Marylhurst University

Marylhurst University is among the oldest collegiate degree-granting institutions in Marylhurst, Oregon. (The first degree having been awarded in 1897). Marylhurst University was founded and run for many years by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, a Roman Catholic teaching order. Marylhurst University is a private Catholic university located in Marylhurst, Oregon nine miles south of Portland on the Willamette River. The University's adjunct instructors are working professionals recognized in their fields – leaders, managers, marketers, entrepreneurs, published writers, accomplished scholars, scientists and artists. Each brings practical, tested experience to the classroom.

History

St. Mary's College

Marylhurst College was founded in 1893, by members of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation. The Sisters came to Oregon from Montreal at the request of the people and clergy of the city in 1859 to serve educational needs of the city.

In 1893, the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary found Marylhurst as the first liberal arts college to serve the educational needs of Northwest women. The school is originally located in downtown Portland, Oregon, and called St. Mary's Academy and College. In 1908 the Sisters purchase 63 acres between Lake Oswego and West Linn. The Sisters name the pastoral land Marylhurst, which means "Mary's Woods." The college was moved to the new property in 1930, and St. Mary's College was renamed Marylhurst College. The following year (1931) the school received its first accreditation from the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools.

Marylhurst College

In 1959 Marylhurst College becomes an independent corporation with its own Board of Trustees, separate from the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. Further growth occurred in 1974 as Marylhurst becomes a co-educational institution and the first liberal arts college in the United States to be designated as a college for lifelong learning.

Marylhurst University is among the oldest collegiate degree-granting institutions in Marylhurst, Oregon. (The first degree having been awarded in 1897). Marylhurst University was founded and run for many years by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, a Roman Catholic teaching order. Marylhurst University is a private Catholic university located in Marylhurst, Oregon nine miles south of Portland on the Willamette River. The University's adjunct instructors are working professionals recognized in their fields – leaders, managers, marketers, entrepreneurs, published writers, accomplished scholars, scientists and artists. Each brings practical, tested experience to the classroom.