Virginia Intermont College
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Virginia Intermont College is a small private Baptist liberal arts college in Bristol, Virginia. It was opened in 1884 in Glade Spring, Virginia as the Southwest Virginia Institute and moved to Bristol, Virginia for the 1893 academic year. In 1922 the college changed its name to Virginia Intermont College, "intermont" signifying that the college was located "among the mountains" of southwestern Virginia.
The college's purpose is to provide students with a liberal arts based career preparation. In 1968 Virginia Intermont College developed a four year program, and in 1972 it admitted its first male students. The college's official song, "Nil Sine Numine" was written by students in 1952 as part of a now dead tradition for students of writing and competing with a song demonstrating pride in the institution.
