University of the Cumberlands
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This institutition is unrelated, other than by similarity of name, to Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee or Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama.
University of the Cumberlands, known as Cumberland College until January 7, 2005, is a private, liberal arts college located in Williamsburg, Kentucky. It was founded on January 7, 1889 and is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention, a subdivison of the Southern Baptist Convention. The campus is located in the southeastern part of the state, just off Interstate 75, 190 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio, and 70 miles north of Knoxville, Tennessee. The University is divided into four separate programs: Cumberland College (the University's undergraduate school), the Hutton School of Business/Management, the Center for Leadership Studies and the Graduate/Professional Education program. The university's athletic mascot is the "Patriots" and it sponsors intercollegiate sports teams which participate in the NAIA and the Mid-South Conference.
External links
- University of the Cumberlands/Cumberland College website (http://www.cumberlandcollege.edu)
Categories: Universities and colleges in Kentucky | Liberal arts colleges | Universities and colleges affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention
