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Mount Olive College
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MottoTerras Irradient (Latin)
Motto in English
Let Them Bring Light To The World
TypeBaptist
Established1951
Endowment$152 million
PresidentPhilip P. Kerstetter
Undergraduates3,500
Location
Mount Olive, North Carolina
,
USA
CampusRural area, 250-acre (1.0 km2) Main Campus
ColorsGreen and White    
NicknameTrojans
MascotOliver the Trojan
Websitewww.moc.edu

Mount Olive College is a private liberal arts college located in Mount Olive, North Carolina. Mount Olive College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, The NC Association of Colleges and Universities, and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Founded in 1951, the College is supported by the Original Free Will Baptist Convention of North Carolina.

History

From its inception as a junior college, Mount Olive College has been sponsored by the Original Free Will Baptist Convention. The institution was chartered in 1951 and opened in 1952 at Cragmont Assembly, the Free Will Baptist summer retreat grounds near Black Mountain, under the direction of the Reverend Lloyd Vernon. The School was originally called Mount Allen Junior College, taking its name from the mountain near Cragmont.

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MOC Graduation Ceremony at Kornegay Arena, 2008

In September 1953, the College was moved to Mount Olive, North Carolina, nearer the center of denominational strength in the eastern section of the state. Under the leadership of the Reverend David W. Hansley, Chairman of the Board of Directors, plans were made to develop a junior college offering programs in arts and sciences and in business. The Reverend W. Burkette Raper was elected president in the summer of 1954, and in September the College began its first collegiate year with an enrollment of twenty-two students.

In 1956 the name "Mount Allen Junior College" was changed to "Mount Olive Junior College." In that same year plans were launched for an enlarged campus which today consists of 250 acres. In September 1970, the College's name was officially changed to “Mount Olive College.”

In 1977 the Original Free Will Baptist Convention requested that the Board of Trustees of Mount Olive College work aggressively toward making the College a four-year institution.

The 1979 Session of the Convention endorsed the projected timetable set by the College Board of Trustees to add the junior year in 1984 and the senior year in 1985. In 1986, the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools officially accredited Mount Olive College as a four-year institution to award associate and baccalaureate degrees.

In 1975 the College began an educational program in Goldsboro, NC aboard Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. Since then other locations offering degree programs have opened in North Carolina: New Bern (1993), Wilmington (1995), Research Triangle Park (1997), Washington (2005), and Jacksonville (2009).

In the fall of 1994, the transfer of all operations to the Mount Olive campus was completed, and the College's original downtown campus was sold.

In January 1995, the Board of Trustees selected J. William Byrd as the third president of Mount Olive College. Dr. Byrd assumed the duties of office on January 31 and was inaugurated on September 30.

In 2001, Mount Olive College celebrated its 50th anniversary.

In April 2009, the Board of Trustees selected Dr. Philip P. Kerstetter as the fourth president of Mount Olive College. Dr. Kerstetter assumed the duties of office on July 1.

Institution

According to The Princeton Review, Mount Olive College ranked in the top twenty-five colleges in the South for liberal arts. Its music and fine arts programs are among the top twenty in the nation for small, private liberal arts colleges. There are some 3,500 undergraduates on campus, making Mount Olive College the fastest growing liberal arts college in the state of North Carolina. The average classroom size is 15 students.

The College is governed by a 24-member Board of Trustees with eight members being elected each year to a three-year term. The Original Free Will Baptist Convention also maintains at least three ad hoc members on the board who each serve three year terms.

Academics

Admissions Profile

The Mount Olive College College Office of Admission & Financial Aid presents the college student body as one of “Growing individual minds, which equipped with academic and character tools, can work collectively for the good of the world.” Mount Olive College prides itself on a student body chosen not only for their academic promise, but also for their character. The 2008 entering freshman class was:

  • Male- 52%
  • Female-48%
  • Average Age-19.2 years
  • Students from North Carolina-82%
  • International Students-1%
  • Average SAT Score-1160
  • Average ACT Score-26
  • Students Receiving Financial Aid-90%

Faculty

Mount Olive College has a student-faculty ratio of 10-1, 87% of its classes are under 20 students, and no classes have more than 50 students. Mount Olive has 227 instructional faculty members, of whom 169 are full-time employees. Almost all faculty members have terminal degrees in their field, with 220 of the 227 faculty members holding a Ph.D. or their field's terminal degree.

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Moye Library

Honor code

Mount Olive College students are bound by a strict honor code, signed by each student at the start of their Freshman year.

The Mount Olive College Honor Code states: "Every student shall be on their honor to maintain character, integrity, and the strictest standards of academic honesty. Every student shall be upon their honor whenever engaged in all aspects of academic, social, athletic, or any other area of college life. Any student who breaks this Code of Honor shall have not only disgraced themselves, but all students who came before them and all that shall come after. This Code of Honor is taken freely and voluntarily upon matriculation to this institution. "

Majors and minors

Mount Olive College consists of the following schools offering the following areas of study:

  • School of Arts & Sciences
  • Tillman School of Business
  • School of Professional Studies
  • Special Programs

School of Arts & Sciences

Tillman School of Business

School of Professional Studies

Special Programs

Student life

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MOC Trojans, 2008 NCAA Division II National Champions

Athletics

Mount Olive College competes at the NCAA Division II level in 16 sports. Of these sports, 8 are men's and 8 are women's. Approximately 35% of the Mount Olive on-campus student body participates in varsity sports.

Mount Olive College's sports teams are known as the Trojans; their colors are green and white. The Trojans participate as a member of the Carolinas Conference.

Teams

Baseball

Mount Olive College's baseball team first reached considerable success beginning in the 1990’s under Coach Carl Lancaster, when they achieved a No. 1 national ranking in Division II baseball in 1996.

The Mount Olive College baseball team has competed in 13 NCAA tournaments (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). In 2008, the Mount Olive College Baseball Team won the NCAA Division II World Series capturing the college’s first national title in any sport.

Student organizations

The main student newspaper on campus is the Olive Leaf, which is published bi-weekly. The Olive Leaf was founded in 1964 and has published a volume every year since then.

Mount Olive College offers over 100 student organizations on campus, including arts & culture organizations, performance groups, sports groups, political organizations, health & sexuality groups, religious organizations, social action groups, and fraternities and sororities. The Student Activities Office encourages and is available for students wishing to develop an organization not yet established at Mount Olive College.

Some of Mount Olive College’s organizations include:

Most student events are sponsored by the Student Government Association, the student organization in charge of the student union. In addition to hosting concerts throughout the Fall and Spring semesters, the SGA organizes events such as pancake breakfasts at midnight, movies, and Freshmen orientation events.

Many upperclassmen also elect to join one of the College's seven eating clubs their junior and senior year. Similar to fraternities and sororities, these clubs provide uppeclassmen with dining and social events at independently owned houses near the College campus.

See Also: Eating Clubs (Mount Olive College)

Mount Olive College Singers

"The Mount Olive College Singers" is a show concert choir of 13 students—seven men and six women. This song and dance troupe performs popular, patriotic, and Broadway musical numbers at conventions, shopping malls, festivals, banquets, church dinners, and schools. The Singers have performed throughout North Carolina and from New York to Florida. Membership is by invitation and audition.

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Education

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