Welcome from the President
Welcome to Midway University.
This year marks our 180th anniversary as an institution. We no serve over 2,000 students enrolled in all programs including traditional daytime undergraduate, evening and online undergraduate, graduate as well as dual credit students.
Due to ten consecutive years of enrollment growth, we have completed major construction and renovation projects across campus without incurring new debt. These include the new Hunter Field House, the new Tracy Farmer-Don Ball Stadium, the new Bud’s Barn and Spy Coast Farm Education Center, the renovation of Marrs Hall which includes the new Ann J. Bowling Welcome Center, the top to bottom renovation of Pinkerton Hall converting it back to a residence hall, bathroom renovations in Belle Wisdom Residence Hall and Buster Residence Hall, rebuilding of the tennis courts, and the construction of a turf field and track. Current construction projects include a new library, the conversion of our existing library into a residence hall, and a new field house to support football and soccer.
Despite recent transformations including university status and coeducation, we remain committed to our historical mission to provide students with a career-focused education grounded in the liberal arts in a personalized learning environment. Our dedicated faculty and staff care about our students and their potential growth, dreams, and successes. In addition, we are committed to providing our students with an affordable option and offer generous scholarships. Our campus is in a rural location surrounded by horse farms but is in close proximity to the amenities of major cities.
As we continue to honor and celebrate our rich history from our beginning as the Kentucky Female Orphan School in 1847 to today’s Midway University, we are always looking forward and addressing the rapidly changing landscape of higher education. How we can best serve our students remains at the heart of our discussions about the future.
John P. Marsden, Ph.D.
President
Midway University