Crichton College

255 N Highland, Memphis, TN 38111-137 -  View Map

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• Crichton College is a Christian liberal arts college committed to academic excellence and the joining of faith, rigorous academic inquiry, and action guided by a biblical worldview. Building upon a challenging curriculum in the classroom, Crichton embraces the richness and diversity of its urban community as an extension of its campus.
• Crichton College endeavors to offer students a well-rounded educational experience, which allows them to explore all dimensions of their personalities while, at the same time, receiving quality instruction in the pursuit of a career. Crichton further endeavors to promote whole person development, recognizing that under the sovereignty of God all people possess intellectual, spiritual, psychological, and physical dimensions.
• The task and the purpose of education at Crichton College are understood as Christian vocation. Confident that God Himself is Truth, we pursue knowledge widely by engaging God's world both near and far, past and present, grand and minute. Our calling to Christian liberal arts education is fulfilled in the classroom and the study.
• College offers majors in Biblical Studies, Business, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, professional education, pre-nursing, English, History, liberal studies, and Pre-Law. Stressing excellence in teaching in a personalized environment, the faculty encourages students to practice a reasoned and vital faith that will enable them to lead mature and creative lives.
• Crichton College is located in the sprawling metropolis of Memphis, Tennessee, which provides many advantages for its students. The Crichton campus is centrally located in the Memphis metropolitan area. By way of the interstate system in Memphis, which is less than a minute away, the new location is just minutes from most Memphis area locations, including downtown, the surrounding suburbs, the college quadrangle, the fairgrounds, the airport, and other facilities.The new campus on North Highland features many large, comfortable classrooms that include well-equipped science labs, computer labs, video and audio-visual equipment, and observation facilities.
• Crichton College is chartered by the State of Tennessee and approved by the State Department of Education for the training of veterans and their dependents and by the State Board of Education for teacher education licensure and by the State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
• Crichton College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; telephone number 404-679-4501) to award the degrees Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science.
• Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.

In the News:

• Dan Wolken: Victory University hopes for a ragtag-to-riches story (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
  posted on November 19, 2010 at 06:00:00 am
  Victory University, formerly Crichton College, has a collection of basketball players others cast aside or never wanted in the first place.
• Victory University Offering a Large Number of Scholarships (Eyewitness News Memphis)
  posted on July 1, 2010 at 10:22:44 pm
  If you just graduated high school, Crichton College, now known as Victory University may be for you.
• Crichton College Announces Name Change to Victory University (dBusinessNews.com)
  posted on June 2, 2010 at 02:35:13 am
  Memphis, Tennessee – (June 1, 2010) -- Crichton College ( www.crichton.edu ) is proud to announce that it has changed its name to Victory University.
• Crichton College in Memphis is now Victory University (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
  posted on May 24, 2010 at 09:51:00 pm
  Crichton College has changed its name to Victory University, one of several recent changes at the campus. Last December, the school became a for-profit college run by California-based Significant Federation.
• With athletic director aboard, Crichton program is revived (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
  posted on April 28, 2010 at 05:00:00 am
  It didn't take John M. Borek Jr. long to realize after taking over as president of Crichton College in April 2009 that not having an athletic program left a void in the quality of life on campus.

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