Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mount Mercy President Todd Olson speaks during announcement of new football program on Oct. 4, 2024 at the university's athletic ...

St. Ambrose University in Davenport and Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids took their first steps toward becoming one institution Thursday.The university leaders signed a commitment in which Mount ...

St. Ambrose University President Amy Novak, left, and Mount Mercy University President Todd Olson sign their further commitment to a strategic merger on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Making official a likely union that Mount Mercy and St. Ambrose universities announced earlier this year in the face of financial headwinds sweeping across higher education, presidents ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - It’s been years since Mount Mercy University first unveiled their football stadium. But it’s never had a team to call it home, until now. “It is now time to say, and I ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWQC) - Mount Mercy and St. Ambrose completed the first phase of combining the universities. It comes as both universities saw declining enrollment and a $3 million deficit for ...

Saint Ambrose president Amy Novak and Mount Mercy president Todd Olson sign merger agreement in Cedar Rapids. (St. Ambrose University photo) Officials say St. Ambrose University in Davenport will ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) -- Fans and supporters of Mount Mercy University will soon have a football team to cheer for. The university's Board of Trustees has voted to add football to the line-up of ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — On Monday, May 6, the presidents of St. Ambrose University and Mount Mercy University announced the signing of a new collaboration that would allow students to take different courses ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Davenport's St. Ambrose University and Cedar Rapids' Mount Mercy University have announced plans to combine into a single institution, officials with both schools announced. On ...

Two private Catholic universities in Iowa have agreed to merge, a strategy that is likely to be pursued by more institutions in the future. Two Catholic higher education institutions — St. Ambrose ...