Ohio Wesleyan University
| Motto | "In lumine tuo videbimus lumen" /
"In Your Light We Shall See the Light" |
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| Established |
1842 |
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| School type |
Private Liberal Arts |
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| President |
Mark Huddleston |
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| Location |
Delaware, OH, USA |
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| Enrollment |
1,950 undergraduate,
0 graduate |
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| Faculty |
144 |
| Endowment |
US$150 million |
| Campus |
Suburban, 200 acres (0.8 km²) |
| Athletics |
The Wesleyan Battling Bishops |
| Colors |
Red & Black |
| Website |
www.owu.edu |
Ohio Wesleyan University (also Wesleyan or OWU) is a private, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Delaware, Ohio in the United States.
Ohio Wesleyan University's charter provides that "the University is forever to be conducted on the most liberal principles". Various college publications such as Loren Pope's, Barron's, Princeton Review and the U.S. News and World Report place Wesleyan in the top ranks of private liberal arts colleges in the United States for 2005.
Wesleyan is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the Five Colleges of Ohio, a consortium of liberal arts colleges in Ohio: Kenyon College, Oberlin College, College of Wooster and Denison University. Ohio Wesleyan University is now independent and makes no religious demands on its students. Students come from about 44 states and about 47 foreign nations.
History
 University Hall / Grey Chapel at the turn of the 20th century About Ohio Wesleyan University
Beeghly Library - Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio Wesleyan is a liberal arts college with a population of approximately 1,900 students. The university defines itself as a "community of teachers and students devoted to the free pursuit of truth," and states a goal of developing in its students "qualities of intellect and character that will be useful no matter what they choose to do in later life and liberate them from a narrow perspective of gender, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation in every discipline".
Wesleyan's campus is located in center of Delaware, Ohio and is bisected by Sandusky Street, the main north / south street through the heart of the city. This results in an informal division of the campus into east and west sectors.
University Hall - Grey Chapel (see image above) - a multiuse building - is one of the most notable landmark buildings on campus.
The Leon A. Beeghly Library houses a central collection of more than 480,000 items, including rare books, manuscripts, art, microfilm, and federal government publications. Its Audio Visual Center includes a learning laboratory, multimedia classrooms, and individual viewing/listening rooms. In addition to the main library, three branch libraries are located in Sanborn Hall, Stewart Hall, and Bigelow-Rice Hall serve the music and science departments.
Science Center - Wesleyan (OH) Austin Hall, Edwards Gymnasium/Pfieffer Natatorium, Elliott Hall, Merrick Hall, Perkins Astronomical Observatory, Sanborn Hall, Slocum Hall, Sturges Library, Stuyvesant Hall and University Hall-Gray's Chapel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places(NRHP). Selby Field is also listed on the NRHP. Monnett Hall (NRHP #75001374) was also listed on the National Register, however the listing failed to save the building from demolition.
The school mascot is the Battling Bishop.
Wesleyan Academic Buildings
Bigelow-Rice Hall
Bigelow-Rice Hall was built in 1962. Now, it is part of the ConradesWetherell Science Center.
It houses the Botany, Microbiology and Zoology Departments at Wesleyan.
Edgar Hall
Edgar Hall is home for the Fine Arts Center. Students there study painting, drawing, computer graphics, art history and photography (two-dimensional art).
Sturges Hall
Sturges Hall was constructed in 1855. It served as a university library until Slocum Hall replaced it. Sturges Hall is currently the home for the English and Humanities-Classics departments. Sturges is on the National Register of Historical Places.
University Hall
The University Hall serves as a prominent landmark on campus. It is home for many administrative offices: the President's Office, Registrar's Office, Business Affairs and the Modern Foreign Languages departments.
Gray Chapel is located in The University Hall. It is the home of a $442,000 Rexford Keller Memorial Concert Organ.
Slocum Hall
 Slocum Hall Slocum Hall was built in 1898 and features a Romanesque arcade and enormous glass skylight. It was the University library until 1966 when Beeghly Library was built. Several administrative offices are located in the Hall: the Admissions Office, Financial Aid, Minority Student Affairs, and Foreign Student Services.
Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies, Black World Studies, and Women's Studies departments are also located in Slocum Hall.
Elliot Hall
Elliot Hall holds a significant historic place in Wesleyan University. Delaware was laid out in 1808 and became a popular health resort. Established in 1842, the University was built around the town's Mansion House (now Elliot Hall). Elliott was built in 1833 in the Greek revival style and is the original building on campus. In 1841, three Methodist leaders from Delaware, Ohio, including Dr. Charles Elliott, agreed on the need to establish a university "of the highest order" in central Ohio. When the Mansion House Hotel went on the market later during the same year, Adam Poe, a pastor of the Methodist Church in Delaware, Ohio, encouraged citizens of Delaware to purchase the property. Later, 172 citizens raised a $10,000 contribution and purchased it.
Ohio Wesleyan's traditions date back to its founding, when the College of Liberal Arts opened its doors with an enrollment of 29 male students taught by three professors. The college was housed in Elliott Hall, formerly the Mansion House Hotel, which had been constructed in the early 1830s when the current East Campus was a popular health resort. The resort was known for the health-giving although odoriferous waters of its famed Sulphur Spring, a favorite spot of future generations of students.
Currently, Elliott Hall houses Wesleyan's international studies, politics and government, history, sociology and anthropology departments. The fourth floor houses the Book Review section of The Historian, which is the official journal of Phi Alpha Theta, the international history honor society, and is one of the largest circulating English-language history periodicals. The building is also placed on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S.
ConradesWetherell Science Center
The 35-million-dollar ConradesWetherell Science Center was built in 1968. It is the home of the Chemistry, Geology and Geography, Mathematics and Computer Science, and Physics and Astronomy departments.
Phillips Hall
Phillips Hall is the home of the Psychology, Philosophy, Education, Experimental Psychology, Religion and East Asian Studies Departments. It was built in 1957. Approximately 8,000 square feet in Phillips Hall are designated for empirical research and clinical observation. In addition, conveniently located near the Department's offices and laboratories are ample areas for classroom instruction. The annual commencement ceremony is held on the terrace of Phillips since 1958.
Academics
Wesleyan accepts 68% of applicants; according to the 2005 edition of Princeton Review, many of these applicants also apply to schools like Kenyon, Cornell, Vassar and Harvard.
Students entering Wesleyan are provided with a liberal arts education. This holistic approach encourages students to experience different fields of study and once majors are chosen, to bring those varied experiences to their selected fields of study. Upon completion of 34 units of coursework, students may earn diplomas in Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, or Bachelor of Music (http://go.owu.edu/~catalog/cat-d02.pdf) fields of study.
In 2004, The Princeton Review ranked Ohio Wesleyan fifth out of 218 colleges and universities in the Liberal Arts Colleges-Bachelor's category for the highest percentage of international students. During the same year, OWU was ranked #17 for its students who "Never stop studying". As of January 2005, it had a score of 88 on the Review's "Academic Rating" scale and was included in the list of "Best in the Midwest" colleges.
Students
Wesleyan actively recruits students who are engaged in their own education, community, and the world around them. Over eighty-five clubs and organization operate on campus. The university schedules speakers, stages plays and other performances on campus thoughout the year.
Student organizations at Wesleyan include ProgressOWU; Pride (serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community), and The Babbling Bishops, an improvisational comedy troupe. OWU's The OWL, is one of the nation's oldest college literary magazines.
Students operate [WSLN Radio 98.7 FM (http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/genmen/uls/uls_call_res.hts?db_id=19&callsign=WNQJ226&application_id=)] - (aka "The BISHOPeration") from its studio in Slocum Hall. The 15 watt station has a three mile broadcast range and primarily serves the student and local population. The station is under the supervision of the journalism department.
Stuyvesant Hall, a freshman residence dormitory on West Campus, Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio Wesleyan University has an on-campus house capacity of 1600 students. First-year students are required to live on campus for the first two semesters at Ohio Wesleyan; upperclass students are placed in dormitories through a lottery system. Tompson, Bashford, Stuyvesant and Smith Halls are traditional dormitories on campus. Welch Hall is designated as a "quiet" dorm for honors students. Hayes Hall is the all-female living center.
Other on campus living options include single-sex, coed, small living units and cooperative housing where student particpate in the food and housekeeping chores.
Small Living Units (SLUs) are available for groups of 15 students. The small living units are organized to promote awareness on various social issues, which usually determine their name: The Peace and Justice House, The Tree House, The Women's House, The Modern Foreign Languages House, The House of Spirituality, The International House and The House of Hope.
Fraternities, sororities and off-campus living are also available.
Laundry facilities, social rooms, kitchens, and storage areas for personal belongings and bicycles are accessible to all students living on campus.
Concentrations
As of 2005, Ohio Wesleyan offered 36 different majors:
Alma Mater song
Wesleyan! Sweetly and strong Rises our hymn of praise for thee alone; Heaven re-echoes it, loud let it ring, Ohio Wesleyan! Loyal hearts sing.
Wesleyan! Proud is thy crown.
Rarest of laurels ever Victory has known; Noblest achievements Have hallowed thy name, Ohio Wesleyan! Deathless thy fame.
Ohio Wesleyan University presidents
- Mark Huddleston, 2004-
- Thomas Courtice, 1994-2004
- David Warren, 1984-1993
- Thomas E. Wenzlau,
- Frank J. Prout, 1955-1957
- Arthur Sherwood Flemming, 1948-1953
- Edmund P. Soper, 1929-
- Herbert George Welch, 1905-1916
- James Whitford Bashford, 1889-1904
- Charles H. Payne, 1876-1888
- Herbert John Burgstahler
- Edward Thomson, 1842-1860
Past Presidents of Ohio Wesleyan Female College
- Oran Faville, 1853-1855
- William Richardson
Notable alumni The JayWalk - Ohio Wesleyan University Academics
- Ezra Vogel, Class of 1950; Professor, Harvard University. Author of Japan's New Middle Class(1963), Japan as Number One(1979), The Four Little Dragons (1991) and Is Japan Still Number One?(2000).
- Dennis R. Appleyard, Class of 1961; Co-author International Economics, 4th Edition.
- William Hsiao, Class of 1963; Professor of Economics, Harvard University School of Public Health.
- Bob Michael, Dean of the Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago.
- James R. Walker, Class of 1974; chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin.
Science
Education
- Thomas R. Tritton, Class of 1969; President of Haverford College, PA, 1997-present.
- Karl Tinsley Waugh, Class of 1900; President of Dickinson College, PA, 1931-1933.
- Edwin Holt Hughes, President of Depauw University, IN, 1903-1909.
- Francis John McConnell, President of Depauw University, IN, 1909-1912.
- George Richmond Grose, President of Depauw University, IN, 1912-1924.
- Richard Franklin Rosser, Class of 1951; President of Depauw University, IN, 1977-1986.
- Isaac Crook, Class of 1856; President of Ohio University, OH, 1896-1898.
- Edward D. Miller, MD, Class of 1964; 13th Dean of The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
- Charles M. Austing, Class of 1903; first President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Sports
Politics
Social activists
- Mary King, Class of 1962; civil rights activist.
- Norman Vincent Peale, Class of 1920; minister, author of The Power of Positive Thinking (1952), The Art of Living (1937), Confident Living (1948), and This Incredible Century (1991).
- William M. Brooks, Class of 1976; Director of the Civil Rights Litigation Clinic.
- Winston Franklin, led efforts to promote interacial understanding with Charles F. Kettering Foundation.
Literature
Law
- Judge Richard Hodge, Class of 1960; Judge at California Superior Court.
Entertainment
- Melvin Van Peebles, Class of 1953; actor and director,Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
- Jim Berry, Class of 1955; National Newspaper Cartoonist.
- Ron Leibman, Class of 1958; Emmy, Tony-winning actor (Angels in America, "Norma Rae", "Slaughterhouse Five", "Friends").
- Wayne Turney, Class of 1968; Emmy-winning Actor (Hickory Hideout, Cleveland Play House, Actors' Theatre Louisville).
- Robert Pine, Class of 1963; TV, film actor (CHiPs, Murder, She Wrote, Hoover vs. the Kennedys, Six Feet Under).
- Clark Gregg, Class of 1984; actor, director, screenwriter (A Few Good Men, Spanish Prisoner, What Lies Beneath, West Wing).
- Gerald Kline, Class of 1966; TV, film, stage actor (Law and Order, All My Children,) Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) Board member.
- Frank Corrado, Class of 1968; actor (American Conservatory Theatre, Denver Center, Berkeley Rep, McCarter, Long Wharf).
- Patricia Wettig, Class of 1974; Emmy-winning actor (thirty something, The Langoliers, City Slickers, Boomtown).
- Anne Flanagan, Class of 1987; film, TV actor/writer (The Comedy Store, Disclosure, Tracey Ullman Show, 7th Heaven).
- Eric Winzenried, Class of 1988; film, TV actor (ER, The Untouchables, Zoolander, Austin Powers).
- Wendie Malick, Class of 1972; film, TV actor (Just Shoot Me (NBC), Dream On (HBO)).
News
- Susan Headden, Class of 1977; Pulitzer Prize reporter.
- Byron Pitts, Class of 1982; CBS News correspondent.
- Colin McMahon, Class of 1985; Foreign Editor, Chicago Tribune.
- Cynthia Davidson, Class of 1974; editor of architecture magazine ANY.
- Gregory L. Moore, Class of 1976; managing editor of The Boston Globe.
Corporate leaders
- Orra E. Monnette, Class of 1897; author and banker, co-founder and co-chairman, Bank of America, Los Angeles.
- George Conrades, Class of 1961.
- Nicholas E. Calio, Class of 1975; Citigroup's Senior Vice President for Global Government Affairs.
- Robert Dellinger, Class of 1982; CFO of Sprint, a global communications company.
- Clay G. Small, Class of 1972; CEO of Pepsi Bottling Group.
- Martha Rooney Webb, Class of 1991; director at the Seed Foundation, a foundation designed to benefit urban children.
- Frank Stanton, Class of 1930; former CBS CEO between 1945-1973.
- Gregory Wilson, Class of 1974; principal at McKinsey & Company in Washington, DC.
- Robert M. Best, Class of 1944; chairman and CEO, Security Mutual Life.
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