Agnes Scott College

Agnes Scott College

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name = Agnes Scott College
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motto = "Educating women to think deeply, live honorably and engage the intellectual and social challenges of their times."
established = 1889
type = liberal arts Women's college
endowment = $328.7 million [cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title =College and University Endowments Over $250-Million, 2007 | work =Chronicle of Higher Education | pages =28 | language = | publisher = | date =2008-08-29 | url = | accessdate = ]
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faculty = 82
president =Elizabeth Kiss
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students =
undergrad = 914
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city = Decatur
state = Georgia
country = United States
campus = Suburban
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colors = Purple and white
nickname = Scotties
mascot = Scottish Terrier
affiliations = Presbyterian Church (USA)
website = [http://www.agnesscott.edu agnesscott.edu]

Agnes Scott College is a private liberal arts women's college in Decatur, Georgia, near Atlanta. The college currently enrolls 914 students. Agnes Scott is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The undergraduate school offers 30 majors and 25 minors. Students who graduate from Agnes Scott receive a Bachelor of Arts degree. 87% of the faculty are full-time, and 100% of the tenure-track faculty hold terminal degrees. In 2006, the student to faculty ratio was 10:1. [citeweb |title=Common Data Set 2006-2007 |url=http://www.agnesscott.edu/Media/Website%20Resources/pdf/ir/cdsi.pdf|format=pdf] It is considered one of the Seven Sisters of the South. The current mission of the college, adopted in 2002, states: "Agnes Scott College educates women to think deeply, live honorably and engage the intellectual and social challenges of their times." [cite web |title=Strategic Plan 2007|url=http://www.agnesscott.edu/Media/Website%20Resources/pdf/about/asc_strategic_plan.pdf |format=pdf]

History

The college was founded in 1889 as "Decatur Female Seminary" by Presbyterian minister Frank H. Gaines. In 1890, the name was changed to "Agnes Scott Institute" to honor the mother of the college's primary benefactor, Col. George Washington Scott. The name was changed again to "Agnes Scott College" in 1906. Agnes Scott (Main) Hall, the oldest building on campus, was built in 1891 and once housed the entire school. This is documented in the history of Agnes Scott by Dr. McNair entitled "Lest We Forget" published in 1983.

Agnes Scott is considered the first higher education institution in the state of Georgia to receive regional accreditation. The current president is Elizabeth Kiss, the founding director of Duke University's Kenan Institute for Ethics.

On July 27, 1994, the campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the "South Candler Street-Agnes Scott College Historic District". [" [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ga/De+Kalb/districts.html] " "National Register of Historic Places: DeKalb County" Retrieved: 18 August 2008.] The historic district boundaries are East College Ave., South McDonough St., S. Candler St., East Hill St. and East Davis St. It includes the entire campus, as well as historic homes adjacent to the campus. The campus is also designated by the City of Decatur as an historic district.

Undergraduate campus life

Students at Agnes Scott are known as "Scotties." The school colors of Agnes Scott are purple and white, while the mascot is Irvine, a Scottish Terrier. Each incoming class is assigned a class color out of red, yellow, blue, or green and votes on a class mascot that correlates with that color. The colors and mascots are intended to establish class pride, particularly during one week of activities called Black Cat. Black Cat occurs every fall and culminates in a series of skits written, directed, and performed by the junior class. If there is dissatisfaction with a class mascot, the class is given the option to revote and choose a different mascot their second year.

The class ring is given to students during the spring of their sophomore year in a special ceremony. The ring design, with its rectangular engraved black onyx stone, has remained essentially the same since its introduction in the 1920s with minor choices (metal, size, and antiquing) emerging in recent years.

The honor code is held in high regard among Agnes Scott students and faculty.Fact|date=February 2008 At the beginning of every academic year, new students must sign the honor code and recite a pledge promising to uphold the high academic and social standards of the institution.
"As a member of the student body of Agnes Scott College, I consider myself bound by honor to develop and uphold high standards of honesty and behavior; to strive for full intellectual and moral stature; to realize my social and academic responsibility in the community. To attain these ideals, I do therefore accept this Honor System as my way of life."
Students self govern themselves and ask violators of the code to turn themselves in to Honor Court. The trust the Honor Code builds between faculty and students allows for students to take self scheduled, unproctored, exams.Fact|date=February 2008

Agnes Scott's NCAA Division III sports teams include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball.

pecial curricula

Coeducational graduate programs:
*Master of Arts in teaching secondary English
*Master of Arts in teaching secondary math and science
*Post-baccalaureate pre-medical program

Undergraduate programs:
*combined bachelor and master's degree in art and architecture with Washington University
*BA/BSN degree with Emory School of Nursing
*BA/BS degree in engineering with the Georgia Institute of Technology
*exchange program with Mills College
*Washington Semester: students spend one semester at American University in Washington DC
*Irene K. Woodruff return-to-college program - a program for Non-traditional students

Rankings

In April 2007, Kiplinger named Agnes Scott as one of the top 50 private liberal arts colleges.

According to the 2007 US News and World Report, Agnes Scott is ranked the 61st best liberal arts college in the country. It is the highest ranked women's college in the southeast. The report also ranked Agnes Scott as No. 28 for "Great School, Great Price."

Princeton Review's 2007 "The Best 361 Colleges" ranks the college as follows:
No. 4 for "Most Beautiful Campus"
No. 8 for "Dorms Like Palaces"
No. 11 for "Diverse Student Population"
No. 13 for "Students Happy with Financial Aid"

Notable achievements

*Agnes Scott pulled off what is considered the biggest upset in the history of the televised quiz show College Bowl when they shocked Princeton University, 220-215, on March 6, 1966. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Bowl#Agnes_Scott_College.27s_upset_of_Princeton] (See the entire program on YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ_6WzOnwDk] , [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCltVhgBTRU] , [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCriEBIBihI] .)

*New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered Agnes Scott's May 2005 commencement address.Fact|date=February 2008 At the ceremony, she and playwright Marsha Norman received the first honorary degrees conferred by the college.

*The 2004 edition of US News and World Report's rankings for best liberal arts colleges placed Agnes Scott as tied for number 50 in the country, and that year promotional information and school merchandise advertised the college's place among the "top 50."

*In 2004, the college ranked second among women's colleges, seventh among national liberal arts colleges, and 27th overall in endowment per full-time enrolled student.Fact|date=February 2008

*Agnes Scott's $125 million building program has led to the creation of a new parking facility, Public Safety office, planetarium, student campus center, science building, tennis courts, and improved landscaping and the renovation of the dining hall, observatory, and library. $1.6 million was spent on renovating three Victorian homes for student housing. Renovation of the Alumnae House and creation of a new chapel, office space, residence hall, theatre, and dance facilities have also been planned.Fact|date=February 2008

*In 1995, approximately 600 students were enrolled at Agnes Scott. In fall 2004, for the first time in the school's history, enrollment reached 1,000 students.Fact|date=February 2008

*Agnes Scott is one of forty colleges profiled in the book "Colleges That Change Lives", by Loren Pope.

Notable alumnae

*Nathalie Anderson (1970), poet and author of "Following Fred Astaire"
*Osjha Anderson, (1996) Miss Georgia 1999
*Margaret Booth, (Institute), educational and cultural mentor for the Montgomery, Alabama area; Inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame posthumously in 1999
*Mary Brown Bullock (1966), president emeritae and only alumna to serve as president of the college
*Ila Burdette (1981), Georgia's first female Rhodes scholar
*Dorothy Cave (1949), prominent New Mexico author and historian
*Faith Yao Yu Chao (1961), founder and director of the Evergreen Educational Foundation, a recent Bill and Melinda Gates foundation award winner
*Constance Curry (1955), civil rights activist and author of the award-winning Silver Rights
*Laura Dorsey (1966) (did not graduate), hospital chaplain, author and founder of Gardens for Peace, an international organization which designates gardens as places of meditation and a symbol of peace
*Daphne Faulkner (1983), religious and political activist, founder and first president of the Georgia chapter of People of Faith for the ERA
*Mamie Lee Ratliff Finger (1939), president of the foundation that funds Ewha Women's University in Seoul, Korea, the largest women's university in the world
*Karen Gearreald (1966), Agnes Scott's first blind student, who answered the final question to beat Princeton (see above) and was named Outstanding Alumna for Distinguished Career in 1997
*Sophie Haas Gimble (1912), fashion designer and merchandiser at Saks Fifth Avenue who appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1947
*Elizabeth Riseley Griffin (1997), a biology student whose death after contracting the B virus while working with Rhesus macaques at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center led to the creation of a memorial foundation and legislation governing primate research safety in the United States
*Katherine Harris (1979), former Florida Secretary of State and U.S. Representative
*Rachelle Henderlite, the first woman to be ordained a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA)
*Bertha "B" Holt (1938), former North Carolina State Representative and children's rights advocate
*Amy Kim (1997), winner of the 2007 Academy Award for "Best Live Action Short Film" for her work as a producer on "West Bank Story"
*Katherine "Kay" Krill (1977), CEO of Ann Taylor
*Michelle Malone, musician (did not graduate)
*Catherine Marshall (1936), author of the novel "Christy", later made into a TV series
*Joanna Cook Moore, actress and mother of Tatum O'Neal
*Marsha Norman (1969), playwright
*Jessica Daves Parker (1914), editor in chief of Vogue magazine 1952-1962
*Susan Philips (1967), the first woman to chair a financial regulatory agency (the Commodity Futures Trading Commission)
*Carolyn Forman Piel (1940), elected in 1986, she is the first female president of the American Academy of Pediatrics
*Margaret Evans Porter, (1980), romance novelist
*Mia Puckett, (1986), first female, black District Attorney in the state of Alabama, currently state director of human resources
*Louise Röska-Hardy (1972), Phi Beta Kappa, philosopher specializing in philosophy of language and of mind
*Agnes White Sanford (SPEC 1919), author of the book "The Healing Light"
*Saycon Sengbloh, Broadway star and recording artist.
*Jean H. Toal (1965), Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
*Leila Ross Wilburn (1904), Architect
*Jennifer Nettles (1997) Lead singer of the AMA and Grammy award winning country music band Sugarland

Trivia

*According to a 2006 study conducted by the Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education, approximately 4,000 alumnae living in Georgia earn an estimated $143.9 million annually.
*The college's science building contains a three-story rendering of part of the nucleotide sequence from Agnes Scott's mitochrondrial DNA. The DNA came from a blood sample of an ASC alumna who is a direct descendant of the college's namesake.
*American poet Robert Frost was an annual visitor at Agnes Scott from 1945 to his death in 1962. During his visits, he would read poetry in Presser Hall. A statue of the poet sculpted by George W. Lundeen sits in the alumnae gardens. A collection of Frost's poetry and letters can be viewed at McCain Library.
*The college was featured in "Scream 2", "Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius", "A Man Called Peter", and "Why Did I Get Married?" as well as several TV shows and made-for-TV-movies filmed in the Atlanta area.
*Tradition dictates that students who get engaged are thrown into the alumnae pond by their classmates.
*Seniors at Agnes Scott traditionally ring the bell in Agnes Scott Hall's bell tower upon acceptance to graduate school or a job offer. This tradition dates from the '80s when the tower acquired its bell during the administration of President Ruth Schmidt. Students who ring the bell sign their names on the walls of the tower.
*The [http://bradley.agnesscott.edu Bradley Observatory] at Agnes Scott houses the Beck Telescope, a 30 inch Cassegrain reflector, as well as a planetarium with 70-seat capacity and a radio telescope.

Notes

References

*Earnshaw, Rebecca Lee. "Students at Agnes Scott College During the 1930s". Decatur, GA: Agnes Scott College, 1988.
*McNair, Walter Edward. "Lest We Forget: An Account of Agnes Scott College". Decatur, GA: Agnes Scott College, 1983.
*Noble, Betty Pope Scott. "The Story of George Washington Scott, 1829-1903: A Family Memoir". Decatur, GA: Agnes Scott College, 2002.
*Pope, Loren. " [http://www.ctcl.org/colleges/agnes-scott|Agnes Scott College] ." In "Colleges That Change Lives." New York: Penguin, 2000.
*Sayrs, M. Lee. "A Full and Rich Measure: 100 Years of Educating Women at Agnes Scott College", 1889-1989. Atlanta, GA: Susan Hunter, Inc., 1990.

External links

* [http://www.agnesscott.edu Agnes Scott College Official Website]
*" [http://www.atlantahighered.org/Newsroom/FeatureStoryDetail/tabid/604/xmid/145/Default.aspx Giving Voice to a New Generation: Metro Atlanta's three women's colleges are going strong, even while the number of women's colleges nationwide has declined] " (Agnes Scott College, Spelman College, and Brenau University)
* [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1libartco_brief.php US News and World Report 2007 rankings]
* [http://content.kiplinger.com/tools/privatecolleges/privatecollege.php?schoollist=lib_arts&sortby=RANK&orderby=flip&states%5B%5D=ALL&myschool%5B%5D=none&outputby=table Kiplinger rankings]
* [http://www.decaturga.com/hist_localhistoricdistricts.aspx City of Decatur Website: Historic Districts]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/GA/De+Kalb/state.html National Register of Historic Places: South Candler Street--Agnes Scott College Historic District ]


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