Lebanon College

infobox University
name=Lebanon College
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established=1956
type=Private two-year college
president=L. Donald Wenz
enrollment= 322
staff=
endowment=
city=Lebanon, New Hampshire
country=United States
campus=Urban
website=http://www.lebanoncollege.edu

Lebanon College is a two-year private not-for-profit college located in Lebanon, New Hampshire. The College is approved by the New Hampshire Post-secondary Commission to offer the associate degree, and is certified by the State of Vermont Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary to offer programs and courses in that state. The College is fully accredited by the American Council of Independent Schools and Colleges (ACICS). The Radiography Program at Lebanon College is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education In Radiologic Technology (JRCERT). [http://www.lebanoncollege.edu/about_college.html]

History

Founded in 1956, the college grew slowly, adding academic programs over several decades. Originally lacking a campus, academic programs were scattered and held where ever space could be found. In 1997, Donald Wenz was named the college's tenth president, and launched a "Campaign for Renewal" to purchase and renovate the old Woolworth's building in downtown Lebanon. The building was made into the main campus center for the college.

In 1980 a small endowment of $100,000 was fund raised. [http://www.lebanoncollege.edu/pdf/Newsletters/Lebanon%20College07-Winter.pdf] In 2006, on the institution's 50th anniversary, the college launched a "Campaign for the Future", an effort to raise $3 million to establish an endowment. Former surgeon general C. Everett Koop is the campaign's honorary chairman. [http://www.lebanoncollege.edu/pdf/campaign%20catalog.pdf]

Academics

Lebanon College offers associates in art degrees in six areas: Fine Arts, Early Childhood Education, Para-Educators Support Services, Criminal Justice, Photography and 3-D Medical Imaging. The college also offers several associates in business degrees, in: Accounting, Management and Computer Information Science. An associate of science in radiography is also offered.

A number of certificate programs in similar areas of study are offered. [http://www.lebanoncollege.edu/academicprograms.html]

Campus

Lebanon College's main campus is located at the heart of the city of Lebanon's downtown area, in the Historic District. The main campus houses academic and business offices, classrooms, science labs, an ETS computer testing center, student commons, the library, and computer labs. Although the college offers most courses and programs at the main campus, other off campus locations include Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, and several other Upper Valley hospitals and Lebanon High School. [http://www.lebanoncollege.edu/about_college.html]

External links

* [http://www.lebanoncollege.edu/index.html] Official college web site
* [http://www.universities.com/On-Campus/Lebanon_College.html] Profile