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University : Alice Lloyd College - USA
Name:	Alice Lloyd College
Country:	USA
Institution:	University
Street:	Pippa Passes
Postcode/City:	KY 41844
Phone:	1-888-280-4ALC
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Web:	http://www.alc.edu/
Alice Lloyd College:Alice Lloyd College is named for its founder Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd who came to the Eastern Kentucky mountains from her native home in Boston Early in her career she was a writer for local newspapers and periodicals In 1902 Miss Geddes was publisher and editor of The Cambridge Press the first publication in America with an all-female staff Eastern Kentucky was sorely lacking in educational opportunities when Alice Lloyd arrived at Ivis Kentucky in 1916 She saw the need for regional uplift and felt that through education the Appalachian people could have a brighter future Armed with an invitation from a local resident she came to Pippa Passes to teach the children Mrs Lloyd knew that she was among some of the brightest and best students that could be found anywhere To ensure that no student would be turned away because of financial difficulty she instituted a mandatory student work program Mrs Lloyd secured the success of her mission through generous financial support of her friends on the east coast voluntary teachers and faith as firm as a rock and aspirations as high as the mountains Mrs Lloyd’s initial efforts at the Ivis Community Center in Knott County Kentucky were to provide health care educational services and agricultural improvements to the region In 1917 Mrs Lloyd accompanied by her mother moved to Caney Creek at the behest of local resident Abisha Johnson who offered her land on which to build a school Alice Lloyd’s dictum The leaders are here became the inspirational impetus for what is now Alice Lloyd College She was joined three years later by June Buchanan a native of Syracuse New York Sharing Alice Lloyd’s mission Miss Buchanan served the College until her death in 1988 at the age of 100 Together Alice Lloyd and June Buchanan chartered Caney Junior College in 1923 Following the death of Mrs Lloyd in 1962 William Hayes became president and served until 1977 Under his leadership the College launched a capital improvement campaign which included construction of a water-treatment facility three student residence halls an administrative office building a science building and an athletic facility Jerry C Davis was appointed president in 1977 His eleven-year tenure was marked by the creation of an accredited four-year liberal arts college the founding of The June Buchanan School grades K-12 the expansion of a number of campus facilities including a new library classrooms and a performing arts center and the augmentation of campus programs student enrollment and institutional endowment Since the College became a four-year institution in 1980 hundreds of students have earned baccalaureate degrees and many alumni have completed graduate and professional programs at little or no personal cost through the continued support from Alice Lloyd College Many of these graduates have returned to the mountains as teachers physicians attorneys and other leaders of their communities In 1988 M Fred Mullinax was named president Campus expansion continued under President Mullinaxs direction with the construction of two student residence halls and a student center enhancement of faculty salaries and benefits recruitment of high-achieving students and enrichment of the College’s endowment Timothy T Siebert assumed the presidency in September 1995 He came to the College with a thorough understanding of the college enterprise and with seven years’ experience in development work Dr Siebert left the College in December 1998 to return to his home state of Missouri Joseph Alan Stepp was named President in April 1999 He is the first native Appalachian to assume the Presidents position at Alice Lloyd College The community of Pippa Passes derives its name from the verse drama Pippa Passes written by the British poet Robert Browning The character of Pippa is a little girl who works in the sweat shops of Italy in the mid-19th Century On her only holiday of the year she passes through the villages of her countryside singing the now popular refrain The years at the spring And days at the morn Mornings at seven The hill-sides dew-pearled The larks on the wing The snails on the thorn Gods in his heaven-- Alls right with the world Through her song Pippa inspires troubled lives toward good purposes The poem reflects the influence of unconscious good on the world Service to the community follows this philosophy as it seeks to expand the scope of the total learning experience The College maintains as in the early days that the purpose of an education is world service therefore the College continues to seek avenues of service for staff faculty and students The College offers experiences in and out of the classroom so that learning may become balanced and healthy Human growth may proceed in all directions like an expanding sphere rather than a straight line It is for this reason that the education of an Alice Lloyd College student takes into consideration all the dimensions of human life which truly matter and which left unattended lead to a fragmented and absurd existence* *Ferrucci Piero What We May Be New York Houghton Mifflin 1982

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