Campbellsville University
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Campbellsville University, also known as CU, is a private university
in Campbellsville, Kentucky
, the seat of Taylor County
. Founded as Russell Creek Academy, a Baptist
institution, the university currently enrolls more than 3,000 students and is open to students of all denominations. Campbellsville University has a student-faculty ratio of 13:1 and has a strong international program, welcoming students from more than 35 countries. The university offers associate
, bachelor
, and master
degrees. Extracurricular activities, many of which are focused around community service and Christian life, complement the academic programs.
Campbellsville University has been named last in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” edition in the “Great Schools, Great Prices ” category of the “Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the South.” CU has been named 22nd in the “Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the South” category. In addition to the U.S. News & World Report honor, CU has been named to “America’s Best Christian Colleges” for 2007-08.
Since 2002, Campbellsville University has operated an off-site campus in Louisville
, Kentucky, which moved to its current location at 2300 Greene Way in Jeffersontown
in July 2007.
Campbellsville University also has a satellite campus in Hodgenville
in LaRue County
, which is the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
. The branch campus offers adult education, general education classes, and children's programs. The building in Hodgenville is a gift to CU from Freddie Hilpp.
(born 1934), a Republican
state senator from District 1 based in Murray
in southwestern Kentucky. Before Winters, the president was William Randolph "Randy" Davenport of Campbellsville, who served 1969–1988.
Fuller Harding
, an attorney and former state representative from Campbellsville, served on the CU board of trustees for five years. His father, Abel Turner Harding (1881-1966), had been instrumental in raising funds to establish Russell Creek Academy, the forerunner of Campbellsville College.
Forest Shely
, a physician in Campbellsville and a 1943 graduate of the former Campbellsville Junior College, served as a trustee of the university for the fifty-six years from 1954 until his death in 2010.
of the NAIA
, with the women's swimming team being re-instituted in the fall of 2007. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, football, cheerleading, cross country, track, golf, tennis, soccer, and wrestling. Women's sports include basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, track, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball.
The university's athletic mascot
is the tiger
and the official colors are maroon
and silver
. The official website for the athletics department can be found at http://www.campbellsvilletigers.com/.
The original football program was discontinued in 1937, but the sport returned to CU in 1987 under the direction of coach Ron Finley (1933-2009).
Several CU teams have received national recognition. Zack Flake, a sophomore from West Chester, Ohio
, won Campbellsville's first individual national wrestling championship with his title in the 141-pound weight class in wrestling
at the NAIA Wrestling National Championships
in 2007. The men's basketball team has had three consecutive berths into the NAIA National Basketball tournament, reaching the National Semi-Final in 2008. In 2005, volleyball
player Amy Eckenfels was recognized as the NAIA National Libero of the Year. In 2006, she set the all-time national record for career digs with 3,569. The volleyball program advanced to its first-ever NAIA National Volleyball tournament in 2007 by defeating rival Georgetown College in the finals of the Region XI qualifying tournament. Lady Tiger Volleyball advanced to the 2008 NCCAA Final Four but lost to Dallas Baptist to conclude the season with a record of 35-11. CU returned to the NCCAA Volleyball Tournament in 2009, sweeping through the field to win the school's first team national championship in Kissimmee, Florida.
The Campbellsville University Athletics Department recently unveiled their new athletics logos completed renovations at Finley Stadium
.
The Music Library is on the mezzanine level of the Montgomery Library. This collection contains performance videos, CDs, AV listening/viewing stations, musical scores, music reference books, and music periodicals. There is a conducting room in the basement level for music students to videotape practice and conducting assignments.
room and a classroom), that were once houses.
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
in Campbellsville, Kentucky
Campbellsville, Kentucky
Campbellsville is a city in Taylor County, Kentucky, United States. The population within city limits was 10,498 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Taylor County, and the home of Campbellsville University...
, the seat of Taylor County
Taylor County, Kentucky
Taylor County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 22,927. Its county seat is Campbellsville. The county is named for President Zachary Taylor, who served from 1849 to 1850. Taylor is a moist county...
. Founded as Russell Creek Academy, a Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
institution, the university currently enrolls more than 3,000 students and is open to students of all denominations. Campbellsville University has a student-faculty ratio of 13:1 and has a strong international program, welcoming students from more than 35 countries. The university offers associate
Associate's degree
An associate degree is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, technical colleges, and bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years...
, bachelor
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
, and master
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
degrees. Extracurricular activities, many of which are focused around community service and Christian life, complement the academic programs.
Campbellsville University has been named last in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” edition in the “Great Schools, Great Prices ” category of the “Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the South.” CU has been named 22nd in the “Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the South” category. In addition to the U.S. News & World Report honor, CU has been named to “America’s Best Christian Colleges” for 2007-08.
Campuses
The 80 acres (323,748.8 m²) campus is situated in the center of Kentucky, about a half mile from downtown Campbellsville, population 11,000. Another portion of the campus, Clay Hill Memorial Forest, is seven miles (11 km) from campus. It is a 135 acre (0.5463261 km²) educational and research woodland that is being developed by the Division of Natural Science as a regional center for environmental education and research. Also, Green River Lake, a 10000 acres (40.5 km²) recreational state park, is just five miles (8 km) from campus.Since 2002, Campbellsville University has operated an off-site campus in Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
, Kentucky, which moved to its current location at 2300 Greene Way in Jeffersontown
Jeffersontown, Kentucky
Jeffersontown is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. Before Louisville and Jefferson County were consolidated in 2003, it was the county's largest city outside of Louisville. The population was 26,633 at the 2000 census.- History :...
in July 2007.
Campbellsville University also has a satellite campus in Hodgenville
Hodgenville, Kentucky
Hodgenville is a city in and the county seat of LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. It sits along the North Fork of the Nolin River. The population was 2,874 at the 2000 census...
in LaRue County
LaRue County, Kentucky
LaRue County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is included in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 13,373. Its county seat is Hodgenville...
, which is the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
. The branch campus offers adult education, general education classes, and children's programs. The building in Hodgenville is a gift to CU from Freddie Hilpp.
History
Campbellsville University was founded in 1906 by the Russell Creek Baptist Association. The president of the university is Michael V. Carter, Ph.D. The immediate past president is Kenneth W. WintersKenneth W. Winters
Kenneth W. Winters is a Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate from Murray in western Kentucky, who formerly served as president of Baptist-affiliated Campbellsville University....
(born 1934), a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
state senator from District 1 based in Murray
Murray, Kentucky
Murray is a city in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 17,741 at the 2010 census and has a micropolitan area population of 37,191. It is the 22nd largest city in Kentucky...
in southwestern Kentucky. Before Winters, the president was William Randolph "Randy" Davenport of Campbellsville, who served 1969–1988.
Fuller Harding
Fuller Harding
Lloyd Fuller Harding was an attorney in Campbellsville, Kentucky, who served in 1942 as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from District 36...
, an attorney and former state representative from Campbellsville, served on the CU board of trustees for five years. His father, Abel Turner Harding (1881-1966), had been instrumental in raising funds to establish Russell Creek Academy, the forerunner of Campbellsville College.
Forest Shely
Forest Shely
Forest Franklin Shely was a physician from Campbellsville, Kentucky, who served as a trustee at the Baptist-affiliated Campbellsville University for fifty-six years.-Background:...
, a physician in Campbellsville and a 1943 graduate of the former Campbellsville Junior College, served as a trustee of the university for the fifty-six years from 1954 until his death in 2010.
Athletics
The university sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams which compete in the Mid-South ConferenceMid-South Conference
The Mid-South Conference is an athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky....
of the NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
, with the women's swimming team being re-instituted in the fall of 2007. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, football, cheerleading, cross country, track, golf, tennis, soccer, and wrestling. Women's sports include basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, track, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball.
The university's athletic mascot
Mascot
The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...
is the tiger
Tiger
The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to and weighing up to . Their most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with lighter underparts...
and the official colors are maroon
Maroon (color)
Maroon is a dark red color.-Etymology:Maroon is derived from French marron .The first recorded use of maroon as a color name in English was in 1789.-Maroon :...
and silver
Silver
Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...
. The official website for the athletics department can be found at http://www.campbellsvilletigers.com/.
The original football program was discontinued in 1937, but the sport returned to CU in 1987 under the direction of coach Ron Finley (1933-2009).
Several CU teams have received national recognition. Zack Flake, a sophomore from West Chester, Ohio
West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio
West Chester Township, formerly known as Union Township, is a township located in the southeast corner of Butler County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, one of thirteen townships in the county. It is situated between Sharonville and Monroe, about 18 miles north of Cincinnati, and...
, won Campbellsville's first individual national wrestling championship with his title in the 141-pound weight class in wrestling
Collegiate wrestling
Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...
at the NAIA Wrestling National Championships
NAIA national wrestling championship
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national collegiate wrestling champions:-Wrestling Team Champions:*1958 Mankato State *1959 Mankato State *1960 Bloomsburg State *1961 Lock Haven State...
in 2007. The men's basketball team has had three consecutive berths into the NAIA National Basketball tournament, reaching the National Semi-Final in 2008. In 2005, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player Amy Eckenfels was recognized as the NAIA National Libero of the Year. In 2006, she set the all-time national record for career digs with 3,569. The volleyball program advanced to its first-ever NAIA National Volleyball tournament in 2007 by defeating rival Georgetown College in the finals of the Region XI qualifying tournament. Lady Tiger Volleyball advanced to the 2008 NCCAA Final Four but lost to Dallas Baptist to conclude the season with a record of 35-11. CU returned to the NCCAA Volleyball Tournament in 2009, sweeping through the field to win the school's first team national championship in Kissimmee, Florida.
The Campbellsville University Athletics Department recently unveiled their new athletics logos completed renovations at Finley Stadium
Ron Finley Stadium
Ron Finley Stadium; HIG Field is football stadium in Campbellsville, Kentucky. It is the home stadium for the Campbellsville University Tigers football team. The athletic department recently completed renovations which included a new lighting system and artificial turf.-External links:*...
.
School of Music
The Gosser Fine Arts Center is home to Campbellsville University's School of Music. Housed in this complex are classrooms, practice rooms, faculty studios, offices, a computer lab, a piano lab, an instrumental rehearsal hall, a choral rehearsal hall, and the Gheens Recital Hall.The Music Library is on the mezzanine level of the Montgomery Library. This collection contains performance videos, CDs, AV listening/viewing stations, musical scores, music reference books, and music periodicals. There is a conducting room in the basement level for music students to videotape practice and conducting assignments.
School of Art
Next to the Gosser Fine Arts Center is the University's School of Art. Like Gosser, the School of Art main building also has classrooms, and is to have a computer lab, for students who want to learn about art. The School also has a Gallery building and the Tessener complex (which has a printing pressPrinting press
A printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium , thereby transferring the ink...
room and a classroom), that were once houses.
Residence halls
Nearly half of the students enrolled at CU live on campus.- The Residence Village (women)
- The Residence Village (men)
- Broadway
- North Hall
- South Hall East
- South Hall West
- Stapp Hall
- Campbellsville University Apartments
Notable alumni
- Sandra BlantonSandra BlantonSandra "Sandy" Clark Blanton is a Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing the 62nd District since 2007.Blanton is a daughter of Robert S. and Lillian B. Clark of Campbellsville, Kentucky...
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member of the Indiana House of RepresentativesIndiana House of RepresentativesThe Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The House is composed of 100 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. House members serve two-year terms without term limits...
; daughter of former CU vice president Robert S. Clark - Anna Mary Hack Byrdwell, (Class of 1960), Recipient of the Distinguished Cooperative Program Leadership Award from the Kentucky Baptist Convention in 2007 for her years of leadership in supporting the Cooperative Program.
- Chris ClarkeChris Clarke (missionary)William Christopher Clarke, known as Chris Clarke , is a non-traditional Southern Baptist minister and missionary in Kentucky, who carries the gospel message to people at equestrian events, including horse shows, horse auctions, or rodeos.-Early life and education:Born in Salem, Kentucky, Clarke...
, Southern Baptist missionary to the equestrian community in Kentucky and neighboring states - Nancy Cox (TV news anchor)Nancy Cox (TV news anchor)Nancy Jane Cox, is Miss Kentucky 1990, a television journalist and news anchor for WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky.-Biography:Nancy Cox anchors LEX 18 News at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, and 11:00. She joined LEX 18 in July 1992...
(attended 1987) - Damon R. EubankDamon R. EubankDamon R. Eubank is an historian at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Kentucky, principally known for his study of the family of U.S. Senator John J. Crittenden, In the Shadow of the Patriarch: The John J...
(Class of 1981), Kentucky historian and CU faculty member since 1989. - Dan Flanagan, (Class of 1965), Member of the Board of Directors of the Farm Credit Services of Mid-America. In 2005, he was selected as the "Agribussiness Person of the Year" and in 2009 was named "Master Conservationist of the Year" by the Soil Conservation Council.
- DeWayne FrazierDeWayne FrazierDeWayne Frazier is currently the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Campbellsville University after serving the past three years as the Senior Vice President for International Programs at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa....
(Class of 1998) - Nathan Gaddis, (Attended 1996-97), Grammy nominated singer/songwriter as a member of the Christian vocal group TrueVibe. TrueVibe was named Most Successful New Artist of 2001 by media outlets.
- E. Bruce HeilmanE. Bruce HeilmanEarl Bruce Heilman has served as president of several American colleges and universities. He currently holds the position of Chancellor at the University of Richmond.-Education:...
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, author of An Interruption That Lasted a Lifetime: My First Eighty Years - Vernie McGahaVernie McGahaVernie D. McGaha is an American politician and state senator from Kentucky's south central 15th district, which includes the counties of Adair, Casey, Pulaski, and Russell.-Biography:...
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(attended 1995), author - Randy WayneRandy WayneRandy Wayne is an American actor.Wayne was born and raised in Moore, Oklahoma. He appeared on the 2002 season of the British reality show Shipwrecked, which led to guest appearances on the television shows The Closer, Huff, NCIS, Jack & Bobby, and Numb3rs as well as a series regular role as the...
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actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity... - Andy Wilson, (Class of 1990), Associate Vice President for University Development at Tennessee Tech University.
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, 1987–1991