US Coast Guard Academy
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Former names
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Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction (1876) |
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| Motto | Scientiæ Cedit Mare (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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The sea yields to knowledge |
| Type | U.S. Service Academy |
| Established | 1876 |
| Superintendent | RADM James E. Rendon |
| Dean | CAPT Kurt J. Colella USCG, ret. |
| Commandant | CAPT Melissa L. Rivera |
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Academic staff
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130 |
| Students | 896 cadets (as of September 2014) |
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New London, Connecticut, U.S. 41°22′22″N 72°06′06″W / 41.37278°N 72.10167°W |
| Campus | Suburban – 110 acres (44.5 ha) |
| Fight song | "Semper Paratus" |
| Colors | Blue and Orange |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III – NEWMAC NEFC |
| Nickname | Bears |
| Mascot | Objee the Bear |
| Website | www |
The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is the service academy of the United States Coast Guard, founded in 1876 and located in New London, Connecticut. It is the smallest of the five federal service academies and provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of eight major fields of study. Unlike the other service academies, however, admission to the Coast Guard Academy does not require a congressional nomination.
Students are officers-in-training and are referred to as cadets. Tuition for cadets is fully funded by the Coast Guard in exchange for an obligation of five years active duty service upon graduation. This obligation increases if the cadet chooses to go to flight school or graduate school. Approximately 250 cadets enter the academy each summer, with about 200 graduating. Graduates are commissioned as ensigns. The academic program grants a Bachelor of Science degree in one of eight majors, with a curriculum that grades cadets' performance upon a holistic education of academics, physical fitness, character, and leadership.
Cadets are required to adhere to the academy's "Honor Concept," "Who lives here reveres honor, honors duty," which is emblazoned in the halls of the academy's entrance. The academy's motto is Scientiæ cedit mare, which is Latin for "the sea yields to knowledge".
The Academy is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, ABET, and AACSB for its various programs.·
The roots of the academy lie in the School of Instruction of the Revenue Cutter Service, the school of the Revenue Cutter Service. The School of Instruction was established near New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1876 and used the USRC Dobbin for its exercises. Captain John Henriques served as superintendent from founding until 1883. The one civilian instructor was Professor Edwin Emery, who taught mathematics, astronomy, English composition, French, physics, theoretical steam engineering, history, international law, and revenue law, among other subjects. The School was a two-year apprenticeship, in essence, supplemented by minimal classroom work. The student body averaged five to ten cadets per class. With changes to new training vessels, the school moved to Curtis Bay, Maryland in 1900 and to Fort Trumbull in 1910, a Revolutionary War–era Army installation in New London, Connecticut. In 1914, the school became the Revenue Cutter Academy, and it became the Coast Guard Academy in 1915 with the merger of the Revenue Cutter Service and the Life Saving Service.
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