La Salle University facts for kids
La Salle University is a private, co-educational, Roman Catholic university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The university has about 7,554 students. It was founded in 1863. The current president of the university is Bro. Michael McGinniss.
Sports
The athletics teams of the university are called the Explorers. They have 23 varsity teams and they compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Images for kids
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Looking toward Connelly Library
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Peale House on Belfield, the former Office of the President of La Salle
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Big 5 Student Government Meeting, 2016
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Naismith Hall of Fame basketball player Tom Gola, namesake of Tom Gola Arena
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La Salle's men's basketball team playing at Tom Gola Arena
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Explorer's Den, Winter 2014
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St. Basil Court Residence Hall was rated as the best dorm in the country in 2011.
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Founder's Hall from the corner of Wister and Chew, 2015
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St. Miguel Townhouses
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Students tour La Salle TV studios on the university's south campus
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College Hall
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Connelly Library
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Roland Holroyd Science Center
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Hansen Quad
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Wister Hall
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Communications Center
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North Residence Halls Complex at 20th & Olney Ave.
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St. John Baptiste De La Salle with a student.
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William Joseph Burns, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Jim Kenney, Mayor of Philadelphia
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Tom Gola, former basketball player, who is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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Brian Fitzpatrick, U.S. Representative
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Peter Boyle, actor
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Jessica Barth, actress
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Bill Raftery, college basketball analyst and former coach
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Madeleine Dean, U.S. Representative
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Joe Bryant, basketball coach and father of Kobe Bryant
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Matthew Quick, author of Silver Linings Playbook
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Fran Dunphy, college basketball coach
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Meredith Marakovits, New York Yankees clubhouse reporter for the YES Network
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Michael J. Stack III, former Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
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See also
In Spanish: Universidad de la Salle (Pensilvania) para niños
