Presbyterian College

Presbyterian College, commonly known as PC, is a four-year, private liberal arts

college located in Clinton, South Carolina, United States and affiliated with the Presbyterian
Church. The colleges president is Bob Staton. Presbyterian's undergraduate and graduate
programs emphasize small class sizes, a congenial atmosphere between professors and
students, and a commitment to service. PC is also home to Cyrus, the largest bronze statue of
a Scotsman in the world.[3]

History[edit]
William Plumer Jacobs

Presbyterian College was founded in 1880 by the Rev. William Plumer Jacobs. He had served
as the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Clinton since 1864, and founded the Thornwell
Orphanage. Originally called Clinton College, its first class (including three women) graduated
in 1883. In establishing PC, his tree of knowledge, Jacobs goal was to educate young people
for lives of service to church and society, and thereby be, in his words, epistles to Christs
honor and glory.[4]
By the time of Jacobs' death in 1917, the college had grown considerably in size and
resources, and had six major buildings. Neville Hall, PC's most recognized structure, was
constructed in 1907. The tenure of president Davison McDowell Douglas (1911-1926) saw the
tripling of the size of the faculty and student body, the construction of four new buildings, and
growth in the Colleges assets from $150,000 to over $1 million. [5] After weathering the storms
of the Great Depression and Second World War, Presbyterian has continued expansion on
many fronts through the second half of the twentieth century. It became fully co-educational in
1965 (and in so doing dropped its previous motto, Where Men are Made). In 1969, it began
admitting African-American students.[6]

Academics[edit]

Students at Neville Hall

Undergraduate[edit]
Presbyterian College is a Carnegie One Liberal Arts College and is fully accredited by the
Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). [7] The
School of the Liberal Arts confers B.A. and B.S. degrees in 30 courses of study and 9 preprofessional programs including Pre-Law, Pre-Med, Pre-Theology, and Pre-Pharmacy. PC also
offers a dual-degree program in Engineering (with Clemson University, Auburn University,
Georgia Tech, the University of South Carolina, and Vanderbilt University) and minor fields in
an additional 13 disciplines such as Africana Studies, Media Studies, and Women's and
Gender Studies.[8][9] The liberal arts program has small average class sizes (13-15 students),
and has six Carnegie/CASE South Carolina Professor of the Year Award winners. [7]
PC is one of two South Carolina colleges or universities with a Confucius Institute, which
fosters economic connections and cultural interaction between the US and China. Through the
Institute, Presbyterian participates in a partnership and exchange program with Guizhou
University, located in Guiyang,China. The Confucius Institute sponsors cultural events on PC's
campus and offers elementary, intermediate, and advanced courses inMandarin.[10][11][12]

Graduate[edit]
The School of Pharmacy confers Doctorate of Pharmacy degrees (PharmD) and is oriented
toward serving the healthcare needs of underdeveloped and economically depressed areas of
South Carolina and the greater US. A 54,000 square-foot facility, its doors opened in the fall of
2010 with an inaugural class of 80 students. The School of Pharmacy was fully accredited by
the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) in July 2014. [13] Despite its youth, it
has accrued multiple awards including a Biomedical/Biobehavioral Research Administration
Development (BRAD) grant from the National Institute of Health, and a Generation Rx
Champion Award from the South Carolina Pharmacy Association (SCPhA) for its efforts at
raising awareness of prescription drug abuse.[14][15]