Kentucky Wesleyan College

Kentucky Wesleyan College (KWC) is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, Kentucky, a city on the Ohio River. KWC is just 40 minutes east of Evansville, Indiana, 2 hours north of Nashville, Tennessee, 2 hours west of Louisville, Kentucky, and 4 hours east of St. Louis, Missouri. Daviess County is home to 94,000 residents.

Kentucky Wesleyan College is known for its liberal arts programs. Fall 2009 enrollment was 843 students.^[2]

Athletically, Kentucky Wesleyan College is a NCAA Division II school, nicknamed the Panthers, that is part of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

History

Kentucky Wesleyan College was founded in 1858 by the Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was originally located in Millersburg. Classes began in 1866 and the first commencement took place in 1868. At first, it was a training school for preachers but soon business and liberal arts classes were added to the curriculum. In 1890 the school was moved to Winchester and soon after women began to be admitted for the first time. In 1951 the school moved to its present location in Kentucky's fourth largest city, Owensboro.

Academics

Kentucky Wesleyan offers 40 majors and 11 pre-professional curriculums and has a student-to-faculty ratio of 15:1. Academics are divided into three divisions: Humanities and Fine Arts; Social Sciences; and Natural Sciences.

Kentucky Wesleyan College now also offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration 100% Online.[1] Tuition for the online business degree is extremely competitive and affordable. Financial aid is available for all students who qualify.

Student life

Kentucky Wesleyan offers over 40 student organizations on campus. These range from campus ministry, student government, Greek life, academic, and other special interest clubs. Intramurals are offered on a seasonal basis.

Media and publications

• The Panogram — weekly student newspaper
• The Porphyrian — yearbook
• 90.3 WKWC — 5,000 watt FM radio station run by students and volunteers

Greek life

Kentucky Wesleyan has three national fraternities, two national sororities, and one local sorority.

Fraternities

• Sigma Alpha Mu
• Sigma Nu
• Sigma Phi Epsilon

Sororities

• Kappa Delta
• Sigma Kappa
• Theta Omega

Athletics

The Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers compete in NCAA Division II and are members of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

Intercollegiate men's teams include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, football and soccer. Women compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.

The men's basketball team advanced to the Division II championship game six consecutive years (1998–2003), winning in 1999 and 2001. In addition to these successes, they won six other championships (1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1987, and 1990) and were runners-up in 1957. Overall, Kentucky Wesleyan has won eight NCAA Division II National Men's Basketball Championships, which is the most by any NCAA Division II School.

Notable alumni

• Urban Valentine Williams Darlington - former bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
• G. Lindsey Davis - bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Bobby R. Himes - history professor at Campbellsville University and Republican official
• John Wesley Hughes - founder of Asbury University and Kingswood College (Kentucky)
• Doug Moseley - former Kentucky state senator and retired United Methodist minister
• Paul A. Porter - former Federal Communications Commission chairman
• Stanley Forman Reed - former justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Jody Richards - former Speaker of the House, Kentucky House of Representatives
• Roy Hunter Short - former Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church
• A. J. Smith - Executive Vice President and General Manager of the San Diego Chargers
• Benjamin T. Spencer
• Edward Lewis Tullis - former bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and the United Methodist Church
• Cory Wade - pitcher for the New York Yankees
• Russell Montfort - former minister at West End United Methodist Church in Nashville and head of the American Methodist Church in Bonn, Germany during the Cold War

Presidents

College presidents include:^[3]

• Rev. Charles Taylor, A.M., M.D., D.D., 1866-70
• A. G. Murphy (Acting) 1869-1870
• Rev. Benjamin. Arbogast, A.M., 1870-73
• John Darby, Ph.D., 1873-75
• Rev. Thomas. J. Dodd, D.D., 1875-76
• Rev. William. H. Anderson, A.M., M.D., D.D., 1876-79
• David. W. Batson, A.M., 1879-83
• Rev. Alexander Redd. A.M., D.D., 1883-84
• David. W. Batson, A.M., 1884-93
• Benjamin. T. Spencer, A.M., Chairman of the Faculty, 1893-95
• Rev. Eugene. H. Pearce, A.M., D.D., 1895-1900
• executive duties administered by faculty, 1900-01
• Rev. John Langdon Weber, D.D., Lit.D., 1901-06
• Henry Kirby Taylor, A.M., 1906-09
• John J. Tigert, A.B., A.M. (Oxon.), 1909-11
• Rev. James. L. Clark, A.B., D.D., LL.D., 1911-19
• William B. Campbell, 1919-1924
• U. V. W. Darlington, 1924-1925
• David C. Hull, 1925-1928
• Walter C. Cropper (Acting), 1928-1929
• Clarence M. Dannelly, 1929-1937
• Reginald V. Bennett, 1932-1937
• Rev. Paul Shell Powell, 1937–1950
• John F. Baggett, 1950–1951
• Dr. Oscar W. Lever, 1951–1959
• Dr. Harold P. Hamilton, 1959–1970
• Dr. William E. James, 1971–1979
• Dr. Luther Wesley White III, 1979–1988
• Dr. Paul Wayne Hartman, 1988–1993
• Dr. Ray Purdom (Interim) 1993–1994
• Dr. Wesley H. Poling, 1994–2003
• Dr. Anne Cairns Federlein, 2003–2008
• Dr. M. Michael Fagan, (interim) 2008
• Dr. Cheryl King '70, 2008–present
• Dr. Craig Turner (appointed April 29, 2011; date of arrival to be announced)

References

External links

• kwc.edu
• Theta Omega, the local sorority