 Official Seal of University of Mount Olive | |
Former names | Mount Allen Junior College (1951–1956) Mount Olive Junior College (1956–1970) Mount Olive College (1970–2013) |
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| Motto | Collegium Christianum Pro Homnibus et Mulieribus (Latin)[1] |
Motto in English | A Christian College for Men and Women |
| Type | Private university |
| Established | 1951 |
Religious affiliation | Original Free Will Baptists[2] |
| Endowment | US$38,000,000 (2018)[3] |
| President | H. Edward Croom |
Academic staff | 63 full-time, 94 part-time |
| Undergraduates | 2,239 (fall 2022)[4] |
| Location | , U.S. |
| Campus | Rural, 250 acres (100 ha) |
| Colors | Green & white |
| Nickname | Trojans |
Sporting affiliations | Conference Carolinas NCAA Division II |
| Mascot | Trojan (Official) |
| Website | www |
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The University of Mount Olive (UMO or Mount Olive) is a private university in Mount Olive, North Carolina. Chartered in 1951, the university is sponsored by the Original Free Will Baptist Convention and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.[5] A member of the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas, its sports teams compete as the Mount Olive Trojans.
- ^ Raper, W. Burkette (2001). A Short History of Mount Olive College. Vol. 1. Mount Olive College Press. pp. 36–37.
The college was also designed to be an outreach of the Church in Christian higher education to people of other religious faiths, and to those of no religious faith...In its second catalog (1954-1955) published for the first year of operation in Mount Olive, the College was given a motto, "A Christian College for Men and Women," which was amplified in these words: "The objective of the College is to train and educate young men and women for Christian life and service, thus preparing them for useful vocations and successful living in the home, the church, the school, the community, and the world." ...The founders believed that a Christian liberal arts college would provide the kind of education that was most consistent with a basic belief of Original Free Will Baptists, namely that freedom of the will and the responsibility for making free choices... the founders deliberately avoided establishing a college whose mode of instruction would be indoctrination. They wished to avoid those narrow concepts of dogmatism that might lead Original Free Will Baptists toward becoming a sect or cult...The decision of purpose and philosophy of education was probably the most significant one in the history of Mount Olive College. It would bring the College severe criticism and even hostile opposition from certain persons who either did not understand the basic purpose of education or the historic faith and heritage of Original Free Will Baptists.
- ^ "History of Mount Olive College". Retrieved 2013-06-07.
- ^ "University of Mount Olive; Regional Colleges (South) #25; US News". U.S. News & World Report LP. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ^ "College Navigator".
- ^ "History of Mount Olive College". Retrieved 2013-06-29.