Lander University is a public university in Greenwood, South Carolina.

Campus and housing

Lander University is located approximately one half-mile from uptown Greenwood, South Carolina. The main campus sits on 190 acres of land, though this does not include its many off-campus locations. Lander University has ten residence halls. Residence halls include Bearcat Village, Brookside, Centennial Hall, Chipley Hall, Lide Apartments, McGhee Court, New Hall, Thomason, University Place, and Williamston. In July 2021, Lander announced that the state legislature has appropriated new funding for the University, which includes money that will be used to construct a nursing building on Lander's campus in Greenwood.

Rankings

In the 2018 edition of '' U.S. News & World Report''s ''Best Colleges'' rankings, Lander ranked 29 in Regional Colleges of the South and 6 in Best Colleges for Veterans.

Faculty

Lander has 178 full-time faculty members.

Academics

More than 90 areas of undergraduate and graduate studies are offered. * College of Arts and Humanities ** Department of Art + Design ** Department of English and Foreign Languages ** Department of Media and Communication ** Department of Music * College of Behavioral and Social Sciences ** Department of Government, Criminology, and Sociology ** Department of History and philosophy ** Department of Psychological Sciences and Human Services * College of Business * College of Education ** Department of Teacher Education ** Department of Physical Education and Exercise Studies * College of Science and Mathematics ** Department of Biology ** Department of Physical Sciences ** Department of Mathematics and Computing *College of Graduate & Online Studies **Department of Graduate Studies **Department of Online Studies *William Preston Turner School of Nursing *Honors College

Athletics

Varsity athletic teams have reaped honors at district and national levels, including 12 national championships in men's tennis, and, most recently, in men's wrestling. A member of the NCAA Division II, Lander plays in the Peach Belt Conference and fields teams in men's and women's basketball, soccer and tennis; men's baseball and golf; and women's cross country, softball and volleyball. Lander also offers club sports that include equestrian, ultimate disc, rugby, bass-fishing, lacrosse, soccer, water skiing, running, Cross-Fit, baseball, women's volleyball and it has an intramural program open to all students, faculty, and staff.

Greek life

Sorority and Fraternity organizations are under three different councils being the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC),

National Panhellenic Council The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is a collaborative umbrella council composed of historically African American fraternities and sororities also referred to as Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs). The NPHC was formed as a permanent ...

(NPC), and

Interfraternity Council The North American Interfraternity Conference (or NIC; formerly known as the National Interfraternity Conference) is an association of college, intercollegiate men's List of social fraternities and sororities, social Fraternities and sororities, ...

(IFC)

NPC

* Phi Mu * Zeta Tau Alpha (Lander founding 1986) * Gamma Phi Beta (Lander founding 1996)

NPHC

Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. () is the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of sixteen stud ...

Delta Sigma Theta Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community. Delta ...

Sigma Gamma Rho Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority, international collegiate, and non-profit community service organization that was founded on November 12, 1922, by seven educators on the Irvington campus (1875–1 ...

* Zeta Phi Beta

IFC

* Delta Sigma Phi (Lander founding 2016) *

Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Tau Omega (), commonly known as ATO, is an American social fraternity founded at the Virginia Military Institute in 1865 by Otis Allan Glazebrook. The fraternity has around 250 active and inactive chapters and colonies in the United Stat ...

(Lander founding 2020)

History

Lander University was founded as a college for women by Methodist clergyman

Samuel Lander Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bib ...

in 1872 as Williamston Female College in Williamston, South Carolina. It was re-named Lander College in 1904. Men were admitted in starting in 1943 and it became a university in 1992. Lander University has had twelve presidents serve since its founding. They are: Samuel Lander (1872–1904); John O. Willson (1904–1923); B. Rhett Turnipseed (1923–1927); R. H. Bennett (1927–1932); John W. Speake (1932–1941); John Marvin Rast (1941–1948); Boyce M. Grier (1948–1966); E. Don Herd, Jr. (1966–1973); Larry A. Jackson (1973–1992); William C. Moran (1992–2000); Daniel W. Ball (2000–2015); and Richard E. Cosentino (2015–present).

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial athletics website
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