Willamette University

Willamette University
Motto Non nobis solum nati sumus (Latin)
Motto in English Not unto ourselves alone are we born
Established 1842
Type Private
Endowment US$283 million[1]
President M. Lee Pelton
Vice-president Kristen Grainger
Chairman of the Board of Trustees Steven E. Wynne
Academic staff 315
Students 2,566
Undergraduates 1,780
Postgraduates 786
Location Salem, Oregon, United States of America
Campus Urban
80 acres (320,000 m2)
Former names Oregon Institute
Wallamet University
Colors Cardinal & Old Gold        
Athletics NCAA Division III
Northwest Conference
Sports 20 Varsity Teams
Nickname Bearcats
Mascot Blitz
Affiliations Annapolis Group
Website Willamette.edu
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Willamette University is an American private institution of higher learning located in Salem, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest university in the Western United States.[2] Willamette is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges, with an undergraduate college and three graduate schools. In athletics, the university is a member of the NCAA's Division III Northwest Conference, with the bearcat as the school mascot and old gold and cardinal as the school colors. There are approximately 2,500 students enrolled combined between the graduate and undergraduate programs. The school employs over 200 full-time professors at the 69-acre (280,000 m2) campus that is situated across the street from the Oregon State Capitol.

Originally named the Oregon Institute, the school was an unaffiliated outgrowth of the Methodist Mission. The name was changed to Wallamet University in 1852, followed by the current spelling in 1870. Willamette founded the first medical school and law school in the Pacific Northwest during the later half of the 19th century. During the 20th century the school started a sister school relationship with Tokyo International University of America and began competing in college athletics.

Willamette’s College of Liberal Arts is the undergraduate school on campus. The school was rated 60th among American liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report for 2009.[3] The oldest of the graduate programs is the College of Law, founded in 1883 and located in the Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center. Established in 1974, Atkinson Graduate School of Management is housed in the Seeley G. Mudd Building. The School of Education, established in 1996, has an enrollment of 250 students.

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History

The university was founded as the Oregon Institute in the days of the Oregon Country by the missionary Jason Lee, who had arrived in the territory in 1834 and had founded the Indian Manual Labor Institute for the education of the local Native Americans. Lee requested additional support for his mission, and received 53 additional volunteers in 1839, who arrived on the ship Lausanne. After a series of meetings in Lee's home, the by-laws were adopted and board of trustees elected and the institute was officially established on February 1, 1842. Lee served as the first President of the Board of Trustees, followed by David Leslie after Lee’s death in 1845. Leslie would serve until his death in 1869.[4] The original purpose of the institute was the education of the missionaries' children.

Eaton Hall built in 1909

The original building of the institute was a three-story frame structure first occupied in 1844. At the time, it was one of the largest structures in the Pacific Northwest. It housed the first session of the state legislature to meet in Salem after the capital was moved there in 1851. The building burned down in 1877. In 1867, a new brick building was finished to house the school and named University Hall.[4] The building was renamed as Waller Hall in 1912 to honor the Reverend Alvin F. Waller, and is now the oldest university building west of the Mississippi River still in use.[4] The first president was Francis S. Hoyt, who served in that position from 1853 until 1860 and was replaced by Thomas Milton Gatch who is the only president of the school to serve as president two different times.[5]

The name of institution was changed to "Wallamet University" in 1852. The following year, the Oregon Territorial Legislature granted a charter to the university. The first graduate was Emily W. York, in 1859. In 1866, the university established the first school of medicine in the Pacific Northwest.[6] The current spelling of the university was adopted in 1870. In 1883, the university established the first law school in the Pacific Northwest during the presidency of Thomas Van Scoy.[5][7] The school of medicine then merged with the University of Oregon in 1913 and is now Oregon Health and Sciences University.[8]

In December 1941, the university's football team traveled to Hawaii to play the University of Hawaii. Many students accompanied the team by passenger ship to Oahu. The game was played was on December 6. The following day, many of the Willamette students witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor from their hotels on Waikiki Beach. Their return trip was delayed by many weeks, and some of the students had to return to the mainland by troop transport ships. Many of the team members stayed with football players from Punahou School. The incident has since become part of the folklore of the university.

In 1983, U.S. News & World Report named Willamette the best small comprehensive university in the Western United States.[9] Willamette was one of the last universities in the nation to hold an annual singing and marching competition between the undergraduate classes. The competition, known on campus as "Glee," was held each March. In the late 1990s, the competition came to be regarded as anachronistic and was abolished. Glee returned during the 2006 to 2007 academic year.[6]

Campus

Waller Hall, completed in 1867 is the oldest building on campus
Lausanne Hall

The 69-acre (28 ha) campus is directly south of the Oregon State Capitol, affording students access to internships in the institutions of Oregon government. Much of downtown Salem, including the Capitol, is on land once owned by the university. Railroad tracks are located directly east of the school, with the Salem Amtrak Station near the southeastern edge of campus.[10] South of the school is Salem Hospital, with Bush's Pasture Park and the school's McCulloch Stadium on the opposite of the hospital.[10][11]

Willamette's core area lies between State Street on the north, Bellevue Street on the south, Winter Street to the west, and 12th Street on the east.[10] On the west side of Winter Street lie the university's graduate programs in education, management, and law.[11] Additional school properties outside of the core area are the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, the Oregon Civic Justice Center, the Tokyo International University of America campus, and several residential buildings.[11] Willamette owns several other properties along state street west of the main campus.[10] The school plans on redeveloping portions of the west end of campus in order to better tie the campus to downtown Salem.[10] These plans include adding a performing arts center.[10]

Academic buildings on campus include Eaton Hall and Smullin/Walton Hall, which are primarily used by liberal arts departments. Science classes are generally held in the Collins and Olin buildings. Willamette's music program is housed by the G. Herbert Smith Auditorium and Fine Arts building, as well as the Mary Stuart Rogers auditorium. Administrative offices are found in the Putnam University Center and Waller Hall, Willamette's oldest building. Waller Hall was built using bricks made of clay from the campus quad. Willamette's newest buildings, including the Goudy Commons, Kaneko Commons (a residential college opened in the Fall of 2006),[12] and Rogers Music Center have all been designed by the Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects. Ford Hall, near Gatke Hall on State Street, is a new academic building completed in the Fall of 2009.

In addition to Greek housing, eleven residence halls exist on the Willamette campus. Undergraduate students are under contract to live on campus for two years, after which they may move into private residence or one of the university's apartment complexes. Lausanne Hall, originally home of the university's Women's College, is now one of the university's undergraduate dormitories. The building commemorates the ship that brought the reinforcements to Lee in 1839. York Hall commemorates the university's first graduate.

Hudson's Bay and the Mill Race that runs through campus

A stream runs through the middle of the campus. Starting across 12th Street and flowing through the length of the campus, it passes by the Martha Springer Botanical Garden, the Hatfield Library, Hudson Hall, the University Center, Smith Auditorium and Goudy Commons. This artificial stream is named the Mill Race, although it is commonly referred to as "the Mill Stream." It forms a "W" shape when viewed from the University Center. Also from this vantage point one can view "the impossible triangle," a metal structure erected at the suggestion of a physics professor, M. B Stewart. As a tradition, undergraduate students are thrown into the Mill Stream on their birthday. Biology and environmental science classes utilize the Mill Stream as an authentic research venue. As part of the freshman matriculation ceremony, new students place a lit candle into the Mill Stream and watch it float downstream.

On campus athletics facilities are located in the southeast portion of the campus. These include a soccer field, tennis courts, and the Sparks Center.[11] Softball, football, and baseball stadiums are located outside of the main campus. Willamette also operates the Willamette University Forest at Zena, a 305 acres (123 ha) research forest in the Eola Hills west of Salem.[13]

360° panorama on the grounds of Willamette University. Visible are the Hatfield Library, the clock tower, and the Mill Race that runs through the campus.

Academics

University rankings (overall)
Forbes[14] 210
USNWR Liberal Arts[15] 60
WM Liberal Arts[16] 30

College of Liberal Arts

The mission of the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) is to "maintain a setting which encourages and sustains students and faculty in the practices of liberal education."[17] The undergraduate program is able to be personal with a student-faculty ratio of 10:1.[18] Students conduct original research, publish papers and are able to design their own academic paths.

The CLA offers 35 majors, six minors and seven special programs, including pre-law, pre-med and a BA/MBA program.[19][20][21] The most popular areas of study are economics, psychology, politics, English and biology, and learning takes place both in and outside of the classroom.[22] For example, students earn credit as political interns at the Oregon State Capitol, across the street from campus; study the effects of climate change at the nearby research forest; or conduct epidemiology surveys for the local health department.[23]

Students in service-learning courses base papers and projects on their community service experience,[24] and more than half of Willamette’s undergraduate students study abroad, choosing from programs in 40 countries.[25] Co-located with Tokyo International University of America, Willamette offers opportunities for students interested in Japanese language and culture, and connections to Asia and the Pacific Rim.[26]

Carson Grants offer undergraduates the opportunity to undertake a scholarly, creative or professional research project during the summer,[27] and the Lilly Project provides grants, internships and programs to help students discern their “calling in life” and create meaningful professional paths.[28] Sustainability mini-grants also provide students with opportunities to initiate contributions to campus sustainability efforts. Five academic Centers of Excellence provide opportunities for student-faculty collaboration and research.[29]

Nine faculty members have been named Oregon Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) since 1990.[30] The U.S. Professors of the Year program recognizes educators who demonstrate an extraordinary dedication to undergraduate teaching through, "impact on and involvement with undergraduate students; scholarly approach to teaching and learning; contribution to undergraduate education in the institution, community and profession; and support from colleagues and current and former undergraduate students."[31] The 2008 Princeton Review described Willamette as “academically rigorous, intimate and seriously gorgeous,”[32] and the school ranked fifth in Seattle Metropolitan’s Northwest college rankings. The Seattle magazine cited the school’s alumni roster, wireless features, “outdoorsy aesthetic” and new residence hall.[33] As of 2009, U.S. News & World Report ranks the university as the 60th best among liberal arts schools in their annual Best Colleges edition.[34]

Graduate programs

Located on the western side of the campus are the university's three graduate level schools. The College of Law is the oldest and largest of the three programs, with the School of Education as the smallest and newest program. Atkinson and the College of Law offer a joint-degree program that allows students to earn both an MBA and juris doctorate.

Campus life

Jackson Plaza outside the library

The university's weekly newspaper, the Willamette Collegian, began publishing in 1875.[35] Willamette's radio station The Wire is broadcast solely over the Internet. The school has over 100 student organizations ranging from sport clubs, political groups, and social clubs to religious groups and honor societies.[36] Willamette University has many active clubs sports on its campus. These include, but are not limited to rugby, lacrosse, crew, and ultimate Frisbee.

Greek life

There are four fraternities and three sororities at Willamette. The sororities are Delta Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, and Alpha Chi Omega. Each has its own house located along sorority row on Mill Street. The fraternities at Willamette are Beta Theta Pi,[37] Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Sigma Chi. The fraternities are housed on the east side of campus.

Greek life at Willamette began in the 1920s with the foundation of several local fraternities and sororities. In 1942, G. Herbert Smith, a Beta, became President of Willamette, and invited national fraternities and sororities onto campus. The local fraternities were soon converted into national fraternities and sororities. Pi Beta Phi became the first national sorority at Willamette in 1944, and Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Chi, and Phi Delta Theta were installed in 1947. At its peak, there were six fraternities and five sororities at Willamette.

Two other sororities, Chi Omega and Alpha Phi, and two fraternities, Kappa Sigma and Delta Tau Delta used to have chapters at Willamette. In 2006, Kappa Sigma lost its charter. In the mid-1990s, Delta Tau Delta lost its charter. The two sororities lost their charters after their move to sorority row. Their on-campus houses are now general residences. Chi Omega was transformed into a multicultural oriented residence known as WISH (Willamette International Studies House). Alpha Phi was remade into a substance-free mixed gender dormitory called Shepard House.

In recent years, there have been several efforts to create a new fraternity on campus. In 2007, students attempted to restart Delta Tau Delta. While the students were recognized as a colony by the fraternity, they disbanded in 2009. Also in 2009, students started a Kappa Sigma interest group. If successful, the Kappa Sigma interest group will become an official colony in 2011.

Athletics

McCulloch Stadium

The Willamette University Bearcats compete at the NCAA Division III level. Willamette fields teams in baseball, basketball, cross-country, golf, football, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Willamette is a founding member of the Northwest Conference league. The football team plays home games at McCulloch Stadium south of the main campus, while basketball, swimming, and volleyball teams use the Lestle J. Sparks Center for home events. At or adjacent to McCulloch are the Charles Bowles Track used for track meets and Roy S. "Spec" Keene Stadium where baseball plays its home games.[38]

In 1991, the university started the Willamette University Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1993, the school earned its only team sport national championship when the men's basketball team earned the NAIA Division 2 title.[35] As an undergraduate, Olympian Nick Symmonds won the 800 NCAA championship race all four years and the 1,500 NCAA championship race as a freshman, junior, and senior.[39] In 2007, Sarah Zerzan won the NCAA Division 3 title in cross country.[40] The football team finished its best season in 1997 when they lost in the national championship game, and that year Liz Heaston became the first woman to ever play in a college football game when the Bearcats beat rival Linfield College.[35]

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

Willis C. Hawley

Notable alumni from Willamette include a range of people involved in business, government, education, sports, art and entertainment.

Business men include James Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems,[41] and Alex J. Mandl, the executive chairman of digital security company Gemalto.[42] Those in the arts include Marie Watt, a contemporary artist whose work centers on Native American themes.[43]

Thomas A. Bartlett, president of American University in Cairo attended Willamette for two years before completing his bachelor of arts at Stanford University. In his career, he has served as president of the Association of American Universities, president of Colgate University and chairman of the board of trustees of the United States–Japan Foundation.[44] Another alum involved in the education arena is Norma Paulus. Paulus served as Oregon's superintendent of public instruction. Prior to this, she was the first woman to hold statewide elected office in Oregon as secretary of state.[45]

Government officials who have graduated from Willamette include members from both the judicial and legislative branches of government. Oregon Supreme Court’s current chief justice, Paul De Muniz,[46] graduated from the College of Law, as did his predecessor, Wallace P. Carson, Jr.[47] Current Oregon State Supreme Court justice Virginia Linder[48] also received her J.D. from Willamette. California Democratic congressman Sam Farr who successfully introduced the 2007 “Oceans Conservation, Education and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act” attended Willamette for his undergraduate studies.[49] Mark O. Hatfield, Oregon's former governor and the longest serving Oregon senator, graduated from Willamette and later returned as a professor at his alma mater.[50] Lisa Murkowski, senior Republican senator on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, also received her JD from Willamette University College of Law.[51]

Notable alumni involved in athletics include Cal Lee, linebackers coach for the University of Hawaii football team, who graduated from Willamette in 1970.[52] A graduate of the class of 1999, Liz Heaston, made history at Willamette as the first female to play and score in a men’s NAIA college football game in 1997.[53] Nick Symmonds won seven NCAA Division III 800-meter championships during his undergraduate years at Willamette before going on to win the 2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials.[54]

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  51. ↑ "Lisa Murkowski". Washington Post. The Washington Post Company. pp. Elections 2004. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/elections/2004/candidates/22914/. Retrieved 27 August 2009. "She attended Willamette University from 1975 to 1977 and Georgetown University from 1978 to 1980 where she received a bachelor's degree in economics. She received a law degree from Willamette College of Law and worked briefly for the Anchorage District Court and law firms before opening her own practice in 1997." 
  52. ↑ "2009 Coaching Staff". University of Hawai’i at Manoa Athletics Department. pp. Coaching Staff. http://hawaiiathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=128&path=football. Retrieved 27 August 2009. "Lee will also continue to oversee the linebackers at UH, a position for which he garnered All-America honors while playing at Willamette University. He started his coaching career as an assistant at Willamette, after graduating with a degree in physical education in 1970." 
  53. ↑ Susan (1). "Willamette University". Salem Online History. Salem Public Library. http://www.salemhistory.net/education/willamette_university.htm. Retrieved 27 August 2009. "In 1997, Elizabeth Heaston, ‘99, made history, when she became the first woman to play in a collegiate football game. She kicked two extra points in a 27-0 win over Linfield College." 
  54. ↑ "Nick Symmonds". USA Track and Field. http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/symmonds_nick.asp. Retrieved 27 August 2009. "A 2006 graduate of Willamette University, where he studied biochemistry, Symmonds attended Bishop Kelly High School in Boise, Idaho. He now competes for the Oregon Track Club." 

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Private institutions

ACHS · Art Institute · Cascade · Concordia · Corban · DeVry · New Hope Christian · George Fox · Gutenberg · Lewis & Clark · Linfield · Marylhurst · Mount Angel · Multnomah · NCNM · Northwest Christian · OCAC · OCOM · PNCA · Pacific · Pioneer Pacific · Reed · University of Portland · Warner Pacific · Western Seminary · WSCC · Willamette
Community colleges

Blue Mountain CC · Central Oregon CC · Chemeketa CC · Clackamas CC · Clatsop CC · Columbia Gorge CC · Klamath CC · Lane CC · Linn-Benton CC · Mt. Hood CC · Oregon Coast CC · Portland CC · Rogue CC · Southwestern Oregon CC · Tillamook Bay CC · Treasure Valley CC · Umpqua CC
International Association of Methodist-related Schools, Colleges, and Universities

Adrian • Alaska Pacific • Albion • Albright • Allegheny • American • Andrew • Baker • Baldwin-Wallace • Bennett • Bethune-Cookman • Birmingham-Southern • Boston University • Brevard • Centenary (Louisiana) • Centenary (New Jersey) • Central Methodist • Claflin • Clark Atlanta • Columbia College (South Carolina) • Cornell College • Dakota Wesleyan • Denver • DePauw • Dickinson College • Dillard • Drew • Duke • Emory • Emory & Henry • Evansville • Ferrum • Florida Southern • Green Mountain • Greensboro • Hamline • Hendrix • High Point • Hiwassee • Huntingdon • Huston-Tillotson • Illinois Wesleyan • Indianapolis • Iowa Wesleyan • Kansas Wesleyan • Kendall • Kentucky Wesleyan • LaGrange • Lambuth • Lebanon Valley • Lindsey Wilson • Lon Morris • Louisburg • Lycoming • MacMurray • Martin Methodist • McKendree • McMurry • Meharry Medical • Methodist • Millsaps • Morningside • Mount Union • Nebraska Methodist • Nebraska Wesleyan • North Carolina Wesleyan • North Central • Northwestern University • Ohio Northern • Ohio Wesleyan • Oklahoma City • Otterbein • Oxford of Emory • Pacific • Paine • Pfeiffer • Puget Sound • Philander Smith • Randolph • Randolph-Macon • Reinhardt • Rocky Mountain • Rust • Shenandoah • Simpson College • Southern Methodist • Southwestern College (Kansas) • Southwestern University • Spartanburg Methodist • Syracuse • Tennessee Wesleyan • Texas Wesleyan • Union (Kentucky) • Virginia Wesleyan • Wesley College (Delaware) • Wesleyan College • West Virginia Wesleyan • Wiley • Willamette • Wofford • Young Harris
Annapolis Group

Chair: Katherine Haley Will
Agnes Scott • Albion • Albright • Allegheny • Alma • Amherst • Augustana • Austin • Bard • Barnard • Bates • Bennington • Berea • Berry • Birmingham-Southern • Bowdoin • Bryn Mawr • Bucknell • Carleton • Centre • Chatham • Claremont McKenna • Coe • Colby • Colgate • Saint Benedict • Colorado • Connecticut • Cornell • Davidson • Denison • DePauw • Dickinson • Drew • Earlham • Eckerd • Franklin & Marshall • Furman • Gettysburg • Gordon • Goucher • Grinnell • Gustavus Adolphus • Hamilton • Hampden-Sydney • Hampshire • Harvey Mudd • Haverford • Hendrix • Hiram • Hobart & William Smith • Hollins • Holy Cross • Hope • Illinois Wesleyan • Juniata • Kalamazoo • Kenyon • Knox • Lafayette • Lake Forest • Lawrence • Lewis & Clark • Luther • Macalester • Manhattan • McDaniel • Middlebury • Millsaps • Monmouth • Moravian • Morehouse • Mount Holyoke • Muhlenberg • Nebraska Wesleyan • Oberlin • Occidental • Oglethorpe • Ohio Wesleyan • Pitzer • Pomona • Presbyterian • Puget Sound • Randolph-Macon • Randolph • Reed • Rhodes • Ripon • Rollins • St. Benedict and St. John's • St. John's • St. Lawrence • St. Olaf • Salem • Sarah Lawrence • Scripps • Sewanee • Skidmore • Smith • Southwestern • Spelman • Swarthmore • Sweet Briar • Transylvania • Trinity College • Trinity University • Union • Ursinus • Vassar • Wabash • Washington • Washington & Jefferson • Washington & Lee • Wellesley • Wesleyan College • Wesleyan University • Westmont • Wheaton • Whitman • Whittier • Willamette • William Jewell • Williams • Wittenberg • Wooster