Salem International University
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Salem International University is a small college in Salem, West Virginia. It has about 1000 students.
The school was founded as Salem College by the Seventh Day Baptist Church in 1888. It soon became a non-sectarian non-profit college.
The school continued as a liberal arts and teacher education college until the 1989 when it was beset with financial problems. This led it to form an alliance with Teikyo University of Tokyo, Japan. This changed the focus of the school to one of education of international students in a unique atmosphere. Salem College was then renamed Salem-Teikyo University.
The alliance with Teikyo ended in 2000, and the school changed its name to Salem International University. In 2001 the school entered into a partnership with Informatics Holdings of Singapore.
The school's student body has the third highest percentage of international students in the United States.
In athletics, the school's teams are the Tigers and compete in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
The school is not related to Salem College in North Carolina.
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| Football: Charleston • Concord • Fairmont State • Glenville State • Shepherd • West Liberty State • West Virginia State • West Virginia Wesleyan Non-football: Alderson–Broaddus • Bluefield State • Davis & Elkins • Ohio Valley • Salem International • Wheeling Jesuit |
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This small college currently has 270 students.
