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Roberts Wesleyan is ranked as America's 3rd Best Value College in the latest edition (2006) of The Princeton Review. It was the only Christian college listed in the top ten. The Princeton Review (TPR) is a for-profit American company that offers private instruction and tutoring for standardized achievement tests, in particular those offered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), such as the SAT, GRE, and GMAT. They also offer courses for the LSAT and MCAT, as well as many...

History

Roberts Wesleyan College was originally established as Chili Seminary by Benjamin Titus Roberts in 1866. Roberts was a social activist who opposed slavery and oppression of the poor, and was a supporter of women's right to vote. He began the school to train well-educated young people to become servant leaders with high moral character. Benjamin Titus Roberts (1823–1893), first trained as an attorney, then entered the ministry in the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New York State. ...

In 1885, its name changed to Chesbrough Seminary in response to the $30,000 gift of its benefactor A.M. Chesbrough. In 1945 it was renamed Roberts Junior College. Four years later, in 1949, it was given its fourth and final name, Roberts Wesleyan College—in honor of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and Roberts, who, besides being the founder of the school, was also the founder of the Free Methodist Church. John Wesley (June 17, 1703 – March 2, 1791) was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement. ... For school of ancient Greek medicine, see Methodism (history of medicine). ... The Free Methodist Church is a denomination of Methodism, which is a branch of Protestantism. ...

In 1998, Roberts Wesleyan College founded Northeastern Seminary as a graduate school of theology.

Mission statement

"As a community of learners committed to historic Christianity, Roberts Wesleyan College seeks to prepare thoughtful, spiritually mature, service-oriented people who will help transform society."[1]

Accreditations and affiliations

Roberts Wesleyan College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the Association of Colleges and Universities of the State of New York, Rochester Area Colleges, Rochester Regional Library Council, the Association of Free Methodist Educational Institutions, the Council of Independent Colleges, and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer based, non-profit association dedicated to the educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation. ... The Rochester Area Colleges is a consortium of higher education institutions in the Rochester, New York metropolitan area. ... A organization designed to help Christian institutions of higher education communicate with one another. ...

The Art Department is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. National Association of Schools of Art and Design, known as NASAD for short, is an organisation of colleges, schools and universities. ...

The Business Department, the Organizational Management Program, and the Master of Science in Management Programs are nationally accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education.

The Music Department is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The National Association of Schools of Music, NASM, was founded in 1924 and is an accreditor for schools for post-high school education. ...

The Division of Nursing is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.

The Social Work Department is a member of the Council on Social Work Education. The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is the national association for social work education in the United States of America. ...

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Academic offerings

Roberts Wesleyan, a U.S. News & World Report Best Value, offers more than 50 undergraduate programs in a variety of disciplines, including Education, Business, Nursing, Social Work, Nursing, Biblical Studies, Psychology, Art, as well as many others. The school also has a 14:1 student to faculty ratio, which means professors are readily available to offer assistance to students. U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ...

Graduate programs are also offered. These include Education, School Psychology, School Counseling, Counseling in Ministry, Social Work, and Management. Roberts also offers innovative undergraduate degree-completion programs for working adults in Nursing (classroom-based) and Organizational Management (classroom and online). Through Northeastern Seminary, students can complete a Master of Arts in Theology, Master of Divinity or Doctor of Divinity degree.

Roberts offers students the opportunity to study internationally for a semester in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. There are also a number of shorter international trips, which, in recent years, have included Greece, Japan and England.

Campus life

The majority of the college's students live in college-owned housing. There are a number of dormitories, men and women are in separate dorms. Juniors and Seniors have the option of living in apartment-style housing.

Students are required to go to 22 of 40 chapel services every semester. Chapels are ecumenical Christian services that encourage students to live Christ-like daily lives. If students do not meet their required number of chapel services they are penalized. Roberts also requires that its students sign a statement saying that they will abstain from alcohol, tobacco, gambling, plagiarism and sexual immorality while enrolled at the College. There is no dress code at the College. A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ... Clothing has various sociological functions, including: conspicuous consumption stating or claiming identity establishing, maintaining and defying sociological group norms Thus wearing specific types of clothing or the manner of wearing clothing can convey messages about class, income, belief and attitude. ...

Numerous student groups are active on as well as off campus in many areas of interest. Some of these include: Acting on AIDS, At the Foot of the Cross, Beacon Newspaper, Campus Crusade for Christ, Chesbronian Yearbook, Dance Ministry, Drama Ministry, Gospel Choir, Habitat for Humanity, In Jesus' Name (Street Ministry), Intramural Athletics, mission trips, Student Association, SIFE, Worship Teams. Acting on AIDS is a program started by Christian college students at Seattle Pacific University to raise awareness and promote activism of the global AIDS pandemic at colleges and universities across the nation. ... Each March, U.S. college students spend Spring Break participating in “Big Break,” a Campus Crusade outreach to Panama City Beach vacationers Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational Christian mission organization, focusing on evangelism and discipleship in over 190 countries around the world. ... Official Habitat for Humanity logo Habitat for Humanity is an international, Christian, non-governmental, non-profit organization devoted to building quality, low-cost, affordable housing. ... A better world starts with better leaders – individuals who have the ability and are willing to put forth the effort to make a meaningful contribution to their communities. ...

Athletics

Roberts belongs to two national athletics associations - the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). The athletics teams routinely make National tournament appearances in both the NAIA and the NCCAA. Roberts Athletics offers twelve intercollegiate sports including: basketball (men and women), soccer (men and women), track and field (men and women), cross-country (men and women), tennis (men and women), golf (men), and women’s volleyball. The school's mascot is the Raider. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) traces its roots to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball. ... The National Christian College Athletic Association ( NCCAA ) is an association of approximately 100 Christian universities, colleges, and Bible colleges in the United States which see collegiate sports primarily as an opportunity for Christian fellowship and ministry rather than a training grounds for future professional athletes or an opportunity to make...

Two former Roberts Wesleyan basketball players have taken their game to the next level: Roberts hoopstress Judy Wright is playing professionally in Holland, while Raider standout Chaz Franklin is on the roster of a Central Germany professional basketball team. Roberts' basketball and track star, Jenn Stuczynski, won the 2005 U.S. Indoor National Championships and the 2006 U.S. Outdoor National Championships for women's pole vaulting. She is currently sponsored by Adidas, and is training for the 2008 U.S. Summer Olympic Team.

Notable alumni

• Jenn Stuczynski (2005), 2006 USA Outdoor Champion, currently holds #2 spot American woman pole vaulter
• Sharon Sweet, Opera Singer, Metropolitan Opera Company & Vocal Professor, Westminster Choir College
• Dr. Gordon Caswell, President, Baylor University Medical Center
• Dr. Gary Walsh, Former President, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada; Former Bishop of the Free Methodist Church in Canada
• Richard Snyder, Bishop, Free Methodist Church-Eastern Area Conferences
• Dr. Lesley Perry (1966), Associate Dean of Nursing, Villanova University
• Richard LaMontagne (1996), Manager of Employee Development and Learning, Xerox Corp.
• Rev. Doug Newton (1975), Senior Editor, Light and Life Magazine; Senior Pastor, Greenville Free Methodist Church
• Alan Austin (1960), CEO, Nationwide Circuits

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References

• [2] Mission Statement, www.roberts.edu, retrieved July 21, 2006

External links

• Roberts Wesleyan College, Official Site
• Northeastern Seminary