Wagner College
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Latin: Collegium Wagnerianum
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| Established | 1883 |
| Type | Private |
| Endowment | over $40m |
| President | Richard Guarasci |
| Provost | Devorah Lieberman |
| Dean | Anne Goodsell-Love |
| Faculty | 107 |
| Students | 2,335 |
| Undergraduates | 1,954 |
| Postgraduates | 381 |
| Location | Staten Island, NY, USA |
| Campus | Suburban, hilltop overlooks NYC skyline. 105 acres (0.42 km²) |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I-AA |
| Colors | Green and White |
| Mascot | Seahawks |
| Affiliations | ELCA |
| Website | wagner.edu |
Wagner College is a coeducational private liberal arts college located on Staten Island in New York City. Wagner enrolls about 1900 undergraduates and 400 graduate students. The college is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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[edit] History
Wagner College was founded in 1883 in Rochester, New York as the Rochester Lutheran Proseminary to train Lutheran ministers. Its curriculum was modeled on the German gymnasium; it was a 6 year curriculum. In 1886, it became the Wagner Memorial Lutheran College after a building in Rochester was purchased for its use by John G. Wagner in memory of his son.
The college moved to the 38-acre former Cunard estate on Grymes Hill, Staten Island (370 feet above sea level) in 1918. Bellevue, the Cunard mansion which dates from 1851, is extant (now Cunard Hall) as is the neighboring former hotel for visitors which also dates from the 19th century (initially named North Hall and is now Reynolds House). The college soon expanded to 57 acres after it acquired the neighboring Vanderbilt estate in 1922. In the 1920's, the curriculum began to move toward an American-style curriculum which was solidified when the state of New York granted the college degree-granting status in 1928. The college admitted women in 1933 and introduced graduate programs in 1951. In 1993, the college acquired the adjacent property of the former Augustinian High School which has largely remained wooded greenspace and athletic fields. The college now occupies 110 acres on the hill and has commanding views of New York harbor, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, Brooklyn, and lower Manhattan.
[edit] General
The college is known for the Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts which emphasizes learning by doing (academic course work coupled with real world experience). In 2005, the college was awarded the TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for its first year program. Wagner is also listed in five of the eight Programs to Look For in the 2007 issue of U.S. News & World Report's guide to America’s Best Colleges.
Prominent buildings include Main Hall (1930) and Parker Hall (1923) built in the collegiate gothic style. A harmonious group of modern buildings built in the 1960s include the Student Union (1970), Megerle Science Building (1968), and the Spiro Communication Center (1968). The Horrmann Library (1961) contains over 200,000 volumes and holds the collection and personal papers of poet Edwin Markham. 80% of the undergraduates live in one of three residence halls. The Spiro Sports Center (1999) is the most recent major addition.
Wagner was recently declared by the Princeton Review as having the best college theater in the nation. The Review also named it "College with the Most Beautiful Campus" for 2004.
Popular majors at Wagner include business, psychology, biology, education, arts administration & theatre.
[edit] Academics
Wagner offers several undergraduate degrees in the arts and sciences as well as some pre-professional courses of study.
[edit] Majors and Concentrations
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[edit] Pre-professional programs
- Pre-Law
- Pre-Engineering
- Pre-Ministry
- Pre-Health Science Programs
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Veterinary Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Optometry
- Podiatry
[edit] Graduate Programs
- Business Administration
- M.B.A. (Traditional, Executive, Accelerated)
- Accounting, M.S.
- Education, M.S.E.
- Microbiology, M.S.
- Nursing, M.S.
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[edit] Notable alumni
- Peter L. Berger, sociologist and theologian
- Kathy Brier, actor
- Tim Capstraw, sports announcer and college basketball coach
- Michelle Cliff, author
- Fred Espenak, NASA astronomer
- Randy Graff, actor
- Laura Graham, executive director, William J. Clinton Foundation
- Samantha Hammel, singer, actress and record producer
- Rich Kotite, Former NFL coach
- Donna Lupardo, member of New York State Assembly
- William Maxwell, artist
- Michelle Millerick, actor/singer
- Guy Molinari, former Borough President of Staten Island
- Albert P. Stauderman, editor of The Lutheran
- Lynne Stewart, attorney and activist
- Robert Straniere, member of New York State Assembly
- Richard tum Suden, artist
- Brian Whitman, radio talk show host
- Emily Youssouf, President, New York Housing Development Corporation
- Paul Zindel, author and playwright
[edit] Movies & television
Wagner's campus has been featured in:
- School of Rock, 2003 film starring Jack Black and Joan Cusack.
- The Sopranos, 2001 (season 3). The campus was featured when Tony and Carmela visited a military school.
- The Education of Max Bickford, 2001-2001. CBS drama series starring Richard Dreyfuss and Marcia Gay Harden. Wagner (along with Brooklyn College) was the fictional Chadwick College.
- Spike TV, 2003 a commercial featuring a girls field hockey team.
- Law & Order
- Comedy Central on Campus: Starring Christian Finnegan
[edit] External links
| Northeast Conference |
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| Central Connecticut • Fairleigh Dickinson • LIU–Brooklyn • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary's • Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis(NY) • St. Francis(PA) • Wagner |
| Colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
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| Augsburg • Augustana (IL) • Augustana (SD) • Bethany • California Lutheran • Capital • Carthage • Concordia • Dana • Finlandia • Gettysburg • Grand View • Gustavus Adolphus • Lenoir-Rhyne • Luther (IA) • Midland • Muhlenberg • Newberry • Pacific Lutheran • Roanoke • St. Olaf • Susquehanna • Texas Lutheran • Thiel • Wagner • Waldorf • Wartburg • Wittenberg |
Categories: Northeast Conference | Universities and colleges affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Liberal arts colleges | Lutheran universities and colleges | Educational institutions established in 1883 | Universities and colleges in New York | Universities and colleges in New York City | Staten Island
