Atlanta Christian College - Harvester Yearbook (East Point, GA)

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Student Activity One of the purposes of Bible college education is to develop social skills that reflect Christian maturity. Atlanta Christian College considers it an important part of its function to provide students with many activities conducive to growth in this area. The college provides many avenues of service that covers a wide spectrum. Student Government which is made up of student representation plans and directs affairs and social activities. The clubs and organizations help the Student Government in providing student activities. There are two Sororities, Delta Theta and Sigma Iota Chi; two fraternities, Alpha Tau Sigma and Delta Kappa Delta. There are a number of musical groups on campus. These include the Concert Choir, The Christian Minstrels, and various Christian Service teams. The Heritage Players offer dramatic productions on campus. The college is a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association. Students participate in a variety of intercollegiate sports such as tennis, basketball, and soccer. Intramural activities include volleyball, tennis, softball, and basketball. Students are given two guidelines for life at Atlanta Christian College. These are a general Student Handbook and either a Men's or Women's Dorm Handbook. Students are always reminded that as a Christian College they are expected to exhibit a lifestyle consistent with that revealed in Scripture. Education at Atlanta Christian College is designed to not only develop the physical but also the spiritual life of each student. A number of opportunities are available to meet this need. There is the chapel service where the college family worships together during the week. Campus prayer meetings are held on Wednesday evenings with faculty and students in charge. Devotions in the wooded amphitheater or in the dorms provide an opportunity for sharing needs together. Students have a choice of a variety of churches of all sizes in the area to use thier talents for service. Christian Service is required of all full-time students as an aid to putting into practice what has been learned in the classroom. Student Activity 0 7

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Capable leadership plays a major role at Atlanta Christian College. The growth over the years has placed the college into prominent position as an institution with a dedicated purpose of educating men and women for the ministry. The good judgment and sense of fairness of the administration provides the college with an atmosphere of enthusiasm and cooperation between students 6 o The Staff and faculty. This mutual under- standing prepares students with an eagerness to meet and solve the problems they inevitably will encounter. Certainly the ability with which the members of the administration handle their jobs makes it difficult to imagine how extensive these jobs really are. President James C. Donovan is the chief executive officer of the college. He is the fifth president of Atlanta Christian College. An alumnus of ACC, Dr. Donovan received degrees from Georgia State University. He has served in the ministry as well as principal at Woodward Academy Middle School. Administration of academic affairs is in the oHice of Academic Dean. Dr. Edwin Groover has been at the college since 1970. He became Academic Dean in 1980. The Staff Charles F. Turner, B.A., an alumnus of the college, comes from a successful ministry to assume the position of Director of Development. Michael L. Bain, M. Div., M.L.S. is our Librarian. Franklin Hogg, M.A.R., is Registrar and Director of Admissions. Ronald E. Lewis, B.A., is Director of Recruitment and Financial Aid. Mary K. Payne, M.S., has the position of acting Dean of Students and Dean of Women. Bernard L. Riley, D. Min., is Director of Christian Service and Placement and Internships. Brian Twaddell is the Business Manager for the college. This administrative staff endeavors to uphold the primary objective of the college to be an institution of higher learning which provides an atmosphere in which students of the Word may develop for service.

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Alumni Atlanta Christian College is well known for the rigor of its curriculum and for the quality of its graduates. Since its founding, the core requirements of the college have assured that every graduate would receive a broad education emphasizing the fundamental fields of knowledge and the essential intellectual skills. Graduates of Atlanta Christian have been well received into the academic community of many colleges throughout the country. Many have gone on to achieve graduate level degrees and are now teaching, even in Atlanta Christian College itself. Degrees offered at ACC give graduates a fundamental 8 0 Alumni terminal program equipping them for service in all areas of the ministry or it gives graduates an excellent beginning toward graduate study. The Alumni Association of Atlanta Christian College is an active organization which endeavors to cultivate each graduate in its relations with the college. It publishes a publication called THE CROSS AND CROWN which is sent to each graduate. The association encourages attendance at each alumni rally held in the fall of each year. This brings former students back to their alma mater not only for the renewing of old friendships but for added inspiration of preaching, classroom participation, and needed fellowship. Elected officers from the association guide the group toward projects and commitments made at the rally. It is an honor to become a member of the Alumni Association of Atlanta Christian College. Friendships made dun'ng college days are always renewed during the rally. Class reunions are always a basic way for old freinds to renew old times and to just keep in touch. Alumni of the college are scattered throughout the world. They preach in located ministries, teach in private and public schools. Graduates are missionaries, professors, and college presidents. They are also doctors, lawyers, businessmen and women, wives, and husbands.