Saint Vincent Archabbey and College was founded in 1846[3] by Boniface Wimmer, a monk from Metten Abbey in Bavaria.

[7] He was announced as the 18th president of Saint Vincent College on June 14, 2019,[7] in a press conference at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, while his official tenure began on July 1, 2019.

Associated with the school are the Saint Vincent College Drug and Alcohol Prevention Projects and the Fred M. Rogers Institute for Early Learning and Children's Media.

[14] [15] The school was formed in 2004 and includes the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Computing and Information Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics.

In 2019 the college entered an agreement with Carlow University to offer a degree in Nursing on Saint Vincent's campus.

St. Vincent has intercollegiate teams, known as Bearcats, in women's bowling, football, baseball, softball, volleyball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, track, and tennis.

In bowling, a sport with a single championship for all three NCAA divisions, the Bearcats compete in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC).

It is named in honor of the Steelers' founder, Arthur J. Rooney Sr.[citation needed] Peter King of Sports Illustrated said about Chuck Noll Field, the site of training camp, "I love the place.

It's the perfect training camp setting, looking out over the rolling hills of the Laurel Highlands in west-central Pennsylvania, an hour east of Pittsburgh.

During his eight-year tenure, Petruska's teams have qualified for the NCAA Division III playoffs three times, highlighted by a 2018–19 season in which the Bearcats finished 23-5 overall and 15–1 in conference to earn their first PAC title.

In doing so, Niemiec became what is thought to be the youngest head coach of an NCAA team at the age of 21 years, 10 months, and 9 days.

[25] The Saint Vincent women's lacrosse team, coached by Jym Walters, boasts the top scorer in NCAA Division III history.

Towey attracted two high-profile commencement speakers: U.S. President George W. Bush in 2007 and Mike Tomlin, coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2008.

[30][32] More than two years later, Towey left Saint Vincent College; he was named president of Ave Maria University in July 2011.

[33] In November 2009 Mark Gruber, a Benedictine priest and faculty member who opposed Towey's reforms, was accused by the college administration of sexual misconduct.

[34] On July 2, 2012, Catholic Church officials confirmed that "Gruber has been found guilty of the delicts (canonical crimes) of possession of child pornography; production of materials which gravely injure good morals; abuse of the Sacrament of Confession (but not a violation of the sacramental seal); and defamation of a legitimate superior.

[37][38] In 2018, Saint Vincent renamed a building on campus, after sexual abuse allegations were revealed about an early dean of the college.

The name changed after the St. Vincent Archabbey released a list on August 16, 2018, of a dozen Benedictines against whom credible allegations of sexual abuse had been made.

Father Theodore Brouwers, O.F.M., purchased 300 acres (121 ha) of land called "Sportsmen's Hall Tract."

The day features Honors Convocation (held in the Archabbey Basilica), a candle-lit turkey dinner in the gym, Zambelli fireworks, and the campus light-up, featuring lighted arches in Melvin Platz where the school's Concert Band performs Christmas-themed repertoire.