[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 14, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1955-S1956]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I rise today to honor a great 
Kentucky institution, Campbellsville University, as it celebrates 100 
years of academic excellence.
  Campbellsville University was originally founded in 1906 as the 
Russell Creek Academy and has proven itself to be an outstanding 
institution of higher education over the last 100 years. It has had an 
immeasurable impact on thousands of young men and women and has helped 
add to the academic excellence of our fine Commonwealth.

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  In the beginning, the Russell Creek Academy began with training 
departments for teacher and pastor training. In 1907 the Russell Creek 
Academy provided classes in music, art, and a diploma program for an 
enrollment of 200 students. Campbellsville University has now grown to 
2,300 students as of last fall, with 38 undergraduate programs and 9 
graduate programs, all while encompassing 75 acres of beautiful land 
near Campbellsville, KY.
  To make sure that the university will continue to grow and progress 
for the next 100 years as it has this past century, many improvements 
are being made across the campus to add to its beauty and improve life 
for students. For instance, great progress is being made on the 800-
seat Ransdell Chapel and the new Heilman Student Center. With the new 
School of Nursing, new tennis courts and the 48-bed addition to the 
Resident Village, Campbellsville University is looking forward to many 
new projects to keep up the demand and growth of this institution.
  Academically, the School of Nursing program began this year and is 
off to a great start. Campbellsville University has also expanded its 
master of business administration program, moving along with the 
technological revolution by offering the program online in addition to 
the traditional MBA classes that the University has offered and been so 
well-known for over the years.
  The students enrolled at Campbellsville University are proudly 
preparing a time capsule to commemorate this centennial celebration 
that will be opened in another 100 years, in 2107. The capsule will 
enable students 100 years from now to look at a time before they became 
students at Campbellsville University and compare its first 100 years 
to the next.
  According to Dr. Michael V. Carter, the school's president, ``at 
Campbellsville University, faculty encourage students to grow stronger 
spiritually and find their true purpose in life, which is the greatest 
discovery of all.'' I hope that the history and tradition of this great 
school, encapsulated in the time capsule that they are preparing, will 
aid in that discovery for the students of today and a century to come.
  Madam President, I ask that the entire Senate join me in 
congratulating Campbellsville University on this auspicious occasion; 
with 100 years of excellence in education behind us, we look forward to 
the next 100 with high hopes and anticipation.

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