Wesleyan College 1207509 224059500 2008-07-07T03:23:36Z Plasticup 2666389 minor tidying (please [[User_Talk:Plasticup|tell me]] about errors!) using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{distinguish|Wesleyan University|Ohio Wesleyan Female College}} {{Infobox University |name = Wesleyan College |image= |motto = First for Women |established = Chartered [[1836]], Opened [[1839]] |type = [[Private school|Private]] [[Women's college]] |endowment = $42,142,858 |president = [[Ruth Austin Knox]] |city = [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] |state = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |country = [[United States|USA]] |campus = [[suburban]] |undergrad = 550 (full-time) |postgrad = 95 (coed) |faculty = 52 |mascot = Pioneers |free_label = |free = |colors = Deep Purple and Lavender |website = [http://www.wesleyancollege.edu wesleyancollege.edu] }} '''Wesleyan College''' is a private, [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts]] [[Women's colleges in the United States|women's college]] located in [[Macon, Georgia]]. == 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. Wesleyan college was named among the Best 361 colleges in 2007 by Princeton Review. == 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 Athletic 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 students. 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 Varsity 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 societies, 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]]. [[Timeline of women's colleges in the United States|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 [[Women's colleges in the United States|woman's college]]. 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 [[fraternities and sororities|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 school colors are deep purple and lavender.[http://www.wesleyancollege.edu/publicrelations/index.html] == Well-known alumnae == *[[Soong sisters|The Soong sisters]] *[[Neva Langley Fickling]], [[Miss America]] 1953 *[[Sandra Deer]], playwright *[[Kathryn Stripling Byer]], poet *[[Toni Jennings]], [[Florida]] [[Lieutenant Governor]] *[[Catherine Brewer Benson]], first woman to earn a college degree *[[Mary Houston]], wife of Young John Allen, the Methodist missionary who preached in China and first mentioning of Karl Marx in China ==See also== *[[Women's Colleges in the Southern United States]] ==External links== *[http://www.wesleyancollege.edu/ Wesleyan College Website] {{Current women's universities and colleges in the United States}} {{Annapolis Group}} {{MethodistColleges}} {{Georgia Private Colleges and Universities}} {{Macon schools}} [[Category:Universities and colleges in Georgia (U.S. state)]] [[Category:Women's universities and colleges in the United States]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1836]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1839]] [[Category:Macon, Georgia]] [[Category:Registered Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)]]