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Randolph Macon College

Randolph–Macon College
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Motto Building Extraordinary Futures
Type Private liberal arts college
Established 1830
Affiliation
Religious affiliation
United Methodist Church
Endowment $126.3 million
President Robert Lindgren
Academic staff
112 (93 FT)
Undergraduates 1,419 (2015)
Location Ashland, Virginia, US
37°45′47″N 77°28′37″W / 37.763°N 77.477°W / 37.763; -77.477Coordinates: 37°45′47″N 77°28′37″W / 37.763°N 77.477°W / 37.763; -77.477
Campus Suburban, 116 acres
Colors Black and lemon
         
Athletics NCAA Division IIIODAC
Nickname Yellow Jackets
Website rmc.edu
Randolph–Macon College Buildings
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Randolph–Macon College is located in Virginia
Randolph–Macon College
Randolph–Macon College is located in the US
Randolph–Macon College
Location Randolph–Macon College campus, Ashland, Virginia
Coordinates 37°45′39″N 77°28′47″W / 37.7609°N 77.4797°W / 37.7609; -77.4797
Area 4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built 1872
Architect B.F. Price; William West
Architectural style Gothic, Italianate
NRHP Reference #

79003044

VLR # 166-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 19, 1979
Designated VLR April 17, 1979

Randolph–Macon College is a private, co-educational liberal arts college located in Ashland, Virginia, near the capital city of Richmond. Founded in 1830, the school has an enrollment of more than 1,400 students. The college offers bachelor's degrees in 38 major disciplines in the liberal arts, including political science, business, psychology, biology, international studies, and computer science, as well as 34 minors, including education. Randolph–Macon College is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges in the United States, as well as the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges.

Randolph–Macon was founded in 1830 by the Virginia Methodists and is the second-oldest Methodist-run college in the country. It was originally located in Boydton, near the North Carolina border; but as the railroad link to Boydton was destroyed during the Civil War, the college's trustees decided to relocate the school to Ashland in 1868. The college takes its name from Virginia statesmen John Randolph of Roanoke and North Carolina statesman Nathaniel Macon. (The original site of Randolph–Macon features a historical marker and ruins of the classroom buildings.)

In 1847, Randolph–Macon College established a relationship with the Hampden–Sydney College. The relationship led to the formation of the Randolph–Macon Medical School, which closed in 1851. Its president William A. Smith delivered a set of lectures advocating slavery in 1856 and 1857.


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