one of the nation's ten largest Catholic universities and Ohio's largest private university, with an enrollment of more than 10,000 students, including more than 6,600 full-time undergraduates. a university founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary (Marianists), a Roman Catholic teaching order of priests and brothers. a residential learning community with more than 70 academic programs in arts and sciences, business administration, education and allied professions, engineering and law. a diverse community committed to educating the whole person and to linking learning and scholarship with leadership and service.