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The university was founded by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1842 and received its Tennessee state charter in 1843. In 1847 Cumberland Presbyterian church leaders added a law school, the first in Tennessee and the first west of the Appalachian Mountains, and in 1854 a school of theology was begun.
Cumberland University campus 36°12′14″N 86°18′00″W / 36.203889°N 86.3°W / 36.203889; -86.3 ( Memorial Hall, Cumberland University Lebanon
Fontaine Richard Earle, President of Cane Hill College; president of Arkansas Cumberland College (now the University of the Ozarks) [1] Ira Landrith, President of Belmont College (now University), 1904-1912; David E. Mitchell, 5th President of Cumberland University, 1902-1906 [2] Laban Lacy Rice, 14th President of Cumberland University, 1941–1946
The academy was founded in 1902 as Castle Heights School outside of Lebanon, Tennessee. [1] [2] [3] Its founders were David Mitchell, president of Cumberland University; Isaac W. P. Buchanan, a mathematics teacher at the recently defunct Cumberland Preparatory School; Amzi W. Hooker, a resident of Lebanon; and Laban Lacy Rice, a former English instructor at the Cumberland Preparatory School.
The California Academy of Mathematics and Science (CAMS) opened on the California State University at Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) campus in 1990, the product of partnerships among CSUDH, the California State University’s Chancellor’s Office, a consortium of eleven local school districts, and defense industries.
The university had a low-power FM radio station, WCCR-LP, from 2004 until 2022. It also has a forensics (debate) team and an academic team. The university typically has two theatre productions each year, one play (commonly in the spring, though reversed for the 2008 semesters) and one musical (currently in the spring, previously in the fall).
Cumberland University is a special place — one that has allowed me to do what I love for so many years." Hunt led Cumberland to three NAIA championships (2004, 2010, 2014) and two national ...
Robert Looney Caruthers (July 31, 1800 – October 2, 1882) was an American judge, politician, and professor. He helped establish Cumberland University in 1842, serving as the first president of its board of trustees, and was a cofounder of the Cumberland School of Law, one of the oldest law schools in the South.