We are in a war for the heart, mind and soul of our young people,” said Judson College President David Potts during his address to the messengers at the Alabama State Baptist Convention in Montgomery.
“Because we’re devoted to Christ you can be assured that what students will learn here is the Lord is our Shepherd,” he said of the 163-year-old Christian institution of higher learning for women located in Marion.
“While Judson may be small in size, there are few institutions of higher education that have had such a disproportionate impact upon the world around them,” states the Alabama Baptist State Convention Book of Report’s review of convention entities.
“Judson is a Christian liberal arts and science institution for women that seeks to engage the mind, heart and soul of women in the pursuit of truth,” the report reads.
Potts mentioned in his message to convention attendees that the latest addition to Judson’s campus is the new Charlotte G. Lowder Science Building which was built from the generous contribution of the Lowder family from Montgomery.
He also noted a recent $1 million endowment from the Harrison Family Foundation of Tuscaloosa. The gift will be used to create The Harrison Center for Academic Excellence which will be housed in the renovated Jewett Hall, the educational and administrative hub of Judson’s campus.
The center will contain three of the five academic divisions of the college (education, humanities and social sciences) and 10 of the 19 majors offered by the college.
In addition, Potts cited that the center will house large, multipurpose laboratories for specialized training in areas such as reading and writing instruction as well as a location for interactive communications for Internet usage and video conferencing, A dedicated wet lab area will be constructed for demonstrating elementary science and chemistry experiments. The facility will also have a human development laboratory for the use of psychology students and a laboratory for foreign language students.
Potts elaborated on the commitment of Judson College to continue carrying out the Great Commission, He reported that 18 students spent their summer vacation serving either on the domestic or the international missions field, traveling as far as Singapore and Venezuela and as close to home as Cook Springs.
There were 65 pastors who attended Judson’s 38th annual ministers’ golf tournament during the spring and 200 women who attended the associational Alabama Baptist Church Secretaries Conference held on Judson’s campus for the 38th year.
“Judson College remains committed to providing quality Christian higher education to young women. With the continued support of Alabama Baptists, Judson College will prepare young women to be ‘light and truth’ in the 21st century,” Potts concluded
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