Jarvis Christian College

Jarvis Christian College
Established	1912
Type	Private, HBCU
Affiliation	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
President	Dr. Lester Newman
Students	800
Location	Hawkins, Texas, United States
Campus	1000 acres
Colors	Blue and Gold
Sports	Basketball, tennis, soccer, baseball, volleyball
Website	www.jarvis.edu

Jarvis Christian College (JCC) is an independent four year, historically black college affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).^[1] It is located in unincorporated Wood County, Texas, near Hawkins. It was founded in 1912, and is currently headed by President Dr. Lester C. Newman.^[2]

Athletics 1
Student Life 2
East Texas Natural History Collection 3
References 4
External links 5

Athletics

Jarvis Christian teams, nicknamed athletically as the Bulldogs, are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC). Men's sports include basketball, baseball, and cross country; while women's sports include basketball and cross country. Jarvis Christian has appeared in the NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament three times: 2003, 2008, and 2009.

Student Life

Eight of the nine National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternities and sororities are represented on campus. These organizations are:

Organization	Symbol	Chapter	Chapter Symbol
Alpha Phi Alpha	ΑΦΑ	Theta Alpha	ΘA
Alpha Kappa Alpha	ΑKA	Zeta Chi	ZX
Kappa Alpha Psi	ΚΑΨ	Zeta Xi	ZΞ
Omega Psi Phi	ΩΨΦ	Phi Beta	ΦB
Delta Sigma Theta	ΔΣΘ	Theta Kappa	ΘK
Phi Beta Sigma	ΦΒΣ	Epsilon Zeta	EZ
Zeta Phi Beta	ΖΦΒ	Zeta Delta	ZΔ
Sigma Gamma Rho	ΣΓΡ	Kappa Upsilon	KY

East Texas Natural History Collection

Jarvis houses a regional collection of biologial specimens in its 10,000 square foot Frost Hall. The collections are concentrated on the herbarium and entomology collections, but also houses minor holdings in other natural history areas of study and historical materials that are related to natural history or land use history.

References

^ "Texas Christian University." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, (2011): 1.
^ NAIA Championship History

External links

Official website

Historically black colleges and universities

Public institutions	Alabama A&M Alabama State Albany State Alcorn State Arkansas–Pine Bluff Bishop State CC Bluefield State Bowie State Central State Cheyney Coahoma CC Coppin State Delaware State Elizabeth City State Fayetteville State Florida A&M Fort Valley State Gadsden State CC Grambling State Harris–Stowe Hinds CC Jackson State Kentucky State Langston Lincoln, Missouri Lincoln, Pennsylvania Maryland, Eastern Shore Mississippi Valley State Morgan State Norfolk State North Carolina A&T North Carolina Central Prairie View A&M Savannah State Shelton State CC South Carolina State Southern Southern–New Orleans Southern–Shreveport Tennessee State Texas Southern UDC UVI Virginia State West Virginia State Winston-Salem State

Private institutions	Allen Arkansas Baptist Barber–Scotia Benedict Bennett Bethune-Cookman Claflin Clark Atlanta Concordia Alabama Dillard Edward Waters Fisk Florida Memorial University Hampton Howard Huston–Tillotson Interdenominational Theological Center Jarvis Christian Johnson C. Smith Knoxville Lane LeMoyne–Owen Livingstone Meharry Miles Morehouse Morehouse School of Medicine Morris Brown Morris Oakwood Paine Paul Quinn Philander Smith Rust Selma Shaw Simmons College (Ky.) Southwestern Christian Spelman Stillman St. Augustine's Talladega Texas College Tougaloo Tuskegee Virginia Union Virginia University Voorhees Wilberforce Wiley Xavier (La.)

Defunct institutions	Bishop Daniel Payne Guadalupe Kittrell Lewis College of Business Mississippi Industrial College Mount Hermon Female Seminary Saint Paul's Storer Straight Western

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