Lane College is a four-year, historically black college associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, located in Jackson, Tennessee, just northeast of the downtown area. It is primarily a liberal arts institution.
[edit] History
Lane College was founded in 1882 by the Colored Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church in America as the “C.M.E. High School.” Planning for the school had begun in 1878, but the school's establishment was delayed by a yellow fever epidemic in the region in 1878. Its primary purpose was the education of newly freed slaves, and the original curriculum focused on the preparation of "teachers and preachers."[2][3]
[edit] Academics
Lane College has from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's degrees.[4] Its academic divisions and programs are:
[edit] Business and Social & Behavioral Science
- Majors
- Business
- Criminal Justice
- History
- Sociology
- Minors
- Accounting
- Business
- Criminal Justice
- Finance
- Government
- History
- Marketing
- Sociology
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[edit] Liberal Studies and Education
- Majors
- English
- French
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Mass Communication
- Music
- Physical Education
- Religion
- Minors
- Art-English
- French
- Mass Communications
- Music
- Physical Education
- Religion
- Spanish
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[edit] Natural and Physical Sciences
- Majors
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Engineering[A]
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Minors
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Mathematics
- Physics
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- A.^ Dual degree program with Tennessee State University.
[edit] Athletics
The Lane College Department of Athletics sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, football, cross country, and tennis along with women's intercollegiate softball, basketball, cross country, volleyball and tennis.
The athletic teams nicknamed the "Dragons" are sponsored and compete in Division II of the NCAA. The athletic teams compete as a part of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
| NAME |
CLASS YEAR |
NOTABILITY |
| Timothy T. Jackson |
1990 |
Quarterback of the Season |
| Steve Collins |
1990 |
Exemplary Linebacker |
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[edit] Namesake
SS Lane Victory, a World War II Victory Ship, and one of the few such ships surviving, was named for Lane College. It is now docked in San Pedro, California (which is part of the commercial harbor area of Los Angeles to the south of downtown). It is now open as a museum.
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ About Lane, Lane College website, accessed March 13, 2010
- ^ History, Lane College>College Profile, Lane College website, accessed March 13, 2010
- ^ College Profile, Lane College website, accessed March 13, 2010
- ^ "Donald Hollowell Foundation". donaldhollowell.com. http://www.donaldlhollowell.com. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
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