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{{short description|Liberal arts college in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, U.S.}}
{{Infobox university
|image_name=  Juniata College seal.svg
|image_size=  200px
|name=        Juniata College
|former_names = Huntingdon Normal School (1876–1877)<br />Brethren Normal School (1877–1896)
|motto=       ''Veritas Liberat'' ([[Social:Latin|Latin]])
|mottoeng=    Truth Sets Free
|established= {{start date and age|1876|4|17}}
|type=        Private liberal arts college
|affiliation=Church of the Brethren<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brethren.org/yya/colleges.html |title=Colleges &#124; Church of the Brethren |publisher=Brethren.org |access-date=2013-11-22}}</ref>
|city=        Huntingdon
|state=       Pennsylvania
|country=     United States
|undergrad=   1,573<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juniata.edu/admission/just-the-facts/students.php |title=Juniata College - Just The Facts - About Our Students |publisher=Juniata.edu |access-date=2013-11-22}}</ref>
|administrative_staff=       403
|president=   James Troha
|campus=      Rural, {{convert|800|acre|km2}}
|colors=      Old Gold and Yale Blue<span style="background:#9e9165; width:50px; border:1px solid #000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;<span style="background:#1b2f54; width:50px; border:1px solid #000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
|mascot=      Eagles
|website=     {{URL|http://www.juniata.edu}}
|endowment=   $114.8 million (2020)<ref>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>
|logo       = [[File:Juniata College logo.svg|150px]]
}}

'''Juniata College''' is a private liberal arts college in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1876 as a co-educational normal school, it was the first college started by members of the Church of the Brethren. It was originally founded as a center for vocational learning for those who could not afford formal education. As of 2015, Juniata College has about 1,600 students from 42 states and territories and 45 countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juniata.edu/services/catalog/print_whole.html |title=Juniata College Online Catalog |publisher=Juniata College |date=2015 |access-date=March 27, 2015 |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323002233/http://www.juniata.edu/services/catalog/print_whole.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
===19th century===
[[File:Martin G. Brumbaugh (2).jpg|thumb|In 1895, Martin Grove Brumbaugh became Juniata College's first president, serving until 1910]]
'''Huntingdon Normal School''', a normal school, was established by a spry young Huntingdon physician, Dr. Andrew B. Brumbaugh, and his two cousins, Henry and John Brumbaugh.  Henry provided a second-story room over his local print shop for classes, while John lodged and fed the college's first teacher, Jacob M. Zuck. Andrew was to "provide students and furniture".<ref name=JCWebHistory>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.juniata.edu/about/history/|website=Juniata College|access-date=24 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=TruthSetsFree>{{cite book|last1=Kaylor|first1=Earl C.|title=Truth Sets Free: A Centennial History of Juniata College, 1876-1976|date=1977|publisher=A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc.|location=South Brunswick|isbn=0-498-02101-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/truthsetsfreejun0000kayl}}</ref>  Juniata's first classes were held on April 17, 1876, with Zuck teaching Rebecca Cornelius, Maggie D. Miller, and Gaius M. Brumbaugh, the only son of Andrew Brumbaugh.

In 1877, the school changed its name to '''Brethren Normal School'''.  At this time Zuck also discussed adding a "Scientific Course" and issuing "Certificates of Graduation". In 1879, classes moved into Founder's Hall, the school's first permanent building on the present-day campus then only known as "The Building".  On May 11 of same year, Jacob Zuck died from pneumonia at age 32 when he insisted on sleeping in the then unfinished Founders Hall without a heater.  James Quinter was then chosen to lead the school as the school's first president.<ref name=TruthSetsFree />

In 1894, due to a ruling at the Brethren Church's Annual Meeting against using the term "Brethren" in naming a school, the college was renamed '''Juniata College''' for the nearby Juniata River, one of the principal tributaries of the Susquehanna River.  The name Juniata College was made the school's legal name in 1896.<ref name=TruthSetsFree />

In 1895, Dr. Martin Grove Brumbaugh, an 1881 graduate from Brethren Normal (Huntingdon Normal), took over the active presidency of Juniata College until 1910.  

===20th century===
During and after his tenure, Brumbaugh remained intimately connected to the college and reacquired the college's presidency in 1924, after having served as governor of Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1919 and as commissioner of education to Puerto Rico in 1900.<ref name=UncommonVisions>{{cite book|last1=Sigel|first1=Nancy|title=Juniata College: Uncommon Visions of Juniata's Past|date=2000|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Great Britain|isbn=0-7385-0240-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uq9QHiHOuTEC|access-date=24 June 2015}}</ref> M. G. Brumbaugh died unexpectedly in 1930 while on vacation in Pinehurst, North Carolina, and was succeeded in his presidency by a former pupil at Juniata, Dr. Charles Calvert Ellis.

===Presidents===
* James Quinter (1879–1888) 
* H.B. Brumbaugh (1888–1893) 
* M.G. Brumbaugh (1893–1910) 
* I. Harvey Brumbaugh (1910–1924) 
* M. G. Brumbaugh (1924–1930) 
* C.C. Ellis (1930–1943)
* Calvert N. Ellis (1943–1968) 
* John N. Stauffer (1968–1975) 
* Frederick M. Binder (1975–1986) 
* Robert W. Neff (1986–1998) 
* Thomas R. Kepple, Jr. (1998–2013) 
* Jim Troha (2013–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://departments.juniata.edu/about/presidents-office/past-presidents.php |title=Juniata College Past Presidents |publisher=Juniata College |date=2015 |access-date=October 29, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Lauren Bowen, Acting President (2024)

==Campus==
[[File:Founders English.jpg|thumb|Founders Hall, the first building on campus]]
[[File:Nathan Hall.jpg|thumb|Nathan Hall]]
The main campus area is {{convert|110|acre|km2}}, and the college manages a {{convert|315|acre|km2|adj=on}} Baker-Henry Nature Preserve. Two new buildings since 2000 include the von Liebig Center for Science and the Suzanne von Liebig Theatre. Founders Hall, the first building on campus, has also been renovated recently. Construction was finished in the summer of 2009 and uses underground geothermal energy to heat and cool the building. This building is recognized as a [[Engineering:Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Gold building.

Other off-campus sites include the Baker Peace Chapel, designed by Maya Lin, and the cliffs, which have views of the Juniata River. The college also owns the Raystown Field Station, a 365-acre (1.48 km2) reserve on Raystown Lake, which includes an [[Engineering:Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Gold building and two lodges for semester-long residential programs, often focused on environmental topics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juniata.edu/services/station/LakesideCenter/Lakesidecenter_home.html |title=Juniata College- Raystown Field Station- Grove Farm |publisher=Juniata.edu |access-date=2013-11-22 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402173450/http://www.juniata.edu/services/station/LakesideCenter/Lakesidecenter_home.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Athletics==
[[File:Kennedy.jpg|thumb|Memorial Gymnasium inside the Kennedy Sports and Recreation Center]]
Juniata is a Division III collegiate sports institution.  It is a charter member of the Landmark Conference, where it competes in all sports except football and volleyball. The athletic teams are known as the Juniata Eagles.

===Football===
The Juniata College football program is a member of the Centennial Conference. The Goal Post Trophy goes to the winner of the annual football game with rival [[Organization:Susquehanna University|Susquehanna University]]. It is a section of the goal post that was torn down after the 1952 Juniata-Susquehanna game. The visiting Indians (now Eagles) upset the Crusaders in Selinsgrove, and Juniata fans tore down the goal post after the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gosusqu.com/information/traditions/index |title=GO SU! - Susquehanna |publisher=Gosusqu.com |access-date=2013-11-22}}</ref>

===Volleyball===
Juniata College is known for its both its men's and women's volleyball program. The men's volleyball team competes in the Continental Volleyball Conference; it previously competed in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, where it won several titles, even while under Division I and Division III sanctions.
In 2023, the Juniata women's volleyball team won the NCAA D-III national championship. The Eagles completed a perfect season, going 35-0, earning the No. 2 seed in the D-III tournament and sweeping No. 4 Hope in straight sets, 25-22, 25-20, 25-21.

==Notable people==
===Notable alumni===
Notable alumni include:
* Ronald R. Blanck, former Surgeon General of the United States Army and chairman of the board of regents at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
* Heidi Cullen, chief scientist for climate central and leads, [[Earth:World Weather Attribution|World Weather Attribution]] program, and former first on-air climate expert at [[Company:The Weather Channel|The Weather Channel]]
* Francis Harvey Green, former English Department chairman, [[Organization:West Chester University|West Chester University]], and Pennington School headmaster
* Janet Kauffman, novelist
* Chuck Knox, former professional football head coach, Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, and Seattle Seahawks 
* John Kuriyan, 2005 Richard Lounsbery Award winner and professor, biochemistry and molecular biology at the [[Organization:University of California, Berkeley|University of California, Berkeley]]
* Pat Malone, former professional baseball player, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees 
* Morley J. Mays, former [[Organization:Elizabethtown College|Elizabethtown College]] president
* Wayne M. Meyers, former president, International Leprosy Association, physician, researcher, medical missionary, author of medical articles, book chapters, and books
* [[Biography:William Daniel Phillips|William Daniel Phillips]], atomic physicist, [[Organization:National Institute of Standards and Technology|National Institute of Standards and Technology]], jointly awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997 for his contributions to laser cooling
* Michael Trim, producer and cinematographer for the Showtime original series ''Weeds'' and executive producer and director of photography for the [[Company:Netflix|Netflix]] series ''Orange Is the New Black''
* Carrie Schofield-Broadbent, Episcopal priest
* Frank Vogel, NBA coach, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic, and Phoenix Suns
* Harriet Smith Windsor, former Delaware Secretary of State 

===Notable faculty and coaches===
* Donald Deskey, art instructor who designed the interior of Radio City Music Hall and various Procter & Gamble products
* Regina Lamendella, biological sciences professor recognized for contributions to [[Biology:Omics|omics]] and [[Biology:Microbiology|microbiology]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.juniata.edu/magazine/impact-report/positioning-for-success.php | title=Juniata Magazine }}</ref> 
* Fayette Avery McKenzie, sociology professor during the [[Social:Progressive Era|Progressive Era]] who promoted adult education and aided Native Americans and [[Biography:Black people|Black people]] 
* Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State defensive coordinator convicted of 45 charges of sexual abuse of young boys over 15 years<ref>{{cite news|last=Bachman |first=Denise |author2=Karen Mansfield |title=Childhood friends wonder if they really knew Jerry Sandusky |newspaper=Observer–Reporter |date=November 20, 2011 |url=http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/story11/11-20-2011-sandusky-early-years |access-date=November 22, 2011 |archive-date=November 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124025206/http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/story11/11-20-2011-sandusky-early-years |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>
* Frank Vogel, former Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball player

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.juniata.edu/ Official website]
*[http://www.juniatasports.net/ Official athletics website]

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