Stevenson University is a private, independent, coeducational, liberal arts college is located in the Greenspring Valley area of Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The University has two campuses, one in Stevenson and one in Owings Mills, with approximately 3,400 undergraduate and graduate students between the campuses. Stevenson was formerly known as Villa Julie College; the name was changed in 2008. Some of the university's annual events include: MustangFest, Mr/Ms SU Pageant, and the Alumni Bull and Oyster Roast with Auction. Stevenson University was founded in Maryland as Villa Julie College in 1947 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as a one-year school training women to become medical secretaries. The College was named for Saint Julie Billiart, foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame. Stevenson's Greenspring campus is located on the 80-acre (320,000 m) former estate of the George Carroll Jenkins family. The estate's name was "Seven Oaks," a reference to oak trees planted on the property that were thought to be part of a traditional Native American burial ground.