University of Mobile
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Former name
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Mobile College (1961–93) |
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| Motto | The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1961 |
| Affiliation | Alabama Baptist Convention |
| Endowment | $14,000,000 |
| Chancellor | William K. Weaver |
| President | Timothy L. Smith |
| Vice-president | Audrey C. Eubanks |
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Academic staff
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200 |
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Administrative staff
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200 |
| Students | 1,577 |
| Location |
Prichard, Alabama, United States 30°47′36″N 88°07′44″W / 30.793325°N 88.128789°WCoordinates: 30°47′36″N 88°07′44″W / 30.793325°N 88.128789°W |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Garnet, Black and Gray |
| Sports | Track, soccer, baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, softball, volleyball, cheerleading, cross country |
| Nickname | The Rams |
| Mascot | Mac the Ram |
| Affiliations | NAIA, SSAC |
| Website | http://www.umobile.edu/ |
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The University of Mobile is an American four-year, private, Baptist-affiliated university in Prichard, Alabama. The master's-level university has an enrollment of 1,577.
University of Mobile is a Christ-centered liberal arts and sciences institution with a vision of higher education for a higher purpose, founded to honor God by equipping students for their future professions through rigorous academic preparation and spiritual transformation. University of Mobile is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention and is located on over 880 wooded acres approximately 10 miles north of Mobile, Alabama.
The story of the university began in 1952, when the Mobile Baptist Association appointed a committee to study the feasibility of starting a Baptist-affiliated college in Mobile. In 1959, the Alabama Baptist State Convention agreed to build and operate a college if the Mobile community would raise $1.5 million within two years. Only one year later, area churches, businesses, and industries pledged more than $2 million to the effort.
Dr. William K. Weaver, Jr., was appointed president of Mobile College on April 1, 1961, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1984. When Alabama Governor John Patterson signed the college’s charter on December 12, 1961, Mobile College became the first senior college to be chartered in the state in 57 years. Reflecting the institution’s Christian foundation, the college seal includes the phrase from Proverbs 9:10: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”
The first administration and classroom building, now named Weaver Hall in honor of the institution’s first president, was completed in 1963, and the first class of freshmen enrolled in the fall of that year. The charter class selected the school colors and mascot. Four years later, on May 12, 1967, Mobile College graduated 66 students from its charter class during a ceremony on what was then a 400-acre campus with classroom/administration building, residence halls and cafeteria. The college gained accreditation in 1968 from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
The second President, Dr. Michael A. Magnoli, was inaugurated in 1984. He was a member of the university’s first graduating class of 1967. During his tenure as President, Dr. Magnoli initiated a campus expansion that added acreage, athletic facilities and classroom buildings. Academic programs were added, including the graduate program offering master's degrees in education, business administration, nursing and theology. In 1985, the intercollegiate athletic program started with two sports, men’s tennis and golf, and quickly expanded. On July 1, 1993, the institution celebrated its growth by adopting a new name that reflected its continuing development: University of Mobile.
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