The Best Colleges/Universities that You May Not Know About

[ms_gwyn]

I just found out about St. John's College in Annapolis & Santa Fe

and their Great Books program and it grants 1 degree, a BA in Liberal Arts and how they go about it...it just sounds interesting and intense St. John's College

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by ms_gwyn

I just found out about St. John's College in Annapolis & Santa Fe

and their Great Books program and it grants 1 degree, a BA in Liberal Arts and how they go about it...it just sounds interesting and intense St. John's College

I only found out about them recently also.... I'm really into what they're about.

[justgo_withit]

Originally Posted by ms_gwyn

I just found out about St. John's College in Annapolis & Santa Fe

and their Great Books program and it grants 1 degree, a BA in Liberal Arts and how they go about it...it just sounds interesting and intense St. John's College

St. John's is gorgeous! It's so funny that they share the town with the Naval Academy, too. They have a rivalry croquet match every year certainly interesting to watch.

[barbino]

Thanks for the responses, everybody. I want to apologize for not getting back sooner. My husband came back from his missions trip to South Korea with an unexpected visitor - a missionary from Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). He is currently an intern pastor, and our pastor was still in Korea, so he was expected to show her around town for 4 days. In between family birthdays, church stuff & showing her Chicago & Wisconsin (gotta "do" Wisconsin), I am exhausted. I could not even remember my password & had to look it up.

I'm going to post the 2 schools that I had ready to post Friday am and then I'll respond about the Great Books colleges-- they are all very unusual.

[barbino]

Both of these colleges have approx. 2800 students. One is Jesuit, one is affiliated with the United Church of Christ. One does not have any Greek life; on the other campus it seems to be growing. When I chose to profile these 2 schools at once, I did not know that they were exactly the same size; it just worked out that way.

College of the Holy Cross - Worcester, MA (outside of Boston)

Founded in 1843, this Jesuit/Catholic college is undergraduate only. It has an older, traditional style campus. I personally love classical architecture & this campus satisfies this requirement. It has a large selection of liberal arts programs including Africana Studies, Latin American and Latino Stidies, Catholic Studies, Deaf Education, Naval Science, and Peace and Conflict Studies (how about the last one for "social justice"?) The emphasis seems to be on contemporary global culture. There are no fraternities or sororities.

[barbino]

Elmhurst College - Elmhust, IL (west suburb of Chicago)

Founded in 1871, Elmhurst is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and has programs for both undergraduate and graduate study. Elmhurst has an interesting church-related history of growth. It has small classes (approx. 13:1 student-faculty ratio). Elmhurst has an excellent academic reputation with both liberal arts and business/management offerings like Applied Geospatial Technologies, Musical Theatre, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Exercise Science, and Jazz Studies. It has a beautiful little campus and the train stops right by it and runs into the city at regular intervals.

Elmurst has Greek life - all conferences. What is different here is that the NPHC chapters all share campuses with other universities: Kappa Alpha Psi and Delta Sigma Theta with Lewis University (previously profiled in this thread), Alpha Kappa Alpha with Dominican University, and Zeta Phi Beta with Chicago State.

[barbino]

I've tried to get a long post up 2x - it must be the computer at the church. Irritating! I'll have to redo it a third time on another computer tommorrow.

[kaylaxlove]

William Woods University- Fulton, MO (roughly halfway between Kansas City & St. Louis)

This is my school! It's a small school with right around 3,000 students, it's on a private campus which is GORGEOUS, 2 lakes on campus, a bridge over one that leads to and from some of the buildings. There are around 40 different majors at this liberal arts institution. There is a stellar Equestrian program, with four seats and a excellent Equestrian Science & Equestrian Administration programs. Our American Sign Language Interpreting program is one of the best in the country. The Arts department also boasts excellent Graphic Design, Studio Art, Acting and Musical Theatre programs. It's an NAIA school with excellent athletics and a competitive Athletic Training department. I could rave for days about the small class sizes, alumni support and professors who are knowledgeable as well as professionals working in their industry. WWU is a diamond in the rough just waiting to be found!

As far as Greek Life: There are four NPC sororities and two IFC fraternities on campus. The student population is roughly 35 percent Greek and the university is extremely supportive of Greek organizations and their presence on campus.