Campbellsville University
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Campbellsville University |
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| Motto | Find Your Calling |
| Established | 1906 |
| Type | Private, 4 year |
| President | Michael V. Carter |
| Location | Campbellsville, Kentucky, USA |
| Colors | Maroon █ and White █ |
| Mascot | Tigers |
| Affiliations | Southern Baptist Convention, Mid-South Conference |
| Website | http://www.campbellsville.edu |
Campbellsville University (formerly Campbellsville College) is a small, private Christian university located in Campbellsville, Kentucky. Founded in 1906 as a Baptist institution, Campbellsville currently enrolls over 2,000 students and is open to students of all denominations. Campbellsville University boasts a student-faculty ratio of 13:1 and has a strong international program, currently welcoming students from more than 35 different countries. The university offers associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees in a variety of fields. Extracurricular activities, many of which are focused around community service and Christian life, complement the academic programs.
The university sponsors 18 varsity athletic teams which compete in the Mid-South Conference of the NAIA, with the swimming and diving teams being reinstituted in the fall of 2007. Several of their teams have received national recognition. Zack Flake, a sophomore from Dayton, OH, won Campbellsville's first ever National Championship in any sport with his title in the 141 lbs weight class in wrestling at the NAIA Wrestling National Championships in 2007. 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 and in 2006, she set the all-time national record for career digs with 3569. The university's athletic mascot is the tiger.
CU 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.
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