Campbellsville University

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Campbellsville University
Motto: Find Your Calling
Established: 1906
Type: Private, 4 year
President: Michael V. Carter
Location: Campbellsville, Kentucky, 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

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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.[citation needed] Campbellsville had two previous individual National Champions in Swimming during the late 1990's.[citation needed] The Men's Basketball team has had two consecutive berths into the NAIA National Basketball tournament. 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 university's athletic mascot is the tiger and the official colors are maroon and white.

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