Manchester University (formerly Manchester College) is a liberal arts university with a campus located in North Manchester, Indiana, and a second campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana, home to the University's College of Pharmacy and Master of Science in Pharmacogenomics programs. Total enrollment is approximately 1,600 students.
History
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Manchester University (formerly Manchester College) was founded in Roanoke, Indiana, as the Roanoke Classical Seminary in 1860 by the United Brethren Church. David N. Howe served as the last president of Roanoke Classical Seminary, which was moved to North Manchester to become North Manchester [Manchester] College. He served as Manchester College's first president from 1889â€"1894 and is known as the founder. The school was renamed Manchester College in 1889 when it moved to North Manchester. In 1932, Manchester merged with Mount Morris College of Mount Morris, Illinois, a Methodist seminary founded in 1839. Manchester is a college of the Church of the Brethren.
The Peace Studies Institute and Program for Conflict Resolutionâ€"the first undergraduate peace studies major in the U.S., was established at Manchester in 1948. The program was chaired by Kenneth Brown from 1980 until 2005.
The Manchester College Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
In 2012, Manchester changed its name from Manchester College to Manchester University to reflect the growing number of graduate programs offered. Manchester also expanded & opened its second campus featuring its state-of-the-art pharmacy school in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2012. Manchester is the first university to offer a Master’s degree program in pharmacogenomics.
Academics
Manchester University operates on a 4-1-4 (four month semester- January Session- four month semester) academic calendar in its College of Undergraduate Studies. Students working toward a bachelor's degree can choose from thirty-eight major fields of study and thirty-one minor fields. Students working toward an associate degree can choose from four major fields of study. Manchester also offers master's degrees in two fields of study and a doctorate degree in Pharmacy (Pharm.D).
Accreditation
Manchester University as a whole has been accredited by The Higher Learning Commission continuously since 1932 and was a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools prior to its dissolution in 2014.
Department of History and Political Science
The Department of History and Political Science is one of the oldest and most prestigious programs of study at Manchester, housing the Mock Trial and Model United Nations organizations. Well-known graduates include G. John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and co-faculty director of the Princeton Project on National Security; and Steven Shull, '65, university research professor at the University of New Orleans. Distinguished faculty have included Professor of Political Science Robert Johansen (Class of 1962; faculty 1967â€"74), founder of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and president of the World Policy Institute (1978â€"1982); and Professor of Medieval History Andrew Cordier (Class of 1922; faculty 1926â€"1944), one of the co-founders of the United Nations and president of Columbia University (1968â€"1970).
Manchester benefited from Cordier's faculty position as, through its relationship with him, Manchester also became the only college in the United States to hold NGO status with the United Nations, a distinction Manchester still holds. This has allowed the institution to attract a number of renowned public figures and policy makers to its campus, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., Barry Goldwater, Ralph Nader, and Jesse Jackson.
Campus
Student culture
All students classified as first-years, sophomores, or juniors must live on campus unless they live within 40 miles of Manchester University with their parents or are married. There are no fraternities or sororities at Manchester, and the University is a partial dry campus with alcohol being permitted at certain events.
Manchester University has five residence halls:
- East Hall is a traditional-style hall that houses up to 224 men and women and is designated to first-year students.
- Garver Hall is a traditional-style hall houses up to 275 men and women with a majority of the hall being restricted to first-year students.
- Helman Hall is a suite-style hall that houses up to 129 men and women classified as sophomores, juniors, or seniors.
- Oakwood Hall is a suite-style hall that houses up to 129 men and women classified as sophomores, juniors, or seniors.
- Schwalm Hall is a traditional-style hall that houses up to 200 men and women classified as sophomores, juniors, or seniors.
- East Street Apartments houses students classified as sophomores, juniors, or seniors, with priority given to seniors.
Students in their senior year are permitted to live off-campus, and often live in named, themed houses that may persist through several years of occupants.
Manchester also offers over sixty student clubs and organizations, including:
- A Cappella Choir
- African Student Association
- Alpha Psi Omega (drama)
- American Chemical Society
- Association for Asian Awareness
- Aurora (yearbook)
- Black Student Union
- Campus Interfaith Board
- Choral Society
- Circle K
- CoExist
- College of Business Club
- College Republicans
- Concert Band
- Controlled Catastrophe (comedy improv)
- Dance Team
- Facts4Life
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- Friends for Sexual Awareness
- Gender Café
- Habitat for Humanity
- Hispanos Unidos
- Indiana Reading Corps
- Intercollegiate Ministries
- Intramural Sports
- Jazz Ensemble
- Kenapocomoco Coalition
- Manchester Activities Council
- Manchester Admissions Recruiting Corps
- Manchester University International Association
- Manchester University Environmental Group
- Manchester Singers
- Manchester Students Against Sweatshops
- Manchester Symphony Orchestra
- Mentoring Support Group
- Manchester Economics Club
- Manchester University Athletic Training Club
- Manchester University Computer Science Club
- National Residence Hall Honorary
- Newman Catholic Fellowship
- Oak Leaves (campus newspaper)
- Office of Volunteer Services
- Political Science Club
- Pre-professionals of Science
- Psychological Society
- Residence Hall Association
- Security Cadets
- Simply Brethren
- Social Service Club
- Spartans Swim Club
- Spectrum (literary magazine)
- Speech Team
- Student Alumni Council
- Student Budget Board
- Student Conduct Review Board
- Student Government Association
- Student Education Association
- Students in Health and Physical Education (SHAPE)
- Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)
- Students Pondering About Math (SPAM)
- Sufficient Condition Club
- TWLOHA
- United Nations
- Ultimate Frisbee
- United Sexualities
- Women's and Men's Spirituality Groups
- Young Americans for Liberty
Service
In 2012â€"13, Manchester students contributed over 47,000 hours of community service, earning the University a spot on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the fifth-straight year. The University's chapter of Indiana Reading Corps is one of the largest in the state, logging more than 3,000 hours tutoring elementary school children. Habitat for Humanity also is a major recipient of campus service.
Washington Monthly magazine ranks Manchester 14th among the nation’s baccalaureate colleges for its “contribution to the public good.â€
Buildings
The university president's residence, named Tall Oaks, is located on the North end of campus and is passed on from president to president.
The principal nonresidential buildings on the campus of Manchester University are:
- Science Center
- Funderburg Library
- Academic Center
- Administration Building
- Clark Computer Center
- Otho Winger Memorial Hall
- Physical Education and Recreation Center (PERC)
- Calvin Ulrey Hall
- Charles S. Morris Observatory
- Jo Young Switzer Center (formerly Student Union)
- Cordier Auditorium
- Petersime Chapel
Note: The new Academic Center is a renovation of the former Holl-Kintner Hall, and contains classrooms, faculty offices and an admissions Welcome Center.
Athletics
Manchester University teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Spartans are a member of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC). Men's sports include swimming, diving, baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, track & field and wrestling; while women's sports include swimming, diving, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball. The Athletic Department produces a weekly sports broadcast called The Spartan Show which is produced by Preston T. Wright. The official athletics website is muspartans.com. The official Twitter account for Manchester University Athletics is @MUSpartans. The Athletic Department has a YouTube channel that is used to post highlight reels and the university's own Spartan Show (accessible here).
Distinctions
- No. 8 "Great School at a Great Price" (U.S. News & World Report America’s Best Colleges 2011)
- No. 18 "Best Regional Colleges in the Midwest" (U.S. News & World Report America’s Best Colleges 2012)
- No. 14 among baccalureate colleges for "contribution to the public good" (Washington Monthly magazine 2011)
- Ranked a "Best in the Midwest" college (Princeton Review 2011)
- "Great College to Work for" (The Chronicle of Higher Education 2010)
Notable faculty
- James R.C. Adams, professor emeritus of art, 2002 U.S. Professor of the Year for baccalaureate colleges
- Kenneth Brown (academic) professor of Philosophy and Peace Studies and recipient of the 2005 lifetime Achievement Award from the Peace and Justice Studies Association.*
- Jerry Sweeten, associate professor of biology and director of the environmental studies program, 2009 Indiana Professor of the Year
Notable alumni
- Herb Banet, NFL player
- Max Bechtold, inventor, designer of scratch-resistant plastics, and holder of more than 41 patents
- Wilbur Bone Brookover (1911â€"2003), Michigan State University professor, mayor of East Lansing, MI from 1971â€"75, and expert witness at the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case
- Donal Carbaugh, professor of communication, Samuel F. Conti Faculty Research Fellow at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst, formerly Bicentennial Chair and Distinguished Fulbright Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Andrew W. Cordier, U.N. official
- Mike DeBord, NFL coach
- Randy Dormans, animator at DreamWorks SKG
- Donald F. Durnbaugh, professor and author of church history, moderator of Church of the Brethren annual conference, editor of the Brethren Encyclopedia
- Martin Ellis (organist)
- Mike Emrick, announcer, honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame
- Malcolm Miesse, my dad and Mom's husband
- Paul Flory, Nobel Prize winner in polymer chemistry
- Jane E. Henney, first female commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Charles Franklin Hildebrand, American journalist
- Stan Hooley, executive director of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
- G. John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and co-faculty director of the Princeton Project on National Security
- Robert Johansen, senior fellow at Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and president of the World Policy Institute
- Carol Karp, mathematician
- J. Gordon Keever, former Assistant Treasurer at NCR Corporation
- Mike Kelly, former University of Dayton Head Football Coach, 2011 NCAA College Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Penelope Kelsey, Native American of the Seneca tribe and associate professor of English and Ethnic Studies at University of Colorado at Boulder
- Gene Likens, identified acid rain in North America
- Terry Pettit, volleyball coach
- Howard R. Petty, Professor at the University of Michigan Medical School, author, and holder of several patents
- Roy J. Plunkett, inventor of Teflon
- Hans Sebald, sociologist
- Marcia Sowles, trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice
- Ted Studebaker, pacifist and activist
- Dan West, founder of Heifer International
- Paul K. Weimer, electrical engineer
- Kyle Hupfer, Indiana Republican Party Chairman
References
External links
- Official website
- Official athletics website