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Lindsey at a Glance
  • William T. Luckey Jr. has been the eighth president of Lindsey Wilson since July 1, 1998.
  • Lindsey Wilson is one of the major employers of Adair County, and it is the county's largest private white-collar employer.
  • Lindsey Wilson employees contribute more than $71 million annually to Adair county's economy.
  • The college's academic offerings have expanded from three majors -- human services, educationcampus-life.JPG and business -- in 1988 to its current level of 22 and 19 pre-professional programs.
  • The John B. Begley Chapel was designed by the late award-winning architect E. Fay Jones. The chapel, which was the eighth one designed by Jones, was a gift from anonymous donors.
  • Lindsey Wilson's faculty has grown from 42 in 1997-98 to its 2009-10 level of 94.
  • More than 75 percent of Lindsey Wilson's faculty have terminal degrees. That's an increase from 36 percent in 1990.
  • Lindsey Wilson's enrollment has exploded from 260 students in 1977 to 2,143 for the 2009-10 school year. During the last 20 years, Lindsey Wilson has been one of the fastest-growing four-year independent colleges in Kentucky.
  • About 84 percent of Lindsey Wilson's students come from Kentucky. In 2009-10, the remainder came from 33 states and 32 foreign countries.
  • Lindsey Wilson has one of the most diverse student population among the Kentucky's independent colleges and universities. More than 15 percent of Lindsey Wilson's student body is composed of minority students.
  • An aggressive building campaign resulted in more than two dozen buildings added to the Lindsey Wilson campus in the last 20 years. Highlights include: a chapel; a health-and-wellness center; a business leadership center; a campus ministry center; a worship center; a library; two residence halls; a regional dining and conference center; a science center; an expanded student union building; a European-style soccer stadium; a new baseball field; and a renovated humanities center and art gallery.
  • Lindsey Wilson operates the AIM (Adults in Motion) program in Columbia for the region's working adults. Started in 1983, the Evening College is Southcentral Kentucky's oldest such program. Since 1992, the college has operated the Lindsey Wilson Scottsville Campus to meet the growing educational needs of Allen County-Scottsville. The college has cooperative agreements with the following campuses of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System: Ashland, Big Sandy-Prestonsburg, Bluegrass-Regency Road, Danville, Hazard, Henderson, Hopkinsville, Jefferson, Madisonville, Maysville, Paducah, Somerset and Southeast-Cumberland, and also at community and technical college campuses in Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. (View a list of our campuses to find a suitable location for your needs.)
  • Willis Pooler is Lindsey Wilson athletic director. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (www.naia.org) and the Mid-South Conference (www.mid-southconference.org). Lindsey Wilson's athletics program has expanded from two varsity sports teams in 1988 to 14 NAIA men's and women's varsity teams. The college also offers bowling, cheerleading, cycling and mountain biking as a club sport. In 2005-06, the LWC athletics program finished in third place in the United States Sports Academy Directors' Cup.In 2006-07, the LWC athletics program won the Mid-South Conference President's Cup.
  • The men's soccer team won the 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009 NAIA national soccer titles; the women's soccer team won the 2004 & 2006 NAIA national soccer titles; the men's basketball team appeared in the NAIA National Tournament in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009; the women's basketball team appeared in the 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2009 NAIA National Tournament.
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