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GENERAL INFORMATION BACONE COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENTBacone College, an independent institution related to the American Baptist Churches, USA, maintains its commitment to serving American Indians within a culturally diverse community. The college, through its baccalaureate and associate degree programs, challenges students to develop intellectual and social skills, spiritual values, and healthy lifestyles by providing quality education in a nurturing Christian environment. INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION GOALSTo fulfill its mission, the College has established education goals stipulating it will provide: 1. Intellectually challenging baccalaureate and associate degree programs that include study in both professional programs and the arts and sciences. 2. A core curriculum, which allows students to demonstrate critical thinking, computer proficiency, computational ability, and self-expression in writing and oral form in understanding and developing new ideas and presenting them to others. 3. The opportunity for students to learn and live in a diverse cultural collegiate community. 4. Emphasis and privilege in its curricular and co-curricular programs to the voice and culture of American Indians as represented in the College’s students, staff, and faculty. 5. The opportunity for students to experience personal and spiritual growth and to acquire knowledge of Christian values and perspectives.
CORE CURRICULUM GOALSThe College has adopted the following goals in its core curriculum that all students are required to master:1. Informed, responsible, resourceful citizens, and community leaders in a local and global context; 2. Critical thinkers with effective communication skills; 3. Individuals appreciative of aesthetic expressions; 4. Learners who are competent in mathematical reasoning and scientific inquiry and demonstrate proficiency in basic computer skills; 5. Individuals with an awareness of cultural diversity and social heritage; 6. Spiritually self-aware, self-directed, life-long learners; 7. Ethical and moral decision makers. STUDENT OUTCOMESThe College, in partially assessing its success in accomplishing its education and core curriculum goals, regularly evaluates the following student outcomes:1. Students will achieve minimum or higher passing scores on standardized assessment tests associated with their majors, and will demonstrate satisfactory achievement in selected capstone courses or projects specific to each baccalaureate and associate degree program. 2. A majority of students will rate their programs as being intellectually challenging on a graduate survey. 3. Students seeking the Associate of Science or the Associate of Arts degree will take a minimum of six (6) credit hours of guided electives in the liberal arts. 4. Students seeking the Bachelor’s level degree will take a minimum of nine (9) credit hours of guided electives in the liberal arts. 5. Students will demonstrate participation in community service projects through various course experiences. 6. Students will demonstrate participation in campus and community cultural and civic events. 7. Upon completion of the core curriculum, a majority of students will have achieved a minimum grade of “C” in all course work designated as the Core Curriculum. 8. Students will demonstrate satisfactory ability to write and speak in standard English, documented by students achieving a minimum grade of “C” in English Composition I, II and Speech/Logic. 9. Students will demonstrate ability to critically evaluate information and its sources. 10. Students will score at or above the national norms in critical thinking, reading, and writing in each of these competency areas of the CAAP assessment. 11. Students will participate in the study of aesthetics and actively engage in artistic expression 12. Students will demonstrate proficiency in the computational techniques, technology and analytical skills necessary to succeed in their chosen majors. 13. Students will score at or above the national norms in the scientific reasoning and mathematics competency areas of the CAAP assessment. 14. Students will demonstrate proficiency in basic computer skills. 15. Students will participate in culturally diverse, college-sponsored activities. 16. Students will pass at least six credit hours in an associates program and nine credit hours in a bachelors program of select, required courses that expose students to issues of cultural diversity, including a three credit hour course in American Indian Studies. 17. Students will have the opportunity to participate in Indian cultural events that are held on a regular basis. 18. Students will successfully complete at least one religion course while at Bacone. 19. Students will acknowledge on a graduate survey that Bacone College provided opportunity for personal and spiritual growth through a Christian perspective. 20. Students will have an opportunity to participate in college sponsored activities and organizations that foster personal and spiritual growth. 21. Students will demonstrate knowledge of and ability to apply a reasoned code of ethics. 22. Students served by the Academic Support Center’s programs will identify on a graduate survey that these contributed to their academic success. 23. Students will acknowledge on a graduate survey their satisfaction with non-academic support services. (i.e., Business Office, Bookstore, Student Life, etc.) 24. Students will utilize learning labs and tutors as needed, especially in traditional problem areas such as writing, mathematics, and the natural sciences. 25. Through diagnosis of their learning styles, students will be better able to take responsibility for their learning. ACCREDITATION AND PROFESSIONAL STATUSBacone College is accredited by: 1. The Higher Learning Commission, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 30 N. La Salle St., Suite 2400, Chicago, Illinois 60602-2504
2. The Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education State Capitol Complex, 500 Education Bldg., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105-4500
3. The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission 61 Broadway, New York City, New York 10006, Phone: 212.363.5555, Ext. 153
4. The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology 20 N. Wacker Dr., Suite 900, Chicago, Illinois 60606-2901
5. The Oklahoma Board of Nursing 2915 N. Classen Blvd., Suite 524, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106-5437 Phone: 405.962.1800
6. The Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation 4545 N. Lincoln Blvd., Suite 275, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105-3418
P O Box 25217, Overland Park, Kansas 66225 Phone: 913-631-3009 The College is chartered under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, empowered to grant the Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of Applied Science, and Bachelor of Science degrees, and to provide selected service courses for elective or terminal curricula purposes. Accreditation means that the standards of the school are such that its academic curriculum is recognized and honored by other member institutions of the Association. It ensures the students a quality program with credits that can be transferred to other institutions. Bacone College is a member of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the Oklahoma Independent College Foundation and Universities, the Joint Review Commission for Radiography Education, the National League for Nursing, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education, and an affiliate member of the Oklahoma Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONBacone College, in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order 11246 as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and other Federal laws and regulations, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, handicap, or status as a Veteran in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. This includes but is not limited to admissions, employment, financial aid, and educational services. Inquiries regarding admission to the College should be addressed to: Admissions Office Bacone College 2299 Old Bacone Road Muskogee, Oklahoma 74403 1-888-682-5514 or 1-918-683-4581 Ext. 7340 www.bacone.edu e-mail: admissions@bacone.edu Fax: 1-918-781-7416
HISTORY AND HERITAGE Oklahoma's oldest continuing center of higher education began in 1880. With the help of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, Professor Almon C. Bacone, a missionary teacher, started a school in the Cherokee Baptist Mission at Tahlequah, Indian Territory. The only faculty member, Professor Bacone, enrolled three students and began his work. By the end of the first semester, the student body had quadrupled; by the end of the first year, student population was fifty-six and the faculty numbered three. Seeing the need to expand, an appeal was made to the Creek Tribal Council for 160 acres of land in Muskogee, the "Indian Capital of the World." The land was granted, and in 1885 Indian University was moved to its present site. In 1910, it was renamed Bacone Indian University after its founder and first president and was later changed to Bacone College. Classes from first grade through four years of College met in Rockefeller Hall, a three-story building made possible by a $10,000 contribution from John D. Rockefeller. "Old Rock," as it came to be called, served as classroom, dormitory, dining hall, chapel, teacher quarters and administration building. It was razed in 1938 and Memorial Chapel was built in its place. Professor Bacone dreamed of a school, based on Christian principles, for the education of American Indians. The college has retained its Christian heritage, but is not reserved strictly for American Indians. Its Mission Statement calls for meeting the "needs of American Indians in a multicultural setting." All students, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or religion are welcomed and encouraged to attend Bacone College. Throughout its history, the College has attracted Indian and non-Indian students. Bacone attempts to prepare students to function in the mainstream of society, without losing their culture and heritage. The College has never lost its concern for the individual student. Learning is seen as a way of life that encourages flexibility, breadth of perspective, and respect for the contributions made to the quality of human existence by those of all ages and races. As the student body has grown and the needs of society have become more complex, the curriculum has changed to meet the needs of the students. The campus contains many reminders of Bacone's history, tradition, and goals. One of these is a small cemetery, the final resting place of Bacone Presidents Almon C. Bacone (1880-1896) and Benjamin D. Weeks (1918-1941), as well as others associated with the school over the years. Another reminder on the west side of the campus proper is a stone pulpit that marks the spot on which President Bacone and two Baptist missionaries who were also trustees of Indian University, Joseph Samuel Murrow and Daniel Rogers, knelt in prayer to dedicate to the Christian education of American Indians the 160 acres of land received from the Creek Indians. Today the College offers an opportunity for reflection upon how we, of all races and ethnic backgrounds, can live, study, work and worship together in order to strive not only for a meaningful educational experience, but for a society committed to Christian values and principles.
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