Georgetown College (Kentucky)

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Coordinates: 38°12′26″N, 84°33′16″W

Note: Georgetown University is a separate and unaffiliated institution located in Washington, D.C..

Georgetown College is a small, private liberal arts college located in Georgetown, Kentucky, United States. Chartered as a college in 1829, Georgetown College traces its origins to the Royal Springs (later Rittenhouse) Academy, founded 1787 by Baptist minister Elijah Craig, inventor of bourbon. Georgetown College offers many undergraduate degrees and a Master of Arts in Education.

The school's sports teams are called the Tigers and they participate in the NAIA and the Mid-South Conference.

[edit] Student organizations

Georgetown College has four national fraternities (Kappa Alpha Order, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa Tau and Pi Kappa Alpha) and four national sororities (Alpha Gamma Delta, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu and Sigma Kappa) on campus. It also has an independent brotherhood known as the President's House Association. It also boasts a proud independent heritage, most notably Knight Hall (female) and Collier Hall (male).

[edit] Religious Affiliation

Georgetown College, historically linked with the Kentucky Baptist Convention, has recently changed its relationship with the Convention. The college retains its Baptist heritage, and is still affiliated with the KBC, but no longer receives money from the Convention and in return retains the right to elect its own trustees without the Convention's approval. [1]

[edit] Maskrafters

The Georgetown College Maskrafter theatre group is the oldest collegiate theatre company in Kentucky and offers traditional theatre, an emphasis on creating original work, and new initiatives in digital motion picture art. As of 2007, the Maskrafters have produced a feature-length movie entitled "Surviving Guthrie", and have put on the musical "She Loves Me". The Maskrafters have also done recent plays including The Fantasticks, Grease, and Shakespeare's The Tempest. The Maskrafters are primarily students at Georgetown, and are guided by staff.

[edit] Student Events

Georgetown College offers several events every year that give students the option to participate. The biggest of these is Songfest, a stage performance put together by the individual dorm houses, including (but not limited to) the fraternities and sororities. It is part of Georgetown's homecoming celebration. Other events include the Belle of the Blue, a scholarship pageant, and Greek Week, part of the rush and pledging tradition.

[edit] Campus

John L. Hill Chapel

Giddings Hall on campus of Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky.

The school's football field and East Campus residences are also the location of the Cincinnati Bengals summer training camp.

Thomas & King Leadership and Conference Center

Toyota Stadium

[edit] External links

• Georgetown College web page