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The College consists of 115-acre campus with an additional 142-acre nature center.

Mount Union is in Alliance, Ohio (population 25,000). The College is located 70 miles from Cleveland and 80 miles from Pittsburgh.

Mount Union College enrolls 2,193 undergraduates; approximately 50 percent women and 50 percent men, representing more than 22 states and 13 countries.

Eighty-one percent of the faculty at Mount Union have earned a doctoral or terminal degree with graduate training at some of the best-known universities in the United States and Europe.

Mount Union's student-faculty ratio is 13:1. The average class size is 18. Classes are offered fall and spring semesters with a summer semester consisting of three sessions.

Mount Union has an active alumni base of more than 13,000 graduates located around the world.

The current endowment of the College is $130 million, placing the College in the top 10 percent nationally in endowment size.

The College's Annual Fund is strongly supported and brings more than $1 million.

Mount Union sponsors 11 men's varsity teams: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis and Wrestling.

Mount Union sponsors 10 women's varsity teams: Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis and Volleyball.

Mount Union's nickname is the Purple Raiders with the MUCaw, a purple parrot, as mascot. With school colors of purple and white, Mount Union competes in the Ohio Athletic Conference and in NCAA Division III athletics.

More than a dozen music performance groups are open to student participation. Major groups include the Marching Band, Concert Choir, Symphony Orchestra, Mount Union Alliance Chorale, Brass Choir, Jazz Band and several ensembles.

Nearly 65 percent of all students live on campus. A full range of social events are scheduled throughout the academic year, including dances, plays and films, art exhibits, lectures and other cultural and entertainment activities. The array of active campus organizations includes a student senate, newspaper, yearbook, literary magazine and FM radio station; four national fraternities, four national sororities and one local sorority; and various intramural sports. Dozens of other groups are devoted to academic, social and service pursuits.

Dr. Richard F. Giese, the 11th president of Mount Union, is a native of Chicago, Illinois. Giese earned his bachelor of arts degree from Concordia College in 1971. He holds three advanced degrees including a master of divinity degree from Concordia Seminary in Exile (Seminex), a master of arts degree from Washington University and a doctoral degree from Kent State University. He also has attended the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Seminar for New Presidents.

Dr. Patricia Draves is the dean of Mount Union College. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College. She earned her doctoral degree from the University of Illinois.

Lee Ann Thorn, chair of the Board of Trustees, is the executive vice president and treasurer of GBS Corp. in North Canton, Ohio. She is a 1983 graduate of the College.

The College can be reached at (330) 821-5320 or (800) 992-6682.

Mount Union has been ranked for 14 consecutive years as a top regional liberal arts college in the Midwest and was also ranked as a Best Buy for regional liberal arts colleges in the Midwest.

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It is the policy of Mount Union College not to discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, marital or parental status, or disability in student admissions, financial aid, educational or athletic programs, or employment as now or may hereafter be required by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, regulations of the Internal Revenue Service, and all other applicable federal, state and local statutes, ordinances and regulations. Inquiries regarding compliance may be directed to (330) 823-2886, Associate Dean of Students, Hoover-Price Campus Center, or to (330) 829-6560, Director of Human Resources and Employee Development, Beeghly Hall.