Hendrix College

Hendrix College is a private college that is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, and located in Conway, Arkansas. The student body averages around 1,100 attendees, with over 80% living on campus. In recent years, more than half of the student population comes from out-of-state, chiefly from those states contiguous to Arkansas, but also as far away as Maine, Minnesota, California, Iran, and Russia. Hendrix also hosts between six and ten international exchange students each year and around 25% of graduating seniors have studied abroad. Hendrix is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South.

College history

Hendrix College was founded as Central Collegiate Institute in 1876 at Altus, Arkansas, by Rev. Isham L. Burrow. In 1884 it moved to Conway, Arkansas.

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1876 - Altus, Arkansas - Isham L. Burrow - 1884

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In the 1920's it absorbed the other UMC college in Arkansas, Henderson-Brown College, and briefly took the name Hendrix-Henderson College. The facilities of Henderson-Brown College were given to the State of Arkansas, which now comprise part of the Henderson State University campus.

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