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Lewis, Jr.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">904<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education">Undergraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">871</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education">Postgraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">33</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Houghton,_New_York" title="Houghton, New York">Houghton</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">United States</div><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Houghton_University&params=42.426111_N_78.155278_W_type:edu_region:US-NY"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°25′34″N</span> <span class="longitude">78°09′19″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.426111°N 78.155278°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.426111; -78.155278</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rural" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural">Rural</a>, 1,300 acres (530 ha)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/School_colors" title="School colors">Colors</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Purple_(color)" class="mw-redirect" title="Purple (color)">Purple</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gold_(color)" title="Gold (color)">Gold</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1f145d; color:white;"> </span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#b4a76c; color:black;"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Highlanders</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.houghton.edu">www<wbr />.houghton<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Houghton_College_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/Houghton_College_Logo.png/220px-Houghton_College_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/Houghton_College_Logo.png/330px-Houghton_College_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/Houghton_College_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="411" data-file-height="243" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Houghton University</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">private</a> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_arts_college" title="Liberal arts college">liberal arts college</a> in <a href="/wiki/Houghton,_New_York" title="Houghton, New York">Houghton, New York</a>. Houghton was founded in 1883 by <a href="/wiki/Willard_J._Houghton" title="Willard J. Houghton">Willard J. Houghton</a> and is affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_Church" title="Wesleyan Church">Wesleyan Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Houghton serves roughly 1000 students and has 54 degree majors for primarily undergraduate students. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_University&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Houghton University began in 1883 as Houghton Seminary, a <a href="/wiki/Coeducation" class="mw-redirect" title="Coeducation">coeducational</a> <a href="/wiki/High_school" class="mw-redirect" title="High school">high school</a> founded by <a href="/wiki/Willard_J._Houghton" title="Willard J. Houghton">Willard J. Houghton</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Wesleyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Wesleyan">Wesleyan</a> <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a> minister. In 1899, the first few college classes were offered. James S. Luckey was appointed president in 1908 and Houghton College received its provisional charter from New York in 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A permanent charter was granted in 1927, and accreditation by the <a href="/wiki/Middle_States_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools">Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools</a> came in 1935. <a href="/wiki/Stephen_W._Paine" title="Stephen W. Paine">Stephen Paine</a> was appointed president in 1937. When the former Buffalo Bible Institute merged with Houghton College in 1969, the West Seneca campus was created.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="No mention of merger, year, or campus in this issue. (May 2023)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> Wilber Dayton was appointed president in 1972 and he was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_R._Chamberlain" title="Daniel R. Chamberlain">Daniel R. Chamberlain</a> in 1976. The university initiated its first <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's degree</a> program in 2004 and currently offers nine such degrees. <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Mullen" title="Shirley Mullen">Shirley Mullen</a> was appointed president in 2006, and was succeeded by Wayne Lewis in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2012 to 2013, the university set new records of giving to the institution for two years in a row.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, Houghton University faced financial and enrollment challenges which led to academic budget cuts for the 2014–2015 academic year.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This led to a "strategic reallocation of resources"<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which led to the development of several new majors including Music Industry,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sports Management,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Data Science.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Houghton was approved to become a university in July 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campus">Campus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_University&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Houghton University's main <a href="/wiki/Campus" title="Campus">campus</a> is in the <a href="/wiki/Hamlet_(place)" title="Hamlet (place)">hamlet</a> of Houghton, in <a href="/wiki/Allegany_County,_New_York" title="Allegany County, New York">Allegany County, New York</a>, about 65 miles (105 km) southeast of <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a> and 70 miles (110 km) southwest of <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a>. The 1,300 acres (5.3 km<sup>2</sup>) of campus sit on the <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Plateau" title="Allegheny Plateau">Allegheny Plateau</a> at roughly 1,300 feet (400 m), on the site of the former <a href="/wiki/Caneadea" class="mw-redirect" title="Caneadea">Caneadea</a> Indian Reservation. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fancher_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fancher Hall, oldest building on campus. Home to the Office of Admissions."><img alt="Fancher Hall, oldest building on campus. Home to the Office of Admissions." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Fancher_Hall.jpg/150px-Fancher_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Fancher_Hall.jpg/225px-Fancher_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Fancher_Hall.jpg/300px-Fancher_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fancher Hall, oldest building on campus. Home to the Office of Admissions.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Luckey_Memorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Luckey Memorial Building. Home of the Office of the President, as well as other administrative offices."><img alt="Luckey Memorial Building. Home of the Office of the President, as well as other administrative offices." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Luckey_Memorial.jpg/200px-Luckey_Memorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Luckey_Memorial.jpg/300px-Luckey_Memorial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Luckey_Memorial.jpg/400px-Luckey_Memorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Luckey Memorial Building. Home of the Office of the President, as well as other administrative offices.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greatbatch_School_of_Music.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Greatbatch School of Music"><img alt="The Greatbatch School of Music" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Greatbatch_School_of_Music.jpg/200px-Greatbatch_School_of_Music.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Greatbatch_School_of_Music.jpg/300px-Greatbatch_School_of_Music.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Greatbatch_School_of_Music.jpg/400px-Greatbatch_School_of_Music.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Greatbatch School of Music</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Willard_J._Houghton_Library.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Willard J. Houghton Library"><img alt="Willard J. Houghton Library" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Willard_J._Houghton_Library.jpg/200px-Willard_J._Houghton_Library.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Willard_J._Houghton_Library.jpg/300px-Willard_J._Houghton_Library.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Willard_J._Houghton_Library.jpg/400px-Willard_J._Houghton_Library.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Willard J. Houghton Library</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wesley_Chapel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wesley Chapel"><img alt="Wesley Chapel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Wesley_Chapel.jpg/200px-Wesley_Chapel.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Wesley_Chapel.jpg/300px-Wesley_Chapel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Wesley_Chapel.jpg/400px-Wesley_Chapel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Wesley Chapel</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_University&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Houghton University grants <a href="/wiki/Associate_degree" title="Associate degree">associate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's</a> degrees in 46 majors. The university also offers six graduate degrees, including through the Greatbatch School of Music. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rankings">Rankings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_University&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Houghton University is ranked tied for #124 in National Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2020 Best Colleges rankings by <i><a href="/wiki/U_S_News_%26_World_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="U S News & World Report">U S News & World Report</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Year_Honors">First Year Honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_University&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First Year Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A distinctive First Year Honors Program is for qualified first-year students. There are two options: London Honors, and Science Honors. Previously the university offered a Contemporary Contexts program, but was replaced by London Honors in 2014. During London Honors, students spend their spring semester in London studying the development of the western world. East Meets West involves taking integrated classes during normal semester then traveling abroad during "May Term", exploring the roots of Western culture. Science Honors takes place during both first-year semesters at Houghton, involving research in recent real-world issues such as fuel-efficiency, climate change, and energy sources. The theme for 2012-13 was <a href="/wiki/Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming">Global Warming</a> and ways in which to improve Houghton's efforts in <a href="/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism">environmentalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of this commitment, the school has built one of the largest solar arrays in the state of New York, with a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 17, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Student_life">Student life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_University&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Student life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are four traditional residence halls and four townhouses residences. Two of the traditional residence halls, Gillette Hall and Lambein Hall, are female residences. Rothenbuhler Hall and Shenawana Hall are male residences. Sophomore, Junior and senior students have the option to live in the townhouses. Houghton University is a distinctly residential campus but does allow for upper class students the opportunity to apply to live in approved off-campus housing, called Community Living Opportunities (CLOs).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many organizations and clubs are available for students to join or found their own. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_University&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Athletic teams representing Houghton University</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Houghton Highlanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">University</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Houghton University</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Conference</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Empire_8" title="Empire 8">Empire 8</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;"><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">Division III</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Athletic director</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Matthew Webb</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Houghton,_New_York" title="Houghton, New York">Houghton, New York</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Varsity teams</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">16</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Basketball arena</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Nielsen Center</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Luckey</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Highlanders</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Purple and Gold<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#660066; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FCD116; color:black;"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://athletics.houghton.edu/">athletics<wbr />.houghton<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Houghton athletic teams are called the Highlanders. The university is a member of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">Division III</a> level of the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletics_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="National Collegiate Athletics Association">National Collegiate Athletics Association</a> (NCAA), primarily competing in the <a href="/wiki/Empire_8" title="Empire 8">Empire 8 Athletic Conference</a> (a.k.a. Empire 8) since the 2012–13 academic year. The Highlanders previously competed in the defunct <a href="/wiki/American_Mideast_Conference" title="American Mideast Conference">American Mideast Conference</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics</a> (NAIA) from 2001–02 to 2011–12. </p><p>Houghton competes in 17 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, field hockey, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accomplishments">Accomplishments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_University&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Accomplishments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Houghton's first national champion was Kaitlin Fadden who won the 2008 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field marathon event in a time of 2:57:10. It was the first NAIA national championship, either for a team or individual, for Houghton College. </p><p>May 2012 graduate Danielle Brenon was the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field national champion in the marathon.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the university opened the Kerr-Pegula Athletic Complex thanks to a $12 million gift from 1991 graduate <a href="/wiki/Kim_Pegula" title="Kim Pegula">Kim Pegula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The complex is named after Kim's father Ralph Kerr, an instructor in Houghton's Adult Education program, and her husband <a href="/wiki/Terrence_Pegula" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrence Pegula">Terrence Pegula</a>. Three lighted turf facilities are home to the Houghton Highlander soccer, baseball, softball, field hockey, and outdoor track. The multipurpose field house includes an eight-lane, 200-meter track and six tennis courts, offering a competition venue for the indoor track and tennis programs. It also provides dedicated practice space for outdoor sports over the winter and during inclement weather and serves as a hub of involvement for the campus and the surrounding communities of Northern Allegany County and Western New York. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club_and_intramural_sports">Club and intramural sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_University&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Club and intramural sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The university also offers club and intramural sports for men and women, including flag football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, and indoor soccer. Co-ed club and intramural sports are handball, water polo, and volleyball. Co-ed ultimate frisbee is also a popular sport. Club disc golf was added in 2021, and the university features two on-campus 18-hole disc golf courses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_University&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2020 two Houghton alumni presented an exhibition called "We Are All Houghton" to highlight the voices of LGBTQ+ students at Houghton and their negative experiences on campus.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This project had a mixed reception by students and alum as some thought it was a much needed discussion, while others thought it promoted anti-biblical principles.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2023, Houghton fired two employees, stating in both their termination letters that one of the reasons was because they included their <a href="/wiki/Gender_pronouns" class="mw-redirect" title="Gender pronouns">gender pronouns</a> in their email signatures, which violated institutional policy forbidding the use of pronouns in signatures.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_University&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Beckford" title="Robert Beckford">Robert Beckford</a>, a British academic theologian and a professor of Theology and Culture in the African Diaspora at <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Christ_Church_University" title="Canterbury Christ Church University">Canterbury Christ Church University</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deborah_L._Birx" class="mw-redirect" title="Deborah L. Birx">Deborah L. Birx</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Global_AIDS_Coordinator" title="United States Global AIDS Coordinator">United States Global AIDS Coordinator</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ambassador-at-large" title="Ambassador-at-large">Ambassador-at-Large</a>, as well as White House Coronavirus Response Coordination Director under President Trump</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_S._Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Ira S. Bowen">Ira S. Bowen</a>, astronomer, director of Mt Wilson and Palomar Observatories 1946-1964<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Comer" title="Douglas Comer">Douglas Comer</a>, Professor of Computer Science at <a href="/wiki/Purdue_University" title="Purdue University">Purdue University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Enroth" title="Ronald Enroth">Ronald Enroth</a>, evangelical Christian author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_P._Hamilton" title="Victor P. Hamilton">Victor P. Hamilton</a>, Theologian and biblical scholar. Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Asbury University.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Boone_Keith" title="Rachel Boone Keith">Rachel Boone Keith</a>, Liberian-born physician in Detroit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_MacBride" title="Neil MacBride">Neil MacBride</a>, Vice President of Anti-Piracy and General Counsel of the <a href="/wiki/Business_Software_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Business Software Alliance">Business Software Alliance</a>, formerly Chief Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee and Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. <a href="/wiki/US_Department_of_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="US Department of Justice">Department of Justice</a>.</li> <li>Dr. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Mouw" title="Richard Mouw">Richard J. 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Smalley</a>, linguist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nora_Lawrence_Smith" title="Nora Lawrence Smith">Nora Lawrence Smith</a>, newspaper publisher<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Waltke" title="Bruce Waltke">Bruce Waltke</a>, professor at <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Theological_Seminary" title="Reformed Theological Seminary">Reformed Theological Seminary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_F._Young" title="Ralph F. Young">Ralph F. Young</a>, historian at <a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple University</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_University&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_J._Oakerson" title="Ronald J. Oakerson">Ronald J. 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