Mississippi College’s academic programs are good, the school has some good teachers, it has decently strict admissions standards, the sports teams have respectable standings in their league. To the indifferent outsider, Mississippi College is average; extraordinary is not a word many people would use to describe it. Mississippi College is the oldest four-year college, largest private university, and largest Baptist university in the state. It has the top-rated water fitness program in the country, these are distinctive characteristics, how do they not stand out?
Its music department is one of the finest in the area, its voice students compete and win at the National Association of Teachers of Singing regional and state contests, beating out students from the powerful likes of the aforementioned Florida and Louisiana State Universities. Its premiere vocal ensemble, The MC Singers, have had invitations to sing alongside legendary choirs from schools such as North Texas State University, Concordia University, and Florida State University at national and regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, the leading authority on choral music in the country. Music department alumni go to study at some of the country’s best music conservatories, Eastman, Juilliard, and Cincinnati to name a few. Why does the music department, with these exceptional qualities, not stand out in its field?
Mississippi College does not have a leading Political Science department, yet it has supplied Mississippi with five of its governors. The school has alumni that have gone on to achieve great feats of mankind; sending rockets into space and competing among the world’s greatest athletes. Six Southern Baptist Convention presidents, presidents of several of Southern Baptist seminaries, and a director of the International Mission Board have walked through its gates. Mississippi College has granted degrees to three of the chief justices of the Mississippi Supreme Court, heads of the American Medical Association, and heads of the American Board of Pathology. Well over one hundred college and university presidents were educated here. With all of this heritage, why has Mississippi College not gained a more prominent position in the academic world?
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You know you topic of discussion well, but maybe to help answer your question. Do you see all what God has done. All the trees, plants, animals, and how all are very significant? Each has certain abilities suited for them. God has done more but why don't more people acknowledge him. Some are just to busy with themselves to even care
You did a lot of research, didn't you? I really appreciated it to read some many interesting things about MC I didn't know before - perhaps, some of MC's students now even have more reasons why they chose MC ...
I was wondering: do you want an answer? (not that I can give it to you ...) Or was your point mainly in stating how excellent MC is indeed?
I think that the schooling that MC offers is great. But still, being a good scientist, running for being governor, being head of a college or university - isn't it mostly about your own ambitions? Do I want to be governor or do I prefer to live the quiet life?
It's the decision of a graduated student what he/she wants to do with his/her life and the education you received.
And after you have come to a decision - does it matter that much from which college you graduated?
You definately know your information about MC. Thanks for the history info.
I didn't know any of that information. That was very informative of you to post it. I especially liked the sentence at the very top of your blog. The one about life.
Of course I know that my friend. My blogs are about in-depth thought not about action. That was more of a rhetorical question than an actual fact. However, I have acquired the skills of first aid. but you missed the point of my blog.
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