Campbell University

Infobox University
name = Campbell University


established = 1887
motto = "Ad astra per aspera" (Latin)
mottoeng = To the stars through difficulties
type = Private university
president = Jerry M. Wallace
city = Buies Creek
state = North Carolina
country = United States
campus = Rural, 850 acre main campus
enrollment = 10,471 (total), 6,982 (main campus)
endowment = $104.7 million
mascot = Gaylord the Camel
nickname = Fighting Camels
free_label = Sports
free = NCAA Division I
affiliations = Atlantic Sun Conference
website = [http://www.campbell.edu www.campbell.edu]

Campbell University is a university in Buies Creek, North Carolina, USA.Campbell is a coeducational, church-related (Baptist) university, and has an approximately equal number of male and female students. The school consciously promotes the awareness and application of Christian principles. It is a university of the liberal arts and sciences; offering both theory and vocational education. It also hosts several professional schools.

History

Campbell University was founded as a community school on January 5, 1887 called Buies Creek Academy.It was founded by North Carolina preacher James Archibald Campbell, who believed that no student should be denied admission because of lack of funds. It started with 21 students.

In 1926, the school attained junior college status and changed its name from Buies Creek Academy to Campbell Junior College. In 1961, Campbell became a senior college. The name was changed to Campbell University on June 6, 1979.

Graduate programs were begun in 1977 with the Master of Education degree. The Master of Business Administration degree was added in 1978 and the Master of Science in Government was established in 1982.

The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law was founded in 1976, and the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business was begun in 1983. The Pharmacy School and School of Education were established in 1985. The Divinity School was established in 1995.

Campus

Located in the Sandhills of southeastern North Carolina, the University is nestled in the small unincorporated village of Buies Creek near the Cape Fear River. The Buies Creek census-designated place population was only 2,215 in the 2000 census and the surrounding area remains rural. However, Buies Creek is approximately 33 miles south of Raleigh, the state capital and North Carolina's second-largest city, and approximately 33 miles north of Fayetteville, North Carolina's sixth-largest city.

The center of campus is Academic Circle, which fronts Leslie Campbell Avenue to the south. Academic Circle is a grass throughfare, laced with sidewalks and magnolia trees that is surrounded on the south by dormitories Layton Hall (1923), Kitchin Hall (1955), and Baldwin Hall (1958) and along the north by the Frederick L. Taylor Hall of Religion (1973) (Divinity School), D. Rich Memorial Building (1923), Kivett Hall (1903) (Law School), Wiggins Hall (1993) (Law School), and Britt Hall (1947) (campus bookstore).

North of Academic Circle the buildings flank the newly developed Fellowship Commons, a series of brick sidewalks and gathering places that connect the campus from the west on T.T. Lanier Street to the east on Main Street. In this part of campus are Marshbanks Dining Hall (1934), Leslie H. Campbell Hall of Science (1961), J.P. Riddle Pharmacy Center (1991), Maddox Hall (2007) (Pharmacy School), Pearson Hall (1915), Carrie Rich Memorial Library (1925), Carter Gymnasium (1952) and James A. Campbell Administration Building (1961).

Beyond Fellowship Commons lies the north campus which contains several residence halls along with the Taylor Bott Rogers Fine Arts Center (1984) and the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business (1999). East of Main Street are more of Campbell's athletic facilities including, Taylor Field (baseball), Johnson Memorial Natatorium (swimming), and the construction site of the John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center as well as the Buies Creek post office.

South of Leslie Campbell Avenue are more residence halls, including the new student apartments in Barker Hall (2005). South of U.S. Highway 421 are athletic fields and the site of the future Campbell Football Stadium.

Future plans call for further renovations to the Academic Circle, including the new Butler Chapel and bell tower. [ [http://web.campbell.edu/construction/chapel.html Butler Chapel plans] ]

Academics

Campbell offers over 100 tracks and concentrations; master’s programs in business, education, pharmaceutical science, clinical research and divinity; and professional programs in law and pharmacy. The University also makes study abroad and other special programs available. Along with Campbell's premier undergraduate programs, the school has also achieved renown for its graduate programs. Since its establishment in 1986, Campbell University School of Pharmacy has maintained a 99 percent passage rate on both state and national exams. In ten of the last sixteen years, School of Pharmacy students have achieved a 100 percent passage rate on the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX).

The School of Law Class of 2006 scored a 97% passage rate on July’s North Carolina Bar Exam, topping all other law schools in the state. Campbell University’s Norman A. Wiggins School of Law was featured in the Princeton Review’s 2007 edition of the “Best 170 Law Schools” publication. Graduates of the School of Law have frequently led in passage rates on the North Carolina Bar Exam since the school’s establishment in 1976, including a 100 percent passage rate in 1994, the first time all members of a graduation class accomplished that feat in North Carolina history.

The Lundy-Fetterman School of Business offers a joint MBA with Pharm.D., J.D., and M.Div. students. Also, undergraduate business students have the option of electing to stay a fifth year to earn a joint BBA/MBA. Campbell is a dynamic institution in the wealth management industry by offering a one-of-a-kind degree, the Bachelor of Business Administration in Trust and Wealth Management. Banks and financial institutions from around the country court Campbell students for paid summer internships and for permanent hire upon graduation.

Campbell University Board Chairman, Mr. Harold Wells, has announced that at its August 27, 2008 meeting, the Executive Committee of the University’s Board of Trustees received a favorable report regarding the addition of a master’s program in Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS). Subject to approval of the full Board of Trustees, the University will begin the development and accreditation process for the professional program, anticipating the enrollment of the first class in 2011.

* [http://www.campbell.edu/coas/ College of Arts and Sciences]
* Lundy-Fetterman School of Business
* Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
* Campbell University Divinity School
* Campbell University School of Education
* Campbell University School of Pharmacy

Student organizations

*"The Campbell Times" is the student newspaper at the university and is published monthly during the spring and fall semesters.
*WCCE-FM was a FM radio station broadcasting on frequency 90.1 owned by the University - it was closed May 31, 2007.

Presidents

In over one hundred years of service, Campbell University has been served by only four presidents:

*James Archibald Campbell: 1887-1934
*Leslie Hartwell Campbell: 1934-1967
*Norman Adrian Wiggins: 1967-2003
*Jerry M. Wallace: 2003-present

Athletics

Campbell's athletic teams are nicknamed the Fighting Camels and compete in the NCAA Division I Atlantic Sun Conference for most sports, while the football team competes in the Pioneer Football League starting in 2008. The Mens Wrestling team competes in the Colonial Athletic Association. The University fields 18 varsity men's and women's sports.

Campbell is currently constructing the John W. Pope Convocation Center. This athletic complex will serve as a basketball and volleyball arena and will also house training and conditioning facilities for athletes and students. Also the university is constructing a football stadium for the 2008 return of Campbell football.

*Men's sports **Baseball **Basketball **Cross country **Football **Golf **Soccer **Tennis **Track **Wrestling

*Women's sports **Basketball **Cross country **Cheerleading **Golf **Soccer **Softball **Swimming **Tennis **Track **Volleyball

Notable alumni

* Paul Green, 1914, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
* Norman Adrian Wiggins, 1948, former president and chancellor of the University
* John D. Loudermilk, 1957, American singer and songwriter
* Jim Perry, 1959, former Major League Baseball pitcher
* Gaylord Perry, 1960, inductee of the Baseball Hall of Fame
* Cal Koonce, 1961, former Major League Baseball pitcher and also Campbell's all-time winningest baseball coach
* Bob Etheridge, 1965, current member of the U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina, 2nd District
* George Lehmann, 19xx, professional basketball player
* John Tyson, 1979 (School of Law), Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
* Fred Whitfield, 1980, president and chief operating officer of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats
* Elaine Marshall, 1981 (School of Law), North Carolina Secretary of State
* Ann Marie Calabria, 1983 (School of Law), Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals

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