Everything about Campbellsville University totally explained
Campbellsville University (formerly
Campbellsville College) is a small, private
Christian university located in
Campbellsville, Kentucky, the seat of
Taylor County. Founded in
1906 as a
Baptist institution, Campbellsville currently enrolls more than two thousand students and is open to all denominations. Campbellsville University has a student-faculty ratio of 13:1 and has a strong international program, currently welcoming students from more than thirty-five different countries. The university offers
associate,
bachelor, and
master degrees in a variety of fields. Extracurricular activities, many of which are focused around community service and Christian life, complement the academic programs.
History
Campbellsville University was founded by Rev. Lloyd Caswell Kelly in
1906. The current president of the university is[Michael V. Carter,
Ph.D. The immediate past president is Kenneth W. Winters (born
1934), a
Republican state senator from District 1 based in
Murray in southwestern Kentucky.
Athletics
The university sponsors nineteen varsity athletic teams which compete in the
Mid-South Conference of the
NAIA, with the women's swimming team being reinstituted in the fall of
2007. Several of their teams have received national recognition. Zack Flake, a sophomore from
West Chester, Ohio, won Campbellsville's first individual national wrestling championship with his title in the 141-pound weight class in
wrestling at the
NAIA Wrestling National Championships in 2007. Campbellsville had two previous individual National Champions in Swimming during the late 1990's. The Men's Basketball team has had two consecutive berths into the NAIA National Basketball tournament. In
2005,
volleyball player Amy Eckenfels was recognized as the NAIA National Libero of the Year. In
2006, she set the all-time national record for career digs with 3,569. The university's athletic
mascot is the
tiger and the official colors are
maroon and
white.
Notable faculty
Former CU
theatre arts associate professor Russ Mobley has represented Taylor and neighboring
Adair counties in the
Kentucky House of Representatives since
2001.
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