Washburn University

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Washburn University
Motto Purificatus non consumptus
Purified but not consumed
Established 1865
Type Publicly funded, independently governed, state coordinated university.
Endowment $112.5 million[1]
President Dr. Jerry Farley
Faculty 87 percent of full-time faculty hold doctorates or the highest degree in their discipline.
Students 7,300
Location Topeka, Kansas, USA
Campus urban: 160 acres (0.647 km²)
Athletics 10 Division II NCAA teams[2]
Colors Blue (PMS654)
Nickname Men: Ichabods
Women: Lady Blues
Mascot The Ichabod
Website www.washburn.edu

Washburn University, located in Topeka, Kansas, provides broadly-based liberal arts and professional education through more than 200 certificate, associate, baccalaureate, master’s and juris doctor programs through the College of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Law, Business, Nursing and Applied Studies.

Washburn University was established in February 1865 as Lincoln College by a charter issued by the State of Kansas and the General Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches of Kansas on land donated by abolitionist John Ritchie. The school was renamed Washburn College in 1868 after receiving a $25,000 donation from Ichabod Washburn, a church deacon and industrialist who resided in Worcester, Massachusetts.

The Washburn family coat of arms is also the school's coat of arms.

Washburn’s mascot honors the school’s early benefactor, Ichabod Washburn. The original design of the studious-looking, tuxedo-clad figure was created in 1938 by Bradbury Thompson (B.A. ‘34), who became an internationally acclaimed graphic artist. The men's athletic teams use The Ichabods nickname; the school's women's teams are known as Lady Blues. Washburn is a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Associationand The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II.

Formerly a municipal university, the university's primary funding was moved from city property tax to county sales tax sources in 1999, with the school retaining status as a municipal subdivision of the state. Washburn is governed by its own nine-member Board of Regents.

On June 8, 1966, only a few days after classes were dismissed for the summer, much of the campus was demolished by a tornado, and completely denuded of trees. Three months before the Tornado struck, the Washburn Board of Trustees had reinsured every building on campus for the maximum amount. A week after the Tornado struck, summer classes began at Topeka West High School. By the fall of 1966, Stoffer Hall was repaired and trailers were in place. It took years to reconstruct the campus, with students attending classes in trailers well into the early 1970's.

In 2005 the Washburn Lady Blues basketball team posted a record of 35-2, setting a school record for wins and capturing the NCAA Division II national championship by defeating Seattle Pacific University 70-53.

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[edit] Campus attractions

  • KTWU, the first public television station in Kansas. KTWU is a non-commercial, public television station authorized by the Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. and licensed to Washburn University. KTWU commenced telecasting Oct. 21, 1965.
  • Mulvane Art Museum. The Mulvane Art Museum, the oldest accredited art museum west of the Mississippi River, opened in 1924. The museum's permanent collection, though international in scope, emphasizes the work of artists of Kansas and the Midwest.
  • Crane Observatory houses an 1898 Warner & Swasey refracting telescope.

[edit] Notable graduates

[edit] Institutional Partnerships with Washburn

[edit] Study abroad summer/short term programs

Washburn sponsors summer/short term language programs in Austria, England, France, Ireland, Japan and Spain.

[edit] Study abroad semester programs

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Public Colleges and Universities in Kansas
Emporia State • Fort Hays State • Kansas • Kansas State • Pittsburg State • Washburn • Wichita State
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Central Missouri • Emporia State • Fort Hays State • Missouri Southern • Missouri Western • Northwest Missouri • Pittsburg State • Southwest Baptist • Truman • Washburn
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