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MCMURRY UNIVERSITY
McMurry University was founded in 1923 as a United
Methodist institution and is a vibrant and comprehensive
center of higher education. McMurry has a national reputation
for excellence and value through the achievements of its
faculty, students and graduates. The University enrolls more
than 1,000 students and has an average class size of sixteen.
Offering a diverse academic curriculum, students can
choose from forty-five majors in the arts, business, education
and the sciences as well as our pre-professional programs in
nursing, medicine, dentistry, engineering, law, pharmacy,
physical therapy and others.
McMurry has forty clubs and organizations and twenty
intercollegiate sports. Students are engaged with the community
and average 24,000 hours of annual service.
McMurry is guided by our core values:
• Christian Faith as the foundation of life;
• Personal Relationships as the catalyst for life;
• Learning as the journey of life;
• Excellence as the goal of life; and
• Service as the measure of life.
The establishment of McMurry University began in the
heart and vision of a single person, McMurry founder and
first president, Dr. James Winford Hunt. He had a vision of
establishing a Methodist college in West Texas. He wanted it
to represent academic excellence. He wanted the college to
be able to prepare young men and women for lifetime work
and to be whole human beings who could function effectively
in society.
Led now by Dr. Sandra S. Harper, McMurry’s mission still
reflects Dr. Hunt’s philosophy of higher education. Shaped
by Christian principles, McMurry University challenges its
students to examine our complex world from multiple perspectives
in preparation for lives of leadership, service, and
professional success.
McMurry University is located at 1440 Sayles Boulevard
in Abilene, Texas, and on the Internet at mcm.edu.
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