Editing Morningside University

{{Short description|Methodist university in Sioux City, Iowa, US}}
{{for|the college of the Chinese University of Hong Kong|Morningside College, Chinese University of Hong Kong{{!}}Morningside College}}
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|name              = Morningside University
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|established       =  {{start date and age|1894|12|5}}
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|type              = [[Private university]]
|religious_affiliation       = [[United Methodist Church]]
|endowment         = $70 million (2020)<ref>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref>
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|president         = Albert D. Mosley
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|faculty           = 250
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|city              = [[Sioux City, Iowa|Sioux City]]
|state             = Iowa
|country           = United States
|coor              = 43° 31′ 36.7″ N, 96° 44′ 13.3″ W
|campus            = [[Urban area|Urban]]<br>{{convert|100|acre|km2}}
|former_names      = Morningside College (1894–2021)
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|colors            = {{color box|#7e262c}} {{color box|white}}<br>Maroon & White
|sports_nickname          = Mustangs
|mascot            = Monte the Mustang
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|athletics_affiliations      = [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] – [[Great Plains Athletic Conference|GPAC]]
|website           = {{URL|http://www.morningside.edu}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Morningside College Historic District
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| location = Roughly bounded by Vine, Morningside, Garretson, Peters, and S. Paxton Aves. and Sioux Trail
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| locmapin = Iowa#USA
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| architect = Charles P. Brown
| architecture = [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]]<br>Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals
| added = May 14, 1997
| area = {{convert|41|acre}}
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| refnum = 97000387<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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'''Morningside University''' is a [[private university]] affiliated with the [[United Methodist Church]] and located in [[Sioux City, Iowa]], United States. Founded in 1894 by the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]], Morningside University has 21 buildings on a {{convert|68|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus in Sioux City (area population 143,157 in 2008).<ref>{{cite web|author=US Census Bureau|title=Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2008/CBSA-EST2008-01.xls}}</ref> The Morningside College Historic District, which includes most of the campus, is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. '''Morningside College''' officially became '''Morningside University''' on June 1, 2021.

==History==
[[File:Morningsidepostcard.jpg|thumb|Morningside College in the 1910s. The building on the left is known today as Lewis Hall, while on the right is Charles City Hall]]
[[File:MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE HISTORIC DISTRICT, WOODBURY COUNTY, IA.jpg|thumb|Lillian Dimmitt House (1921)]]
A group of Sioux City business leaders and Methodist ministers established the University of the Northwest in 1889 to provide educational, cultural and economic growth in the community.<ref name=Orwig>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=97000387}}|title=Morningside College Historic District|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=2016-12-31|author=Timothy T. Orwig}} with {{NRHP url|id=97000387|photos=y|title=photos}}</ref><ref name="SCJ">{{cite news|url=http://siouxcityjournal.com/blogs/siouxland_history/sports/sioux-city-sports-history/article_0abeff2f-0627-5257-a521-cd7144fc4bd5.html|title=Sioux City sports history|newspaper=[[Sioux City Journal]]|date=November 2, 2012|access-date=2014-01-05|author=Amy Hynds}}</ref> The location of the campus was the northern section of the farm of Edwin C. Peters, the founder of the suburb of Morningside. The university was plagued with financial problems, and it became a victim of the financial [[Panic of 1893]]. It closed in 1894, the same year that the Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated Morningside College and took over the campus. Charles City College in [[Charles City, Iowa]], was a German Methodist college that was absorbed into Morningside College in 1914.<ref name=Batesel>{{cite web|url=http://www.lostcolleges.com/charles-city-college|title=Charles City College|publisher=America's Lost Colleges|access-date=2016-12-31|author=Paul Batesel}}</ref>

===Historic district===
Part of the campus has been set aside in 1997 as a [[Historic districts in the United States|historic district]] listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name=nris/>  At the time of its nomination it contained 26 resources, which included nine [[National Register of Historic Places property types#Building|contributing buildings]], one [[National Register of Historic Places property types#Site|contributing site]], five [[National Register of Historic Places property types#Object|contributing objects]], nine non-contributing buildings, and one non-contributing object.<ref name=Orwig/>  The focus of the district is a broad hilltop that overlooks the [[Missouri River]] valley. [[Charles City College Hall]] (1890), Lewis Hall (1900), the Vice President's House (pre-1914), Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (1914), Lillian Dimmitt House (1921), Dimmitt Residence Hall (1926), Jones Hall of Science (1948), Alice Gymnasium (1949), Roadman Hall (1953), and O'Donoghue Observatory (1953) are the contributing buildings. The contributing objects are The Spoonholder (1908), a curved cement bench with footpad and backrest; Class of 1922 Sundial; and the three Harmony Lane Lampposts.

This is the largest concentration of educational buildings in Sioux City, and it also contains some of the best examples of [[Richardsonian Romanesque]], [[Italianate]], and [[Streamline Moderne|Moderne architecture]] in the city.<ref name="Orwig" /> The district is also linked to the Morningside neighborhood, which was developed as a [[streetcar suburb]]. When the University of the Northwest was being developed, there was a conscious effort to pattern it and the neighborhood after [[Northwestern University]] and [[Evanston, Illinois]].<ref name="Orwig" />

==Athletics==
The Morningside athletic teams are called the Mustangs (formerly known as the "Maroon Chiefs"). The university is a member of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA), primarily competing in the [[Great Plains Athletic Conference]] (GPAC) since the 2003–04 academic year. The Mustangs previously competed as an [[NAIA independent schools|NAIA Independent]] during the 2002–03 school year; and in the defunct [[North Central Conference]] (NCC) from 1922–2002, which was affiliated in the [[NCAA Division II]] ranks.

Morningside competes in 27 intercollegiate varsity sports: men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling; women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field and volleyball; and co-ed sports include cheerleading, dance and eSports.

===Accomplishments===
The Mustangs women's basketball team won back-to-back NAIA Division II National Championships in 2004 and 2005. They also won the National Championship in 2009 with an undefeated 38–0 record. Most recently, the Mustangs won the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball National Championship in 2015 with a 37–1 record. Morningside's Jake Stevenson won the NAIA {{convert|184|lb|abbr=on}} Wrestling Championship in 2007, and John Sievert won the {{convert|197|lb|abbr=on}} Championship in 2013.  The football team was coached from 1948–1950 by [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] coach [[George Allen (American football coach)|George Allen]].

The [[2018 Morningside Mustangs football team|2018]], [[2019 Morningside Mustangs football team|2019]], and [[2021 Morningside Mustangs football team]]s had undefeated seasons and won NAIA national championships. The Morningside Mustangs dance team won their first national title in 2022. The dance team also set a national record for highest score at a dance nationals with a 92.31.

==Student life==
Morningside University is on a {{convert|68|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus in the residential neighborhood of [[Neighborhoods of Sioux City, Iowa#South Side|Morningside]] in Sioux City, Iowa. Student organizations include: student government, honor societies, service groups, religious organizations, musical ensembles, student publications, and three national fraternities ( [[Alpha Omicron Pi]] women's sorority, [[Delta Sigma Phi]] fraternity, and [[Acacia Fraternity|Acacia]]). The campus is also home to two nationally renowned music fraternities, [[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]] (men's) and [[Mu Phi Epsilon]] (co-ed nationally, but strictly women for this campus). Morningside's Department of Mass Communications has a weekly newspaper, the ''Collegian Reporter'', it shares a [[public-access television]] [[cable TV]] as MCTV, and operates a radio station 24 hours a day at 92.9 on the FM dial, KMSC, Fusion 93.

===Residence halls===

Dimmitt Hall is the third oldest building on campus. It was named for Lillian Dimmitt, the 26-year Dean of Women.<ref name=hcap1>{{cite web|url=http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p2127|title=Dimmitt Residence Hall|publisher=The Council of Independent Colleges|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref> Roadman Hall was built in the mid twentieth century. It houses about 150 students. The dormitory is named after Earl Roadman, president of the college from 1936 to 1956.<ref name="hcap2">{{cite web|url=http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p2132|title=Roadman Hall|publisher=The Council of Independent Colleges|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref> In 2005, two apartment-style dormitories opened for upperclassmen, the Waitt and Poppen Halls. Lags Hall, a third apartment-style facility, was added in 2007.{{clarify|date=April 2018}}

===Additions since 2005===

In 2005, the Hickman Johnson Furrow Library was renovated and a central campus green space and new maintenance facilities were built for $26 million.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

The first addition came in the form of the central campus Hilker Green Space, which opened in 2007. The space is designed as a split-level area featuring the grand two-level Lieder Family Fountain. Walkways and a {{convert|10|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}} access path cut through the upper-lawn making their way by Lewis Hall connecting the Hickman Johnson Furrow Learning and Olsen Student Centers. Near Eppley Auditorium, the Buhler Outdoor Performance Center was built.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

A softball complex was added in Fall 2005.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Notable alumni==
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*[[Shirley Booz]], dancer and model
*[[Bud Day|George Everett "Bud" Day]], a retired colonel in the [[United States Air Force]] and recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]].
*[[Kory DeHaan]], [[MLB]] outfielder<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dehaako01.shtml Kory DeHaan Stats]. ''Baseball-Reference''. Retrieved May 1, 2020.</ref>
*[[Anthony Fieldings]], football player
*[[Ira N. Gabrielson]], first director of the [[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]]
*[[Stanley L. Greigg]],  member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from northwestern [[Iowa]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000450|title= Greigg, Stanley Lloyd, (1931 - 2002)
|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States College |access-date=August 30, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Matthew C. Harrison]], 13th and current president of the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]]
*[[Daryl Hecht]], Justice of the [[Iowa Supreme Court]]<ref name="Hayworth">{{cite news|url=http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/hecht-appointed-to-iowa-supreme-court/article_78e306fb-eb4b-52eb-bf12-d987f953b7a0.html|title=Hecht appointed to Iowa Supreme Court|first=Bret|last=Hayworth|newspaper=[[Sioux City Journal]]|date=August 2, 2006}}</ref>
*[[Jerry Johnson (running back)|Jerry Johnson]], football player
*[[William G. Kirchner]], Minnesota state legislator
*[[Gayle Knief]], football player
*[[Utu Abe Malae]], Gubernatorial Candidate for [[American Samoa]].
*[[Herb McMath]], former [[NFL]] defensive tackle<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McMaHe20.htm Herb McMath Stats]. ''Pro-Football-Reference''. Retrieved May 1, 2020.</ref>
*[[Al McIntosh]], editor who was featured in [[Ken Burns|Ken Burns']] [[The War (documentary)|''The War'']]
*[[Emory Parnell]], actor
*[[Pauline Phillips]] and [[Eppie Lederer]], identical twin sisters of the notable newspaper columns "[[Dear Abby]]" and "[[Ann Landers|Ask Ann Landers]]", are Morningside College alumni.  Known as the "Friedman twins" during their time at Morningside, they wrote for the school's long-running newspaper, the ''Collegian Reporter''
*[[Cory Roberts]], President, CEO, and Chairman of the board of Propath<ref>[https://propath.com/our-company/our-leadership/cory-a-roberts-md/ Cory Roberts' Company Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215828/https://propath.com/our-company/our-leadership/cory-a-roberts-md/ |date=June 2, 2021 }}. ''Company Reference''. Retrieved June 1, 2021.</ref>
*[[Harry E. Siman]], member of the [[Nebraska Legislature|Nebraska State Senate]]<ref>{{cite book|editor=Addison E. Sheldon|year=1920|title=THE NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK AND HISTORICAL REGISTER|location=Lincoln, Nebraska|page=332}}</ref>
*[[Trent Solsma]], football player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.naia.org/sports/fball/2018-19/releases/201812149ly8i|title=Morningside (Iowa) QB Trent Solsma named National Player of the Year|date=December 14, 2018|website=NAIA}}</ref>
*[[Paul Splittorff]], baseball player
*[[Samuel A. Stouffer]], sociologist
*[[Harry Webber (American football)|Harry Webber]], football player
*[[Brandon Wegher]], football player
*[[Carl O. Wegner]], Minnesota state legislator

==References==
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==External links==
{{Collier's poster}}
* {{Official website|http://www.morningside.edu/}}
* [https://www.msidemustangs.com Official athletics website]

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