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Campbell University

Mission

Address

PO Box 546
Buies Creek, NC 27506

Website

http://www.campbell.edu

Admissions E-mail

adm@mailcenter.campbell.edu

School Mission

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Campbell University is a university of the liberal arts, sciences, and professions that is committed to helping students develop an integrated Christian personality characterized by a wholeness of body, mind and spirit. Campbell is a Baptist university affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Both in and out of the classroom, the University endeavors to present Christian principles to students and to foster their application to daily life. Located in Buies Creek, a rural, residential community in Harnett County, Campbell University has the ideal college setting on an 850-acre campus. Raleigh, the state's capital, and Fayetteville are less than thirty miles from campus. Within about an hour's driving time students can enjoy the benefits of the Research Triangle Park, the cities of Durham and Chapel Hill. Campbell also holds the distinction of being named "The Safest Campus in North Carolina, " by USA Today. Campbell is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), Commission on Colleges, as a Level V Institution. Campbell also has accredited and nationally recognized graduate programs in business, divinity, education, law and pharmacy. Affiliated with the Atlantic Sun Conference, Campbell enjoys competitive Division I Varsity athletics. The Fighting Camels men's sports include: basketball, baseball, cross-country, golf, soccer, tennis, track, wrestling, and Football beginning Fall 2008. Campbell's women's sports include: basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track, volleyball and swimming. Campbell's total enrollment is over 2, 600 undergraduate and 1, 500 graduate students. In an average year, the student body comes from over 90 North Carolina counties, 49 other states and 50 countries. Seventy-five percent of the student body comes from North Carolina.

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