 2 Athletics 3 Fields of Study 4 Building Program 5 Notable alumni 6 External links 7 References

Gannon University has ten buildings on campus that provide living arrangements for the students. All of the buildings are co-ed buildings, the freshman dorms have the men and women living on separate floors, while the apartments have both men and women on the same floor. The apartments all come with full kitchens, livingroom, 1 bathroom, and 1-3 bedrooms (Some of the apartments in the Kenilworth complex come with 2 bathrooms and a diningroom area).

The freshman halls provide a resident assistant (R.A.) on each floor, as well as having a resident director (R.D.) that oversees the whole building. All of the apartment complexes have just one R.D. that is in charge of the building.

The freshman dorms and apartment complexes that are provided by Gannon are as follows:

• Finnegan Hall (Freshman Dorms)

• Wherle Hall (Freshman Dorms)

• Crispo Apartments*

• Lubiak Apartments

• Freeman Apartments

• University Apartments

• Walker Apartments

• Kenilworth Apartments

• Harbor View Apartments

• * Only building that has apartments available for freshman living.

Gannon is a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in NCAA Division II. Gannon offers 18 NCAA Division II scholarship-granting varsity sports, that includes nine men's and women's teams. The men participate in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, water polo, and wrestling. The women participate in basketball, cheerleading, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, volleyball and water polo.

In June 2007, Gannon University, along with cross-town rival Mercyhurst College, was accepted into the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, where area schools Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania are members. Along with Gannon and Mercyhurst, C.W. Post also was accepted into the conference.^[6]

Gannon University is primarily known for its large number of pre-professional health science, health science fields, and engineering program. Some of the pre-professional fields offered at Gannon are pre-chiropractic, pre-dental, pre-medical, pre-optometry, pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy, pre-podiatry, and pre-veterinary. Gannon offers a masters program in Occupational Therapy as well as one as a Physician Assistant. The graduate engineering school also offers master programs for a number of engineers. Gannon University offers doctoral degrees in Physical Therapy (DPT), Counseling Psychology (PhD) and Organizational Learning and Leadership (PhD).

Gannon University is launching $25 million in building projects in 2007. The Erie Technology Incubator on West Eighth Street, which is expected to encourage business development, will be completed by early 2008 at a cost of $5 million. The Zurn Science Center, which is 36 years old (circa 1971), will receive $18.5 million in renovations by 2010, including new classrooms and research facilities. $1.5 million will go for renovation of the facade of the Dahlkemper School of Business Administration. Funding for the projects includes grants, loans, and a fundraising campaign.^[7]

Gannon University is opening a new academic building in the fall semester in 2008 as well. The building will be named the Robert H. Morosky Academic Center, after Gannon alumni and founder of the Limited clothing stores. The building will serve as the building for graduate health science majors.

• Steve Grilli, former Major League Baseball player.
• Edward M. Gabriel, United States Ambassador to Morocco 1998-2001
• Thomas J. Gamble, President, Mercyhurst College, 2006-present

• Gannon University's official webpage

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