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Encyclopedia > Wesleyan College

Wesleyan College

Motto First for Women
Established Chartered 1836, Opened 1839
Type Private Women's college
Endowment $42,142,858
President Ruth Austin Knox
Faculty 52
Undergraduates 550 (full-time)
Postgraduates 95 (coed)
Location Macon, Georgia, USA
Campus suburban
Colors Deep Purple and Lavender
Mascot Pioneers
Website wesleyancollege.edu

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Students

Wesleyan College has an undergraduate student population of around 700. It has a student-faculty ratio of 11:1, and an average class size of 20 students. Students from more than 20 states and 20 countries around the world attend the school each year. Wesleyan offers 35 majors, 29 minors, and pre-professional programs for its students. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.


These majors: Advertising and Marketing Communication, Art History, Biology, Business Administration with concentrations in Accounting and Management, Chemistry, Communication, Computer Information Systems, Dual Degree Engineering, Early Children Education, Economics, English, Environmental Science, French, History, History/Political Science, Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, International Business, International Relations, Mathematics, Middle Grades Education, Music (Emphasis in Organ, Piano, or Voice), Music & Theatre, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Self-Designed Interdisciplinary Major, Spanish, Studio Art, and Theater.


The minors: African Studies, African-American Studies, Art History, Biology, Business Management, Chemistry, Communication, Computer Science, Economics, Educational Studies, Environmental Studies, English, Finance, French, History, Mathematics, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Photography, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Socio-Cultural Studies, Spanish, Studio Art, Technology in Business Administration, Theater, and Women's Studies.


Wesleyan also has Pre-professional programs in: Pre-Engineering, Pre-Medicine, Pre-Dental, Pre-Veterinary, and Health Services, Pre-Law, or Pre-Seminary


The Graduate Programs: Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education and Middle Grades Math/Science. Also Executive MBA Program in Business Administration.


There are also the Encore, Evening, Weekend Completion Programs.


Campus

Wesleyan College has an arboreal 200 acre (800,000 m²) campus dotted with revivalist Georgian style brick buildings. It features a 6.3 acre (25,000 m²) lake, Foster Lake, as well as the Nancy Ellis Knox Equestrian Center, Porter Gymnasium, Anderson Cabin, and Mathews Atletic Complex. It also has five academic Buildings, Tate Hall, Taylor Hall, Murphey Art Building, Porter Fine Arts Building, and the new Munroe Science Center (scheduled to open in Fall 2007). It also has 7 dormitories for students. Banks and Wortham Hall house first year studednts. Jones, Persons, and Hightower Halls house upperclasswomen. Corn North and South Apartments also house upperclasswomen.


Wesleyan Athletic mascot is the Pioneers and they are in the NCAA Division III. The Pioneers have Vasity Basketball, Cross-Country, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Junior Varsity Volleyball, and IHSA Equestrian.


There are 5 Major Student Boards: SGA (Student Government Association, CRC (Council on Religious Concerns), CJA (Council on Judicial Affairs), CAB (Campus Activities Board), SRC (Student Recreation Council). They also have 25 special interest clubs, academic honor socities, musical groups, service organizations, religious groups, and departmental leadership groups. It also three publications : The Veterropt (yearbook), The Pioneer (online newspaper), and the Visionary (Creative Arts Magazine).


Wesleyan's Campus hosts many diverse events each year. Midsummer Macon, a music and arts program for children and young adults, is held here every summer. The school also hosts several popular events of the Macon Cherry Blossom Festival every springtime, such as the annual hot air balloon launch. Porter Auditorium was once the home of the Macon Symphony Orchestra and it still hosts many musical and theatrical events and competitions. Wesleyan is also important to the community as it holds many award day programs for the public schools around Macon.


History

The school was chartered on December 23, 1836 as the Georgia Female College, and opened its doors to students on January 7, 1839. One of a number of early institutions of higher education for women in the United States, it was the first to begin as a college (as opposed to a Seminary or Academy). The school was renamed Wesleyan Female College in 1843 and later shortened to the present name Wesleyan College in 1917. It is still a woman's college. December 23 is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This is a timeline of womens colleges in the United States. ... Womens colleges in the United States in higher education are American undergraduate, bachelors degree-granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations are comprised exclusively or almost exclusively of women. ...


Wesleyan is also home to the world's oldest alumnae association, begun in 1859. Seniors are inducted into the association during a candle lighting ceremony at Alumnae Weekend. Wesleyan College was also the birthplace of the first sororities: the Adelphean Society in 1851, now known as Alpha Delta Pi, and the Philomathean Society (not associated with the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania) in 1852, now known as Phi Mu. The school no longer has sororities (1914), and uses a class system. Incoming first years are assigned a class based on the outgoing seniors of the previous school year. The classes are the Green Knights, the Purple Knights, the Red Pirates, and the Golden Hearts. The 2007-2008 seniors are the Green Knights. The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Optimist International, or the Shriners. ... Alpha Delta Pi (ΑΔΠ) was founded May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia making it the first female fraternal organization. ... College Hall of the University of Pennsylvania. ... Phi Mu (ΦΜ) is the second oldest secret organization for women in the United States. ...


The school colors are deep purple and lavender.[1]


Well-known alumnae

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See also

The Seven Sisters of the South refers to a group of highly regarded American womens colleges in the Southern United States. ...

External links

  • Wesleyan College Website

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