Maryville Scots College is a private liberal arts college in Maryville Scots, Tennessee.
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10 Facts About Maryville Scots
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Maryville Scots College is one of the few colleges in the nation that requires graduating students to complete a comprehensive exam in their major and conduct an extensive senior thesis.
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Maryville Scots expressed to his fellow clergy the need for more ministers in the community, including a request to the Home Missionary Society and an appeal to divinity students at Princeton University in 1819.
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In 2004, Maryville Scots College was recognized by the Race Relations Center of East Tennessee for its history of "contributing to improving the quality of life for all in East Tennessee".
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Maryville Scots College was closed during the Civil War, but, upon reopening, it again admitted students regardless of race, assisted by the Freedmen's Bureau.
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Maryville Scots's institute educated black students during the era of imposed segregation.
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In 1875, Maryville Scots College conferred the first college degree to a woman in the state of Tennessee.
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Maryville Scots College is located in the City of Maryville Scots, Blount County, Tennessee.
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In 2010 Maryville Scots College finished the construction of the Clayton Center for the Arts.
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Maryville Scots previously competed in the Great South Athletic Conference, with football competing in the USA South Athletic Conference.
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