Nyack College

Established	1882
Religious affiliation	Christian and Missionary Alliance
Chairman	Ronald E. Eastman
President	Michael Scales
Vice-president	David Jennings
Provost	David F. Turk
Academic staff	160[1]
Students	3,028[2]
Location	Nyack, NY, USA
Campus	Suburban
Colours	Grey and Crimson
Athletics	NCAA Division II
Mascot	Warriors
Affiliations	Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Website	www.nyack.edu

Nyack College is a private, evangelical, liberal arts college affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and home to the Alliance Theological Seminary, one of the denomination's seminaries. The main campus is located in Nyack, New York. Branch campuses exist in Manhattan and Albany, as well as Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C.

History

The college was founded as the Missionary Training Institute in New York City in 1882 by Albert B. Simpson, a 19th century Christian evangelist and founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). Simpson and his wife were buried on campus.^[3] The Missionary Training Institute was later granted a charter by the New York Board of Regents and the school's curriculum was registered by the State Education Department in 1944. In 1953, the school was authorized to confer the Bachelor of Science degree and, in 1961, the Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1960, the corporation was authorized to conduct a post-baccalaureate program as the forerunner of the Alliance Theological Seminary. Nyack first received school accreditation in 1962 from Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. In 1963, the school became a member of the American Council on Education.

Academics

Nyack offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs and is broken down into seven individual schools: The School of Business and Leadership; The School of Education; The School of Human Services; The School of Music; The College of Arts and Sciences; The College of Bible and Christian Ministry; and the Alliance Theological Seminary. Undergraduate degrees in 46 majors include Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Sacred Music. Graduate degrees include Master of Business Administration, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Divinity, and Master of Professional Studies.

Nyack College, through a partnership with Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, provides a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership to incarcerated individuals (prison education) at Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon, New York. Since federal funding for prison education programs was eliminated in 1994, the Nyack College/Hudson Link partnership is one of only a small number of programs in the country of its kind.

Accreditation

Nyack College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools while Alliance Theological Seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. Additional accreditations include: National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) since 1962; National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE); member and accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ASCI) for teacher certification; Childhood Education programs are nationally recognized by the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) and Math Education by the National Council for the Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM); Adolescent English program is nationally recognized by the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) and TESOL program by Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL); Social Work program has been approved for accreditation with the Council for Social Work Education (CSWE).

Campus

Nyack's campus is a 102 acres (0.41 km²) plot of land in Rockland County, New York. The northern part of the campus, and the public school behind it, are all part of the old Clarkstown Country Club. There are multiple choices for housing on campus, with Moseley Hall, the Jaffray House, and the Dunbar Apartments for male students, and Christie Hall, Simpson Hall, and the Bethany House for female students. There is also a gym on campus, where the sports department holds its basketball and volleyball games. Adjacent to the gym is the Indoor Sports Center, referred to affectionately as "The Bubble" by the Nyack Family.

Student life

Nyack features a broad array of extracurricular involvement for students, including the radio station, student newspaper, ministry teams and mission trips, chorale, wind ensemble, handbell choir, and student government.

Athletics

The school calls its sports teams the Warriors (formerly the Purple Pride; before that, the Fighting Parsons). The Warriors participate in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference of the NCAA's Division II. The school is also a member of The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA).

Legacy in Canada

Through the influence of W.C. Stevens, one of Nyack's early leaders, other schools were spawned by his protege, L.E. Maxwell, who in turn was instrumental in the creation of Prairie Christian Academy, Prairie Bible College, Prairie School of Mission Aviation and Prairie College of Applied Arts and Technology in Three Hills, Alberta^[4] and the Peace River Bible Institute of Sexsmith, Alberta. As many as 900 students are enrolled at these western Canadian schools each academic year.

References

1. ^ Full-time
2. ^ Total for Fall 2008
3. ^ Nyack College Profile
4. ^ [1]

External links

• The Official Nyack College website
• The Nyack College Online Education Site