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Anderson University is a private institution affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Dr. Evans P. Whitaker is the current president of the university.

The University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Several degree programs have additional specialized accreditation: The College of Education programs are accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE); music programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM); and the College of Business is a candidate for accreditation by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Anderson is also recognized as a South Carolina Teaching Fellows institution. Anderson is ranked in the Top Tier of Southern Comprehensive Universities by U.S. News and World Report. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) is a regional accreditor for over 13,000 public and private educational institutions ranging from preschool to college level in the Southern United States. ... The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) was founded in 1954 to accredit teacher certification programmes at U.S. colleges and universities. ... The Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs was founded in 1988 to create an organization and an accreditation process designed to fit the needs of business programs focused on teaching and learning. ... U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ...

Anderson is a member of the Conference Carolinas (formerly the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference) and has ten sports played by 19 teams. Conference Carolinas formally known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (or CVAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. Conference Carolinas reached its modern incarnation in 1994. ... The Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (or CVAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. The CVAC reached its modern incarnation in 1994. ...

History

A group of citizens from the city of Anderson, who desired to have a school of higher education their area, offered 32 acres (129,000 m²) of land and $100,000 to the South Carolina Baptist Convention at their meeting in 1910. The convention appointed a group of trustees, and Anderson College was granted a charter in 1911 by the South Carolina General Assembly. In 1912, the College opened as a four-year college for women until 1930. In 1929, the South Carolina Baptist Convention approved the institution's transition to a junior college, the first in the state. The College became a coeducational institution in 1930.

In December, 1989, the Board of Trustees voted to return the College to its status as a four-year institution, which officially began in the fall semester of 1991. This decision was subsequently affirmed by a unanimous vote of the General Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. The first four-year class since 1930 graduated in May, 1993.

On January 1, 2006, Anderson College officially became Anderson University. The name change was approved by the school's board of trustees and affirmed by the South Carolina Baptist Convention.

Student Body

The Anderson University student population is around 1,726 students, with a low student to faculty ratio of 13:1. The traditional student body is made up of young men and women from a variety of states including South Carolina, Missouri, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia, Colorado, Maine, Pennsylvania, and New York, as well as many different countries including Kazakhstan, Iraq, Mongolia, U.S.S.R., Spain, Sweden, France, Tasmania, Argentina, Brazil, Barbados, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Kirgestan, India, and Japan. The University also serves adult students through its ACCEL (Adult College Choice for Exceptional Learning) evening college and through its graduate programs.

Campus

Anderson University is situated on a 56 acre (227,000 m²) main campus with an additional 12 acres (49,000 m²) within the city limits of Anderson, South Carolina. Most of the buildings on campus are red brick, built throughout the 20th century in the Georgian architectural style. The Merritt Administration Building, Denmark Hall, and Pratt Hall were the original buildings on the Anderson University campus, being built at the time of the university's founding in 1911. The front lawn (often referred to as the "Sacred Six" acres) of Anderson University is heavily wooded with large oak trees, as is the interior of the main campus which is landscaped in a series of rising terraces. The front lawn and early buildings near the lawn are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In January 2007, Anderson opened its new 53,000 square foot Thrift Library which is designed to hold 300,000 volumes, an art gallery, multi-media hall, and coffee bar. A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

Notable Graduates

Nolan Gottlieb - Assistant Coach, Anderson University Men's Basketball

JR Howell - Manager, Hollister in Greenville, SC

Jonathan Neely - Bowler and engaged

Drew Elwell - Unemployed

John LeSueur - Management Trainee, Enterprise Rent-a-Car

Tyler "Roy" Stuart - Wanna-be Strength Coach, Clemson University

Contact information

Anderson University

316 Boulevard

Anderson, SC 29621

864-231-2000

800-542-3594

864-231-2033 (fax)

External links

• Official website