Undergraduate Enrollment

675

Points of Distinction

• Small private liberal arts college with an arts and sciences division that is working to expose the K—12 children of East Texas to the geosciences, specifically astronomy
• College-wide worship services
• 30 clubs, teams, and organizations helping to fulfill the school’s mission of educating the person as a whole

Located on a 243-acre residential campus in Hawkins, Jarvis Christian College promotes a liberal arts education that nurtures intellectual and spiritual development. Students choose from 15 degree plans in the arts and sciences, business, and education. More than 30 clubs, teams, and organizations provide extracurricular diversion. Student athletes compete in basketball, volleyball, baseball, and three other NAIA-level sports.

Hawkins is supportive of Jarvis students, who often volunteer in the community and take part in two annual Hawkins events: Pancake Day and the Oil Festival (a nod to the town’s roots as an oil hub in the 1940s). The school encourages this reciprocal relationship through the Educational Talent Search, a program sponsored by Jarvis’s Division of Education that seeks to identify and foster potential university students between the ages of 11 and 27, many of whom will be first-generation college applicants.

Conscious of the latest trends in education, the school is working to enhance its programs in the environmental sciences. This expansion is part of the college’s larger campaign to improve its resources and increase the size of the student body from its current enrollment of around 700 within the next few years. Toward this end, a new dormitory, the Living and Learning Center, opened in 2008. The three-story complex features ample living areas, a commons, and a courtyard.