Morningside College
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| Established: | December 5, 1894 |
| Type: | Private |
| Endowment: | US $31.6 million (3/29/07) Peterson's |
| President: | John Reynders |
| Faculty: | ~65 |
| Students: | 1,149 |
| Location: | Sioux City, Iowa, USA |
| Campus: | Suburban, 68 acres (.275 km²) |
| Colors: | Maroon and White |
| Mascot: | The Mustangs |
| Website: | www.morningside.edu |
- This article is about the school in Iowa,
For other uses, see Morningside (disambiguation).
Morningside College is a liberal arts college in Sioux City, Iowa, affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college was founded on December 5, 1894, by a committee of 15 ministers and 12 laypersons. The new organization purchased what is now known as Charles City College Hall from the defunct University of the Northwest (right in picture).
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[edit] Morningside Culture
Morningside is a private liberal arts institution. According to the Morningside College Mission Statement, "The Morningside College experience cultivates a passion for life-long learning and a dedication to ethical leadership and civic responsibility."
Morningside carries on several age-old traditions. Student groups frequently paint and re-paint the "Spoonholder" - a curved bench named for the couples who used to sit nestled closely together in the early years. There is a yearly "Run to the Monument" that used to entail men running in their underwear but has since evolved into a recreational 5k race.
[edit] Morningside Alumni
"Dear Abby" (Abigail Van Buren) and "Ask Ann" (Ann Landers), identical twin sisters, are Morningside College alumni. Known as the "Friedman twins" during their time at Morningside, they wrote for the school's long-running newspaper, the Collegian Reporter. Morningside is also the alma mater of Norman W. Waitt, Jr., co-founder of Gateway, Inc.,
Thomas C. Dorr, the current Under Secretary for Rural and Economic Development in the United States Department of Agriculture under President George W. Bush, is a graduate of Morningside. http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/scrty/dorr.html
Al McIntosh, distinguished editor who was featured prominently in Ken Burns' The War, attended Morningside College.
Paul Splitorff, a 1969 graduate, was a starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals major league baseball team from 1970 until 1983.
[edit] Morningside Campus Life
Morningside College is on a 68-acre campus in the residential neighborhood of Morningside in Sioux City, Iowa. Students of all years participate in over 50 organizations including: student government, honor societies, service groups, religious organizations, musical ensembles, student publications, and three national fraternities and sororities.
Dimmitt Hall is the third eldest building on campus, home to about 360 students. Named for Lillian Dimmitt, the 26-year Dean of Women, Dimmitt Hall shares that namesake with the Lillian Dimmitt Alumni House, Dimmitt's former residence long since renovated for meeting and office space.
Roadman Hall was built in two phases in the mid twentieth century, and houses about 150 students, mostly in double occupied rooms, but with several apartments as well. The dormitory is named after the longtime president of the college, Dr. Earl Roadman (1936 - 1956). The newer wing of the building, Roadman South, was mostly closed for some period of years before being renovated and completely reopened in 2005.
The Residence Complex, or "Plex," was constructed in 1966, and has a capacity of about 90 students. The building is of a very utilitarian architecture, being rather at odds with the rest of campus, being completely exposed Portland Cement. Originally segmented vertically into three sections, the building was christened the Fraternity Complex, as it was home to three fraternities then present at the college. A day-care occupied half of the ground floor for some years before closing in 2003.
Historic Morningside College annuals show that Morningside was racially integrated relatively early compared with other American colleges and universities.
In 2005, two apartment styled dormitories opened for upperclassmen, the Waitt and Poppen Halls. Between the two buildings a maximum of 72 students may hence reside.
Scheduled for completion in the fall of 2007, the 90 bed Lags dormitory will feature single-occupancy rooms and a leadership theme. [1]
[edit] Morningside Athletics
Until 2001, Morningside competed in NCAA Division II athletics as a member of the North Central Conference. Morningside athletic teams, known as the "Mustangs," now compete in the Great Plains Athletic Conference of the NAIA. The Mustangs compete in 10 men's sports (Baseball, Basketball, Cross-Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, and Wrestling) and 9 women's sports (Basketball, Cross-Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, and Volleyball). The Lady Mustangs Basketball team won back-to-back NAIA Division II National Championships in 2004 and 2005. Morningside's Jake Stevenson won the NAIA 184lb Wrestling Championship in 2007. The football team was coached from 1948-1950 by future Pro Football Hall of Fame coach George Allen. Since the late 1950's, Morningside has used the mascot "Chiefs" until met with resistance a number of years ago by local tribes (Sioux City is derivative of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, the surrounding environ is known as "Siouxland"). Faced with this pressure the college opted to switch to the "Mustang" which was supplemented with a new logo. This change has been met with varying reaction, those who disagree are typically alumni. Current students have readily adopted this identity. School colors have remained unchanged since inception.
[edit] Morningside Campus Organizations
Morningside's Department of Mass Communications has a weekly newspaper, the Collegian Reporter, a student-run radio station broadcasting 24 hours a day, KMSC and shares a cable access channel as MCTV. It's station KMSC no longer broadcasts over the airways as new station conflicts with its signal.
Morningside is currently home to three Greek organizations, Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, Delta Sigma Phi, and Acacia Fraternity, although it has been home to many others over the years. Fraternities and sororities are now housed on campus as there were problems in the community with the office campus housing.
[edit] External links for Morningside College
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1: Morningside College Website 2: Morningside College Catalog
