| Wesley College | |
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| Motto | Delaware's Oldest Private College |
| Established | 1873 |
| Type | Private liberal arts college |
| President | William N. Johnston |
| Students | 2,320 |
| Location | Dover, DE, US |
| Campus | Small city 50 acres |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III Capital Athletic Conference |
| Colors | Blue and white |
| Mascot | Wolverines |
| Website | www.wesley.edu |
Wesley College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts college located in Dover, the capital of Delaware.
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Wesley College was founded in 1873 as a preparatory school called Wilmington Conference Academy. It became a 2-year college in 1918, and was renamed the Wesley Collegiate Institute. The College conferred its first 4-year degrees in 1978.
Many Wesley students pursue a liberal arts program of study. Majors offered in the liberal arts include American studies, English, history, international studies, liberal studies, mathematics, media arts, music, political science,and psychology. Majors offered in the professional studies include degrees in Nursing, Education, Physical Therapy, Accounting and Business Administration.
Wesley College is located on a 50-acre (200,000 m2) campus in Dover, Delaware. The campus of Wesley College is situated in Dover's historic district, which is a residential community with historic homes, state buildings, the Governor's Mansion and downtown Loockerman Street with college bars and restaurants and the site of Dover 1st Friday Celebrations. Dover is home to many historic sites - the Delaware State Library, the Delaware State Museum, and the Delaware State Archives, which are located close to campus and are open to the public. Dover also is home to the Schwartz Center for the Arts [1] and the Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art [2].
Wesley had approx. 2,500 students as of 2009.[1] Full-time students make up 85.7 percent of the student population, and non-traditional, adult students (aged 25 or over) comprise 14.3 percent. Wesley College has a second campus in New Castle, Delaware, designed to provide higher education for working adults.
Approx. 57 percent of the student body are female. For the freshman class entering in fall 2007, 67.5 percent of applicants were admitted and 27.2 percent of those actually enrolled.
Wesley College competes in NCAA Division III athletics in the Capital Athletic Conference. Wesley's teams are known as the Wolverines. Among the varsity sports offered are baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track & field, and women's volleyball.
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