Guest
Monsignor James Shea
Monsignor James Shea became the sixth president of the University of Mary in 2009. During his tenure at the University of Mary, he has spearheaded groundbreaking initiatives, including a new campus for the university in Rome, an unprecedented collaborative agreement with Arizona State University and Year-Round Campus – a new way of conceiving higher education to elevate student achievement and reduce debt — and the university’s overarching campaign for growth — Vision 2030. Monsignor Shea grew up on a dairy farm in Hazelton, North Dakota, and has studied at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., the Vatican’s North American College, the University of Chicago, and Harvard.