福德汉姆大学｜Fordham University

福特汉姆大学始建于1841年，初名为St. Johns College（与纽约市皇后区的St. Johns University无关）。1905年建立法学院，1907年更名为Fordham University。

福特汉姆（福坦莫）大学是一所位于美国纽约市的私立天主教大学，大学中等规模，校园建筑古典庄重，学院气氛浓。福特汉姆大学的教育在宗旨上即是国际性的，在中国和英国都有合作项目。在纽约，这个国际性的大都市，福特汉姆大学充分利用了身处国际商务，外交，信息，艺术，科技中心的优势，让学生这个特殊的教室里获益匪浅。

一、UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES

1、College of Business Administration｜工商管理学院

该学院于1920年在下曼哈顿金融区成立，并于1947年搬至Rose Hill(玫瑰山)校区。工商管理学院教授四年制课程，着重学生的分析能力和对商业中人文价值的理解。该学院的国际专业不但提供国际实习而且还有可选的国外留学课时。该学院还提供双学位课程，有天赋的学生可以在5年内完成BS和MBA课程，同时获得学士和硕士学位。授予工商管理理学士学位和公众会计理学士学位。

2、Fordham College at Lincoln Center ｜林肯中心分院

文科学院，既有固定的文学核心课程，又有跨学科课程。该学院位于曼哈顿这一文化、艺术和商业中心。除了文科专业，该学院还招收媒体学，视觉艺术，戏剧以及其他艺术专业。许多课程和纽约市的艺术和文化机构、社会服务中心及各个社区有着合作项目和关系，并有专门的项目为21岁以上的成年人特别是有过一定工作经历、希望重返校园的人所设计。该学院授予文学士学位。

3、Fordham College at Rose Hill ｜玫瑰山分院

文科学院，招四年全日制本科生。学院完整而又富有弹性的文科课程不但激发学生的思维、锻炼其口才，同时对学生的美学天赋给予发掘。授予文学士和理学士学位。

4、Fordham College of Liberal Studies｜人文学院

就像它的名字所揭示的，该学院为非传统学生而设立，提供全日制和半日制的学习计划和灵活的时间表，并可以在三个校区之间进行选择。

二、GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS

1、Graduate School of Arts Sciences｜文理学院

系：生物科学、古典语文和文学、通讯和媒体研究、计算机信息科学、经济、英语和文学、历史、哲学、哲学、哲学资源、政治学、社会学和人类学、神学。

跨系专业：国际政治经济及发展、人文学科和自然学科。

研究中心和研究所：道德教育中心、中世纪研究中心、拉丁裔美国人和拉丁美洲人研究中心。

2、Graduate School of Business Administration

纽约市为商学院学生提供了无与伦比的机会。该学院提供的课程涵盖会计、商务经济、商务法、通讯和媒体管理、系统设计管理、金融、信息和通讯系统、管理系统、市场营销、税务等领域。

福大商学院于1998年和北京大学中国经济研究中心（CCER）合作创办的北大国际MBA（BiMBA，Beijing International MBA）是中国最优秀的商学院项目之一，其中方教授包括林毅夫、周其仁、海闻、杨壮等。

3、Graduate School of Education

4、School of Law｜法学院

法学院创建于1905年，在纽约市仅次于哥伦比亚大学和纽约大学的法学院。在2007年度美国新闻与世界报道中排第二十五名；按照入学的LSAT成绩排第十五名。为福大法学院输送学生人数最多的五个本科学校分别是纽约大学、哥伦比亚大学、康奈尔大学、福特汉姆大学和宾夕法尼亚大学。

福大法学院在纽约市大型律师事务所中拥有强大的校友力量，因此就业形势较好。按照校友人数，福大法学院在前五十和前二十五位的律师事务所中均列第八位。

福特汉姆大学法学院在美国流行文化中也留下了印迹：2007年的法律惊悚片《敌对同谋》中，乔治 克鲁尼所扮演的律师Michael Clayton就毕业于福大法学院。

福特汉姆大学法学院于2008年3月和中国政法大学签订了交换学生协定。

5、Graduate School of Religion Religious Education

6、Graduate School of Social Service

（以上摘自学校网站主页）

三、Rankings

In 2008, U.S. News World Report ranked Fordham 67th among national universities in the United States, up three places from the previous year. In the same year the Graduate School of Social Service was ranked 17th nationally by U.S. News World Report, the Graduate School of Education was ranked 58th nationally, and also ranked the College of Business Administration 71st, up nine spots from 2007.

2008 U.S. University Rankings:

USNWR National University 67th

USNWR Law School 25th

USNWR Education School 58th

Washington Monthly 50th

In 2008, BusinessWeek magazine ranked Fordham s College of Business Administration 27th nationally. Fordham grants degrees in the BIMBA program (Beijing International MBA) the first foreign MBA degree to be approved by the Chinese Government and ranked #1 in China by Fortune Magazine.

四、校区

Fordham University attracts students from around the world, and at the turn of the 21st century had registered students from approximately 90 countries in addition to every US state and territory.To accommodate this student body, the university has two residential campuses: Rose Hill in the Bronx and Lincoln Center in Manhattan. The University also maintains programs at the Westchester campus in West Harrison (formerly Marymount in Tarrytown), a biological field station in Armonk, New York and two international locations: The Beijing International MBA (BIMBA) in Beijing, China, and the London Center in the United Kingdom, home to the London Drama Academy.

1、Rose Hill

The Rose Hill campus, established in 1841, is home to the undergraduate Fordham College at Rose Hill, the College of Business Administration, and a portion of the Fordham College of Liberal Studies as well as the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School of Religion Religious Education.

Located on 85 acres in the north Bronx, it is among the largest open space campuses in New York City. The campus is bordered by the New York Botanical Garden, the Bronx Zoo, and Little Italy of the Bronx on Arthur Avenue. Rose Hill s traditional collegiate Gothic architecture, cobblestone streets, and green expanses of lawn have been used as settings in a number of feature films over the years. Rose Hill is also home to the University Church, which was built in 1845 as a seminary chapel and parish church for surrounding farms. The gothic-style church is an official New York City landmark and contains the original altar from Old St. Patrick s Cathedral along with stained glass windows first intended as a gift by Louis-Philippe of France for the cathedral.Among the 15 campus dormitories are Fordham s three residential colleges: O Hare Hall,Tierney Hall, and Queen s Court (the last, with its notable Bishop s Lounge, dates back to the days of St. John s College). Finlay Hall, now an upperclassman dormitory, was built in 1905 as home to the (since dunct) medical school,and later was home to the chemistry department for 47 years, until 1968. Another dormitory, Walsh Hall, was built facing the street as a condition of the loan Fordham received from New York City. If Fordham had daulted on the loan, the city would have converted it into a housing project, however this did not occur, and the building s entrance still confusingly faces the street on the edge of the campus instead of the interior of the campus. Walsh Hall was formerly known simply as 555 due to its address: 555 E.191st Street. The campus is served by the Fordham station of the Metro-North Railroad (the tracks run along the boundary fence), with a southern terminus at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. Public transit buses stop adjacent to campus exits and New York City Subway stations are within walking distance. The University also provides a Ram Van shuttle service among the three residential campuses. About 6,284 undergraduates and graduates attend the Rose Hill campus, with 3,143 in residence.

2、Lincoln Center

The Lincoln Center campus, established in 1961, is home to the undergraduate Fordham College at Lincoln Center and a portion of Fordham College of Liberal Studies, as well as the School of Law, the Graduate School of Business Administration, the Graduate School of Education, and the Graduate School of Social Service. The eight-acre campus occupies the area from West 60th Street to West 62nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues, in the cultural heart of Manhattan. Across the street is one of the world s great cultural centers, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; nearby are Central Park, Broadway, and Columbus Circle. The campus is served by public transit bus stops at the campus entrances, and by the New York City Subway at 59th Street Columbus Circle station. The University also provides a Ram Van shuttle service among its three campuses.

About 8,000 undergraduate, graduate, professional, and doctoral students study at the Lincoln Center campus, where about 940 live in apartment-style housing. There are almost 1,800 undergraduates enrolled in Fordham College At Lincoln Center, with an additional 300 undergraduates in the Fordham College of Liberal Studies (at this campus), and the remainder comprise the graduate population.The Lincoln Center campus currently consists of the Leon Lowenstein Building, McMahon Hall dormitory, Gerald M. Quinn Library, and Fordham School of Law. Fordham offices are also housed at 33 W. 60th St and 888 W. 57th St. The Lincoln Center campus also has two outdoor basketball and tennis courts.

There are two open, grassy plazas at the Lincoln Center Campus, built over the Quinn Library, one level up from the street. The larger plaza was historically known as Robert Moses Plaza and once hosted a bust of its namesake on a barren cement landscape (lawns have since been added), and the smaller one is known as St. Peter s Garden. A memorial to Fordham students and alumni who died on 9/11 stands in St. Peter s Garden. According to Fordham s expansion plan, Robert Moses Plaza may be razed to make way for several new buildings.

3、Marymount

The 25 acre Tarrytown campus was officially established in 2002 when Marymount College consolidated with Fordham University, and closed in 2008.

Located 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City in Tarrytown, New York, the campus was home to a branch of Fordham College of Liberal Studies, as well as extensions of the graduate schools of education, social service, and business administration. The campus was served by the Tarrytown station of the Metro-North Railroad, approximately 1-mile (2 km) away, and the Westchester County Bus System ( The Bee-Line ). Westchester County Airport is less than 15 miles (24 km) away. The University also provides a Ram Van shuttle among the residential campuses and, as a courtesy, service to The Westchester, The Source At White Plains and the Galleria at White Plains shopping centers.

Marymount College graduated its final undergraduate class in May 2007,[34] after Fordham University announced in 2005 that the college would be phased out. University administration announced that the campus would remain open for Fordham graduate programs in several disciplines.However, in the fall of 2007 the University announced its intention to seek buyers for the Marymount campus and move its programs to less expansive facilities elsewhere in Westchester. University administration stated that the expenses required to support the programs on campus far exceeded their demand. University officials estimate that the revenue gained from the proposed sale would not be greater than the expenses Fordham incurred maintaining and improving the campus since its merger with Marymount College. President Father McShane nonetheless stated that the University s decision was a painful one.Fordham then announced it s intention to move the remaining programs from the Marymount campus to a new location at 400 Westchester Avenue in Harrison, New York by Fall 2008. On February 17, 2008, Fordham announced the sale of the campus for $27 million to EF Schools, a chain of private language-instruction schools.

4、Westchester

The University moved Fordham College of Liberal Studies (Westchester Division), Graduate Schools of Business Administration, Education, Social Service, and Religion and Religious Education, from the Marymount campus to 400 Westchester Avenue, in West Harrison, New York. The first classes were scheduled for fall, 2008.

The new campus includes a three-story, 62,500-square-foot (5,810 m2) building on 32 landscaped acres with a stream and pond. Fordham signed a 20-year lease for the new campus. The facilities include 26 newly designed classrooms featuring technological amenities such as smart boards , teleconferencing capabilities, and newly installed seating and learning areas.

In addition, faculty offices and administrative support space, a library resource center, a food service facility, and meeting areas both indoor and outdoor for student sessions are available. Over $8 million was spent in renovation to provide the University with green building technology, including the design of academic facilities surrounding a large central courtyard.

This campus is served by the White Plains station of the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line, approximately 4 miles (6 km) away, and the Westchester County Bus System ( The Bee-Line ). In addition, the University offers a Ram-Van shuttle among the three campuses.

5、Louis Calder Center

The Louis Calder Center is Fordham s biological field station for ecological research and environmental education. Located 30 miles (50 km) north of New York City in Armonk, New York, it is the only exclusively ecological research field station in the New York metropolitan area. The station consists of 113 forested acres with a 10 acre lake and 19 buildings, which are used for laboratory and office space, educational programs, equipment storage, and residences. The station s state-of-the-art equipment, research library, greenhouses, and housing are available for research and educational programs for students, faculty, and visiting scientists.[41]

6、Beijing, People s Republic of China

The Beijing International MBA Program (BiMBA) is a joint venture between a consortium of Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States and Peking University and is managed by Fordham University and the China Center for Economic Research (CCER)[42] BiMBA was founded in 1998 and is located on the campus of Peking University in Beijing, People s Republic of China. BiMBA enrolls over 400 students a year in traditional part-time and full-time MBA programs, and in Executive MBA (EMBA) programs. It offers the first foreign MBA degree to be approved by the Chinese government, and was ranked number 1 in China by Fortune Magazine.

7、London Center, United Kingdom

London Drama Academy (LDA) at Fordham s Bloomsbury-area London Center offers classes on British acting, using a primarily practical approach. The Academy was founded in the 1970s by Marymount College and a group of tutors from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Today it offers semester- and year-long sessions, with classes taught by working RADA-trained theater professionals.

五、Libraries

The Fordham University libraries own over 2 million volumes, subscribe to over 15,500 periodicals and 19,000 electronic journals, and are a depository for United States Government documents. The William D. Walsh Family Library is at the Rose Hill campus; the Gerald M. Quinn Library at the Lincoln Center campus; the Gloria Gaines Memorial Library at the Marymount campus; and the Leo T. Kissam Memorial Law Library serves the Law School.

六、Fordham traditions

1、ordham Maroon

Magenta was Fordham s original color, but Harvard used the same color. A series of baseball games between the two was to determine the right to use it. Harvard, despite having lost the competition, continued to use the color. Therore, Fordham eventually changed its official color to maroon. (Harvard subsequently also abandoned magenta, though in favor of crimson.)

2、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.

3、The Victory Bell

The Victory Bell , which is mounted outside the Rose Hill Gym, is from the Japanese aircraft carrier Junyō.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.

4、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.

5、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 founding.

6、Festival of Lessons and Carols

The University annually presents a concert of Lessons and Carols during the Christmas holiday season. The ensemble university choir presents one evening concert at the large and dramatic Church of Saint Paul the Apostle adjacent to the Lincoln Center Campus, and one afternoon concert at the more humble and intimate University Church at the Rose Hill Campus, each year.

7、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.

8、Encaenia

Fordham College at Rose Hill annually stages an Encaenia on an evening near the conclusion of the academic year. Faculty, administrators, and students process in academic regalia to a ceremony where candidates for degrees at the current year s commencement are presented awards and honors. The ceremony includes a sentimental speech by the college s valedictorian, as well as the traditionally more humorous yet equally endearing speech by the honorary Lord or Lady of the Manor selected for the evening.

9、Songs

Fordham s school song is Alma Mater Fordham :

O Alma Mater Fordham, How mighty is thy power

to link our hearts to thee in love that grows with every hour.

Thy winding walks, Thy hallowed halls

Thy lawns, Thine ivy-mantled walls;

O Fordham Alma Mater, what mem ries each recalls.

O Alma Mater Fordham, while yet the life blood starts

Shined by thy sacred image within our heart of hearts.

And in the years that are to be,

May life and love be true to me,

O Fordham Alma Mater, as I am true to thee..