[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2186]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE ON ITS SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

 Mr. BOND. Mr. President, February 27 is the 150th anniversary 
of the founding of William Jewell College, a small liberal arts college 
in Liberty, Missouri, and one of the oldest four-year colleges west of 
the Mississippi River.
  William Jewell's reputation is far larger than its size. Because of 
the quality of its academic programs and facilities, and the breadth of 
its student and public service activities, Jewell is recognized as a 
preeminent liberal arts college in the Midwest. Jewell is classified 
among the nation's top 162 liberal arts colleges by the Carnegie 
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Jewell has been recognized 
in the prestigious ``National Liberal Arts'' category in the 
``America's Best Colleges'' edition of U.S. News & World Report.
  Affiliated with the Baptist church since its founding, the college 
places a strong emphasis on Christian values, character development, 
and public service. Jewell is listed regularly in the Templeton 
Foundation's Honor Roll of Character-Building Colleges.
  The institution has awarded more than 14,000 baccalaureate degrees 
since its founding. While most of its students are from Missouri, the 
school attracts students from nearly half of the 50 states and more 
than a dozen foreign countries.
  Alumni accomplishments at the highest levels of business, industry, 
government and the professions figure prominently in maintaining 
Jewell's reputation as a preeminent liberal arts college. And the 
college is frequently referred to as the ``Campus of Achievement'' due 
to the high percentage of Jewell students appearing in annual ``Who's 
Who'' directories.
  And, on a personal note, Jewell graduates are certainly 
overrepresented on my Senate staff in terms of their percentage of the 
Missouri population!
  While the school has a right to be proud of its achievements, what 
sets it apart from other colleges are the opportunities it offers all 
of its students, and the larger Kansas City community. William Jewell's 
Fine Arts Program, now in its 34th season, is a regional and national 
treasure, having presented Luciano Pavarotti's American recital debut 
in 1973. Each year, the Fine Arts Program brings to Kansas City venues 
internationally acclaimed orchestras, ensembles, dance troupes, plays, 
musicals, and individual performers.
  International programs in England, Japan, Australia, India and 
Ecuador give students the opportunity to travel widely and study at 
some of the world's great centers of learning. The recently endowed 
Pryor Leadership Studies program is a unique curriculum of course work, 
activities and lectures which actively promote personal, vocational and 
civic leadership development. And a Service Learning certificate 
program, sustained by its own endowment, encourages formal involvement 
in community service activities, along with national and international 
outreach, and mission trips.
  It is a credit to her faculty, administration, board, alumni, and 
students that William Jewell has been able to maintain high academic 
standards through the years, and to serve so well the Kansas City 
community, the State of Missouri, and the entire nation.
  I offer the entire William Jewell community a heartfelt 
congratulations on their first 150 years!

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