| Lake Erie College | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1856 |
| Type | Private university |
| Endowment | $30.0 million[1] |
| President | Michael T. Victor |
| Academic staff | 45 |
| Undergraduates | 650 |
| Postgraduates | 325 |
| Location | Painesville, OH, U.S. |
| Campus | Suburban, 50 acres[2] |
| Colors |
Forest Green and White [2] |
| Athletics | NCAA Division II |
| Nickname | Storm |
| Mascot | Stormy (Lake Erie), a stylized cyclone[3] |
| Website | www.lec.edu |
Lake Erie College is a private liberal arts college that is located in Painesville, Ohio, approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Cleveland. As of the 2010-2011 academic year, the enrollment was approximately 1200 undergraduates and graduate students.
Lake Erie is best known for its equine studies program, which attracts students from across the country, and around the world, and is the most popular major at the college. The Humphrey Equestrian Center is located 5 miles (8.0 km) to the south of the main campus, in Concord Township. In 2011, the Lake Erie College IDA (Intercollegiate Dressage Association) team won champion honors at the 9th annual IDA National Championship held at the Canterbury Equestrian Show Place in Newberry, Florida.
Prior to 1986, it was one of three remaining women's colleges in Ohio, along with Ursuline College and Notre Dame College, the latter of which is also now co-educational.
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Under the Michael T. Victor administration Lake Erie College has experienced record growth.[4]
The college is approximately thirty miles east of downtown Cleveland in downtown Painesville. Students under the age of 22 whose official residence is outside a 50-mile (80 km) radius of Lake Erie College's campus are required to live on campus during the academic year.[5]
Students can rely on their own transportation or the Lake County Laketran bus system that has stops near the campus. Parking one personal vehicle on campus is available upon registering with the college.[6]
In October 2007, CSX Transportation had opened a temporary outreach center at Lake Erie College to assist evacuees from the local train derailment.
| # | Name | Term of Office |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Sessions | 1859–1866 |
| 2 | Anna M. Edwards | 1866–1868 |
| 3 | Mary Evans | 1868–1909 |
| 4 | Vivian Blance Small | 1909–1941 |
| 5 | Dr. Helen Dalton Bragdon | 1941–1950 |
| 6 | Dr. Alfred T. Hill | 1950–1951 |
| 7 | Dr. Paul S. Weaver | 1951–1976 |
| 8 | Paul Newland | 1976–1977 |
| 9 | Dr. Charles E.P. Simmons | 1977–1984 |
| 10 | Marilyn S. Jones | 1984–1985 |
| 11 | Edward Q. Moulton | 1985–1986 |
| 12 | Clodus R. Smith | 1986–1992 |
| 13 | Hal Laydon | 1992–2005 |
| 14 | M. Sue Dreitzler | 2005–2006 |
| 14 | Michael T. Victor | 2006–present |
Known as the Lake Erie College Storm, the College is currently a member of NCAA Division II and joined the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC).[7] Lake Erie College was formerly a member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) of Division III through the 2007-08 academic year and completed the process of moving to Division II at the conclusion of the 2008-2009 academic year.[8]
LEC offers 23 varsity teams. The College offers basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track & field, lacrosse and volleyball for women and baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, lacrosse, tennis, indoor and outdoor track & field and wrestling for men. 20 teams participate in the GLIAC, men's and women's lacrosse competes in the East Coast Conference and wrestling competes as an independent DII team.
In 2006-07, the Storm had six of a possible seven teams make it to the conference playoffs, with men's basketball earning an AMCC regular season championship and conference tournament championship for the second consecutive season. The nationally-ranked men's basketball team, coached by former Ohio High-School coach of the year, Cliff Hunt, also made it to the second round of the NCAA Championship while being ranked as the number one team in the Great Lakes Region throughout the entire year.
Lake Erie also offered football at the club level until the team earns full-fledged varsity status in the fall of 2008. The 2007 Storm football team had Lake Catholic High School as its guest halftime band. The Fall of 2007 marked history as the college added football to its list of varsity athletics. Men's and women's lacrosse was added for the 2009-2010 season.
In the spring of 2010 the Lake Erie track and field team boasted the first NCAA division II All Americans in school history when Ethan Snyder finished 7th in the nation in the 400 meter intermediate hurdles and Chris Burrows finished 8th in the nation in the 200 meter dash.
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