Wilson College (Pennsylvania)

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Wilson College, founded 1869, is a private, Presbyterian-related, liberal arts women's college located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded by a Presbyterian minister, but named for its first major donor, Sarah Wilson of Chambersburg.

It has 800 students coming from 19 U.S. states and 22 foreign countries. It's known for its Program For Women With Children, which allows single mothers to bring their children to campus, for its Veterinary Medical Technician and Equestrian programs. Campus life is rich in traditions such as Sarah Wilson Week, Evens/Odds rivalries, White Dinner, Spring Fling, and Senior Night.

Although it nearly closed its doors in 1979, a lawsuit organized by students, faculty, parents, and its alumnae association caused the college to remain open, making it one of the few colleges to survive a scheduled closing. (It subsequently adopted the phoenix as its mascot, to symbolize the college's survival.) It has remained open as a women's college despite the trend towards turning women's colleges into coeducational institutions.

The first men to attend and to graduate from Wilson entered at the end of World War II. Men later became able to study at and to earn degrees from Wilson through a continuing education program, although the primary emphasis at the college remained its College For Women.

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The college offers 22 majors, 23 areas of concentration, and 32 minors. Majors include Accounting, Biology, Business and Economics, Chemistry, Elementary Education, English, Environmental Studies, Equestrian Studies, Exercise and Sports Science, Fine Arts, Foreign Language, History and Political Science, International Studies, Mass Communications, Mathematics, Philosophy and Religion, Psychobiology, Psychology, Sociology, and Veterinary Medical Technology.