Campbellsville University

Campbellsville University

Infobox University
name = Campbellsville University


motto = Find Your Calling
established = 1906
type = Private, 4 year
president = Michael V. Carter
city = Campbellsville
state = Kentucky
country = USA
colors = Maroon and White
mascot = Tigers
affiliations = Kentucky Baptist Convention, Mid-South Conference, Appalachian College Association, Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities
website = [http://www.campbellsville.edu http://www.campbellsville.edu]

Campbellsville University (formerly Campbellsville College) is a small, private Christian university located in Campbellsville, Kentucky, the seat of Taylor County. Founded in 1906 as a Baptist institution, Campbellsville currently enrolls more than two thousand students and is open to all denominations. Campbellsville University has a student-faculty ratio of 13:1 and has a strong international program, currently welcoming students from more than thirty-five different countries. The university offers associate, bachelor, and master degrees in a variety of fields. Extracurricular activities, many of which are focused around community service and Christian life, complement the academic programs.

History

Campbellsville University was founded by Reverend Lloyd Caswell Kelly in 1906. The current president of the university is Michael V. Carter, Ph.D. The immediate past president is Kenneth W. Winters (born 1934), a Republican state senator from District 1 based in Murray in southwestern Kentucky.

Athletics

The university sponsors nineteen varsity athletic teams which compete in the Mid-South Conference of the NAIA, with the women's swimming team being reinstituted in the fall of 2007. Several of their 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.Fact|date=November 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 also 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. The university's athletic mascot is the tiger and the official colors are maroon and white.

Notable faculty

*Russ Mobley, theatre arts, state representative

References

External links

* [http://www.campbellsville.edu/ Official homepage]


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