Lesley University, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of the top 185 institutions of higher education in the United States. Edith Lesley opened Lesley Normal School at her home in 1909 for the purpose of educating female teachers. In 1944, it was renamed Lesley College. In 1998, it joined forces with the Art Institute of Boston and became Lesley University. Today, the school is co-educational sits on 13 acres of land in an urban setting. There are three campuses in Harvard Square, Cambridge Common and Porter Square. Its motto is “Perissem Ni Perstitissem” or “I Had Perished Had I Not Persisted.” There are classes in fine arts, creative writing and expressive therapies. Notable alumni include author Kitty Dukakis, singer Stan Strickland, politician Althea Garrison, author Barbara Grunes, author Joseph C. Carter, artist Cynthia von Buhler, vocalist Jacob Bannon and singer Park Bom. The school’s colors are green and white, its mascot is the Lynx and its teams are called the Lesley Lynx. Its sports affiliation is NCAA Division III's New England Collegiate Conference. Varsity sports offered by Lesley University include men’s baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, track and volleyball, and women’s cross country, basketball, tennis, volleyball, soccer and softball.
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and part of the Boston metropolitan area. Situated directly north of Boston, across the Charles River, it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders.Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , two of the world's most prestigious universities, are in Cambridge, as was Radcliffe College, one of the leading colleges for women in the United States until it merged with Harvard on October 1, 1999. According to the 2010 Census, the city's population was 105,162. More from Wikipedia...
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