WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. —The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) has approved the Master of Arts in Professional Counseling program at University of the Cumberlands. Through the program, the university’s Department of Psychology seeks to develop clinically and technically competent, as well as ethically responsible, mental health counselors to serve communities in a variety of clinical settings, including private practice, mental health centers and hospitals...MORE

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently presented a Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration (MATC) to the Learning Asset Management Program (LAMP). LAMP is a partnership of 16 schools in the Appalachian College Association (ACA) that utilizes SAKAI course management software, and it was only one of 11 projects, worldwide, to receive this honor. University of the Cumberlands has been a part of LAMP since the project’s inception in 2006...MORE

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. – University of the Cumberlands’ Associate Professor of English Jolly Kay Sharp was awarded her Ph.D. in English at the December 13, 2008, graduation ceremonies at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Dr. Sharp’s area of specialization was American Literature, resulting in her dissertation ‘Between the House and the Chicken Yard’: The Masks of Mary Flannery O’Connor under the direction of Dr. Will Brantley and Dr. Allen Hibbard...MORE

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky.—Volunteers from as far away as Georgia and North Carolina joined student, faculty and staff volunteers from University of the Cumberlands for the Mountain Outreach (MO) program’s annual Gift Day, on Saturday, Dec. 13, at the organization’s warehouse just outside Williamsburg...MORE

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — On December 8, Dr. H. Dean Haun, pastor of Morristown First Baptist Church, Morristown, Tenn., addressed University of the Cumberlands’ students, as well as members of the faculty and staff, at the last convocation of the fall semester...MORE