Asbury University
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| Motto | Eruditio et Religio (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Learning and Religion |
| Type | Private Christian Liberal Arts |
| Established | 1890 |
| Endowment | US$27.6 million |
| President | Sandra C. Gray |
| Provost | Jon S. Kulaga |
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Academic staff
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150 |
| Students | 1,764 (2012) |
| Undergraduates | 1,325 |
| Postgraduates | 236 |
| Location | Wilmore, Kentucky, U.S |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Athletics | Baseball, Basketball (men's and women's), Cross Country (men's and women's), Golf (men's and women's), Soccer (men's and women's), Swimming & Diving (men's and women's), Softball, Tennis (men's and women's), Volleyball, Lacrosse (men's and women's) |
| Colors |
Purple White |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Affiliations | Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, National Christian College Athletic Association, Christian College Consortium, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities |
| Website | www.asbury.edu |
Asbury University, formerly Asbury College, is a Christian liberal arts institution located in Wilmore, Kentucky, United States. Although it is a nondenominational school, the college's foundation stems from a Wesleyan-Holiness tradition. The school offers 50 majors across 17 departments. Primarily a four-year college, Asbury was ranked in the third tier of liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report in 2008. Asbury University's freshman retention rate is above 85 percent. Approximately 34 percent of incoming freshmen are in the top 10 percent of their high school classes, and more than 80 percent of current faculty are full-time.
The campus of Asbury Theological Seminary, which became a separate institution in 1940, is located across the street from Asbury University.
Asbury University is a member of the Christian College Consortium and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.
In the fall of 2012, Asbury University had a total enrollment of 1,764: 1,325 traditional undergraduate students, 203 adult degree completion students, and 236 graduate students.
Asbury College was established in 1890 by John Wesley Hughes in Wilmore, Kentucky. It was originally called the Kentucky Holiness College, but was later renamed after Bishop Francis Asbury, the "Father of American Methodism" and a circuit-riding evangelist. Asbury was instrumental in Methodist education in central Kentucky, having founded the state's first Methodist school, Bethel Academy, in 1790; its site lies near High Bridge, only about four miles (6 km) south of Wilmore. After being pushed out as President of Asbury College in 1905, Hughes went on to found another college, Kingswood College, in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Kingswood College no longer exists. Despite his disappointment over being removed at Asbury, Hughes wrote in his 1923 autobiography: "Being sure I was led of God to establish (Asbury College), it being my college child born in poverty, mental perplexity, and soul agony, I loved it from its birth better than my own life. As the days have come and gone, with many sad and broken-hearted experiences, my love has increased. My appreciation of what it has done, what it is doing, and what it promises to do in the future, is such that I am willing to lay down my life for its perpetuation." In 1928, Hughes was invited to break ground for Asbury College's new chapel, Hughes Auditorium, which is still in use today.
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