Cedar Crest College

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Cedar Crest College
Cedar Crest College seal.png
Motto Religio, Libertas et Scientia (Latin)
Motto in English Divinity, Liberty and Knowledge
Established 1867
Type liberal arts college
Religious affiliation United Church of Christ (historically related)
Endowment US $14.5 million[1]
President Carmen Twillie Ambar
Academic staff 92 full-time
Students 1,885
Undergraduates 1,800 students
Location Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Campus Suburban, 84 acres (34 ha)
Colors Yellow and White            
Mascot Falcon
Affiliations United Church of Christ
Website cedarcrest.edu
Cedar Crest College logo.png

Cedar Crest College is a private liberal arts women's college in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States.[2] During the 2006-2007 academic year, the college had 1,000 full-time and 800 part-time undergraduates and 85 graduate students. It also admits male students for evening classes.[3]

Founded in 1867, the college is historically tied to the United Church of Christ, though it remains academically independent.[4]

Cedar Crest is one of two four-year colleges located in Allentown. Muhlenberg College, a liberal arts college loosely affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, like Cedar Crest, is located in Allentown's West End.[5]

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Academics [edit]

For the past two decades, Cedar Crest has been ranked among the nation's top liberal arts colleges in U.S News & World Report's annual "America's Best Colleges" survey.[6] The college's bachelor of arts and science programs span more than fifty majors, from Fine Arts and Environmental Biology to Nursing Science and Business Administration. The curriculum also includes programs in Pre-Law, Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Medicine and Pre-Veterinary Medicine. In addition, Cedar Crest offers master's degrees in Nursing, Education, and Forensic Science.[3][7] Undergraduate and graduate programs are also offered to adult students through the college's Center for Lifelong Learning.[8]

Campus [edit]

Cedar Crest is located off Cedar Crest Boulevard at 100 College Drive on the western edge of Allentown.[2] The 84-acre (34 ha) campus is adjacent to the city's Cedar Beach Park.[9]

Campus buildings include

-Blaney Hall Administration Building

Blaney Hall was named after President Dorothy G. Blaney.She was the president of Cedar Crest college for 17 years and championed the cause of elevating the education of women to the kinds of rigorous academic achievement once reserved only for men. She took over the Allentown women's college in October 1989 and gave it new stature and renewed vigor.During Blaney's tenure, the college's enrollment doubled from 700 to more than 1,400 students, the number of honor students rose 35 percent, and the endowment grew fourfold, from $1.2 million to $5.7 million, with a current goal of $3.5 million. For almost all her career at the 139-year-old school, she contributed opinion columns to The Morning Call, writing on women's and local issues.During the ceremony that made her Cedar Crest's 11th president, she told the crowd to "transform knowledge into wisdom and wisdom into action. We need to expand our minds to embrace the diversity of other cultures and the ideas of the world."

-Donald P. Miller Family Building for art, science and peace

On the anniversary of Donald P. Miller's death, the executive committee of Cedar Crest College's trustees announced that the school would name its planned $4 million art, science and health complex after his family.Miller, who died at 89 from natural causes on Jan. 23, 1996, was The Morning Call's former publisher and chief executive officer.Over the years, the Miller family has provided funding and services to such Lehigh Valley institutions as the Allentown Public Library, the Allentown Art Museum, the Allentown Symphony, the Boy Scouts, the Phoebe Home and Muhlenberg College, which is Donald Miller's alma mater. Its ties to Cedar Crest College are deep. Miller was a college benefactor every year and for every campaign from the 1950s until he died. He was named a Cedar Crest honorary doctor of humane letters in 1968.The college's original location at 4th and Turner streets in Allentown had previously been the family homestead of Marjorie Wright Miller, Donald Miller's first wife. Marjorie Miller was a 1930 graduate of Cedar Crest who served on the Board of Trustees in the 1940s, '50s and '60s and was her class agent for decades. After she died in 1977, Miller honored her passion for poetry in 1980 through a memorial fund that helped establish the "Poet's Corner" inside the college's Cressman Library.[10]

Cressman Library,Tompkins College Center, Dorothy Rider Pool Science Center, , Harold and Miriam Oberkotter Center for Health and Wellness, Alumnae Hall for art and performing arts, Rodale Aquatic Center for Civic Health and Lees Hall gymnasium and fitness center.[11] Additional classroom and faculty buildings include Hartzel Hall, Curtis Hall and Hamilton Boulevard Building.[11][12] The college also has four residence halls: Butz Hall, Moore Hall, Steinbright Hall and the upper level of Curtis Hall.[13]

Cedar Crest's collection of 140 species of trees is designated as the William F. Curtis Arboretum, which is registered with the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta.[11] The arboretum is named for the college's seventh president, who after purchasing the property in 1915, beautified the campus by planting flowers, shrubs and trees from all over the world.[14]

The campus is also the site of the Da Vinci Science Center, an independent science demonstration facility that opened in 2005.[15]

Clubs and Organizations [edit]

Cedar Crest also has a variety of student clubs and organizations for students to participate in. Some active organizations include, but are not limited to, Art Therapy Alliance, Arts Society, Black Awareness Student Union, Biology Club, Cedar Crest Christian Fellowship, Chemistry Club, Commuter Awareness Board, First Book, Great Outdoor Women, Honor and Judicial Board, Latin American Students Organization, Needles and Hooks, Out There, Step Team, Student Activities Board, Student Dietetic Association, and Student Nursing Association,Buskin Society,Marketing Club, Preterite: The Literary Club,Radio Club (WCCC), Society for Asian Animation, Student Athlete Advisory Committee.[16]

Athletics [edit]

Cedar Crest, known athletically as the Falcons, competes in NCAA Division III athletics and has teams in basketball, cross country running, equestrian, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, swimming, and volleyball. In addition, the Rodale Aquatic Center on campus is home to the college's swimming team.

During the 2007 season, the Cedar Crest Falcons tennis team placed 4th in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC), now known as the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC). The team also broke two school records, one for the most wins in a season (12) and one for the most PAC wins (7). The team's record was 12-3. Coach Lynn Pigliacampi is two games away from becoming Cedar Crest's winningest tennis coach. Pigliacampi played both at local Easton Area High School (class of 1999), where she was undefeated, and at Division I Drexel University. Her father, Jules Pigliacampi, is an assistant coach. The United States Tennis Association named her Coach of the Year in 2008.[17]

Cedar Crest's Falcons basketball team finished the 2008-09 season at 13-11 overall and 8-8 in the Colonial States Athletic Conference. The team posted more conference victories than in the previous nine seasons combined, earning a CSAC playoff berth for the first time in a decade. Head coach Valerie Donohue (Cedar Crest, '95) led the Falcons in tying the school record of 13 season wins set in 1998-99, the last time the team made the playoffs. The 6th-seeded Falcons beat Centenary College's women in the 2009 tournament's opening round.[18] Donohue was subsequently named Colonial States Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year.

In the Fall of 2013 Cedar Crest's Swim Team will also begin their first ever NCAA competition. Greg Vossler was named Head Coach in December 2012, and Laura Hennessey will handle duties as assistant.

Traditions [edit]

  • Under the college's "Big Sis, Little Sis" program, each freshwoman is assigned a "Big Sister," who serves as her mentor.
  • A strawberry festival is held in the fall for all incoming students. The entire campus enjoys strawberries and whipped cream, chocolate covered strawberries, strawberry lemonade, and related refreshments. The event is held on the front lawn of the President's home.
  • Incoming students introduce themselves on the steps of Blaney Hall, where they are welcomed by the entire Cedar Crest community.
  • Each year, juniors receive their class rings at a special ceremony. The design of the rings has not changed in decades. As a result, many students have rings identical to those of their mothers, aunts, and grandmothers.
  • Free Road Trips are offered to students to the neighboring cities of Philadelphia and New York City, as well as to college sporting events.

Notable alumnae [edit]

  • Judy McGrath, CEO, MTV Networks '74[19]
  • Andrea Joel— CBS Four-Time Emmy Award-winning Set Designer '72 [19]
  • Dr. Blenda Wilson- President, California State University-Northridge '62 [19]
  • Julie Reynolds Willey -Director,Delaware State Police Crime Lab '88 [19]
  • Dr. Robi Ludwig, Psychotherapist and TV Host of TLC's 'One Week to Save Your Marriage'.[20]
  • Judge Marjorie Osterlund Rendell, 43rd First Lady of Pennsylvania, Honorary Degree '08[20]
  • Abigail Disney, Producer of "Pray the Devil Back to Hell",executive producer of the groundbreaking PBS miniseries Women, War & Peace, Honorary Degree '13 [21]

Notable faculty [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2009. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009" (PDF). 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Retrieved February 5, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "Cedar Crest College website". Retrieved 2008-05-27. 
  3. ^ a b "College Profile: Cedar Crest College" (PDF). collegedata.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-27. 
  4. ^ "United Church of Christ website". Retrieved 2008-10-13. 
  5. ^ "'Berg at a Glance". Muhlenberg College. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-05-28. 
  6. ^ "Cedar Crest College Named 'Best Value'". News Release. August 18, 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-05-28. 
  7. ^ "Graduate Catalog Issue for 2008-2009" (PDF). Allentown, Pennsylvania: Cedar Crest College. 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 
  8. ^ "Cedar Crest College: An Adult Student's Guide" (PDF). Cedar Crest College Center for Lifelong Learning. 2007-08. Retrieved 2008-05-27. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Virtual Campus Tour". Allentown, Pennsylvania: Cedar Crest College. Archived from the original on 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2008-05-27. 
  10. ^ "Cedar Crest Will Honor Late Publisher * College Will Name Complex After Donald P. Miller Family.". Retrieved 2013-03-25. 
  11. ^ a b c "Campus Facilities". 2007-2008 Catalog. Cedar Crest College. Retrieved 2008-05-27. [dead link]
  12. ^ "Cedar Crest College Celebrates Official Opening of New Facility". News Release. Cedar Crest College. October 8, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2007-05-27. 
  13. ^ "Housing lottery nears: Residence halls revealed" (PDF). The Crestiad. March 29, 2007. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 2008-05-27. 
  14. ^ "William F. Curtis Arboretum: Mission/History". Cedar Crest College. Archived from the original on 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2008-05-27. 
  15. ^ "Da Vinci Science Center website". Retrieved 2008-05-27. 
  16. ^ "Clubs and Organizations on Campus". Retrieved 2013-03-24. 
  17. ^ Messner, Sara (November 20, 2008). "Pigliacampi named College Coach of the Year". The Crestiad 90 (10) (Allentown, Pennsylvania: Cedar Crest College). p. 1. Retrieved 2009-05-02. "Along with the USTA Coach of the Year Award, L. Pigliacampi is also Cedar Crest’s winningest tennis coach with a record of 37-26 overall which tops Cedar Crest’s previous tennis coach, Mikki Smith (1996-1999) who had a record of 29-28. (Records date back to 1993.)" 
  18. ^ "Colonial States Athletic Conference - Women's Basketball CSAC, NCAA & ECAC Championship Information". Colonial States Athletic Conference. March 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 
  19. ^ a b c d "Cedar Crest College Profile". Retrieved 25 March 2013. 
  20. ^ a b "CEDAR CREST COLLEGE ANNOUNCES HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS Pennsylvania's First Lady and Nationally Known Psychotherapist to Receive Degrees at Cedar Crest Commencement on May 16". Retrieved 25 March 2013. 
  21. ^ "2013 William D. Reimert Lecture". Retrieved 25 March 2013. 

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