Lubbock Christian University
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Lubbock Christian University is located in Lubbock, Texas, in the United States. It is a private Christian university associated with the Churches of Christ established in 1957.
History
In 1954 the State of Texas approved the operation of a private educational institution for students from kindergarten through college. An elementary school was established that year, and a junior college was added in 1957. F. W. Mattox was the founding president. Accreditation as a senior college came in 1972. Advancement to university status came in the fall of 1987. Presidents who have led Lubbock Christian University are F. W. Mattox (1957-1974), W. Joe Hacker (1974-1976), Harvie Pruitt (1976-1982), Steven S. Lemley (1982-1993), and L. Ken Jones (current president, appointed in 1993).Campus Information
The Katie Rogers Hall serves as a women's dormitory. It can house nearly 250 women. It was built in the 1960s and underwent a major renovation in 1999. The Katie Rogers Courtyard houses 48 upperclass women with private bedrooms and semi-private bathrooms.Johnson Hall is the men's dormitory and can house nearly 200 men. The Mabee Living Center has capacity to house 48 upperclassmen. Residents have private bedrooms and semi-private bathroom. The university also offers university apartments for upperclassmen, married students with no children, and graduate students. Apartments are located on the west and east sides of campus.
The Mabee Student Life Building has games rooms, pool tables, the post office, student affairs office, student government office, the campus bookstore, and a snack bar.
Built in 1961, the Betty Hancock Campus Center serves as the university's cafeteria. A parlor is also available for receptions.
The Moody auditorium has a seating capacity of 1264 and serves as the venue for daily chapel assemblies. The Allison Music center is adjacent to the Moody auditorium. The center has rehearsal halls for bands and choruses, 12 practice rooms, and also houses the music professors' offices.
The Field House serves as the athletic center. The building has an indoor oval running track, volleyball, basketball, and badminton courts. The department of Kinesiology has its offices there.
The Mabee American Heritage Center houses the department of Humanities as well as the Cardwell Lecture Hall and administrative offices. Other administrative offices are housed in F. W. Mattox Administrative Building. Built in 1958, the Mattox Administrative building was the first permanent brick structure on campus. The 2nd floor of the building contains the offices of the department of Business.
The Mabee Science Laboratory, built in 1970, houses the department of Natural and Physical Sciences. The building also contains laboratories and equipment rooms.
The Associate Behavioral Science Building was built in 1967 and houses the Department of Behavioral Sciences which include psychology, sociology, and social work. The building also houses the counseling center.
The department of Natural Sciences is located in the Cook Agricultural Environmental Building.
The Maddox-Pugh Educational Center houses the department of Education, a computer lab, several classrooms, and the West Texas Core Knowledge Center.
The Art Building contains classrooms for painting, drawing, and design. The archaeology center is also housed there.
The C.L. Kay Christian Development Center houses the departments of Bible and Communication and Fine Arts. It was built in 1974.
Opened in 1994, the Mabee Nursing and Math Center is one of the newest buildings on campus. It has a lab for the nursing programs and multipurpose classrooms for the nursing and math departments.
The Griffin Center (aka "The Rip") houses the university's intercollegiate athletic teams. It can seat up to 1,925 with an additional 565 when floor seating is utilized.
Student life
Chapel is held daily from 9:40am - 10:10am in Moody Auditorium. Attendance is mandatory Monday - Thursday for students under the age of 25 and who live on-campus. Part-time commuters, graduate students, those commuters over the age of 25 are exempt from mandatory chapel attendance. Students are allowed 14 chapel absences per semester. Chapel attendance is checked through card readers in chapel. Students are required to scan their cards at the end of chapel to validate their attendance. Those arriving between 9:40am - 9:50am will be counted as late. Arriving late to chapel 3 times will automatically count as an absence. Those arriving more than 10 minutes late to chapel will be counted as an absence. Those going over their allowed chapel absences face potential of campus probationary actions including not being able to pledge clubs, forfeiting scholarship money, and other school related activities.The university is not affiliated with national fraternities and sororities in the traditional sense. Rather they have gender-based "social clubs". The four women's social clubs are Christliche Damen, Kappa Phi Kappa, and Lambda Omega Alpha. The men's social clubs include Alpha Chi Delta, Koinonia, Kyodai, and Sub T-16.
The university is also affiliated with several professional organizations including Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), Students in Free Enterprise, and the Student Education Association.
The university's newspaper is the DusterToday.
LCU also has an a cappella ensemble called Best Friends. They tour across the country and record studio albums. Several of their alumni have gone on to work for The Acappella Company, an established member of the a cappella community.
Notable alumni
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