Editing LIU Post (section)

{{Short description|Private university in Brookville, New York, U.S.}}
{{about|LIU Post|the main campus|Long Island University}}
{{distinguish|Post University}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox university
| name = LIU Post
| image = [[File:LIU-Post.png|LIU Post]]
| motto = Mens Regnum bona possidet "An Honest Heart Is a Kingdom in Itself" (LIU Post) <br /> Urbi et Orbi "To the City and the World" or "for the city (Rome) and the world" also "To the city [Rome] and to the globe" --- a blessing of the Pope (Long Island University)
| established = {{start date and age|1951}}
| type = [[Private university|Private]]
| president = Kimberly R. Cline
| city = [[Brookville, New York|Brookville]]
| state = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| country = United States
| undergrad = 5,169
| nickname = [[LIU Sharks|Sharks]]
| postgrad = 3,303
| faculty = 341 full-time
| campus = [[Suburban]], {{convert|307.9|acre|km2|lk=in}}
| sporting_affiliations = [[NCAA Division I]]
| website = [http://www.liu.edu/post www.liu.edu/post]
}}

'''LIU Post''', formally the '''C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University''' and often referred to as '''C.W. Post''',<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.liu.edu/CWPost/About/Offices/Rebranding/FAQ|title=Frequently Asked Questions | publisher= Long Island University|website= LIU.edu| access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref> is a [[private university]] in [[Brookville, New York]], on [[Long Island]]. It is part of [[Long Island University]] (LIU), and the largest school in the LIU system.

The campus is named after [[C.W. Post]], father of [[Marjorie Merriweather Post]], who sold her Long Island estate known as Hillwood to Long Island University in 1951 for $200,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|200000|1951|r=0}}}} today).<ref name=LIUTakesEstate>{{cite news|url= https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F5071EF93E5912718DDDAF0A94D8415B8189F1D3|title=L.I.U. Takes Over Long Island Estate | work=The New York Times |access-date= 14 August 2018}}</ref> Three years after acquiring the property, LIU renamed it C.W. Post College in honor of Post's father.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.liu.edu/CWPost/About/History|title=Campus History |website= LIU.edu| publisher= Long Island University |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>