Centre CollegeBluegrass Region | Helen's Day Trips | Harrodsburg & Old Fort Harrod | Centre College |
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Frankfort | Events | 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games | Brass Band FestivalCentre College is located in nearby Danville, just a few miles from Beaumont Inn bed and breakfast. Founded in 1819, Centre College is a U.S. News top-50 national liberal arts college (Kentucky's highest nationally ranked institution). Centre's promise to its students is "personal education, extraordinary success." The College delivers on this pledge with one-to-one from day one career preparation; small classes taught exclusively by challenging, dedicated professors; and an all-learning, all-the-time campus environment that provides abundant opportunities for social interaction and leadership development.
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Centre College received its charter from the Kentucky Legislature on January 21, 1819. Classes began in the fall of 1820 in the first building of the College, Old Centre, with a faculty of two and a student body of five. Since that time Centre has remained steadfast in its mission of providing superior education in the liberal arts tradition.
Centre’s image as a small school capable of startlingly large achievements was enhanced by its 1921 football victory over Harvard University, then ranked No.1. The New York Times later called Centre's achievement “the greatest upset in the first half of the 20th century.”
Currently, Centre’s enrollment is about 1,070 undergraduates. Centre is among the smallest coeducational colleges in the United States to have a Phi Beta Kappa Chapter and the only private institution in Kentucky to do so.
In 2000, Centre became the smallest college ever to host a national election debate when the two vice presidential candidates, Joe Lieberman and Dick Cheney, met in Centre’s Norton Center for the Arts. The debate was quickly dubbed the “Thrill in the ’Ville.”
Centre set another national record when it achieved a 75.1 percent participation rate for alumni contributing to the College’s annual fund. Centre has led the nation in the percentage of alumni who make contributions to their college for most of the last two decades.
Centre notable alumni include two U.S. vice presidents (John Cabell Breckinridge-Class of 1838 and Adlai Ewing Stevenson-Class of 1859), a chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (Frederick M. Vinson-Class of 1909 and Class of 1911-Law), a U.S. Chief Justice (John Marshall Harlan-Class of 1850), and a number of U.S. senators, representatives, and state governors. Other Centre alumni have been and are leaders in the fields of business, teaching, medicine, law, and journalism. Centre's strong connection with the past brings added meaning to the present, and provides inspiration for the tradition to be continued in the future.
For more about them, go to the Centre College Web site.
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