Tabor College is a

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college in

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. It is owned and operated by the

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and adheres to

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doctrine. There were 594 students enrolled at the Tabor College Hillsboro campus for the Fall 2014 semester. Total enrollment, including the Tabor College School of Adult and Graduate Studies in Wichita, was 766.

History

In 1908, Tabor College was founded by the

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/ref> In 1961, Reimer Stadium was built on the south side of Tabor College campus and named after former athletic director Del Reimer. In 2008, the old stadium was demolished then replaced by

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in 2009, which was a joint venture between Tabor College and Hillsboro USD 410. The new 3,000-seat stadium includes new artificial football and soccer turf, synthetic track and a throwing area for field events, new bleachers on the home side, a new press box, and new concession stand and restroom facilities. The team locker rooms and athletic offices were also constructed at the north end of the stadium at college expense. On March 1, 2019, it was announced that Tabor plans to relocate their online programs from Wichita to the Hillsboro campus.

Campus

Tabor's main campus is situated in

, located approximately 50 miles north of

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Organization and administration

Tabor is owned and operated by the

Athletics

The Tabor athletic teams are called the Bluejays. The college is a member of the

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(NAIA), primarily competing in the

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(KCAC) since the 1968–69 academic year. Tabor competes in 20 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis and track & field (indoor and outdoor); while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball; and co-ed sports include cheerleading.

Notable people

;Faculty * Mike Gottsch, former

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at Tabor College. *

Katie Funk Wiebe Katie Funk Wiebe (September 15, 1924 – October 23, 2016) was an influential Canadian-American writer, speaker and historian of Russian Mennonite background. Funk Wiebe was born and grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada, and attended Mennonite Brethren B ...

, writer ;Alumni * Donald Dahl, (1945–2014) –

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from 1997 to 2008,

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.Kansas Legislators Past & Present
*

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(1945-2020) –

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from 2017 to his death from

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. *

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(b. 1951) – former professional football cornerback.Database Football
NFL Players who attended Tabor College * Lane Lord (b. 1971), women's basketball coach at

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* Theodore Schellenberg (1903–1970) – archivist and archival theorist. * Martha Wall (1910-2000) - Christian medical missionary *

Jacob Webb Jacob Lawrence Webb (born August 15, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves in 2019. He played college baseball at Tabor College ...

(b. 1993) -

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* Roger Wollman (b. 1934) - United States federal appellate judge.

References

External links

*
Tabor Athletics website
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