Debt, falling enrollment force Mount Senario College to close

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: April 18, 2002| Author: NAHAL TOOSI | Copyright information

Debt, falling enrollment force Mount Senario College to close

By NAHAL TOOSI of the Journal Sentinel staff

Thursday, April 18, 2002

In 1965, Sister Mary Hyacinth, president of Mount Senario College in Ladysmith, marveled at the rapid growth of the tiny liberal arts school, which was then 3 years old and had 125 students.

"It's almost too fast," she said. "I always tell people we haven't grown up yet because we haven't graduated anyone."

Mount Senario did grow...

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