Muskingum College
Motto	Omni, Trinum, Perfectum
Established	1837
School type	Private
President	Dr. Anne Steele
Location	New Concord, OH, USA
Campus	Rural, 225 acres (910,000 m²)
Enrollment	1,584 undergraduate, 400 Graduate
Faculty	n/a
School Colors	Black & Magenta
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Homepage	www.muskingum.edu

Muskingum College is located in New Concord, Ohio, approximately sixty miles east of Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1837, Muskingum College is affiliated with Presbyterian Church (USA). School colors are black and magenta. School mascot is a “fighting muskie” (the muskellunge, the largest member of the pike family). New Concord, Ohio is located in eastern Muskingum County Ohio, hence the name Muskingum was used in naming the school. Image File history File links Muskingum College Seal This work is copyrighted. ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... New Concord is a village located in Muskingum County, Ohio. ... State nickname: The Buckeye State Official languages None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus (largest metropolitan area is Cleveland) Governor Bob Taft (R) Senators Mike DeWine (R) George V. Voinovich (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 34th 116,096 km² 8. ... Rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Sheep eating grass in rural Australia Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. ... New Concord is a village located in Muskingum County, Ohio. ... Columbus is the capital of the U.S. state of Ohio. ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Black is a color with several subtle differences in meaning. ... Magenta is a color that is not a spectral color: that is to say, the hue cannot be generated by light of a single wavelength. ... New Concord is a village located in Muskingum County, Ohio. ...

In 1996, Muskingum College gained national headlines when the school substantially cut its tuition – an act that was counter to the practices of other United States liberal arts colleges. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

The first building constructed on the campus was Paul Hall, which still serves the campus. This was followed by Johnson Hall, however the location of these buildings did not permit for expansion. To remedy this, College President J. Knox Montgomery began advocating for a new campus that would situate academic buildings around a traditional quadrangle. In order to do so, the heart of the campus was moved west and a flat plateau was constructed using fill dirt.

William Raney Harper, actress Agnes Moorehead, Astronaut and United States Senator John Glenn, Annie Glenn, and Zoo Keeper and television personality Jack Hanna are among the college’s notable alumni body. Both John and Annie Glenn are natives of New Concord, Ohio. William Rainey Harper (1856-1906) Noted academic; organizer and first President of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. ... Moorehead as Endora on Bewitched Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American character actress. ... This article is about the astronaut. ... Monkeys on the Interstate, 1989, by Jack Hanna Jack Hanna (b. ... New Concord is a village located in Muskingum County, Ohio. ...

Campus traditions include not stepping on the college seal (Montgomery Hall foyer) and proposing marriage in the Spoon, a gazebo that is on the banks of the college lake. Campus housing consists of dormitories, social club and program houses.

In 1983, John Glenn launched his White House bid from the Muskingum College quad in the heart of the campus. Upon retirement from the United States Senate, Glenn donated his archives to the Ohio State University, with special conditions that Muskingum students would benefit from the collection at anytime. The Ohio State University (formal name), also known as Ohio State or OSU, is currently the third largest public university in the United States and ranked by US News as the best public university in Ohio and the twenty-first best public university in the nation. ...

In the late 1800s, Muskingum College assumed the Ohio Central College of Iberia, Ohio; as such, Warren G. Harding, an Ohio Central College graduate, is considered an alumnus of Muskingum. In 1920, Muskingum assumed the records of Franklin College of Flushing, Ohio. Events and Trends Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). ... Iberia, Ohio is an unicorporated village in Washington Township, Morrow County, Ohio. ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Flushing is a village located in Belmont County, Ohio. ...

Notable Alumni

• John Glenn United States Senator, First American to orbit the earth
• Jack Hanna Former Columbus Zoo Director and television personality
• William Raney Harper First President, University of Chicago
• Agnes Moorehead Actress
• Philip Caldwell Retired CEO of Ford Motor Company

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External link

• Muskingum College Web Page
• Ohio Athletic Conference