Missouri Valley College

Missouri Valley College

Type	Private
Established	1889
President	Bonnie L. Humphrey
Students	1,789
Undergraduates	1,789
Location	Marshall, Missouri, U.S. 39°06′29″N 93°11′26″W / 39.10807°N 93.19044°WCoordinates: 39°06′29″N 93°11′26″W / 39.10807°N 93.19044°W
Campus	Rural, 150 acres (60.7 ha)
Colors	Purple and Orange[1]
Athletics	NAIA – HAAC
Nickname	Vikings
Affiliations	Presbyterian Church (USA)
Website	www.moval.edu

Missouri Valley College is a private, four-year liberal arts college that was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The 150-acre (60.7 ha) campus is in Marshall, Missouri. The college was founded in 1889 and supports 27 academic majors and an enrollment close to 1,800 students.^[2] Missouri Valley College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

History

Missouri Valley College was founded in 1889. The history of Missouri Valley College began during a conference at Sarcoxie, Missouri, on October 27, 1874 where the representatives of the several Presbyterian synods in the state of Missouri met to discuss founding the school. The school was affiliated with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for a long period.

The college's original building, Baity Hall was built in 1889 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Victorian era building is notable for its beautiful wooden staircase, vaulted wooden ceilings and stained glass windows.

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance

From 1945 to 1952, Harold Roe Bartle served as president of Missouri Valley.^[3] In 1948 Bartle founded and contributed $100,000 toward establishing the American Humanics Foundation,^[4] now the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, a philanthropic organization intended to prepare young people for careers in professional youth leadership in such organizations as the Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, and the YWCA.^[5] Harold Roe Bartle, later served as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, and is namesake of Bartle Hall. George Miller was also instrumental in the founding of the AHF.

Academics

The college has over 25 majors. Recently added are a nursing program, the college's first masters degree in community counseling, online courses, and an extension located at Wentworth Military Academy and College in Lexington, Missouri.

Athletics

Missouri Valley College's athletic teams are nicknamed the Vikings. The Missouri Valley Athletic Department has an intercollegiate athletic program that supports the college by providing opportunities for its student-athletes in accordance with the rules and regulations of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as a member of the Heart of America Conference.

Football has always been at the forefront of Missouri Valley College athletics, with 17 conference championships, a small college national title, two national runner-up finishes and 13 national bowl games. In the 2006 season, the Vikings advanced to the semi-finals of the NAIA Football National Championships, before falling to the eventual National Champions. The Vikings finished the season with a 13–1 record a # 3 ranking in the final 2006 "NAIA Football Top 25 Poll."

Wrestling Team Accomplishments: 1991–1992 14th Nationally 4 All Americans (AA), 1992–1993 20th Nationally 3 AA's, 1993–1994 13th Nationally 3 AA's, 1994–1995 8th Nationally 6 AA's, 1995–1996 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 8 AA's, 1996–1997 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 8 AA's, 1997–1998 National Runner-Up 7 AA's, 1998–1999 5th Nationally 9 AA's, 1999–2000 National Runner-Up 10 AA's, 2000–2001 National Runner-Up 9 AA's, 2001–2002 6th Nationally 7 AA's, 2002–2003 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 11 AA's, 2003–2004 3rd Nationally 8 AA's, 2004–2005 National Runner-Up 9 AA's, 2005–2006 7th Nationally 5AA's

The oldest footage of the game of basketball captured on film is that of a 1904 game involving female students at Missouri Valley College.

Presidents

• Dr. William H. Black, 1890–1926
• Dr. George H. Mack, 1927–1938
• Dr. Thomas H. Bibb, 1938–1943
• Dr. J. Ray Cable, 1944–1948
• Dr. H. Roe Bartle, 1948–1950
• Dr. M. Earle Collins, 1951–1968
• Dr. W. L. Tompkins, 1968–1974
• Dr. Donald C. Ziemke, 1975–1979
• Dr. Robert J. Glass, 1979–1983
• Dr. Earl J. Reeves, 1983–1994
• Dr. J. Kenneth Bryant, 1994–2001
• Dr. Chadwick B. Freeman, 2001–2004
• Dr. Bonnie L. Humphrey, 2005–present

Men's sports Baseball Basketball Cheerleading Cross country Football Golf Rodeo Soccer Tennis Track and field Volleyball Wrestling Lacrosse

Women's sports Basketball Cheerleading Cross country Golf Rodeo Soccer Softball Tennis Track and field Volleyball Wrestling Lacrosse

Greek life

Missouri Valley College has five national fraternities and sororities.

Fraternities Alpha Sigma Phi Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) Phi Beta Sigma

Sororities Alpha Sigma Alpha Theta Phi Alpha Zeta Phi Beta

Alumni

The alumni association comprises more than 16,760 members. The Office of Alumni Relations encourages alumni to become involved in alumni and college activities. Alumni are recognized by the college for meritorious activity through the Outstanding Alumnus Award, the Honorary Alumnus Award, and other special recognition. There are many ways for alumni to become involved in the life of the Missouri Valley community: campus organizations, Valley Women, Alumni Association, class agents, socials, athletics, Fifty Plus Club, reunions, and Presidents Society.

Among the college's notable former students and alumni are:

• Mickey Burns (television) TV host, writer, producer
• Clarissa Chun, 5th Place 2008 Beijing Olympics (woman's wrestling-48 kg)
• LC Davis, current MMA star
• Herbert Harris U.S. Representative from Virginia
• Mike Sholars Football Coach. The winner of multiple championships in Europe also attended Missouri Valley College ^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]}
• Bobby Lashley (Class of 1999), professional wrestler in WWE and TNA and Mixed martial artist
• Vernetta Lesforis, gold medalist at the 1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships
• Ameya Pawar, Chicago Alderman
• Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Representative from Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district
• W. Alan McCollough, American businessman, Director of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, La-Z-Boy and VF Corporation
• Alan M. Powell, Businessman in Scottsdale, Arizona
• Moses Regular, American football player
• Caleb Flaxey 2014 Sochi Olympic Gold Medalist, Curling ^[12]

Notable faculty, staff, and honorary degree recipients

• Benjamin Anderson, Austrian School economist, professor at MVC
• Volney Ashford, football coach inducted in College Football Hall of Fame
• Robert K. Enders, notable zoologist, professor at MVC
• Charles W. Gehrke, chemist, researcher, entrepreneur, professor at MVC
• James D. Moffat, president of Washington & Jefferson College, honorary degree recipient
• Walter Williams (journalist), honorary degree recipient

References

1. Missouri Valley College Graphic identitiy Standards and Guidelines (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-26.
2. http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Missouri+Valley+College&s=all&id=178369#enrolmt
3. National Cyclopedia of American Biography. 58: 213–14. 1979.
4. http://www.humanics.org/site/c.omL2KiN4LvH/b.1098773/k.BE7C/Home.htm
5. NCAB; Spence, 19.
6. "Huskies sign "The Golddigger"". www.rhein-zeitung.de. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
7. "American Football in Koblenz, Germany". SAT1.de. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
8. "Coach Mike Sholars Leading By Example in Germany". www.americanfootballinternational.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
9. "Seals-Footballer begrüßen neuen Headcoach Mike Sholars". www.ln-online.de. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
10. "Mike Sholars Head Football / Athletic Director at Cairo MSA University (Egypt, Africa) (IN ARABIC)". elwatannews.com. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
11. "Coach Mike Sholars was awarded the ENFL Coach Of The Year Award! (London, England)". europlayers.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
12. http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-caleb-flaxey

External links

• Official website
• Missouri Valley College Athletics website