Southwestern College (Kansas)
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| Motto: | Lux Esto "There Is Light" |
| Established: | 1885 |
| Type: | Private |
| Religious affiliation: | United Methodist |
| President: | Dick Merriman |
| Faculty: | 50+ |
| Undergraduates: | 500+[1] |
| Postgraduates: | data unavailable |
| Location: | Winfield, KS, USA |
| Campus: | Rural community; 82 acres |
| Athletics: | 15 Varsity Teams[2] |
| Colors: | Purple and White |
| Nickname: | Moundbuilders |
| Website: | www.sckans.edu |
- For similarly-named academic institutions, see Southwestern College.
Southwestern College is a four-year college, affiliated with the United Methodist Church, and is located in Winfield, Kansas, United States. It was founded in 1885 and graduated its first class in 1889.
The main campus is a laptop learning community, with laptop computers provided to all incoming students. An emphasis on service learning has led to nationally-recognized programs in leadership, discipleship, and entrepreneurship. In addition to bachelor's degrees, three fifth-year master's programs give students the option of completing a graduate degree in an intensive post-bachelor's year.
Southwestern College's professional studies programs offer degree completion for working adults. Seven professional studies sites in three states allow learners to earn their bachelor's degrees in traditional classroom settings, or learners may choose the online option that allows for degree completion anywhere around the world. Several online master's degrees also are available.
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[edit] Degree programs
- Bachelor of Arts (25 degree options)
- Bachelor of General Studies
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Philosophy
- Bachelor of Science (9 degree options)
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Arts in Specialized Ministries
- Master of Science in Leadership
- Master of Science in Management
- Master of Science in Security Administration
- Master of Education
- Secondary School Teacher Certification (11 subject areas)
[edit] Athletics
The Southwestern College athletic teams (known as the "Moundbuilders") participate in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. The school provides programs for (American) football, basketball, tennis, golf, volleyball, and softball, and has been highly successful in Track and field.
The Men's Track Team has won 25 consecutive conference championships, while the women have won 15 straight. Men's Cross Country has won 28 consecutive conference championships, while the women have won 4 straight and 11 of the last 14, with the school garnering 134 conference championships in nine different sports since 1960. The track teams are coached by Jim Helmer and Mike Kirkland. The school has also had over 160 All-American scholar-athletes since 1980.
[edit] "The Mound"
The college's nickname, "Moundbuilders," (frequently shortened to just "Builders") originated in a large pile of rocks on the college campus, called "The Mound." At the beginning of each school year, the "Moundbuilding Ceremony" allows students, faculty, clubs, and guests of Southwestern College to "put a rock on the mound." Participants are invited to decorate their rocks with paint and some can become quite creative. The Mound was moved from the upper campus to the lower campus in the 1970s when Darbeth Fine Arts Building was built on the site of the first Mound. A major renovation in 2006 added a plaza area and commemorative stones, benches, and landscaping. Rocks are never removed from the Mound.
The nickname Moundbuilders originated in 1910 when students wanted to be called something other than "Preachers" or "Methodists." Editorials toyed with various suggestions surrounding the fact that Southwestern students lived and breathed on "the hill." "Cliff dwellers" was suggested but was scrapped for "Moundbuilders" when student Harry Hart wrote "anybody could just dwell there, but 'builders' shows action." The Moundbuilding ceremony was instituted by Dean Leroy Allen in 1927 for "Nobody but Moundbuilders can build mounds. So no other college has now, or ever is likely to have such a custom."
