Barton College is a

private college Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grants. De ...

Wilson, North Carolina Wilson is a city in and the county seat of Wilson County, North Carolina, United States. Located approximately east of the capital city of Raleigh, it is served by the interchange of Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 264. Wilson had an estimated p ...

. It is affiliated with the

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. The denomination started with the Restoration Movement during the Second Great Awakening, first existing during the 19th ...

and enrolls about 1,200 students on campus.

History

Barton College was incorporated as Atlantic Christian College on May 1, 1902, by the North Carolina Christian Missionary Convention, following the purchase of the Kinsey Seminary in 1901. The college remains affiliated with the

. On September 6, 1990, the school changed its name to Barton College in honor of

Barton Warren Stone Barton Warren Stone (December 24, 1772 – November 9, 1844) was an American evangelist during the early 19th-century Second Great Awakening in the United States. First ordained a Presbyterian minister, he and four other ministers of the Washingt ...

, a founder of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) who was active in eastern North Carolina. Through its Division of Lifelong Learning, Barton College opened eastern North Carolina's Barton Weekend College in the fall of 1990.

Athletics

Barton athletic teams are nicknamed as the Bulldogs. The college is a member of the Division II level of the

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(NCAA), primarily competing in

Conference Carolinas Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) or the Carolinas Conference, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) primarily at the Divisi ...

since the 1930–31 academic year. Its mascot is the

Bulldog The Bulldog is a British breed of dog of mastiff type. It may also be known as the English Bulldog or British Bulldog. It is of medium size, a muscular, hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose.Ava Gardner Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her perform ...

, actress and singer (dropped out) *

Walter B. Jones Jr. Walter Beaman Jones Jr. (February 10, 1943 – February 10, 2019) was an American politician who served twelve terms in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party for from 1995 until his death in 2019. The d ...

, Congressman *

Sam Ragan Samuel Talmadge Ragan (December 31, 1915 – May 11, 1996)Representative Eva Clayton of North Carolina''Tribute To Sam Ragan''(House of Representatives – May 16, 1996). Retrieved September 10, 2016. was an American journalist, author, poet, a ...

, journalist and poet *

Billy Godwin Billy Godwin (born November 19, 1964) is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher. He is the head baseball coach at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Godwin played college baseball at Atlantic Christian College in 1986. ...

, college baseball coach * Joe P. Tolson, state politician *

Conor Mccreedy Conor Matthew Mccreedy (born 11 February 1987 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a contemporary artist, conservationist and collector based in Switzerland. Fascinated by Chaos Theory. In his work, his depiction of abstraction is linked to Chaos ...

, artist (dropped out) * Michael H. Wray, state politician * Thomas Albert, composer and educator *

Chris Flemmings Christopher Alexander Flemmings (born March 11, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for BK Levickí Patrioti of the Extraliga. He played college basketball at Barton College and UNC Wilmington. Early life and high school Flemmi ...

, basketball player *

Jentezen Franklin Jentezen Franklin is an American evangelical pastor, author, and televangelist. He is the senior pastor of Free Chapel, a multi-site church based in Gainesville, Georgia and author of ''Right People, Right Place, Right Plan;'' ''Fasting; Fear ...

, pastor and televangelist *

Aaron Fussell Aaron Eleazer Fussell (July 5, 1923 – July 7, 2014) was an American politician and educator. Born in Rose Hill, North Carolina, Fussell served in the United States Army in Europe during World War II, receiving the Bronze Star amongst other ...

, state politician * Bill Brooks, college basketball coach

References

External links

Official website

Official athletics website
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