Wesleyan University
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Wesleyan University (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a men's college under the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown. It is currently a secular institution.
The college accepted female applicants from 1872 to 1909, but did not become fully co-educational until 1970. Before full co-education, Wesleyan alumni and other supporters of women's education established Connecticut College in 1912.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wesleyan, along with Amherst and Williams colleges, is part of "The Little Three". Its teams compete athletically as a member of the NESCAC in NCAA Division III.
HistoryEdit
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Before Wesleyan was founded, a military academy established by Alden Partridge existed, consisting of the campus's North and South Colleges. As this academy failed, New England Methodists bought it and founded in 1831 an all-male Methodist college.<ref name="google1">Page 22-23 Template:Webarchive. Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> Willbur Fisk was the first president.<ref name="google1"/> Despite its name, Wesleyan was never an officially denominational seminary, though its curriculum and campus religious life were shaped by a heavy Methodist influence.<ref name=":1">Page 23 Template:Webarchive. Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> In 1909, it built Judd Hall, named after alumnus Orange Judd, one of the earliest academic buildings devoted exclusively to undergraduate science instruction on any American college or university campus.<ref>Pages 129–130 Template:Webarchive. Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref name="nytimes1">Wesleyan University. – Dedication of Judd Hall of National Science, Presentation Address by Orange Judd-Dedicatory Address by Prof. Winchelle-Memorial Chapel, "The Woman Question." Judd Hall of Natural Science. Dedicatory Oration. Dedication of the Memorial Chapel. The Admission of Women. Template:Webarchive. New York Times (9 October 2011). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>Page 267 Template:Webarchive. Books.google.com (19 November 2008). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>
The Wesleyan student body numbered about 300 in 1910<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and had grown to 800 in 1960.<ref name="autogenerated1960">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Wesleyan is, along with Amherst and Williams colleges, a member of the Little Three. Wesleyan began as the smallest of the three. Later on, it expanded its programs, qualifying as a university with a variety of graduate offerings and became larger than the other two.<ref name="clark375,378">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1872, the university became one of the first U.S. colleges to attempt coeducation by admitting a small number of female students,<ref name="nytimes1"/> a venture then known as the "Wesleyan Experiment". "In 1909, the board of trustees voted to stop admitting women as undergraduates, fearing that the school was losing its masculine image and that women would not be able to contribute to the college financially after graduation the way men could."<ref name="courant1">{{cite web>|url=http://www.courant.com/community/connecticut-closeup/hc-connecticut-closeup-wesleyan-university--20110705,0,2421641.story |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160515025259/http://www.courant.com/community/connecticut-closeup/hc-connecticut-closeup-wesleyan-university--20110705,0,2421641.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-05-15 |title=Connecticut Closeup: Wesleyan University |work=Hartford Courant|publisher= Courant.com |date=5 July 2011|access-date=17 October 2011}}</ref> From 1912 to 1970, Wesleyan operated again as an all-male college.<ref name="googlevii">Page vii Template:Webarchive. Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>
Wesleyan became independent of the Methodist church in 1937. In 2000, the university was designated as a historic Methodist site.<ref name="Argus">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Beginning in the late 1950s, president Victor Lloyd Butterfield<ref name="NYT">Template:Cite news</ref> began a reorganization program that resembled Harvard's house system and Yale's colleges. Undergraduate study would be divided into seven smaller residential colleges, with their own faculty and centralized graduate studies. Doctoral programs and a Center for Advanced Studies (later renamed the Center for the Humanities) were included in this reorganization.<ref name="clark372">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Paragraphs 5 & 7 and first Reference Template:Webarchive. Aacu.org. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>Connecticut Archives Online Template:Webarchive. Library.wcsu.edu. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>
The building program begun under this system created three residential colleges on Foss Hill (Foss Hill dormitories), followed by three more residential colleges (Lawn Avenue dormitories, now called Butterfield Colleges). Although the structures were built, only four of the proposed academic programs were begun. Two of those continue today: the College of Letters and the College of Social Studies.<ref name="autogenerated1960"/><ref name="clark372"/> It has a student-faculty ratio of 7:1.<ref>Albert E. Van Dusen, Connecticut (1961), p 365</ref>
Butterfield's successors, Edwin Deacon Etherington (class of 1948)<ref name="nytimes2001">Edwin Etherington, 76, Ex-Amex President – New York Times Template:Webarchive. Nytimes.com (15 January 2001). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> and Colin Goetze Campbell,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> completed many innovations begun during Butterfield's administration, including the return of women in numbers equal to men;<ref>Education: Boy Hopes to Meet Girl Template:Webarchive. TIME (22 December 1961). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> a quadrupling in the total area of building space devoted to laboratory, studio, and performing arts instruction; and a significant rise in racial, ethnic, and religious diversity and total number of students.<ref>Education: New Look at Wesleyan Template:Webarchive. TIME (18 April 1960). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
CampusEdit
Wesleyan occupies a Template:Convert campus, with over 340 buildings, including the five-building College Row; Olin Memorial Library; Andrus Public Affairs Center; the Exley Science Center; Shanklin and Hall-Atwater Laboratories; the Van Vleck Observatory; Fayerweather with Beckham Hall; Russell House, a National Historic Landmark; the Allbritton Center; the Butterfield dormitories; the Fauver Field dormitories; and the 11-building Center for the Arts complex.
When Wesleyan University was founded in 1831, it took over a campus with two buildings, North College and South College, from 1825. These were originally constructed by the City of Middletown for use by Captain Partridge's American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy. In 1829, after the Connecticut legislature declined it a charter to grant college degrees, Partridge moved his academy to Northfield, Vermont. The academy later became Norwich University and the Middletown buildings were acquired by Wesleyan.
The original North College was destroyed in a fire in 1906, but South College survived, being converted into offices that same year. The cupola and the belfry, which contains the Wesleyan Carillon, was designed by Henry Bacon and was added in 1916.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The original core buildings of the campus were North College and South College. North College, a Nassau Hall-type building seen in most early American college campuses, was replaced after a fire in 1909 with the current North College. South College is the sole building from the beginning
The northern end of High Street contains several large buildings that were former private residences, a few of which were exceptional architectural examples. These include Russell House, a National Historic Landmark, two Alsop family houses, (one is currently the African-American Studies center with student housing; the other is the Digital Design Commons), the Davison infirmary, a second Russell family house that contains the University Development Office, and Downey House. High Street, which is the old center of campus, was once described by Charles Dickens as "the most beautiful street in America".<ref name="autogenerated1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}, Wesleyan University. Archived on the Internet Archive 24 September 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2011.</ref>
Undergraduate academicsEdit
Wesleyan's 46 undergraduate academic departments.<ref name="university profile">University Profile Template:Webarchive, Wesleyan University. Retrieved 15 February 2011.</ref> 40% of Wesleyan graduates take double majors.<ref name="novum.ncf.edu">The Values of the Open Curriculum: An Alternative Tradition in Liberal Education Template:Webarchive. Teagle Foundation "Working Group" White Paper, NCF.edu (upload), pages 23-24 of 112, June 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2011</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost1">The Top NON-TRADITIONAL Colleges (PHOTOS) Template:Webarchive. Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>
Wesleyan offers 3–2 programs in engineering with the California Institute of Technology and Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. These programs allow undergraduates to receive degrees in five years from both Wesleyan (B.A.) and Caltech or Columbia (B.Sc., Engineering).<ref name="answers1">Columbia Encyclopedia: Wesleyan University Template:Webarchive, quoted on Answers.com. Retrieved 16 February 2011.</ref><ref>Wesleyan University, About the school Template:Webarchive. Usatoday.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>The "3–2 Program" or "Combined Plan" for the Study of Engineering Template:Webarchive, Physics, Wesleyan University. Retrieved 17 February 2011.</ref> Additionally, Wesleyan offers a BA/MA Program in the sciences leading to a bachelor's degree in the fourth year and a master's degree in the fifth year. Tuition for the fifth year of the master's degree is waived.<ref>The B.A./M.A. Program in the Sciences At Wesleyan University Template:Webarchive, Wesleyan University. Retrieved 16 February 2011.</ref>
Wesleyan does not require undergraduates to take prescribed courses.<ref>Coherence Without a Core: Curriculum Planning, Electronic Portfolios, and Enhanced Advising in the Liberal Arts Template:Webarchive. Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), EJ605180, authors Richard H. Elphick and William H. Weitzer, _2000_. Retrieved 3 November 2011.</ref><ref>2012 Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report Template:Webarchive, Wesleyan University Academic Life, Faculty & Classes, General education/core curriculum required. Retrieved 6 December 2011.</ref> Freshmen are offered First Year Initiative seminars,<ref>2012 Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report Template:Webarchive, Wesleyan University Academic Life, Student Participation in Special Academic Programs, First Year Experiences. Retrieved 6 December 2011</ref> and undergraduates are encouraged in the first two years of study to take a minimum of two courses from two different departments in diverse subject areas.<ref>The Values of the Open Curriculum: An Alternative Tradition in Liberal Education Template:Webarchive. Teagle Foundation "Working Group" White Paper, NCF.edu (upload), pages 23-24, 31-33, 41, 44 of 112, June 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2011</ref>
Bailey College of the EnvironmentEdit
The Bailey College of the Environment, created in 2009, integrates the following components: 1) a curricular component, including the newly established environmental studies major, the environmental studies certificate, and a senior capstone project; 2) a Think Tank of Wesleyan faculty, scholars of prominence, and undergraduates whose aim is to produce scholarly work that will influence national and international thinking and action on critical environmental issues; and 3) the Collaborative Research Initiative (CRI), which is designed to encourage COE majors with the most potential to undertake environmental research.<ref>Wesleyan receives $5 M in endowments, Middletown Press. Last paragraph. By Hillary Federico. Published 19 October 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2012.</ref><ref>Colleges Get Career-Minded Template:Webarchive, Wall Street Journal (a PDF of the document for those who do not have a subscription to the Journal). Page 2, third and fourth paragraphs. Page 3, last paragraph. By Lauren Weber. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.</ref><ref>: Wesleyan University to Host National Conference on Pricing Carbon Emissions Template:Webarchive. Enn.com (13 September 2010). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>
College of Film and the Moving ImageEdit
The university's Film Studies program is led by film historian Jeanine Basinger.<ref>Coming Soon, a Marquee Building at Wesleyan – New York Times Template:Webarchive. Nytimes.com (22 September 2002). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> In 2008, Vanity Fair said: "This tiny Connecticut University, with a total enrollment of 2,700, has turned out a shockingly disproportionate number of Hollywood movers and shakers."<ref>reprinting some of Vanity Fair article, 1 October 2008, Issue 578, p180-180, 1 page, including quoted matter Template:Webarchive, Wesleyan's Entertaining Class (Wesleyan University). Access My Library. Retrieved 18 December 2011.</ref><ref>Reprinting in toto Vanity Fair article, 1 October 2008, Issue 578, p180-180, 1 page, 32 Color Photographs, including quoted matter Template:Webarchive, Vanity Fair Dedicates Page to Wes Alums, by Mad Joy. Wesleying.org (not published or controlled by the university). 13 September 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2011.</ref> Similarly, in 2008, Variety magazine noted Basinger's contribution to the film industry through her work in the Wesleyan Film Studies program, and the large number of alumni of the program now working in Hollywood.<ref>Lael Loewenstein, Basinger's students make their mark, Variety.com, 27 March 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2011.</ref> University students, biographers, media experts, and scholars from around the world may have full access to The Wesleyan Cinema Archives, which document the film industry during the 20th century and contain the personal papers and film related materials of Ingrid Bergman, Frank Capra, Clint Eastwood, Federico Fellini, Elia Kazan, Frank Perry, Roberto Rossellini, Robert Saudek, Martin Scorsese, Gene Tierney, Raoul Walsh, and John Waters, amongst others.<ref>Clint Eastwood Becomes A Museum Piece, Clint Eastwood Cinema Collection, Film Study, Wesleyan University Cinema Archives, Chicago Tribune, By Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times News Service. 9 September 1988. Retrieved 18 December 2011.</ref><ref>Cinema Archives Template:Webarchive, Wesleyan University. Retrieved 18 February 2011.</ref>
In February 2013, Wesleyan announced the creation of a new College of Film and the Moving Image, incorporating the Film Studies Department, the Center for Film Studies, the Cinema Archives and the Wesleyan Film Series.<ref>Lauren Rubenstein, Wesleyan Creating New College of Film and the Moving Image Template:Webarchive, The Wesleyan Connection (Wesleyan University's Newsletter), 20 February 2013. Accessed online 2013-02-24.</ref>
College of Integrative SciencesEdit
The College of Integrative Sciences (CIS) provides students with an interdisciplinary education in the sciences, and combines it with hands-on problem solving skills in research. To build interdisciplinary expertise, students must complete both a traditional major in science or mathematics, as well as a "linked" major that combines components from other disciplines to form a coherent plan of study.<ref>: College of Integrative Sciences to Offer Researched-Based Approach to Learning Science Template:Webarchive. wesleyan.edu (29 May 2014).</ref>
College of LettersEdit
The College of Letters is an interdisciplinary humanities program offering a three-year B.A. major for the integrative study of European literature, history, and philosophy.<ref>Ethan Kleinberg, "Interdisciplinary Studies at a Crossroads": "Two models", "Wesleyan University's College of Letters" Template:Webarchive, The Association of American Colleges and Universities, Winter 2008, Vol. 94, No. 1. Retrieved 22 March 2012.</ref>
College of Social StudiesEdit
The College of Social Studies (CSS) was founded in 1959, combining the fields of history, economics, government, and philosophy. Students take 5.5 of the program's 10.5 (thesis-writing students take 11.5) required credits during their sophomore year. Sophomore year focuses on the development of modern Western society from historical, economic, social and political perspectives, and culminates with comprehensive final exams. Seniors are required to write an honors thesis (full year) or senior essay.<ref>Hayes, Jeffrey W., "A History of the College of Social Studies" Template:Webarchive, Honors Theses - All. Paper 593. April 1991. 134 pages, Three Appendices. Archives, 1991. Retrieved 25 December 2011.</ref><ref>Inventory of the Gerald M. Meier Papers, 1928-2003 Template:Webarchive, Duke University Libraries. Collection Overview, Second paragraph, "genesis and growth of the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University". Contents of Collection, Box S1, Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.), College of Social Studies. Retrieved 22 March 2012.</ref><ref>Eric Rich, Wesleyan Professor E. Golob Dies, "Helped establish the College of Social Studies" Template:Webarchive, Hartford Courant, 11 December 1998. Fifth paragraph describes development of CSS program. Retrieved 22 March 2012.</ref>
Science and mathematicsEdit
Wesleyan is the sole undergraduate liberal arts college to be designated a Molecular Biophysics Predoctoral Research Training Center by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
TheaterEdit
Wesleyan's theater program has two theater facilities: the Theatre in the Center for the Arts, a 400-seat space; and the '92 Theater, home to Spike Tape, which is a student-run theater organization. Spike Tape produces upwards of five plays and musicals a semester, completely run by undergraduate students. They can be found at spiketapewes.com.<ref name="historicbuildingsct.com">Historic Buildings of Connecticut » Collegiate Template:Webarchive. Historicbuildingsct.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>The Illustrious History of Second Stage – Features Template:Webarchive. The Wesleyan Argus. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>Connecticut Archives Online Template:Webarchive. Library.wcsu.edu. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>
Twelve College ExchangeEdit
Many students participate in the Twelve College Exchange program, which allows for study for a semester or a year at another of the twelve college campuses: Amherst, Bowdoin, Connecticut College, Dartmouth, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Trinity, Vassar, Wellesley, Wheaton, and the Williams/Mystic Seaport Program in Maritime Studies.<ref>Dartmouth College Template:Webarchive, Exchange and Transfer Programs. Twelve College Exchange. Retrieved 14 February 2012.</ref><ref>Mount Holyoke College Template:Webarchive, Twelve College Exchange Program. "Participating Institutions". Retrieved 14 February 2012.</ref>
Graduate academicsEdit
Wesleyan has 11 graduate departmental programs in the sciences, mathematics, computer science, psychology, and music.<ref>Graduate Studies Template:Webarchive, Wesleyan University. Retrieved 18 February 2011.</ref> Graduates receive the Master of Arts or Doctor of Philosophy degrees.<ref name="Wesleyan University, Overview">Wesleyan University, Overview Template:Webarchive, 2012 U.S. News Rankings. Third Paragraph. Retrieved 18 February 2011.</ref> Like in many traditional liberal arts colleges in the United States, all of Wesleyan's master's and bachelor's degrees are designated "of Arts" by historical precedent, regardless of the field of study.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wesleyan also offers a Graduate Liberal Studies Program. Graduates receive the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) or the Master of Philosophy in Liberal Arts (MPHIL) degrees.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)Edit
Beginning in 2012, Wesleyan became the first small liberal arts college to partner with a private consortium to design and offer free public access online courses.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wesleyan teaches online courses in Math, Computer Science, Law, Psychology, and Literature, as well as other subjects.
Academic profileEdit
AdmissionsEdit
For the Class of 2027 (enrolling Fall 2023), Wesleyan received 14,500 applications and accepted 2,280 (15.7%).<ref name="CDS_C">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The median SAT score for admitted freshmen was 770 for math and 750 for evidence-based reading and writing.<ref name=CDS_C/> The median ACT score was 34 for the composite.<ref name=CDS_C/> Since 2014, Wesleyan has been test optional.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Admission standards at Wesleyan are considered "most selective" by U.S. News & World Report.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The Princeton Review gives the university an admissions selectivity rating of 96 out of 99.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Wesleyan announced in July 2023 that it would no longer give preference in admission to applicants with family or donor ties to the school, officially ending legacy admission at the institution.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Rankings and reputationEdit
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In the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings, Wesleyan University is tied for 14th overall among national liberal arts colleges. In the 2024 edition, it was ranked first in "Best Colleges for Veterans", 16th in "Best Value Schools", and tied for 36th in "Top Performers on Social Mobility".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wesleyan University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
In the Forbes ranking of the top 500 American colleges for 2024–25, which combines national research universities, liberal arts colleges and military academies in a single survey, Wesleyan University is ranked 54th overall and 12th among liberal arts colleges alone. In another recent Forbes ranking, Wesleyan placed ninth nationally and third among liberal arts colleges.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to a study entitled "Revealed Preference Ranking" published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Wesleyan ranks No. 22 among all colleges and universities, and No. 5 among liberal arts colleges only.<ref name="Abstract online">Christopher Avery, Mark E. Glickman, Caroline M. Hoxby, and Andrew Metrick, "A Revealed Preference Ranking of U.S. Colleges and Universities", NBER Working Paper No. W10803. Abstract online Template:Webarchive, Social Science Research Network</ref> The stated purpose of the NBER study was to produce a ranking system that "would be difficult for a college to manipulate" by basing it on the actual demonstrated preferences of highly meritorious students.<ref name="Abstract online"/> Wesleyan was listed on the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's 2016 "10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Washington Monthly ranked Wesleyan third in 2022, out of 203 liberal arts colleges in the U.S., based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2019 Kiplinger ranked Wesleyan 16th of the 149 best value liberal arts colleges in the United States.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
LibrariesEdit
Olin Memorial Library has more than 1.8 million volumes and approximately 10,000 serial subscriptions.<ref name="rankingsandreviews1">Library & Museum Information, Wesleyan University Template:Webarchive. Colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com (31 January 2011). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref name="Historicbuildingsct 2011">Historic Buildings of Connecticut » Wesleyan Template:Webarchive. Historicbuildingsct.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wesleyan's first library was Rich Hall (now '92 Theater), which was built just after the Civil War.<ref name="historicbuildingsct.com"/><ref>Pages 130–132 Template:Webarchive. Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> Olin Library was designed by the firm of McKim, Mead & White, built 1925–1927, and dedicated in 1928.<ref name="Historicbuildingsct 2011"/>
The second largest library on campus is the Science Library, which houses over two hundred fifty thousand volumes.<ref>About the Science Library Template:Webarchive, Science Library, Wesleyan University. Retrieved 20 February 2011.</ref>
The Art Library is housed on the second floor of Olin Library. The Davison Art Collection holds the Print Reference Library on the ground floor of Olin Library. There is also a Music Library (which includes scores and recordings and the World Music Archives) and several department libraries. In 2024, the sound-art work Minute/Year was installed in the main library stairwell.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Davison Art CollectionEdit
The Davison Art Collection, until 2019,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was housed in Alsop House, which is designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark.<ref>Wesleyan house named historic landmark Template:Webarchive. WTNH.com (17 January 2009). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>75. Davison Art Center Template:Webarchive. Ctmuseumquest.com (3 October 2008). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> The Collection is now located in Olin Memorial Library. The Davison Art Collection<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a large collection consisting primarily of works on paper, including 18,000 prints, 6,000 photographs, several hundred drawings, a small number of paintings, and three-dimensional objects (including artists' books, sculptures, and other objects).<ref>Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences Meeting Minutes 12 February 2004 Template:Webarchive. Yale.edu (12 February 2004). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>Davison Art Center Template:Webarchive, Wesleyan University. Retrieved 20 February 2011.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The print collection has works by Dürer, Goya, Rembrandt, Kara Walker, Manet, Norma Morgan, and others.<ref name="museumsusa1">Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut Template:Webarchive. Museumsusa.org (23 June 2011). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>Staff, Press. (2 October 2011) Print-making exhibit on display at Davison Art Center – The Middletown Press: Serving Middletown, CT Template:Webarchive. The Middletown Press. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>
The Davison Art Collection exhibits<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in the Anne Goldrach Gallery,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> located in the Pruzan Art Center.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Pruzan Art Center was designed by Peterson Rich Office<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>and opened in 2024. The collection's educational program includes student-curated exhibitions and a study room to support object-based teaching and learning.<ref name="museumsusa1"/><ref>Museum Publications Template:Webarchive, Wesleyan University. Retrieved 20 February 2011.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Student lifeEdit
Cannon ScrapEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In the late 1860s, a yearly contest, the "Cannon Scrap," began between the freshmen, whose mission it was to fire the Douglas Cannon on February 22, and the sophomores, who were charged with foiling the effort. In 1957, the tradition of stealing the cannon began in earnest.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>Template:Clarify
Religious lifeEdit
The university employs a Jewish rabbi, a Protestant chaplain, and a Muslim chaplain.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> There is program housing for Buddhists, Muslims, Christians, and Jews.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
AthleticsEdit
Wesleyan is a member of the Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), fielding intercollegiate varsity teams in 29 sports. It competes against traditional Little Three rivals Amherst and Williams. Approximately 600 students participate in intercollegiate varsity sports each year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wesleyan is one of the 39 founding members of the NCAA.<ref>Leilana McKindra, Founding members hold true to NCAA educational mission, The NCAA News, 7 December 2005. Retrieved 20 February 2011.</ref> Wesleyan's football and baseball field, Andrus Field, is the oldest continuously used American football field in the world<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the oldest continuously used baseball field in the world.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
With alumni including Bill Belichick, Eric Mangini, and Field Yates, the school has been described by ESPN as a "hotbed for great football minds."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Led by coach John Raba, the winningest lacrosse coach in NESCAC history, the Wesleyan's Men's Lacrosse team won the Division III NCAA championship title in 2018. It was the first national championship in school history.Template:Citation needed
Amos Magee helped lead Wesleyan University to an ECAC soccer championship and school-best record of 15–1–1 in 1991, and is the Cardinals' all-time leading scorer (35 goals and 85 points).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III All-American in 1992, four times was named all-New England, and was inducted into the Wesleyan University Hall of Fame.<ref name="auto2as">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Student groups and organizationsEdit
In February 2011, U.S. News & World Report described the university as one of "20 Colleges Where It's Easiest to Get Involved" with a "Students per Club" ratio of "11.66". At that time there were around 270 student groups available to the 3,148 enrolled students.<ref name="usnews1">Burnsed, Brian. (15 February 2011) 20 Colleges Where It's Easiest to Get Involved Template:Webarchive. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>
Wesleyan Student AssemblyEdit
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The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) is a body of 38 students elected annually to represent Wesleyan University's undergraduate student body. The members of the assembly serve as student advocates in all areas of the university, including matters related to student life, academics, university finances, and campus facilities.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Zipcar Launches Car Sharing Program at Wesleyan University – 5 November 2009 Template:Webarchive. Zipcar.mediaroom.com (5 November 2009). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>Dirty Sidewalks, or Just Naughty?; Wesleyan Halts a Campus Tradition of Chalk Messages Template:Webarchive. New York Times (14 November 2002). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>Farley, Margaret. (7 November 2004) 12th paragraph Template:Webarchive. New York Times. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>
DebateEdit
The Debate Society was founded in 1903Template:Citation needed and later named in honor ofTemplate:Citation needed Woodrow Wilson, who had been a professor at Wesleyan between 1888 and 1890 and who "became deeply involved in extracurricular student activities such as the [Wesleyan] debate society."<ref>Woodrow Wilson and the Lost world of the Oratorical Statesman Template:Webarchive, Page 62. By Robert Alexander Kraig. Tamu Press. 21 January 2004. Retrieved 7 February 2012.</ref> He "stimulated students to organize opportunity for debate through a House of Commons similar to the one he had started at Johns Hopkins in 1884."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
EnvironmentalEdit
Another student group is the Environmental Organizers' Network (EON), which campaigns on environmental issues.<ref>Solar Connecticut – News & Events Page Template:Webarchive. Uhaweb.hartford.edu. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>Wes students put effort into reducing waste with Waste Not Template:Webarchive. The Middletown Press. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> Wesleyan also owns a tract of land that is used as Long Lane Farm, a Template:Convert organic vegetable farm run by students.<ref>Wesleyan University – Green Report Card 2010 Template:Webarchive. Greenreportcard.org. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>
PublicationsEdit
Some of the oldest and most visible student groups are campus publications, including a bi-weekly newspaper, The Wesleyan Argus and a periodical, Hermes, the university's oldest student-run publication.<ref>Wesleyan University OTR: Hermes: Wesleyan's Oldest Progressive Publication Template:Webarchive. Collegeotr.com (22 August 2008). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> Until 2008, the student body published the Olla Podrida which was originally a quarterly newspaper in the late 1850s, but was the college yearbook since the Civil War. The Argus is the campus newspaper.<ref name="google2">Page 42-43 Template:Webarchive. Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> Wesleying is a student-run weblog that documents undergraduate life at Wesleyan, often receiving up to 10,000 page views a day.<ref>The Paper Trail – Education Template:Webarchive. Best Alternative Media Outlet: Wesleyan Blog Trounces Ivy Competition, U.S. News & World Report (24 January 2007). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>
Singing groupsEdit
Wesleyan was long known as the "Singing College of New England."<ref>Template:Usurped. Upne.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> The university's "tradition as a 'singing college' had its roots in the vitality of Methodist hymnody."<ref name="google3">Page 48 Template:Webarchive. Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> In 1862, a university glee club made the first tour of Wesleyan singers. The Wesleyan glee club organized by students frequently traveled and performed from the mid-19th century through the mid-20th century<ref name="amazon4">Look Inside, Chapter Two, The Glee Club World, pp.4–17 Template:Webarchive. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>Connecticut Archives Online Template:Webarchive. Library.wcsu.edu. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> and was considered among the best collegiate glee clubs in the late 19th century.<ref name="amazon1">Look Inside, Chapter One, The Early Decades of the "Singing College", pp. 1–2; Chapter Two, The Glee Club World, pp.4–17 Template:Webarchive. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> It traveled widely giving concerts, including being received twice at the White House (in 1901 by President McKinley and again in 1928 by President Coolidge) and being recorded onto a phonograph record by Thomas Edison.<ref name="amazon1" /> University alumni published the first edition of The Wesleyan Song Book in 1901.<ref name="amazon4" /> Subsequently, the Glee Club twice won the National Intercollegiate Glee Club Competition at Carnegie Hall.<ref>Look Inside, Chapter One, The Early Decades of the "Singing College", pp. 1–2 Template:Webarchive. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> Since the Glee Club's disbanding, the tradition of choral singing has been carried on by the Wesleyan Singers, later renamed the Wesleyan Concert Choir, and then renamed again The Wesleyan Ensemble Singers (2010). This tradition also continues today in several student-run a cappella groups on campus, including the Wesleyan Spirits, the university's oldest group. There are at least 13 groups that perform on campus regularly,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with others occasionally created and disbanded, including Triple Major, Notably Sharp, The Cardinal Sinners, The Mazeltones, The Mixolydians, and numerous others.
Greek organizations and secretive societiesEdit
Wesleyan has chapters of Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Psi Alpha, Chi Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, the only organizations that are active and have society houses on campus (as of 2024), are ADP, Psi U, and The Eclectic Society.
In September 2014, Wesleyan ordered all fraternities with on-campus housing to become co-educational within the next three years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2015, Wesleyan University ordered the closure of the DKE fraternity house on High Street. In 2017, DKE won the claim against Wesleyan University in a court trial. The jury awarded damages of $386,000 to the Kent Literary Club, DKE's Wesleyan alumni chapter.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Secretive societies on campus include the Skull & Serpent,<ref>Wesleyan University | Best College | US News Template:Webarchive. Colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com (31 January 2011). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> Theta Nu Epsilon,<ref>Theta Nu Epsilon Society – History of the Alpha Chapter, Theta Nu Epsilon. Retrieved 21 February 2011.</ref> Cloak, The Cannon Society, Pigs of Patio, and two Mystical Sevens.
International studentsEdit
In 2023, around 10 percent of the student body holds citizenship other than that of the United States.<ref name=":0" /> There is financial aid available for students from Africa and Asia.<ref name=":1" />
Literary, media, and cultural referencesEdit
More than 30 books have been published concerning the university, including: The Wesleyan Song Book, by Karl P. Harrington and Carl F. Price (1901);<ref name="google4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Goose-Step: A Study of American Education, by Upton Sinclair (1923); Wesleyan's First Century With an Account of the Centennial Celebration, by Carl F. Price (1932);<ref>Wesleyan's first century, with an account of the centennial celebration Template:Webarchive entry on papervitamins.com. Retrieved 21 February 2011.</ref> Wesleyan University, 1831–1910: Collegiate Enterprise in New England, by David B. Potts (1999);<ref>Wesleyan University, 1831–1910: Collegiate Enterprise in New England, by David B. Potts (1999) (Template:ISBN)</ref> The Gatekeepers: Inside The Admissions Process of a Premier College, by Jacques Steinberg (2002); One Hundred Semesters: My Adventures as Student, Professor, and University President, and What I Learned along the Way, by William M. Chace (14th president of Wesleyan) (2006);<ref>William M. Chace, One Hundred Semesters: My Adventures as Student, Professor, and University President, and What I Learned along the Way Template:Webarchive, official page, Princeton University Press. Retrieved 21 February 2011.</ref> A History of the Eclectic Society of Phi Nu Theta, 1837–1970, by William B.B. Moody (2007);<ref>A History of the Eclectic Society of Phi Nu Theta, 1837–1970, by William B.B. Moody, 2007, Template:ISBN</ref> Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence, by Howard Greene and Matthew Greene (2000); Hidden Ivies: 50 Top Colleges that Rival the Ivy League, by Howard Greene and Matthew Greene (2009); Music at Wesleyan: From Glee Club to Gamelan by Mark Slobin (2010).<ref>Music at Wesleyan: From Glee Club to Gamelan by Mark Slobin (2010) (Template:ISBN)</ref>
John Maher's 1995 work Thinker, Sailer, Brother, Spy: A Novel features a fictional look at the life of a professor (a principal character) in the "hothouse atmosphere of Wesleyan University...."<ref>9780964312104: Thinker, Sailor, Brother, Spy: A Novel – AbeBooks – Maher, John: 0964312107 Template:Webarchive. AbeBooks. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> Two of Robert Ludlum's novels are set partially at Wesleyan, The Matlock Paper much of the action takes place in and around the campus of a thinly disguised Wesleyan,<ref>Dubious Claims, Streetcars and Freebies, The Dallas Morning News (referring to article by Bart Fisher in New Britain Herald, 5 December 2010), 6 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2011. Template:Webarchive</ref> and also The Chancellor Manuscript where Ludlum refers to Wesleyan as 'a wealthy but minor university'.
The 1963 comedic novel, Night and Silence Who is Here?, by novelist Pamela Hansford Johnson, is thought by many literary critics to be patterned humorously after Wesleyan's Institute for Advanced Studies (now the Center for the Humanities); the main characters comprise and parallel the cast of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The Eclectic Society, a play that premiered on 27 January 2010 at the Walnut Street Theatre is based upon the Eclectic Society at the university during the early 1960s.<ref>Western Reserve Academy Template:Webarchive, Article entitled, "Spotlight: Eric Conger," The Eclectic Society. Second paragraph. Spring 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2012.</ref><ref>Members only.(PHILADELPHIA)("The Eclectic Society"), Published in American Theatre. By Nicole Estvanik Taylor. First two sentences. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2012.</ref> In the 2012 novel Dream School, by novelist Blake Nelson, the protagonist attends an eastern liberal arts college, Wellington College, modeled on Wesleyan.<ref>The Stuff That 'Dream School' Is Made Of Template:Webarchive, New York Times' review. Second and third paragraphs. By Naomi Fry. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2012.</ref>
Characters in several television series have been portrayed as Wesleyan students or graduates. They include 30 Rock,<ref>Kevin "Dot Com" Brown Names His Favorite TV Sidekick Template:Webarchive, popculturepassionistas.com, 2010-09. Retrieved 21 February 2011.</ref><ref>30 Rock Recap: Private Schooled Template:Webarchive, nymag.com. Paragraph 5. By Izzy Grinspan. 27 January 2012. Retrieved same date.</ref> As the World Turns,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Madeline "Maddie" Coleman Template:Webarchive, soapcentral.com. Retrieved 21 February 2011.</ref> How I Met Your Mother (characters Ted Mosby, Marshall Eriksen, Lily Aldrin),<ref>How I Met Your Mother Template:Webarchive, tv.blinx.com. Retrieved 21 February 2011.</ref><ref>How I Met Your Mother 3 Template:Webarchive, watch-howimetyourmother.net. Retrieved 21 February 2011.</ref> Buffy the Vampire Slayer,<ref>Bad Girls 9 February 1999 3ABB14 Template:Webarchive, buffyguide.com. Retrieved 21 February 2011.</ref> and The West Wing.<ref>Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word Template:Webarchive, tv.yahoo.com/the-west-wing, 18 October 2001. Retrieved 21 February 2011.</ref>
The 1994 cult comedy film PCU was based on (and filmed in part at) Wesleyan, the alma mater of the screenplay's two writers, Adam Leff and Zak Penn, and represents "an exaggerated view of contemporary college life...."<ref>PCU – The website Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 21 February 2011.</ref> centering on a fictionalized version of the Eclectic Society, known in the film as "The Pit."<ref>Eclectic, at PCU – The website Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 28 April 2012.</ref><ref>College Cut Ups | COLLEGE CUT-UPS: Sophomoric, Insensitive and Proud of It – Los Angeles Times Template:Webarchive . Articles.latimes.com (1 May 1994). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref>Bird, Christopher. (20 November 2007) Reel Toronto: PCU of T | news Template:Webarchive. Torontoist. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>
In the autumn of 2010, the Pulitzer prize-winning comic strip Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau featured the university in a series of daily strips.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2015, Rolling Stone published a long form feature on Wesleyan's drug culture titled "Inside the Wesleyan Molly Bust",<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> where dozens of students overdosed on tainted ecstasy, leading to the expulsion of five students.
Notable alumni and facultyEdit
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Template:Cleanup gallery Wesleyan alumni have received external fellowships, including Fulbright, Goldwater, Marshall, Rhodes, Truman, and Watson.<ref name="thedailybeast5">College Rankings 2011: Brainiacs Template:Webarchive. The Daily Beast. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref><ref name="thedailybeast6">College Rankings 2011: Brainiacs Template:Webarchive. The Daily Beast. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> For the years 2007 through 2011, a total of 42 Wesleyan students and alumni received scholarships under the Fulbright program.<ref name="wesleyan2">2011 Recipients, Student Affairs/Deans Office – Wesleyan University Template:Webarchive. Wesleyan.edu. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> The university has had at least 87 Watson Fellows since the inception of the program in 1968.<ref>Justin Pottle, The Watson Legacy: Wesleyan Fellows Travel the World Template:Webarchive, Wesleyan Argus, Third sentence. Volume CXLVI, No. 41, 20 April 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2011.</ref>
Former Wesleyan faculty and affiliates V. S. Naipaul, Woodrow Wilson, and T. S. Eliot have been awarded Nobel Prizes. Gary Yohe, current professor of economics, won a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Satoshi Omura, Max Tishler Professor of Chemistry, was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine. Former faculty and affiliates Richard Wilbur, Mark Strand, and Donald Hall were United States Poets Laureate. Composers John Cage and Steve Lehman were both affiliated with the university. Musician Anthony Braxton was an educator and chairman of music at the university for over 20 years, he's received many awards for his career in music. Television notables include writers and co-creators of How I Met Your Mother, Craig Thomas and Carter Bays. Film notables include Joss Whedon, a producer, director, screenwriter, comic book writer, and composer; Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of Hamilton, won a Pulitzer Prize, three Grammy Awards, two Emmy Awards, a MacArthur Fellowship, and three Tony Awards; Mike White, a filmmaker and creator of the award-winning show The White Lotus; and Michael Bay, film producer and director.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Tierney Sutton is a multiple Grammy-nominated jazz singer.
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