Lincoln Memorial University
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| Motto: | We Wear His Name Proudly |
| Established: | 1897 |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | Dr. Nancy B. Moody |
| Staff: | 152 |
| Undergraduates: | 2,097 |
| Postgraduates: | 1,282 |
| Location: | Harrogate, Tennessee, USA |
| Campus: | Rural, 1,000 acres (4 km²) |
| Colors: | Blue & Gray |
| Mascot: | Railsplitters |
| Website: | www.lmunet.edu |
| Logo is a trademark of Lincoln Memorial University | |
Lincoln Memorial University is a private four-year co-educational liberal arts college located in Harrogate, Tennessee.
LMU's 1,000-acre (4.0 km²) campus borders on Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.
LMU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
Its Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum[1] houses a large collection of memorabilia relating to the school's namesake, Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, initially formed from donations by the school's early benefactor, General Oliver O. Howard, and his friends.[2] The collection of Lincoln items is said to be the world's third largest.
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[edit] History
According to LMU tradition, Abraham Lincoln told General O.O. Howard, a Union Army officer, that he hoped the general would create a great university for the people of this particular region.
In the late 1800s, Colonel A. A. Arthur, an organizing agent of an English company, purchased the area where Lincoln Memorial University is now located. His company built a hotel of 700 rooms called "The Four Seasons," as well as a hospital, an inn, a sanitarium, and other smaller buildings. Roads were laid and the grounds planted with a wide variety of shrubs and trees. In 1895 the company was forced to abandon its project when a financial panic swept England.
Reverend A. A. Myers, a Congregational minister, had come to the Cumberland Gap in 1888. He succeeded in opening the Harrow School, established for the purpose of providing elementary education to mountain youngsters. On a visit to the area to give a series of lectures at the Harrow School, General Howard remembered his commitment to Lincoln and joined with Reverend Myers, M. F. Overton, C. F. Eager, A. B. Kesterson, and M. Arthur to establish Lincoln Memorial University. That group, along with Robert F. Patterson, a Confederate veteran, became a board of directors and purchased The Four Seasons property. In commemoration of Lincoln's birthday, the institution was chartered by the State of Tennessee on February 12, 1897, as Lincoln Memorial University.
The School is growing at a rapid rate of knots due to the school expanding in Graduate studies programs due to the new medical school. LMU also offers masters degrees in Nursing, Education and Business Administration. This coming year, 2008, sees the opening of a new Law school off campus in downtown Knoxville's old city hall. Not only is LMU growing in the academic sense but also in campus life and athletics. The school is currently building multiple new dormitorys and athletic facilites for the students including a brand new all weather soccer stadium and indoor multipurpose gymnasium for tennis, volleyball and recreational sports.
[edit] Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
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The plans for Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) began in 2004 when Chairman of the LMU Board of Trustees Autry O.V. "Pete" DeBusk met Ray Stowers, D.O., F.A.C.O.F.P. Both were members of the MedPAC Commission, a Medicare advisory board in Washington, D.C. DeBusk, an LMU alumnus, shared his dream of a college of medicine at LMU with Stowers, a rural family physician. After conducting a year-long feasibility study, LMU announced it was pursuing a college of osteopathic medicine and named Dr. Stowers as vice president and dean. The college was named in honor of its initiator, and the DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine was born. The four-story, 105,000-square-foot (9,800 m²) building was opened to its inaugural class of osteopathic medical students on August 1, 2007.
The academic program is intended to meet the following goals:
- To accord primacy to the role of the musculoskeletal system in the total body economy.
- To recognize and emphasize the inherent capacity within the total person to overcome disease and maintain health; and to educate physicians to cooperate with this therapeutic capacity in their methods of treatment.
- To provide sufficient academic training to make students aware of health needs that must be referred to a consultant.
The curriculum will be divided into two phases:
- Pre-clinical Sciences (Years 1 and 2)
- Clinical experiences (Years 3 and 4)
A primary care physician must be skilled in problem solving and demonstrate expertise in diagnosis. In order to achieve this goal, the DCOM curricula will emphasize the integration of the basic and clinical sciences in medical practice.
[edit] Athletics
Sports teams, called the "Railsplitters", compete in NCAA Division II in the South Atlantic Conference. Formerly LMU was a member of the Gulf South Conference.
The most successful athletic program in recent times at the school is the soccer program of which there is a Men's and a Women's program. The head coach Helio D'Anna who coaches both teams is a native of Brazil and the program is known for its unique possession playing style and recruits not just from the USA but players from all over the world most notably from Brazil, as well as the United Kingdom, Africa and other parts of Europe. The Women's program has seen success by winning two conference championships and reaching the NCAA tournament 3 times in the last four years. They won the South region title and reached the 'elite eight' back in 2004 season beating several top ranked programs in the process. The Men's program has also been extremely successful winning two conference championships and reaching the 'final four' (2006) eventually being stopped by Fort Lewis College the then 2005 National Champions and more significantly the national championship game against Franklin Pierce College in 2007. Unfortunately they fell 1-0 in the last minute of the game and were runners-up finishing No2 in NCAA DII that season. The soccer program also has noted awards for academic achievement in recent years having both the cumulative GPA of the men and women's program above a 3.0.
Other sports include basketball, baseball, golf, volleyball, cross country, softball, tennis and a cheerleading program.
The golf program plays at Woodlake Golf Club about 12 miles (19 km) south east of the University near Clinch Mountain. It is a scenic course that provides a full 18 holes, driving range and putting facility for the men and women's program.
On March 19, 2008 Josh Schertz was hired as the men's basketball coach. Schertz had previously worked at High Point University
LMU is unique among SAC members in that it does not have a football program, though it did have one in the past.
[edit] Alumni
More than 700 LMU alumni have entered medical or legal practice in Appalachian communities. Another 3,000 have become professional educators, serving in positions ranging from elementary school teaching to university presidencies. Twenty-five graduates have published widely recognized books, dramas, and musical compositions.[citation needed]
Notable individual alumni include:
- Pete DeBusk, founder and chairman of DeRoyal, an international supplier of medical goods and services[3]
- Zelma Mullins Pattillo, one of the first Southern Baptist women to be ordained as a minister
- Scot Shields, Major League Baseball pitcher[4]
- James Still, Appalachian poet, novelist and folklorist[5]
- Jesse Stuart, writer of short stories, poetry, and novels[6]
- Don West, writer, civil-rights activist, and a co-founder of the Highlander Folk School[7]
- Nelson Pizzaro, 2007 All American, Professional soccer player with Kansas City Wizards in Major League Soccer[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum website
- ^ TN Encyclopedia: Lincoln Memorial University. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
- ^ Amy Nolan, LMU is DeRoyal founder Pete DeBusk's vehicle for elevating Appalachia, Knoxville News Sentinel, March 17, 2008
- ^ LMU Players in the Pros. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
- ^ Lincoln Memorial University: Alumni. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
- ^ Lincoln Memorial University: Alumni. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
- ^ Lincoln Memorial University: English. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
- ^ Pizarro Signs With Kansas City Wizards (2008-04-30).
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