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Southern Adventist University as a whole is accredited by the [[Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] |
Southern Adventist University as a whole is accredited by the [[Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] and the [[Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities]].<ref>[https://www.southern.edu/about/Pages/accreditation.aspx [https://www.southern.edu/about/Pages/accreditation.aspx]]</ref><ref>[http://education.gc.adventist.org [http://education.gc.adventist.org/approval.html]]</ref> Individual schools and programs are also accredited by various degree-specific professional organizations and accrediting agencies.<ref>[https://www.southern.edu/about/Pages/accreditation.aspx [https://www.southern.edu/about/Pages/accreditation.aspx]]</ref> |
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==Criticism== |
==Criticism== |
Revision as of 06:31, 19 April 2011
Southern Adventist University | |
Motto | Power for Mind and Soul |
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Type | Private |
Established | 1892 |
Endowment | $19.4 million[1] |
Students | 3,053 |
Location | , , |
Campus | Suburban |
Website | www.southern.edu |
Southern Adventist University is a baccalaureate college located in Collegedale, Tennessee. It is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The university operates a radio station, WSMC-FM, which plays mainly classical music. The station also provides live broadcasts of services from the Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church. The school also operates a health food store and a wellness center. It is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a Southern Regional College.[2]
History
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Southern's roots stem from the establishment of Graysville Academy in Graysville, Tennessee, in 1892. The school moved to the community of Thatcher's Switch in 1916, renaming it "Collegedale". In 1942, Kenneth A. Wright became president of the school. During Wright's administration, "Southern Junior College" became accredited as a four-year institution. A new name, "Southern Missionary College", was adopted in 1944. Two men and four women received Southern's first baccalaureate degrees two years later. Renamed "Southern College of Seventh-day Adventists" in 1982, the school became a university in 1996. On September 9, 1996, trustees voted on a new name: "Southern Adventist University".
In mid-1997, Gordon Bietz became president of Southern Adventist University. Academic expansion has continued, with 7 Master's degrees now offered in business, education, psychology, nursing, and religion. Fifty baccalaureate degrees are offered, 20 associate degrees, 38 minors, and two one-year certificate programs. Over the past 13 years, Southern has grown by over 1,000 students, supassing all previous enrollment records. Southern is the largest undergraduate institution in the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
In 2007, SAU released Secret of the Cave, a feature film which was awarded the Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival in Indiana.
A fire broke out on the morning of April 26, 2005 in Thatcher Hall, a Women's residence hall at Southern, during which a student died and two others were injured. The cause has not been determined.[3]
Names
Southern has had many names since its founding.
- 1892: Graysville Academy
- 1897: Southern Industrial School
- 1901: Southern Training School
- 1916: Southern Junior College
- (Alumni from this period are known as So-Ju-Conians.)
- 1944: Southern Missionary College (SMC)
- (Alumni from this period are known as SMC-ites).
- 1982: Southern College of Seventh-day Adventists
- 1996: Southern Adventist University
Accreditation
Southern Adventist University as a whole is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities.[4][5] Individual schools and programs are also accredited by various degree-specific professional organizations and accrediting agencies.[6]
Criticism
Cottrell comments
The late Adventist scholar Raymond Cottrell commented as follows:
- "Southern [Adventist University] operates as an agency of Southern Bible belt obscurantism. Furthermore it was (and still is) to an appreciable extent, dependent on the largesse of committed ultra-fundamentalists, who insist that the college operate on ultra-fundamentalist principles."[7]
See Also
References
- ^ 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 9, 2010.
- ^ Southern Adventist University page on U.S. News and World Report website
- ^ The Chattanoogan newspaper article: Fire Ruled Accidental In Which Southern Adventist Student Died
- ^ [https://www.southern.edu/about/Pages/accreditation.aspx]
- ^ [http://education.gc.adventist.org/approval.html]
- ^ [https://www.southern.edu/about/Pages/accreditation.aspx]
- ^ The "Sanctuary Doctrine" – Asset or Liability? by Raymond Cottrell (dead linke, archived copy here
External Links
- Official website
- SAUwiki is a wiki for Southern run by students - dead link
- WSMC-FM is the radio station owned and operated by Southern Adventist University
- Universities and colleges in Tennessee
- Universities and colleges affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Educational institutions established in 1892
- Council of Independent Colleges
- National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities members
- Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools