Former names | Pine Grove Normal Academy (1876–1884) |
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Motto | Lux Mea (Latin) |
Motto in English | My Light[1] |
Type | Private Christian liberal arts college |
Established | 1876 |
Religious affiliation | Nondenominational; formerly informally affiliated with Presbyterian Church (USA) |
Endowment | $125.6 million[2] |
President | Paul McNulty |
Academic staff | 150[2] |
Undergraduates | 2,400[2] |
Location | , U.S. 41°9′22″N 80°4′48″W / 41.15611°N 80.08000°W |
Campus | Rural 180 acres (0.28 sq mi) [3] |
Colors | Crimson and white |
Nickname | Wolverines |
Sporting affiliations | |
Mascot | Willie the Wolverine |
Website | www |
Grove City College (GCC) is a private, conservative Christian liberal arts college[4][5] in Grove City, Pennsylvania, United States.[6] Founded in 1876 as a normal school, the college emphasizes a humanities core curriculum and offers 60 majors and six pre-professional programs with undergraduate degrees in the liberal arts, sciences, business, education, engineering, and music.[7][2] The college has always been formally non-denominational, but in its first few decades its students and faculty were dominated by members of the Presbyterian Church, to the extent that it was sometimes described as having a de facto Presbyterian affiliation; in more recent decades, it and the Presbyterian Church have moved apart.[8]