Wilmington College (Ohio)

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Wilmington College is a private liberal arts institution established by Quakers in 1870 in Wilmington, Ohio[1]. The college is accredited by the North Central Association, Higher Learning Commission(in Chicago)[2].

Wilmington College offers undergraduate major programs in a number of career areas including education, business, agriculture, equine studies, biology, chemistry, mathematics, and athletic training as well as in such areas as history, literature, Spanish language, art, psychology, religion, social work, and many more. The college also offers a master's degree program in education, with specialties in special education and reading and undergraduate courses at several sites in Cincinnati. The college welcomes transfer students and has a significant number of commuting students. More than half of the students participate in intercollegiate athletics.[3]

Wilmington College students enjoy robust on-site and online library resources. The college's Watson Library[4] is a member of the OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Libraries)[5] consortium and the OhioLINK [6] consortium that provides an integrated catalog, e-resources, and more than100 research databases.

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[edit] Peace Resource Center

The Wilmington College Peace Resource Center, established in 1975, plays a major role in furthering the peacemaking and reconciliation elements in the mission statement of the college, in large part through providing peace education materials, both locally and throughout the country. The PRC is known, in particular, for its Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Collection, which the college believes is "the world's largest collection (outside of Japan) of reference materials related to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."[7]

[edit] Mission

The purpose of Wilmington College is to educate, inspire, and prepare each student for a life of success and service.

To fulfill that purpose, Wilmington College provides a high quality undergraduate and graduate education shaped by the traditions of the liberal arts, career preparation, and the distinctive values of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). By offering academic programs, practical experience, and co-curricular activities in a variety of settings to students from diverse backgrounds, the College leads students to gain an awareness of the world, to acquire knowledge of career and vocation, and to seek truth and social justice. In keeping with the rich heritage of the liberal arts, the College seeks to educate the whole person-intellectual, emotional, physical, and spiritual-in ways that foster critical thinking, reflection, the free exchange of ideas, open inquiry, tolerance, and a desire for lifelong learning. The liberal arts are integrated with career preparation to help students develop the knowledge and skills to succeed in a career or further education. As an academic community, Wilmington College is rooted in historic Quaker values that include integrity, service, simplicity, equality, peace and social justice, and respect for all persons. These values motivate those who learn and work at Wilmington College to make positive contributions to their professions and their communities.

[edit] Core Values

The following core values are fundamental to the success of Wilmington College in realizing its mission and vision. These values are inherited from the College's founding faith, The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), from important traditions of American higher education and from universally held beliefs that serve to guide the best in human thought and action. Community

To work in partnership with one another, encouraging broad participation and active engagement of all who learn and work at Wilmington College. To provide a learning and working environment that encourages and supports open sharing of information, empowerment and shared responsibility for decision-making, and a culture that emphasizes continuous improvement and growth. To build a sense of shared purpose about the importance and value of the College and to inform stakeholders regularly. Diversity

To reflect the state and regional communities that the College serves and to enrich our understanding and appreciation of different people, cultures, and ideas Excellence

To foster a commitment to the highest standards in all areas of the College's mission Integrity

To be fair, honest and ethical and assume responsibility for one's action Peace and Social Justice

To seek non-violent resolution of conflict and just treatment of the world's resources, both human and physical Respect for All Persons

To value the dignity and worth of all persons Service and Civic Engagement

To serve others and to accept individual responsibility for being an effective citizen


[edit] Philosophy and Principles

The College believes there is a basic oneness of humanity that says all persons have worth. It is out of respect for ourselves as a part of humanity that we at Wilmington College set forth these principles by which we expect our community to live[8]:

1. The expectation at Wilmington College is that trustees, faculty, administrators, staff, and students will treat all persons and all groups with respect.

2. Wilmington College does not condone racial or ethnic epithets, slurs or derogatory remarks or publications by any member of the College community at any College event, and public function, or any educational or institutional activity.

3. The College affirms its belief in the equality of the sexes, and its intent is to bring all policies and practices into harmony with the principle of equality.

4. We expect that all members of the Wilmington campus community who attend athletic or other campus or intercollegiate events will refrain absolutely from harassment of an ethnic or racial nature, and will limit personal comments to those which can be reasonably described as good natured. We affirm our belief that sporting events should involve sportsmanlike conduct by participants and spectators alike, and we intend to work with other Colleges and groups with which we share activities, such as intercollegiate athletics, to establish similar codes of conduct.Wilmington College is committed to a Student Code of Conduct that has as its primary objective the solution of problems, and that is so constituted as to minimize the reality or the appearance of conflict of interest.

5. Wilmington intends to go beyond the legal requirements of "equal opportunity" and pledges itself to seek actively members of minority groups, who are qualified for admission as students, for service as trustees and for employment as faculty, administrators, and staff. Wilmington seeks to "make riches of its diversity," and to that end will sponsor and support both intercultural and integrated intramural, social, recreational, educational, cultural, and service activities.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wilmington College (Ohio. (2006). Official website URL: http://www.wilmington.edu/ Accessed 12/12/2006.
  2. ^ *North Central Association, Higher Learning Commission. (2006). Official member institutions verification URL: http://www.ncahlc.org/index.php?option=com_directory&Itemid=192 Accessed 12/12/2006.
  3. ^ Wilmington College (Ohio. (2006). Official website URL: http://www.wilmington.edu/ Accessed 12/12/2006.
  4. ^ Wilmington College Watson Library (Ohio. (2006). Official website URL: http://www2.wilmington.edu/academics/watson-library.cfm Accessed 12/12/2006.
  5. ^ OPAL Library Catalog. (2006). URL: http://cat.opal-libraries.org Accessed 12/12/2006.
  6. ^ OhioLINK (academic library consortium (Ohio). (2006). Official website URL: http://www.ohiolink.edu Accessed 12/12/2006.
  7. ^ http://www2.wilmington.edu/prc
  8. ^ Wilmington College: Philosophy and Principles

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