He also separated the office of the rector of the Jesuit community from that of the university president, became an indefatigable fundraiser, and gave Fordham high visibility in New York City through his frequent appearances and speeches at public events.
The Lincoln Center Campus. A major milestone in the development of Fordham University took place with the establishment of the Lincoln Center Campus in the s. Moses turned down the request because he explained that the Coliseum was designed for offices, not classrooms However, Moses proposed an alternative solution to Fordham's need for more space.
How much room would you need? Ten acres? When he mentioned acres, I couldn't believe it. I never heard anyone talk about New York City real estate in terms of acres. I gulped. He whipped out a Manhattan street map and said: "Look, maybe a couple of these blocks; that would be about ten acres or something like that. John's College] up at Rose Hill. The Lincoln Center campus of Fordham University gradually took shape between , when the new Law School building was dedicated, and , when the Lowenstein Building became the home of a new liberal-arts college and the graduate schools of Education, Social Service and Business Administration now the Gabelli School of Business.
The transition was made possible by the construction of over 3, new student residential units. In U. News and World Report ranked Fordham Law School 28th out of law schools nationwide, and it ranked the Graduate School of Social Service 11th out of such programs across the country. While Fordham made a determined bid for national recognition, it did not neglect its ties to the local community.
In the early s the Graduate School of Social Service had a higher number of Hispanic students than any other American university except the University of Puerto Rico. Under Dean John Feerick, a native of the South Bronx, Fordham Law School sponsored a number of initiatives and research centers to benefit the local community.
By contrast, when Father Joseph M. In , after the recent addition of a law school and medical school, the name was changed to Fordham University; St. Throughout its history, Fordham College has embraced the Jesuit idea of educating the entire student, promoting the idea of cura personalis, or care of the whole person.
This is especially evident through the strong core curriculum embraced by the College. Since and the implementation of its first curriculum, Fordham College has continuously upheld the importance of a solid core curriculum to provide all students with a strong liberal arts education.
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Then the Vincent Building at Broadway served as the home for Fordham in Manhattan from to In , Fordham was the first city institution to commit to be part of the Lincoln Square Renewal Project, an effort to revitalize the city's west side with a new performing arts complex that would become the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. In , Fordham Law School was the first building to open as part of the renewal project, and in , Fordham College at Lincoln Center welcomed its first students.
During the last 45 years, the college has had a remarkable record of achievement, including alumni who have gone on to outstanding careers as stars of stage and screen, as writers and producers, as financial and business leaders, as practitioners of law, medicine, and religion, and as political and civic leaders.
In , Fordham opened a state-of-the-art residence hall on the 11th through 22nd floor of McKeon Hall.
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