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Christian university in Kansas City, Missouri
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Calvary University
MottoBiblical Equipping for Excellence in Life and Service
TypePrivate university
Established1932
Accreditation ABHE, HLC
President Alexander Granados[1]
Undergraduates 348 (late 2019)
Postgraduates 82 (late 2019)[2]
Location,
Missouri
,
U.S.

38°50′18′′N 94°32′40′′W / 38.83842°N 94.54455°W / 38.83842; -94.54455
CampusSuburban
Colors Crimson, white, gold
     
Sporting affiliations
ACCA, MCCC
MascotNikao Warriors
Websitewww.calvary.edu

Calvary University is a private Christian university in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. In 2019, total enrollment was 430, with undergraduate enrollment of 348 and graduate enrollment of 82.

History

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Calvary University campus on the former Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Madison Hall is the main administration building.

The university originally opened in 1932 as Calvary Bible College.

Calvary University is a result of a merger in 1961 between two small Bible colleges—Kansas City Bible College (est. 1932) and Midwest Bible College (est. 1938) in St. Louis. The two schools moved to a campus in the Kansas City suburban community of Prairie Village, Kansas, and became Calvary Bible College. In 1987, Citadel Bible College of Ozark, Arkansas merged in. In 1966, Calvary moved to 1111 West 39th Street in Kansas City, where it remained until 1980. In 1980 it moved to its current campus at the former Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base.

In mid-2016, Calvary re-branded as Calvary University. Reasons for the name change included the difficulty graduates were having with finding employment with a degree from a Bible college, the increased difficulty in accessing some countries for missions with a degree from a Bible college, the perception that a Bible college only prepares people for full-time church ministry, and the perception that a Bible college offers a lesser quality of education. Further, Calvary's mission, degree offerings, accreditation, and undergraduate and graduate divisions are all broader than the traditional Bible college classification.[3] [4]

Academics

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Calvary is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission [5] (since 2003) and the Association for Biblical Higher Education (since 1947). In May 2023 the HLC issued a public disclosure notice to warn the public about the university's financial distress.[6] In January 2024, the HLC issued a statement that the university now meets their requirements and does not appear to be in financial distress.[7]

Athletics

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The Calvary Warriors offer sports for men's and women's basketball, men's soccer, women's volleyball, and men's baseball. In each of these sports the Warriors compete against other colleges in regular season games and post-season tournaments. The Warriors are members of the Midwest Christian College Conference (MCCC) and the Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA).

The Warriors' men's soccer team took the ACCA national title in November 2012.[8] The Warriors' men's basketball team won their first NCCAA North Region Championship to advance to the NCCAA DII National Championship tournament.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Dr. Alexander Granados Named President of Calvary University". 16 December 2020. Archived from the original on December 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "College Navigator - Calvary University". nces.ed.gov.
  3. ^ "History - Calvary University". Calvary University. Archived from the original on April 13, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "CBC Rebrands as Calvary University". June 17, 2016. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "About HLC | About HLC". hlcommission.org.
  6. ^ "Public Disclosure Calvary University Designation: Financial Distress" (PDF). Higher Learning Commission . Retrieved 2023年09月11日.
  7. ^ Gellman-Danely, Barbara. "HLC Letter to Calvary University - Removal of Financial Distress - 1.18.24". acrobat.adobe.com. Retrieved 2025年01月31日.
  8. ^ "Men's Soccer". Archived from the original on October 31, 2019.
  9. ^ "Calvary Wins NCCAA Regional Tournament". 28 February 2021. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021.
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