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The University of Pikeville (nicknamed UPIKE and formerly known as Pikeville College) is a private, liberal arts university affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), located in Pikeville, Kentucky, United States. The university is located on a campus on a hillside overlooking downtown Pikeville. The university was founded in 1889 by the Presbyterian Church. Its current interim president is former Governor of Kentucky, former university president and current university chancellor Paul E. Patton.〔 The university is home to the Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, one of three medical schools in the state of Kentucky. The university confers associate, bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees through its six academic divisions and one medical college; and has a current enrollment of 2,300 students. Its intercollegiate athletic teams, called the Bears, are members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics at the NAIA Division I level and participate in the Mid-South Conference. ==History== The university was founded in 1889 by the Presbyterian Church as the Pikeville Collegiate Institute. It operated on the primary, secondary and post-secondary levels, although its "college" offerings were not accredited and did not lead to a degree.〔(History of Pikeville College ) Retrieved on 2010-06-13〕 In 1909 the school was split into the Pikeville College Academy, which was a private school at the primary and secondary level, and Pikeville College, which was accredited as a junior college, offering the first two-years with an anticipation of students then transferring to another Presbyterian college for a degree. In 1955 the school became a degree granting four-year college in its own right, and in 1957 the academy closed.〔 In 1997, the Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine, now the University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, was established. This makes the college one of the smallest colleges in the United States to have a medical school.〔 The purpose of the osteopathic medical school, while graduates are fully prepared to specialize in any medical field, is to train primary care physicians to fill the shortage of medical care in the rural section of Appalachia in which it is located. Student recruitment is focused almost exclusively on students with a rural Appalachian background. It is one of 29 osteopathic colleges in the country, and one of five in Appalachia.〔The other osteopathic colleges in Appalachia are located at: *Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Blacksburg, Virginia) *Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tennessee) *Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) *West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (Lewisburg, West Virginia)〕 On July 1, 2011, the school officially changed its name from "Pikeville College" to the "University of Pikeville". Late in the same year, voices were raised in the Kentucky General Assembly in favor of converting the university into a state-supported school. By the end of the following March, proponents abandoned their plans after deeming them politically impossible. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University of Pikeville」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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