Regent University is a private coeducational interdenominational Christian university
located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. The school was founded by the American
televangelist Pat Robertson in 1978 as CBN University In addition to its
main campus, Regent has a satellite campus located in Alexandria, Virginia and
offers extensive distance education program. Through its eight academic schools,
Regent offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in over 30 courses
of study.Regent University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools.
Plans for the university (originally
named CBN University) began in 1978 by Christian Broadcasting Network founder
and current Chancellor Pat Robertson. In 1990, the name was changed to Regent
University. The university's name is designed to reference a regent, who
is someone that exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence,
or disability of the sovereign. The university's current motto is "Christian
Leadership to Change the World."
The first classes were not conducted
until the fall of 1978, when the school began to lease classroom space in Chesapeake,
Virginia. The first students were all enrolled in what is now the School
of Communication & the Arts. In May 1980, the first graduating class held its
commencement, while the School of Education opened the following October. |
