Limestone Student Achievements

Limestone College documents and evaluates student achievements in fulfillment of its mission:

“In a nurturing, supportive environment based on Christian ideals and ethical principles, students are challenged to become critical thinkers and effective communicators who are prepared for responsible citizenship, successful careers, and graduate study.”

The college measures and documents student achievement using various measures which include professional licensing data, exit exams, employment, honors (honor societies and publications) and survey data from new graduates.  Each measure is appropriate to the continuance of Limestone College’s stated purpose and mission.

Explore Notable Achievements

• Exit Exams and Licensure

  Athletic Training Licensing Exam Data

  The Athletic Training program prepares students to take the licensing exam. The current pass rates for the last three years are as follows:

  Graduation Year	# Grads	# Taking License Exam	# Passing License Exam	% Passing License Exam
  2010-2011	3	2	2	100%
  2011-2012	3	3	3	100%
  2012-2013	6	6	5	83%
  2013-2014	2	2	1	50%
  2014-2015	4	4	3	75%

  Business ETS Exit Exam Data

  The Business department has an Exit Exam through ETS, which both undergraduates and graduates take.

  • The ETS Exit exam showed an increase in scores from the 25th to the 41th percentile for DAY students in 2013-2014.
  • MBA ETS pretest-post test scores showed an increase from the 9th to the 34th percentiles.

  The Business department has instituted (2013-2014) an assessment and accreditation committee within the Business Department to put a better focus on this area. In addition, this committee will be recommending to the Business Department that they move forward with ACBSP accreditation (see http://www.acbsp.org/page/main).

  Teacher Education/Employment and PRAXIS Data

  (Source: 2014 PEDS Report; 2014 EPP Report)

  The most recent group of Education graduates has been very diverse in specialty and gender. Their Education majors have covered:

  2014-2015 Teacher Education Graduates	Males	Females	Total
  Music Ed	1	0	1
  Physical Ed	2	0	2
  Math Ed	1	1	2
  English Ed	0	2	2
  Elementary Ed	1	12	13
  Early Childhood	0	1	1

  Placement data show that Limestone’s Education graduates seek and retain professional employment.

  Year	Graduates in Teaching Positions
  2014-2015	90%
  2013-2014	100%
  2012-2013	89%
  2011-2012	100%
  2010-2011	88%

  A key goal of the Teacher Education program is to prepare students for the Praxis exam. We are proud to have a 100% pass rate for the past several years.

  Year	Program Completers	# Passing Praxis	Pass Rate
  2014-2015	21	21	100%
  2013-2014	12	12	100%
  2012-2013	19	19	100%
  2011-2012	14	14	100%
  2010-2011	31	31	100%

• Publications and Honors

  During 2015-2016 ---

  • 90 students were involved in musical performances, which is 7% of the Day student population.
  • 28 students were involved in Candelabra, the annual College literature and art publication.
  • 154 students presented research (12% of the Day students)
  • 123 Honors students were enrolled
  • The Psychology Club competed in the South Carolina Psychology Association’s “Quiz Bowl” in Columbia (November 5, 2015), the Saints tied for second place.   Students have made research presentations at the South Carolina Psychological Association each year for the past several years.  Eight Psychology students presented their senior capstone projects at the library (April, 2015).
  • In the Art Department, we currently have a student exhibition with over twenty students represented. Last spring I had three students attend an International conference (NCECA).Last year’s Juried Exhibition featured over twelve students.

   

  Publications

  • The Candelabra, a student literary magazine of poems, essays, short stories and art is sponsored each year by the English and Art Departments. The 2014 edition featured literary and art work from 27 contributors.
  • The Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences expects to launch the first edition of their behavioral sciences journal in the Spring semester of 2015.

  Honor Roll and Honor Societies

  The Limestone College Honor Roll recognizes students who have achieved a GPA of at least 3.75. The Spring 2016 Honor Roll includes 172 students, with representatives from 13  countries. The Spring 2016 Dean's List includes 231 students. Both of these groups include students from our Day Campus program, Online Programand eight Online & Evening Classroom programs.

  The Alpha Chi Honors Society surpassed its goal of having 100 students participate in the Fall of 2014. The numbers of Honors students are as follows:

  Year	Returning students	New Freshmen	New admits	Total
  2014-2015	63	31	6	100
  2013-2014	69	22	3	94

  In addition to Alpha Chi, there are six other honor societies on campus. The numbers of students involved in those honor societies are as follows:

  Spring 2018
  Name	Members
  Alpha Chi	10
  Alpha Phi Sigma - Criminal Justice	6
  Delta Mu Delta - Business	5
  Phi Alpha - Social Work	31
  Psi Ch - Psychology	6

   

  Recent Honor Roll and Dean's List
  Students by Semester

  	Honor Roll	Dean's List
  FA, 2016	189	242
  SP, 2017	184	220
  FA, 2017	162	208

  Honor Roll and Dean's List Students

  	Fall, 2016		Fall, 2017
  Campus	Honor Roll (3.75-3.99)	Deans List (4.0)	Honor Roll (3.75-3.99)	Deans List (4.0)
  Augusta	3	2	2	5
  Charleston	7	15	7	13
  Columbia	18	15	8	18
  Florence	6	9	8	6
  Gaffney	12	15	9	9
  Greenville	10	15	5	9
  Kingstree	2	4	1	2
  Low Country	2	3	2	3
  Main (Day)	89	112	100	108
  Internet	40	52	20	35

• Graduate Survey

  This section contains graduate schools attended by our graduates, as well as data from our annual Graduation Survey. The survey was originally intended to be a way to keep up with graduates’ correct mailing address and e-mail data. Today it also includes questions on, for example, topics regarding skills, employment, and graduate school plans.

  Graduate Schools

  Many of our students choose to further their education at the graduate level after completing their degree at Limestone. View a list of graduate programs attended by Limestone College graduates from 2008 through 2013.

  Grad School List

  Our Graduates – Spring 2015

  Each semester Graduating Seniors receive a survey to complete prior to graduation. For May 2015, 178 graduating students completed the survey.

  • Of those students, 44.9% were from the Day program and 56% from the Online & Evening.
  • Of those students, 40% were “first generation” college graduates.
  • Of those students, 28.6% were applying to graduate schools.
  • Of the graduate programs being considered by these seniors, 15 different institutions were specified. The institutions mentioned the most included Limestone (3), USC (3), and Webster (2).
  • Regarding employment, of the 178 graduates, 54 (30%) were continuing to work in their current positions, 29 (16%) had accepted a full time job, 4 (2%) had accepted a part-time job, 57 (32%) were looking for a full or part-time job, and 47 (28.6%) were planning on attending graduate school.
  • 31 of the 178 graduates (17%) requested information about Limestone’s MBA program.
  • 34 of the 178 (19%) reported that they had used at least one of the services from the Career Services office.

  Regarding what the graduating students perceived that they had learned while in college, five areas of concern were rated on a 3-point scale: Non Proficient, Competent, and Proficient. Survey results are listed below.

  Rate yourself on your knowledge and abilities:

  	Competent	Proficient	Not Proficient
  Mathematical computation	74 (44.6%)	86 (51.8%)	6 (3.6%)
  Speaking in public	54 (32.3%)	112 (67%)	1 (0.6%)
  Using computers	32 (19.3%)	134 (80.7%)	0
  Writing for a variety of audiences	45 (27%)	117 (70.9%)	3 (1.8%)
  Using and documenting sources	36 (21.8%)	129 (78.2%)	0