Saturday, January 1, 2011

Morehouse College

By Steven Jorgensenn


Morehouse College is the only private, historically black liberal arts college for men inside the US. Founded in 1867, the college is located just moments from downtown on a 66 acre campus inside the historic West End area of Atlanta. Morehouse College is part of the Atlanta University Center, which is the largest consortium of black universites and colleges in the world. Other institutions inside the group are Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, the Interdenominational Theological Center, plus the Morehouse School of Medicine. Students from these schools regularly participate in joint classes and social events. Morehouse has an registration of approximately 2,800 students.

Washington Monthly's 2010 College Guide named Morehouse as the very best liberal arts institution in the country. The Fiske Guide named Morehouse as one of their "45 Best Buy Schools". Morehouse grants Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in twenty six majors. The instructional programs that the college provides are divided into three divisions: business and economics, the humanities and social sciences, and science and mathematics.

The Morehouse campus is the home of the MLK Jr. International Chapel, the world's most prominent religious memorial to Dr. King. King was a 1948 Morehouse graduate. The Robert W. Woodruff Library houses the Martin Luther King Jr. Collection. This 10,000 item selection represents a lot of King's work from 1944 to 1968. Items in the collection include well-known speeches, sermon drafts, and 1,000 of King's personal books.

Morehouse has an exceptional department of music. The marching band, recognized as the "House of Funk", has performed at many different national venues such as the Super Bowl. The Morehouse Glee Club performed at the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games. In September 2010 the college opened the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center and Music Academy Building. This state of the art center is the college's new center for music teaching and performance.

Athletics are an crucial component of campus life at Morehouse. The college has teams in basketball, football, baseball, tennis, golf, cross country, and track and field. Morehouse plays in NCAA Division II and is a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Maroon Tigers football team is currently 6-2 for the season, and is ranked in the top 25 of the American Football Coach's Association (AFCA) National Poll for the 1st time. Morehouse College has a proud tradition of producing outstanding leaders. It is committed to developing leaders who will make a positive change in their communities and the world.




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