Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1881 |
| Affiliation | Catholic, Jesuit |
| Dean | Richard C. Holz, Ph.D. |
Academic staff | 250[1] |
| Location | , , United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
The Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences is one of the primary colleges at Marquette University, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The college oversees liberal arts programs and offer both undergraduate- and graduate-level courses and degrees. It is the largest of Marquette's 11 colleges by enrollment, with over 2,700 students.[2]
Marquette University began as a small liberal arts college in Milwaukee in 1881. Because Marquette's first departments were in the liberal arts, the College of Arts and Sciences was founded with the establishment of the university itself.[3] The college's first graduating class received their degrees in 1887, and at one point, the college was housed in Johnston Hall, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and now houses the university's Diederich College of Communication.[4] Today, the college has its main offices in Sensenbrenner Hall, but its various departments reside in different facilities across campus.
In 2004, the college was posthumously named for Helen Way Klingler, a resident of nearby Shorewood, Wisconsin, who had anonymously donated over $33 million to the university during her lifetime.[5] Klingler had no formal connection to the university, though she became close friends with its former president, John Patrick Raynor, who presided over her conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1993. The ceremony was held at Marquette's St. Joan of Arc Chapel.[5]
