Clarke University

Clarke University is a private liberal arts university founded in 1843, by Mary Frances Clarke, the founder of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Clark himself is the only Blessed Virgin Mary University in America. The university campus has an area of about 55 acres overlooking the Mississippi River, precisely located in Dubuque, Iowa, United States.

Through college and is divided into several departments, the university offers a wide variety of degree programs, from undergraduate, graduate, to master in more than 40 majors courses, the ratio of students to faculty range from 110: 1.

In addition, the university is also very concerned about their students, it is evidenced by the existence of financial assistance to students who reach more than $ 11 milion, at some time ago. Where the financial budget is a budget that is obtained from the university alumni donations and endowments own university.

Not surprisingly, the alumni are very concerned about his alma mater, because many of them are prominent figures are successful in their respective fields, such as the Emmy Award winning singer-actress, Karen Morrow, who if likened like peanuts do not forget the skin. In addition to directly form of financial aid, with the alumni indirectly also helped boost the popularity of the university.

The university chose the colors blue and gold, as the university's official color. Especially if the color is used by the university's mascot, dubbed the Crusaders, then surely they are a member or part of Clarke University.

And from the field of sports, the university also provides facilities for students who want to develop talent and wanted to show his achievements in the sport. This is because these universities compete in NAIA competition, whereas for athletic teams, compete in competitions Midwest Classic Conference.