| Established | 1911 |
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| Type | Public Liberal Arts |
| Chancellor | Timothy Donovan |
| President | Carol Moore |
| Staff | 60 |
| Students | 1,350 |
| Location | Lyndon, VT, USA |
| Campus | Rural 175 acres (0.7 km²) |
| Website | http://lyndonstate.edu/ |
Lyndon State College is a public college located at Lyndonville in the U.S. state of Vermont. The town is located in Caledonia county in a region of Vermont known as the Northeast Kingdom. In addition to a range of Bachelor's Degree programs, the college offers a Master's Degree program in Education.
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In 1911, the college was founded as a one-year normal school housed in rented space in nearby Lyndon Institute. The term "normal school" is based on the French école normale supérieure, a school to educate teachers. Consistent with education tradition of the times, the Lyndon Training Course expanded its curriculum in one-year increments, and the first two-year class graduated in 1923. In 1927, Rita Bole became principal of the school. The first three-year class, consisting of nine students, graduated in 1934. In 1944, the state allowed Lyndon to grant four-year degrees so long as it remained a teacher training institution. The first four-year degrees were granted to 18 students in 1944. It was during these years that the Northeast Kingdom began to depend on Lyndon to address the educational needs of its residents.[citation needed]
Bole, who led the school until 1955, was a driving force in the development of Lyndon State College. She worked to encourage the Vermont State Legislature to establish Lyndon Teachers College, saw the admission of the first male and first out-of-state students during the 1940s, and oversaw the move to the estate of Theodore Newton Vail. Vail, the first president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), had been instrumental in the establishment of Lyndon Institute, and Bole recognized his vacant estate as the perfect place to house the growing school. The move to Vail Manor was completed on June 30, 1951, the final day of the school's lease at Lyndon Institute.
In 1961, the State Legislature established the Vermont State Colleges system, a consortium of Vermont's five public colleges governed by a common board of trustees, chancellor and Council of Presidents and Lyndon Teachers College became Lyndon State College. This marked the beginning of a period of rapid growth and, in 1964, the campus began to expand. A library, a dormitory, a dining hall, a science wing, a gymnasium, and a theater were built. These additions began meeting the needs of a growing student population that also brought a rapid expansion of the Lyndon curriculum.[citation needed] In the 1970s, new majors were developed in business administration, special education, recreations, meteorology, communications, human services, and physical education. It was also during this decade that the original Vail Manor was deemed unsafe and was replaced with the Theorodore N. Vail Center that now houses the Vail Museum and preserves the name that has become an integral part of the Lyndon State tradition. [1]
The Vail Center has classrooms, and teachers' offices, especially English, meteorology, mathematics, and education. It also contains the bookstore, student center, and snack bar. The science wing contains classrooms and laboratories. There is a television wing for the television studies and is home to News 7, LSC's daily live broadcast facility. It also contains the small Alexander Twilight Theater. It is connected to the Library and Academic Center (LAC).
LAC contains classrooms, a 24 hour computer lab, and the three-floor Samuel Read Hall Library.
The Harvey Academic Center is located at the center of campus, and houses offices and classrooms for Recreation Studies, as well as for other classes.
The center of campus is around the fountain, which sprays into a small pond. There is a larger pond across from the library. Adjacent to the fountain is Stevens Dining Hall.
Adjacent to the theater is the Rita Bole Gym. (There is also a Rita Bole residence hall.) The larger gym is used for basketball games. The smaller gym is used mainly for intramural sports. In this complex is a 25 metres (82 ft) swimming pool, racquetball court, and a fitness center.[2] There are computer labs.
On the north side of the campus, across from the baseball fields is the Brown House containing a dispensary. The Gray House is a special residential opportunity, currently for those performing service to the community.
No smoking is allowed on campus.
Along with the Masters Degree program, the college has 21 Bachelor Degree Programs and 9 Associate Degree Programs. There are also several Licensure Programs in Education and two certificate programs.
Business Administration
Digital and Graphic Arts
Education
English & Philosophy
Exercise Science
Fine and Performing Arts
General Studies
Liberal Studies
Mathematics & Computer Science
Meteorology
Natural Sciences
Psychology
Recreation Resource & Ski Resort Management
Social Sciences
Electronic Journalism Arts (formerly Television Studies)
Master of Education
There are 20-30 clubs at Lyndon State College. They include:
Lyndon State College is located on a hill in the town of Lyndonville with approximately 1350 students. Half of the student population lives on campus in one of the eleven residence halls. Twenty-three Academic Majors and nine Associate degree programs provides students with lots of opportunities to explore their interests. The Stonehenge residence hall complex is located on the southern end of campus, and consists of six residence halls. Whitelaw/Crevecour are both Freshmen only dorms. The other four dorms are Arnold/Bayley and Poland/Rogers. They are clustered around a central courtyard, and shaped in a circle, hence the nickname "Stonehenge." Wheelock is a residence hall that is also for Freshmen only, and is located in the center of campus. Rita Bole is the newest of the dorms, which features apartment style living for upper classmen.
The Lyndon State Hornets compete in the North Atlantic Conference. LSC is also a provisional member of the NCAA.
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