St. Andrews Presbyterian College

St. Andrews University, formerly St. Andrews Presbyterian College, is a private, Presbyterian, four-year liberal arts college in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The university was established in 1958 as a result of a merger of Flora MacDonald College In Red Springs and Presbyterian Junior College and was named St. Andrews Presbyterian College from 1960 until 2011 when the college changed its name to St. Andrews University. That same year, the college entered into a merger with Webber International University of Babson Park, Florida. The current president is Paul Baldasare, who was named by the... Board of Trustees in December 2006. It is also home to the St. Andrews Press. The institution was founded in 1958, established as a result of the merger of Flora MacDonald College in Red Springs and Presbyterian Junior College in Maxton . The new college was named St. Andrews Presbyterian College September 23, 1960. The name reflected its Scottish Presbyterian heritage and to identify it with the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland.
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