Student publications :
Note: This is not intended to be a comprehensive list
- Law Review, the most widely-cited of the law school's six scholarly journals serving the legal profession and the public by discussing current legal issues.
- Red Rover, (formerly: Excersions) a literary magazine published once a year from the Lincoln Center Campus. It provides students with an outlet for creativity and expression through fiction, personal essays, photography, cartoons, poetry, graphic arts, etc.
- The Ampersand, Fordham's literary magazine
- The CBA Business Journal, a source of business news and commentary written by and for Fordham University students, publishing three issues per semester.
- The Fordham Ram (commonly known as The Ram), student newspaper, published from the Rose Hill campus since 1918. The Ram is the University's official journal of record.
- The Observer, Fordham University's award-winning http://www.fordhamobserver.com/media/storage/paper827/news/2006/04/27/News/Observer.Ends.Academic.Year.With.More.Honors-1879930.shtml student newspaper, published from the Lincoln Center campus since 1981.
- The Paper, Fordham University's journal of news, analysis, comment, and review.
- The Vagabond, The Ampersand's monthly supplement
Broadcasting :
- WFUV, 90.7 FM in New York City, is Fordham University's 50,000-watt radio station. First broadcast in 1947, the station serves approximately 280,000 listeners weekly in the New York area and thousands more globally on the Web (wfuv.org). The station is a National Public Radio affiliate, and mainly has an adult album alternative format, although it does carry programs which play music from other genres, such as folk music, jazz, and Celtic music.
[http://www.fordham.edu/Campus_Resources/Public_Affairs/Archives/2006/archive_660.asp] It is staffed by 27 full-time employees and 70 student part-time enployees.[http://www.fordham.edu/Campus_Resources/Public_Affairs/topstories_937.asp] The station has strong student-run news and sports departments. - Fordham Nightly News (FNN), Fordham University's evening news program since 2004, was created by and is produced by students. FNN is a part of radio WFUV News, and its directors are part-time staff at NBC News, CBS News, CBS Radio. The program is produced 4 nights weekdays (no Wednesday broadcast), and has built up a management structure with about 35 staff -- from on-air talent to technical production. FNN is on a closed-circuit channel, EIC-TV10, and reports current topics including local and international news, entertainment, sports, and weather.
[http://www.fordham.edu/media/FNN/index.shtml]
Self-expression :
- The Fordham University Choir is a select mixed ensemble comprised of students from the University's Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses. The Choir's repertoire of sacred and secular music is representative of the finest choral tradition. The Choir keeps a full performance schedule that includes five campus concerts and an annual tour. The Choir often performs at various venues in the New York metropolitan area, including Carnegie Hall, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, and St. Patrick's Cathedral. Highlights of each choir season include the Family Weekend Mass, the Festival of Lessons and Carols each December, and the Spring Concert, which features a major choral work with orchestra. Past performances include Handel's Messiah, Schubert's Mass in G, and Mozart's Requiem. The Choir has performed in many major U.S. cities, such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Internationally, the Choir has performed in Rome, Italy and completed a ten day concert tour through Spain in the spring of 2004.
- "The Ampersand" is an umbrella organization that encompasses projects such as The Ampersand, Fordham's literary magazine; The Vagabond , The Ampersand's monthly supplement; On the Verge, a writer's workshop; and & What?!?, an open mic night series. The club's primary aim is to create, maintain, and promote a forum in which the Fordham student body can express itself through poetry, prose, short stories, spoken work, photography, and art work.
- Fordham University Theatre Company: The Fordham Theatre department's training embraces a "company concept," which signifies that all theatre majors may participate in as many productions as they like and in any capacity they wish, as members of the Fordham University Theatre Company.
[http://www.fordham.edu/theatre/trai_curr_1b.htm] The department produces four "Mainstage" productions each season, and fifteen to twenty-five studio theatre productions. The Mainstage productions are directed and designed by full-time faculty and/or guests from the professional New York theater community. The studio productions are playwriting and directing projects that are completely student-driven, with the support of outside professional directors (playwriting) and mentors (directing). While participation in Mainstage productions is limited to theatre program students, attending performances is a popular activity for all students and the community, and auditions for studio productions are open to students of all majors. (A student may major in any subject and minor in Theatre, which does not require an audition.) - The Mimes & Mummers, housed in Collins Auditorium on the Rose Hill Campus, hire professional directors and choreographers to assist with their theatrical productions. "The Mimes" is one of the oldest traditions at the university, and currently produce two top-notch shows per semester, which could be either a comedy, a drama, a musical, or a classic. Students from all major concentrations are welcome to participate in Mimes & Mummers' productions.
- Fordham Experimental Theatre (FET), located in the Blackbox Theatre in Collins Hall on the Rose Hill Campus, is an entirely student run theatre group, wherein students direct, produce, and perform two shows per semester. Additionally, FET produces two Playwrights' Festivals per year, in which students perform shows written and directed by club members. FET is also an umbrella organization, comprised of the Fordham Experimental Theatre itself, the Fordham Improv Comedy Troupe, and the Fordham Sketch Comedy Troupe. FET embraces an experimental viewpoint, constantly working toward producing shows that challenge the limits of traditional theatre.
- Expressions Dance Alliance, located in the Keating Basement Dance Studio, was established in 2001 to fill the void of a dance ensemble at Fordham University's Rose Hill Campus. About twenty dancers comprise the dance company with a wide variety of training like hip-hop, ballet, tap, jazz, modern, contemporary, and other areas of dance. The student-run club's main focus is to produce an original show every semester. The members are responsible for every aspect of the show including original choreography, costumes, light designs, sets, budgeting, and publicity. Expressions also participates in community service projects and events around campus. Membership is by audition only. Expressions Dance Alliance also holds dance classes, open to the entire student body.
Rhetoric and debate :
- Fordham Debate Society: Founded in 1852, Fordham Debate Society is based at the Rose Hill Campus and is the oldest existing club in the university, as well the as eighth oldest collegiate debate society in the United States. The society frequently beat Oxford University and Cambridge University in debates during the early 20th century, and more recently was the first American university to host the World Universities Debating Championship (Princeton University and Yale University followed and remain the only other institutions to have the honor of hosting in the United States). Fordham Debate also had top 5 finishes at Nationals, North American Championships, and major tournaments such as those held at Princeton University and Columbia University, all within the first few years of the 21st century. In 1982, the society hosted a massive tournament called the "Fordham Fandango." There, representatives from Fordham, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, the University of Chicago, West Point, and other schools formed the American Parliamentary Debate Association, Inc. (APDA), a student-run intercollegiate debate league. Fordham is still very active on APDA, regularly placing in the top teams in the nation.
- Gannon Speech & Debate: Based at the Lincoln Center Campus, the organization was constituted and formed by students for the purpose of advancing the social, intellectual and spiritual development of its members and the community of Fordham University, its reputation and image. The club accomplishes these purposes first, by studying colegiate forensics, and second, by preparing for and competing in intercolegiate forensic tournaments. As recently as 2004 members have been awarded prestigious fellowships.http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/public_affairs/archives/2004/archive_413.asp
Global outreach :
Global Outreach! (commonly known as
GO!), is a student led, university sponsored organization dedicated to educating students about issues of
social justice and individual responsibility through service trips to global and domestic locations. Separate programs on each campus currently sponsor 27 annual trips ranging from
Thailand to
East New York, and dealing with such diverse issues as
public health, affordable housing,
migrant labor, and
disaster relief.
Military science :
Military Science is a program available to all undergraduate and graduate students, regardless of their college or major. The Army
Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program qualifies students for appointment as officers of the
US Army,
US Army Reserve or
US Army National Guard. Students (other than those with ROTC scholarships) attend the first two years of study without incurring any obligation to serve in the
military. The regular course of study includes military science classes in addition to the Fordham Core Curriculum and the requirements for the student's chosen major. Additionally, a variety of challenging extracurricular activities are open to all students. These include the regional
Ranger Challenge and the international
Sandhurst Competitions - intercollegiate
"extreme" sports;
Color Guard;
Pershing Rifles;
Drill Team; the
Association of the United States Army Ram Company; and an
Army Ten-Miler Running Team. Additionally cadets have the opportunity to participate in a variety of military social events, including the annual military ball, called
Dining in.
Fordham University traces its history of training cadets for the
United States Army to
1885,
[http://armyrotc.com/edu/fordham/history.htm] and has since continued to produce officers from across the nation. Other area academic institutions have affiliations with the Fordham ROTC program, including
City College,
Columbia University,
John Jay College,
Lehman College,
New School University,
New York University, and
Polytechnic University.
Fordham students may participate in the
Air Force ROTC hosted at
Manhattan College nearby the Rose Hill campus of Fordham, and the
Navy ROTC hosted at
Maritime College,
State University of New York, also nearby the Rose Hill campus.
Philip H. McGrath House of Prayer :
The Philip H. McGrath House of Prayer is located in
Goshen, NY, and is used exclusively for Fordham's
Retreat Ministries. The McGrath House is situated in a rural, residential area about seventy miles northwest of Fordham's Rose Hill campus.
The McGrath House has facilities for a large group of students and
retreat coordinators to stay overnight while participating in a Fordham Retreat. Fordham Campus Ministry regularly hosts non-compulsory retreats at the McGrath House, including Emmaus,
Kairos, Charis, Global Outreach Retreats, and other specialized retreats.
Legacies :
Notable alumni :
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For a more extensive sampling of notable alumni, see the List of Fordham University people.
Among the notable people who have attended Fordham are:
- Alan Alda, six-time Emmy Award and six-time Golden Globe Award-winning actor
- William Casey, former United States Director of Central Intelligence
- Mary Higgins Clark, best-selling suspense novelist
- Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman Vice Presidential candidate of a major political party in the United States
- Bob Keeshan, television's multiple award-winning "Captain Kangaroo"
- G. Gordon Liddy, lawyer, political operative for President Richard Nixon, leader of the "White House Plumber's unit", political pundit and radio show host
- Vince Lombardi, football coaching legend
- Charles Osgood, three-time Emmy Award and two-time Peabody Award-winning journalist and Radio Hall of Fame inductee
- Vin Scully, Emmy Award-winning sportscaster, Baseball Hall of Famer, and Radio Hall of Famer
- Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler, Russian-American oil tycoon, billionaire;
[http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/54/SFMX.html] - Denzel Washington, two-time Academy Award and two-time Golden Globe Award-winning actor.
Image:Alan Alda Emmys 1994 cropped.jpg|Alan Alda
Photo: Alan Light
Image:GeraldineFerraro.jpg|Geraldine Ferraro
Image:Denzel Washington.jpeg|Denzel Washington
Image:Evgeniy Shvidler.jpg|Eugene Shvidler
Notable faculty :
This list is intended as a sampling
- Joseph Abboud, fashion designer
- Bruce Andrews, poet and theorist on state and global capitalism
- Hilaire Belloc, writer
- Daniel Berrigan, S.J., poet-in-residence and world-renowned peace activist
- Mary Bly, Writer
- Joseph Campbell, poet, Irish studies scholar, Irish republican and POW
- W. Norris Clarke, S.J., philosopher and noted authority on St. Thomas Aquinas
- Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., noted theologian, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Victor Francis Hess,
[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1936/hess-bio.html] Nobel Laureate for physics - Dietrich von Hildebrand, theologian
- William T. Hogan, S.J., economist and noted authority on the steel industry
- J. Quentin Lauer, S.J., philosopher and noted authority on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Paul Levinson, author of The Plot To Save Socrates and winner of the 1999 Locus Award for Best First Novel
- James Marsh, radical philosopher and noted authority on Marx
- Mark Massa, S.J., authority on American Catholicism
- Matthew Maguire, two-time OBIE Award-winning actor, director, and playwright
- Marshall McLuhan (Visiting, 1967), communications theorist and coiner of the phrase, "the medium is the message."
- Frederick Marotto, Mathematician, author of "Marotto Theorem" dealing with Chaos.
- William O'Malley, S.J., actor in the film The Exorcist, for which he was also a technical advisor; author of numerous books
- Diana Villiers Negroponte, professor of history and law; wife of US Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte
- Lawrence J. Sacharow, OBIE Award-winning director
- Daniel Soyer, Historian, author and authority on Jewish immigration into New York City
University Presidents :
- His Eminence John Cardinal McCloskey 1841-43
- Most Rev. James Roosevelt Bayley 1844-46
- Rev. Augustus J. Thebaud, S.J. 1846-51 and 1859-63
- Rev. John Larkin, S.J. 1851-54
- Rev. Remigius I. Tellier, S.J. 1854-59
- Rev. Edward Doucet, S.J. 1863-65
- Rev. William Moylan, S.J. 1865-68
- Rev. Joseph Shea, S.J. 1868-74
- Rev. William Gockeln, S.J. 1874-82
- Rev. Patrick F. Dealy, S.J. 1882-85
- Rev. Thomas F. Campbell, S.J. 1885-88 and 1896-1900
- Rev. John Scully, S.J. 1888-91
- Rev. Thomas Gannon, S.J. 1891-96
- Rev. George A. Pettit, S.J. 1900-04
- Most Rev. John J. Collins, S.J. 1904-06
- Rev. Daniel J. Quinn, S.J. 1906-11
- Rev. Thomas J. McCluskey, S.J. 1911-15
- Rev. Joseph A. Mulry, S.J. 1915-19
- Rev. Edward P. Tivnan, S.J. 1919-24
- Rev. William J. Duane, S.J. 1924-30
- Rev. Aloysius J. Hogan, S.J. 1930-36
- Rev. Robert I. Gannon, S.J. 1936-49
- Rev. Laurence J. McGinley, S.J. 1949-63
- Rev. Vincent T. O'Keefe, S.J. 1963-65
- Rev. Leo J. McLaughlin, S.J. 1965-69
- Rev. Michael P. Walsh, S.J. 1969-72
- Rev. James C. Finlay, S.J. 1972-84
- Rev. Joseph A. O'Hare, S.J. 1984-2003
- Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J. 2003-present
Fordham traditions :
Fordham Maroon :
There is as much myth as there is truth surrounding the history of Fordham's college color:
Maroon was not the original color,
magenta was. Magenta was used on the uniforms of Fordham's "base-ball nines." The color was also used by Fordham's archrival,
Harvard.
[http://www.fordham.edu/Inauguration/Fordham_at_a_Glance/University_Colors_11816.asp] Both institutions claimed prior right to use of magenta, and neither institution was willing to make concessions. Since it was "improper" for two schools to be wearing the same colors, the matter was to be settled by a series of
baseball games. The winning team could lay claim to magenta. The losing team would have to find another color. Fordham won, but Harvard reneged on its promise.
[ ] That was the situation in 1874 when the student body gathered at the college to meet Rev. William Gockeln, S. J., the newly installed College president. One of the matters discussed at this historic meeting was that of choosing an official college color that would belong to Fordham and Fordham alone. With matters at a standstill, Stephen Wall '75, suggested maroon, a color not widely used at the time.
[ ] In a letter that Wall subsequently wrote to the editors of the
Fordham Monthly in 1907, he stated, "I was asked what maroon was and the only way I could explain it was that it looked something like
claret wine with the sun shining through it, but I said that, if I was given time, I would produce a piece of maroon ribbon. So I was accorded the privilege, and I wrote to my sister to send me a piece of maroon ribbon and velvet. These samples came in due course and were submitted to the committee. It received the unanimous approval of the committee, was adopted and has been the color that has carried Fordham through many a victory."
[ ] Ironically, Harvard has since abandoned its official color
magenta in favor of
crimson.
[http://www.news.harvard.edu/guide/lore/lore5.html]The Ram :
The
ram evolved into Fordham's mascot and symbol from a slightly vulgar cheer that Fordham fans sang during an 1893 football game against the
United States Military Academy at West Point. The students began cheering "One-damn, two-damn, three-damn...Fordham!" The song was an instant hit, but "
damn" was later sanitized to "Ram" to conform to the university's image. Schroth page 207
The Victory Bell :
The "Victory Bell", which is mounted outside the Rose Hill Gym, is from the
Japanese aircraft carrier Juny. According to the plaque below the bell, it was recovered near
Saipan where it was "silenced by an aerial Bomb." It was given to Fordham as a gift by Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz "as a Memorial to Our Dear Young Dead of World War II." It was blessed by
Cardinal Spellman, and "was first rung at Fordham by the President of the United States, the Honorable
Harry S. Truman on
May 11,
1946, the Charter Centenary of the University." It is rung by each Fordham senior player after victorious home football games and its ringing also marks the start of the commencement ceremonies each May. A small group of students rang the bell on the 50th anniversary of
Pearl Harbor in honor of the war dead.
The Rose Hill Gymnasium :
The men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the volleyball squad, play in the
Rose Hill Gymnasium, the oldest gym still in use at the NCAA Division I level. The 3,200 seat gym opened on
January 16,
1925 and was one of the largest on-campus facilities at the time it was built, earning the nickname "The Prairie" because of its large floor space. The arena has been in continuous use by Fordham's basketball teams since its opening with the exception of the World War II years, when it was used as a
barracks.
The Great Seal :
The Great Seal of Fordham University bears the Society of Jesus
coat of arms at the center. The shield bears the Greek letters of the name
Jesus,
IHS, with the cross resting in the horizontal line of the letter "H", three nails beneath (evoking those used in the
crucifixion of Jesus), all in gold in a field framed in maroon, the color of the University, with silver
fleurs-de-lis (reminiscent of the
French origin of the first Jesuit instructors) on the edge of the maroon frame. Around the shield, a
scroll with the University's motto in
latin,
Sapienta et Doctrina (Wisdom and Learning), is etched. The scroll rests on a field in which tongues of fire are displayed, recalling the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit of Wisdom that marked the first
Pentecost. A
laurel above the shield has engraved the names of the disciplines that were taught when the school was granted university status in 1907: arts, science, philosophy, medicine, and law. Surrounding the entire seal is a
heraldic belt, which has engraved the name of the school in Latin,
Universitas Fordhamensis, and year of foundation.
[http://www.fordham.edu/images/student_activities/lc//lc%20grad%20handbook%20a%20grad%20intro.pdf] William Spain Seismic Observatory :
Since 1910, when the Rev. Edward P. Tivnan, SJ, installed a
seismograph in the basement of the administration building at the Rose Hill Campus, Fordham has been the site of the oldest seismic station in New York City.
William Spain Seismic Observatory has since measured much of the world's natural and unnatural trembling, including
earthquakes, China's first
atomic explosion in 1964, and local
subway trains.
The station opened in 1924 and sits at the edge of Edward's Parade in the center of the campus, next to Freeman Hall, home of the department of physics. It is named in honor of a physics student who died in 1922 and whose father donated the funds to build the station.
Songs :
Fordham's school song is "Alma Mater Fordham":
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O Alma Mater Fordham, How mighty is thy power
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to link our hearts to thee in love that grows with every hour.
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Thy winding walks, Thy hallowed halls
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Thy lawns, Thine ivy-mantled walls;
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O Fordham Alma Mater, what mem'ries each recalls.
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O Alma Mater Fordham, while yet the life blood starts
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Shined by thy sacred image within our heart of hearts.
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And in the years that are to be,
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May life and love be true to me,
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O Fordham Alma Mater, as I am true to thee..
[http://www.fordham.edu/images/student_activities/lc//lc%20grad%20handbook%20a%20grad%20intro.pdf]
Recordings and other songs :
- "The Ram" as sung by the all-male College at Rose Hill Glee Club, 1963
- "The Ram", instrumental, as played by the University Band, c. 2000
- "Fordham, Alma Mater" as sung by the all-male University Glee Club, 1963
- "Fordham, Alma Mater" as sung by the Fordham University Choir, c. 2000
- "Fordham Marching Song", The Fordham March, as sung by the all-male University Glee Club, 1963
Affiliations :
This is an introductory listing, and may reflect only a portion of the many affiliations the University maintains.
[http://www.fordham.edu/Discover_Fordham/Fordham_at_a_Glance/Accreditation_and_Af_2347.asp] Fordham University is affiliated with the following:
- American Council on Education
- Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
- National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
- Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
- Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
- Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities
- International Federation of Catholic Universities
- Fulbright Association
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
- Center for Academic Integrity
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- National Association of Graduate Schools
- Council of Graduate Schools of the United States
- Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools
- Graduate Schools in Catholic Colleges and Universities
It is an accredited member of:
- Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work (CSW)
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Fordham University is accredited on both the undergraduate and graduate levels in teacher education.
The University is also a member of:
- American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
- Collegiate Association for Development of Educational Administration (New York State)
- Association of University Evening Colleges
Notes :
References :
- Fred C. Feddeck. Hale Men of Fordham: Hail!. Trafford Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-55212-577-7
- Fordham University Staff, Office of the Sesquicentennial. As I Remember Fordham: Selections from the Sesquicentennial Oral History Project. Fordham University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8232-1338-2
- Robert Ignatius Gannon, S.J. Up to the Present: the story of Fordham. Doubleday, 1967. ISBN not available
- Raymond A. Schroth, S.J. Fordham: A History and Memoir. Jesuit Way, Chicago 2002. ISBN 0-8294-1676-5
- Thomas Gaffney Taaffe. A History of St. John's College, Fordham, N.Y. The Catholic Publication Society Co., 1891. ISBN not available
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