William Carey University: Celebrating 125 Years

by Joshua Wilson, Donna Duck Wheeler, Barbara Hamilton

Overview

In 2006, William Carey College celebrated 100 years of serving students in south Mississippi. To accompany the centennial, alumni director Donna Duck Wheeler wrote William Carey College: The First 100 Years. In the 11 years following 2006, the school's enrollment increased to nearly 1,500 students and more programs, such as the College of Osteopathic Medicine, have been established. The span between the first volume and this updated one also includes the name change to William Carey University and the discovery of an additional predecessor institution, Pearl River Boarding School, founded in 1892. This expanded volume, published in commemoration of the institution's corrected 125th birthday, tells the next chapter of Carey's history--a history filled with faculty, staff, students, and alumni living out the words of the university's namesake, William Carey, and "expecting and attempting great things for God."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467127042
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	09/18/2017
Series:	Campus History
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Joshua Wilson, author of the revised edition, is a two-time Carey graduate and a former media relations and marketing director. This publication is dedicated to the memory of Milton and Donna Duck Wheeler for their love and devotion to Carey. The university expresses its sincere appreciation to Joshua Wilson and Barbara Hamilton, executive assistant to the president, for their assistance with this project.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 South Mississippi College: 1906-1910 11

2 Mississippi Woman's College: 1911-1954 17

3 William Carey College: 1954-1980 49

4 William Carey College: 1981-2006 83

5 Crusaders in Action 105

About This Edition 128

6 William Carey University: 2006-2012 131

7 William Carey University: 2012-2017 151

8 William Carey University: 2017 and the Future 169

Additional Acknowledgements 191