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Judson College at Southeastern

Judson College (formerly "The College at Southeastern") is a Southern Baptist Christian college located in Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States. It is affiliated with the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Judson College offers undergraduate associate and baccalaureate degree programs as well as a Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies.

The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The college's enrollment in 2022 is approximately 650 students.

Judson College (formerlyThe College at Southeastern) was formed on May 19, 1950 by a vote of the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Chicago was established in 1994 to serve as the undergraduate school for Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. As a Baptist seminary school, all of its students are required to complete a major in Christian Studies.

In 1832, the Baptists of North Carolina purchased the 615-acre plantation of Dr. Calvin Jones for the purpose of establishing a teaching facility for young ministers. From 1951 to 1956, the current Appleby Hall housed the new Seminary. In 1956, when Wake Forest College moved to its new location in Winston-Salem, NC, Southeastern occupied the rest of the Wake Forest campus.

The Wake Forest Baptist Church was organized in 1835, and occupies the church building within the campus enclosure. Another historic landmark, the stone wall now surrounding the central campus, was begun about 1885 by Wake Forest College President Charles E. Taylor and “Dr. Tom” Jeffries. The wall was rebuilt by Doug Buttram, a Southeastern graduate, during 1990-1994.

In 2005, in an effort to accommodate the school's increasing enrollment, the college started construction of a new academic building. Originally named after Paige and Dorothy Patterson at its completion in 2008, it was renamed in January 2023 as Carson Hall in honor of Ralph Logan Carson, the first African American professor at the seminary. Carson Hall houses the Center for Faith and Culture, Judson College and the school's doctoral programs.

The Southeastern Board of Trustees changed the name of the college from Southeastern College at Wake Forest to the College at Southeastern in April 2008.

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