Located just northwest of Terre Haute is the oldest Catholic liberal arts college for women in the nation. St. Mary of the Woods was founded by a nun named Saint Mother Theodore Geurin in 1841. The campus is beautiful and the college received top scores by the Higher Learning Commission. I have heard many positive things about the college and I believe that the students and teachers are holding true to the schools moto "Virtus cum Scientia" meaning "Virtue with Knowledge United." I learned something interesting about the college last semester in my folklore class. Have you ever heard of the faceless nun? Well, she is a nun that lived at St. Mary's and was painting a self-portrait. She ended up dieing before she could finish the face of her painting. They say that every once and a while you will see a faceless nun walking around campus. That as long as her portrait remains unfinished she will walk the halls forever faceless.