Houghton College
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Houghton College is a Christian liberal arts
college affiliated with the Wesleyan Church
. The college is a member of both the Christian College Consortium
and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
. The main campus is in Houghton
, in the Genesee Valley
of southwestern New York State.
al high school
founded by Willard J. Houghton, a Wesleyan Methodist minister. In 1899, the first few college classes were offered. James Luckey was appointed president in 1908, and Houghton College received its provisional charter from New York in 1923. A permanent charter was granted in 1927, and accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
came in 1935. Stephen Paine was appointed president in 1937. When the former Buffalo Bible Institute merged with Houghton College in 1969, the West Seneca campus was created. Wilber Dayton was appointed president in 1972, and Daniel R. Chamberlain
was appointed president in 1976. The college initiated its first master’s degree program in 2004, and Shirley Mullen was appointed president in 2006 and currently holds that position.
is in the hamlet
of Houghton, in Allegany County, New York
, about 65 miles (104.6 km) southeast of Buffalo, New York
and 70 miles (112.7 km) southwest of Rochester, New York
. The 1300 acres (5.3 km²)-acre
campus sits on the Allegheny Plateau
at roughly 1300 feet (396.2 m), on the site of the former Caneadea Indian Reservation. The West Seneca Campus is the primary setting for Houghton’s adult degree completion program in management, called P.A.C.E.
in music and master of music
, through the Greatbatch School of Music. Over 90 percent of all applicants are accepted for admission each year.
, field hockey
, volleyball
, track
, and cross country
. Men participate in soccer, basketball
, track
, lacrosse
, and cross country
. Houghton is a member of the NAIA
American Mideast Conference
. Varsity Men's baseball and women's softball are slated to begin for the 2011-2012 year. Houghton also has junior varsity teams in men's and women's soccer and basketball. Club and intramural sports for men are soccer, volleyball, football, basketball, and indoor soccer. Club and intramural sports for women, soccer, volleyball, basketball, and indoor soccer. Coed club and intramural sports are handball, water polo, volleyball, and softball. Coed frisbee is also a popular sport, but is not directly supported by the college since the team plays games on Sundays.
Houghton is currently affiliated with the NAIA
but is applying for membership in NCAA Division III; as part of that transition, they will join the D-III Empire 8
athletic conference starting in 2012.
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
college affiliated with the Wesleyan Church
Wesleyan Church
"Wesleyan" has been used in the title of a number of historic and current denominations, although the subject of this article is the only denomination to use that specific title...
. The college is a member of both the Christian College Consortium
Christian College Consortium
The Christian College Consortium is an affiliation of Christian colleges and universities.-Member schools:Founded in 1971, the Consortium currently includes 13 member institutions located throughout the United States:*Asbury University*Bethel University...
and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities is an organization designed to help primarily Protestant and evangelical Christian institutions of higher education cooperate and communicate with one another...
. The main campus is in Houghton
Houghton, New York
Houghton is a hamlet located in the Town of Caneadea in Allegany County, New York. The population was 1,748 at the 2000 census.Houghton College is a private, coeducational college next to the hamlet.-Geography:...
, in the Genesee Valley
Genesee River
The Genesee River is a North American river flowing northward through the Twin Tiers of Pennsylvania and New York. The river provided the original power for the Rochester area's 19th century mills and still provides hydroelectric power for downtown Rochester....
of southwestern New York State.
History
Houghton College began in 1883 as Houghton Seminary, a coeducationCoeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
al high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
founded by Willard J. Houghton, a Wesleyan Methodist minister. In 1899, the first few college classes were offered. James Luckey was appointed president in 1908, and Houghton College received its provisional charter from New York in 1923. A permanent charter was granted in 1927, and accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
came in 1935. Stephen Paine was appointed president in 1937. When the former Buffalo Bible Institute merged with Houghton College in 1969, the West Seneca campus was created. Wilber Dayton was appointed president in 1972, and Daniel R. Chamberlain
Daniel R. Chamberlain
Daniel R. Chamberlain is a former president of Houghton College. He served for 30 years a president of the college. He is married to the former Joyce Books, and has 7 children: Rodney, Mark, Anthony, Priscilla, Aletha, Cynthia, and Marianne. On February 14, 2005, Dr. Chamberlain announced his...
was appointed president in 1976. The college initiated its first master’s degree program in 2004, and Shirley Mullen was appointed president in 2006 and currently holds that position.
Campus
Houghton College’s main campusCampus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
is in the hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
of Houghton, in Allegany County, New York
Allegany County, New York
Allegany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 48,946. Its name derives from a Delaware Indian word, applied by settlers of Western New York State to a trail that followed the Allegheny River. Its county seat is...
, about 65 miles (104.6 km) southeast of Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
and 70 miles (112.7 km) southwest of Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
. The 1300 acres (5.3 km²)-acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
campus sits on the Allegheny Plateau
Allegheny Plateau
The Allegheny Plateau is a large dissected plateau area in western and central New York, northern and western Pennsylvania, northern and western West Virginia, and eastern Ohio...
at roughly 1300 feet (396.2 m), on the site of the former Caneadea Indian Reservation. The West Seneca Campus is the primary setting for Houghton’s adult degree completion program in management, called P.A.C.E.
Academics
Houghton College grants 2-year and 4-year degrees in 46 majors. The college also offers two graduate degrees, the master of artsMaster of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in music and master of music
Master of Music
The Master of Music is the first graduate degree in Music awarded by universities and music conservatories. The M.Mus. combines advanced studies in an applied area of specialization with graduate-level academic study in subjects such as music history, music theory, or music pedagogy...
, through the Greatbatch School of Music. Over 90 percent of all applicants are accepted for admission each year.
First Year Honors
A distinctive First Year Honors Program is for qualified first-year students. There are three options: Contemporary Contexts, East Meets West, and Science Honors. Contemporary Contexts is the replacement program for the London Honors program which began in 1996. Both Contemporary Contexts and East Meets West involve taking integrated classes during normal semester then traveling abroad during 'Mayterm', exploring the roots of Western culture. Science Honors takes place both first-year semesters at Houghton involving research in recent real-world issues, such as fuel-efficiency.Student life
There are two dormitories for female students: Gillette Hall (formerly East Hall) and Lambein Hall. Men live in Rothenbuhler Hall (formerly South Hall) and Shenawana Hall. Male and female juniors and seniors can live in two of four townhouses or the coed flats apartments. Students can also apply to live in approved off-campus housing, called Community Living Opportunities (CLOs). Seniors with over 120 credits automatically qualify for CLO housing. Many organizations and clubs are available for students to join or found their own.Athletics
The Houghton Highlanders field 10 varsity teams. Women participate in soccer, basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, and cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
. Men participate in soccer, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, and cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
. Houghton is a member of the NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
American Mideast Conference
American Mideast Conference
The American Mideast Conference is an affiliate of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics that includes eight member institutions in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts. Founded in 1949, it was known as the Mid-Ohio League, and named the Mid-Ohio Conference from 1962...
. Varsity Men's baseball and women's softball are slated to begin for the 2011-2012 year. Houghton also has junior varsity teams in men's and women's soccer and basketball. Club and intramural sports for men are soccer, volleyball, football, basketball, and indoor soccer. Club and intramural sports for women, soccer, volleyball, basketball, and indoor soccer. Coed club and intramural sports are handball, water polo, volleyball, and softball. Coed frisbee is also a popular sport, but is not directly supported by the college since the team plays games on Sundays.
Houghton is currently affiliated with the NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
but is applying for membership in NCAA Division III; as part of that transition, they will join the D-III Empire 8
Empire 8
The Empire 8 is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III.-Members:Full member institutions include:-Football affiliation:*Springfield College...
athletic conference starting in 2012.
Notable alumni
- Robert BeckfordRobert BeckfordRobert Beckford is a British academic theologian and a reader in black theology and popular culture at Oxford Brookes University, whose documentaries for both the BBC and Channel 4 have caused controversy and debate among the Christian and British religious community.-Biography:Beckford was born...
, a British academic theologian and a reader in black theology and popular culture at Oxford Brookes University - Bruce WaltkeBruce WaltkeBruce K. Waltke is a Reformed evangelical professor of Old Testament and Hebrew. He has held professorships in the Old Testament at Dallas Theological Seminary, Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Reformed Theological...
, professor at Reformed Theological SeminaryReformed Theological SeminaryReformed Theological Seminary is a non-denominational, evangelical Protestant seminary. RTS's first campus remains in Jackson, Mississippi, United States though the school has expanded to include several additional campuses.-Founding:... - Ronald EnrothRonald EnrothRonald M. Enroth is Professor of Sociology at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, and a prominent evangelical Christian author of books concerning what he defines as "cults" and "new religious movements"....
, evangelical Christian author - Richard J. MouwRichard MouwRichard J. Mouw is currently President at Fuller Theological Seminary. He also holds the post of Professor of Christian Philosophy.- Education and career :...
, currently the president of Fuller Theological SeminaryFuller Theological SeminaryFuller Theological Seminary is an accredited Christian educational institute with its main campus in Pasadena, California and several satellite campuses in the western United States... - Neil MacBrideNeil MacBrideNeil H. MacBride is the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed MacBride's nomination on Sept. 15, 2009, and he took office three days later...
, Vice President of Anti-Piracy and General Counsel of the Business Software AllianceBusiness Software AllianceThe Business Software Alliance is a trade group established in 1988 and representing a number of the world's largest software makers and is a member of the International Intellectual Property Alliance...
, formerly Chief Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee and Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. - Kenneth (K.J.) Hill, former professional soccer player
- A.W. Tozer (April 21, 1897 - May 12, 1963) was an American Christian pastor, preacher, author, magazine editor, Bible conference speaker, and spiritual mentor.
External links
- http://www.houghton.edu