Voorhees College, Vellore

Voorhees College
ஊரீசு கல்லூரி
Former name	Arcot Mission College
Motto	Nisi Dominus Frustra
Motto in English	In vain without god
Established	1898; 128 years ago
Affiliations	Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore
Religious affiliation	The Church of South India – Diocese of Vellore
Chairman	Rt. Rev. H. Sharma Nithyanandham
Principal	Dr . J. Annie Kamala Florence
Location	Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India; 12°54′37.75″N 79°7′55.19″E
Campus	Urban;
Website	http://www.voorheescollege.edu.in/

Voorhees College is a college in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1898 as Arcot Mission College, when Arcot Mission High School was amalgamated to the University of Madras. The college is named after its benefactors, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph and Elizabeth Voorhees of the Reformed Church in America.^[1] The College was earlier known as Ralph and Elizabeth Voorhees college when it was a Co-educational institution. In the late sixties towards the end of the tenure of Dr. A.N. Gopal, the then principal, the college stopped admitting women students and dropped the names Ralph and Elizabeth and became known as Voorhees College. The college began offering master's level courses in 1975. The College is managed by the Church of South India, Diocese of Vellore. The Chairman of the College is the Bishop of Vellore, and the motto is "In vain without God."