Anderson University (South Carolina)

Anderson University (South Carolina)

Infobox_University


name = Anderson University
motto = Knowledge for the Journey
established = 1911
type = Private, comprehensive, with graduate programs
president = Evans P. Whitaker, Ph.D.
city = Anderson
state = South Carolina
country = United States
undergrad = 1,954
postgrad = 50
campus = 193 acres, 36 buildings
staff= 130
mascot = Trojan
website= [http://www.andersonuniversity.edu/ www.andersonuniversity.edu]

Anderson University is a private university located in Anderson, South Carolina, offering bachelors and masters degrees in approximately 50 areas of study. Anderson is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Several degree programs have additional specialized accreditation: The College of Education programs are accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE); music programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM); the College of Business is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), and the art and interior design programs are candidates for accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). Anderson is also recognized as a South Carolina Teaching Fellows institution. Anderson is ranked in the Top Tier of Southern Comprehensive Universities by U.S. News and World Report, and is consistently recognized by the Princeton Review as one of the top universities in the Southeast.Fact|date=July 2008 In 2008, Anderson was further recognized by U. S. News and World Report as one of 70 "Up and Coming" institutions in the country for its recent advancements and innovation.

Anderson is a member of the Conference Carolinas (formerly the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference) and has ten sports played by 19 teams. Anderson has won the Conference's coveted Messick Award for sportsmanship several times. It has also won the Joby Hawn All-Sports Cup two consecutive times. Fact|date=July 2008 Anderson was recognized by President Bush for being one of only two universities in South Carolina named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.Fact|date=July 2008 In a typical year, Anderson students contribute approximately 15,000 hours of service to numerous community human service organizations.

tudent Body

The Anderson University student population is approximately 2,000 students, with a student to faculty ratio of 14:1. The traditional student body is made up of young men and women from a variety of states including South Carolina, Missouri, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia, Colorado, Maine, Pennsylvania, and New York, as well as many different countries including Kazakhstan, Iraq, Mongolia, Russia, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, France, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Barbados, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, India, Japan, and Bermuda. The University also serves adult students through its ACCEL (Adult College Choice for Exceptional Learning) evening college and through its graduate programs.

Global Education

Anderson emphasizes global education and promotes and facilitates students wishing to participate in semester and year long study abroad. The program requires advanced academic work plus various assignments that allow the professor to assess student learning while on tour. In addition, the school offers a program called "Anderson Abroad," for juniors who meet academic requirements. Anderson Abroad is a short-term educational tour of other countries available to qualifed students at a fraction of the cost.

Campus

Anderson University is situated on a 56 acre (227,000 m²) main campus with an additional 137 acres within the city limits of Anderson, South Carolina. The school recently received a gift of 125 acres, boosting its acreage from 68 to its present 193, including 40 acres of wetlands used as an outdoor lab for the science programs. Most of the buildings on campus are red brick, built throughout the 20th century in the Georgian architectural style. The Merritt Administration Building, Denmark Hall, and Pratt Hall were the original buildings on the Anderson University campus, being built at the time of the university's founding in 1911. The front lawn (often referred to as the "Sacred Six" acres) of Anderson University is heavily wooded with large oak trees, as is the interior of the main campus which is landscaped in a series of rising terraces. The front lawn and early buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

External links

* [http://www.andersonuniversity.edu/ Official website]


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