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The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States. The name of the university, "Notre Dame," is French meaning "Our Lady," a Catholic salutation in... reference to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the patron saint of the university. It was founded by Father Edward Sorin, CSC, who was also the school's first president. It was established as an all-male institution on November 26, 1842, on land donated by the Bishop of Vincennes. The university first enrolled women undergraduates in 1972. Today, about 47 percent of the student body is female. Notre Dame's Catholic character is evident in the many Holy Cross priests serving the school , its explicit commitment to the Christian faith, numerous ministries funded by the school, as well as in architecture around campus, especially the Main Building's gold dome topped by a golden statue of St.
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Bloomfield is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 47,315. It surrounds the Bloomfield Green Historic District. Bloomfield was incorporated as a township from portions of Newark Township by an Act of the New Jersey... Legislature on March 23, 1812. The new township took its name from the Presbyterian parish, which had been named for Governor of New Jersey Joseph Bloomfield. At the time it was incorporated, the township covered 20.52 square miles and included several municipalities which were formed from portions of Bloomfield during the course of the nineteenth century, including Belleville , Montclair , Woodside Township and Glen Ridge . Bloomfield was incorporated as a town on February 26, 1900. In July 1981, residents voted to adopt the township form of government. The Thomas Cadmus House was originally built in 1763 by Revolutionary War Lt. Col.
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