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===Campus newspaper===
===Campus newspaper===
''The Herald'' is Cornerstone's award-winning [[campus newspaper]]. It is a weekly [[broadsheet]] published during the school year. It has a weekly circulation of 2,000, which includes faculty, staff, students and numerous local businesses along Beltline and Leonard Avenues. Founded 10 October 1966, ''The Herald'' celebrated its 40 year anniversary as it began its online presence. An integral part of the school's journalism program, ''The Herald'' was named the Best College Newspaper in its division for 2008 in the Michigan Collegiate Press Association Newspaper Contest. It received a 1st place General Excellence award from the Michigan Press Collegiate Association, along with 13 additional awards in the state wide contest.
''The Herald'' is Cornerstone's award-winning [[campus newspaper]]. It is a weekly [[broadsheet]] published during the school year. It has a weekly circulation of 2,000, which includes faculty, staff, students and numerous local businesses along Beltline and Leonard Avenues, most of the copies are thrown away or littered across the campus. Nobdy really respects anything the Herald has to say. They waste paper and post untrue articles all the time. Founded 10 October 1966, ''The Herald'' celebrated its 40 year anniversary as it began its online presence. An integral part of the school's journalism program, ''The Herald'' was named the Best College Newspaper in its division for 2008 in the Michigan Collegiate Press Association Newspaper Contest. It received a 1st place General Excellence award from the Michigan Press Collegiate Association, along with 13 additional awards in the state wide contest.


===Cornerstone Journalism Institute===
===Cornerstone Journalism Institute===

Revision as of 13:55, 2 February 2011

Cornerstone University
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TypePrivate Christian College
Established1941
Endowment$4.6 million[1]
PresidentJoseph M. Stowell, III
Academic staff
118
Students2,600[2]
Location
Grand Rapids, Michigan
,
USA
Campus119 acres (0.48 km²), suburban
ColorsRoyal Blue and Gold
   
AffiliationsCouncil for Christian Colleges and Universities
MascotGolden Eagles
Websitewww.cornerstone.edu

Cornerstone University is an independent, non-denominational Christian liberal arts and professional studies institution teaching the trinitarian belief in the triune God and the literal interpretation of the Bible. It is located in 109 acres (0.44 km2) of grounds in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The university states that its mission is "to empower men and women to excel as leaders in our world for Christ by offering a student-focused learning community where Jesus Christ is central."

Cornerstone University has a traditional age undergraduate, adult, and graduate program, two seminaries (Grand Rapids Theological Seminary and Asia Baptist Theological Seminary based in Chiang Mai, Thailand) and a radio division called Cornerstone University Radio (WCSG, WAYG, WAYK, HisKids.net, Mission Network News). It offers programs in the humanities, sciences, business, religion, education, and fine arts, and includes a seminary. The school colors are navy and "old gold." The mascot is The Golden Eagles.

In the 1990s and early 2000s Cornerstone University expanded and transformed, changing its name, becoming a university, increasing enrollment, adding facilities and improving the campus, introducing an adult program including the MBA and a leadership development experience, adding an Honors Program and "Civitas" Core Curriculum, changing its mascot, colors, and logo, and winning a men's national basketball championship. From 2008 new staff are offered a contract of up to five years rather than tenure, although faculty members with tenure will maintain it.

Students are required to abide by a "Lifestyle Statement" intended to reflect trinitarianism and the literal interpretation of the Bible. The university offers 60 academic programs in the arts, sciences, humanities, Bible, teacher education, computers and business and journalism.

Cornerstone University is nationally accredited by both the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada[3] and the National Association of Schools of Music.[4] In sports, it is a member of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Cornerstone's social work program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

As of 2006 Cornerstone had an enrollment of 1,400 undergraduate students, and 2,750 total students including professional and graduate studies and both seminaries. The 2008–2009 cost for an incoming student, taking 12–17 credit hours per semester and living on campus at Cornerstone University is $26,030 — $19,190 for tuition and fees (includes laptop computer); $6,500 for room and board; and $340 for technical fees.

History

Cornerstone was founded in 1941 as the Baptist Bible Institute. It was accredited in 1972 as a degree-granting college. It merged with the Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music in 1993.

Timeline

January 1941–1944: Baptist Bible Institute of Grand Rapids, Michigan

1944–1948: Baptist Bible Institute and School of Theology of Grand Rapids, Michigan

1948–1963: Grand Rapids Baptist Theological Seminary and Bible Institute

  • first seminary graduating class of two students, Spring 1949, one of whom was Victor M. Matthews, who immediately began teaching at the school

1963–1972: Grand Rapids Baptist Bible College and Seminary

  • In Fall 1964, first students arrive at new campus at Leonard & East Beltline NE

1972–1994: Grand Rapids Baptist College and Seminary

  • January 1977, the new Leon J. Wood Seminary Building opened (dedicated the following month)

1994: merged with Grand Rapids School of the Bible & Music and renamed as Cornerstone College

1994–1999: Cornerstone College and Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary (28 March 1994); legally renamed as Cornerstone Baptist Educational Ministries (CBEM)

1999: Renamed Cornerstone University (8 April 1999)

2003: Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary became Grand Rapids Theological Seminary


Presidents

Campus

The Welch Tower

On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006 the W. Wilbert and Meryl Welch Tower was dedicated during Cornerstone's 2006 Homecoming. The clock tower has a four faced clock near its top. The tower stands 110 feet (34 m) tall, and also has a WOOD-TV traffic camera on the southeast side of the tower. The clock tower is located between the Gainey Conference Center and Bolthouse Hall on campus. It is visible from the East Beltline, Interstate 96 and Leonard Street.

Journalism at Cornerstone

Journalism Department

Beginning in autumn 2009, Cornerstone's Journalism Department offers a three year BS Degree in Journalism. There are three emphases: News-Editorial, Public Relations and Visual Communication. Students may also minor in journalism, public relations and photojournalism.

Campus newspaper

The Herald is Cornerstone's award-winning campus newspaper. It is a weekly broadsheet published during the school year. It has a weekly circulation of 2,000, which includes faculty, staff, students and numerous local businesses along Beltline and Leonard Avenues, most of the copies are thrown away or littered across the campus. Nobdy really respects anything the Herald has to say. They waste paper and post untrue articles all the time. Founded 10 October 1966, The Herald celebrated its 40 year anniversary as it began its online presence. An integral part of the school's journalism program, The Herald was named the Best College Newspaper in its division for 2008 in the Michigan Collegiate Press Association Newspaper Contest. It received a 1st place General Excellence award from the Michigan Press Collegiate Association, along with 13 additional awards in the state wide contest.

Cornerstone Journalism Institute

Founded in 2003, the Cornerstone Journalism Institute is an annual summer camp for high school students is held the last week of July at Cornerstone University. High school students live on campus for a week while receiving instruction from university professors as well as from guest instructors who are full-time newspaper reporters and editors from newspapers such as The Grand Rapids Press and the Indianapolis Star. The Cornerstone Journalism Institute is run by CJI Executive Director Alan D. Blanchard, associate professor of journalism.

Athletics

A view of the Bernice Hansen Center

The Cornerstone University Golden Eagles compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and are members of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference. CU competes in volleyball, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's cross country, women's cross country, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's track and field, women's track and field and softball.

National Championships:

  • 1999 - Men's Basketball - NAIA Division II

National Runners-up:

  • 2002 - Women's Basketball - NAIA Division II

References

  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 2, 2010.
  2. ^ About Cornerstone University - Cornerstone University
  3. ^ ATS website
  4. ^ NASM website

External links

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