Beaver Falls, PA- As part of the Presidents' Athletic Conference 60th year Anniversary Geneva continues to be a proud member confirming the conference's updated information to reflect the 60th anniversary stating "this is the PAC."
The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), formally organized in 1955 by Western Reserve University, John Carroll University, Case Institute of Technology, and Wayne State University, will be celebrating its 60th anniversary throughout the 2014-15 academic year.
The PAC and its membership continue its original, defining mission of promoting intercollegiate athletics and the pursuit of academic excellence.
Currently comprised of 10 select private institutions - Bethany College, Chatham University, Geneva College, Grove City College, Saint Vincent College, Thiel College, Thomas More College, Washington & Jefferson College, Waynesburg University and Westminster College - the PAC remains a unique organization in this day of high pressure intercollegiate athletics. With academics at the center of each member′s philosophy, the PAC is built on the principle that an athletic program is a part of college life, but not an entity in itself.
The PAC expanded its membership to seven members in 2005 with the addition of Thomas More, formerly a NCAA Division III independent. Saint Vincent, a former NAIA member, joined the conference in 2006 as it began its reclassification to NCAA Division III status. Another former NAIA member, Geneva, became the conference′s ninth member and began league play in 2007 as it started its NCAA Division III reclassification. Chatham became the league′s 10th member, also in 2007.
In 2012, the PAC Presidents′ Council voted to add Carnegie Mellon University and Case Western Reserve University as affiliate members in the sport of football beginning with the 2014 season.
The PAC crowns league champions and awards all-conference honors in its 21 championship sports. Head coaches determine all-PAC squads for all team sports, while in individual sports, such as cross country and tennis, all-PAC accolades are based upon performances at the conference championships.
The PAC annually awards its men′s and women′s All-Sports Trophies to the schools which perform best across the board in PAC competition. The Washington & Jefferson men and Grove City women captured the 2013-14 trophies.
Staying true to its original mission of promoting intercollegiate athletics and the pursuit of academic excellence, the PAC has seen more than 150 of its participating student-athletes recognized as Academic All-Americans, while the league has also produced numerous NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winners. Last year the conference named 902 of its student-athletes to the PAC Academic Honor Roll, which recognizes all participating student-athletes who earn a term grade-point average of 3.60 or above.
Geneva College invites students to accept the challenge of an academically excellent, Christ-centered education. Offering nearly 40 undergraduate majors, Adult Degree Programs with fully online and campus-based options, and seven graduate degrees, Geneva has programs that place students at the forefront of higher learning. Adhering to the inerrancy of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God′s word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today′s world.
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