Kentucky Wesleyan College
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Kentucky Wesleyan College |
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| Motto | It's About Success |
| Established | 1858 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Anne Cairns Federlein |
| Students | 859 |
| Location | Owensboro, Kentucky, USA |
| Campus | small campus near the southern bypass |
| Athletics | 13 Division II NCAA teams |
| Colors | purple and gold |
| Mascot | Panthers |
| Website | kwc.edu |
Kentucky Wesleyan College is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, Kentucky. Kentucky Wesleyan College is known for its liberal arts programs. Spring 2007 enrollment was 859 students.[1]
Athletically, Kentucky Wesleyan College is a NCAA Division II school, nicknamed the Panthers, that is part of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
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[edit] 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 classes and liberal arts classes were soon added to the curriculum. In 1890 the school was moved to Winchester and soon after women began to be admitted to the school for the first time. In 1954 the school moved to its present location in Owensboro.
[edit] Presidents of Kentucky Wesleyan College (modern era)
- 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 James, 1971 - 1980
- Dr. Luther Wesley White III, 1980 - 1988
- Dr. Paul Wayne Hartman, 1988 - 1993
- Dr. Ray Purdom (Acting President) 1993 - 1994
- Dr. Wesley H. Poling, 1994 - 2003
- Dr. Anne Cairns Federlein, 2003-
[edit] Academics
Academics at Kentucky Wesleyan are divided into three academic divisions: Humanities and Fine Arts; Social Sciences; and Natural Sciences.
[edit] Athletics
Kentucky Wesleyan has a long athletic history. The KWC men's basketball team has been a powerhouse in NCAA Division II competition for decades. The Panthers advanced to the Division II championship game six consecutive years (1998-2003), winning in 1999 and 2001. In addition to these most recent successes, they also won six other championships (1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1987, and 1990) and were runners-up in 1957. Kentucky Wesleyan is a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference and frequently represents that conference in the Elite Eight. Currently, however, they are on probation.
Kentucky Wesleyan has a football team, competing in the Great Lakes Football Conference since 2006. Football returned to Wesleyan in 1983 after having been discontinued in 1931.
Kentucky Wesleyan currenty has men's teams competing in baseball, basketball, football, golf, cross country and soccer, and women's teams competing in basketball, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, cross country and volleyball.
[edit] Notable alumni
- A. J. Smith - Executive Vice President and General Manager of the San Diego Chargers
- Jody Richards - Speaker of the House, Kentucky House of Representatives
- G. Lindsey Davis - bishop of the United Methodist Church
- Stanley Forman Reed - former justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Urban Valentine Williams Darlington - former bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
- Edward Lewis Tullis- former bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and the United Methodist Church
- Roy Hunter Short - former Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church
[edit] References
- ^ Campbell, Joy (February 18, 2007), "KWC's spring enrollment jumps 26.1 percent", Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
[edit] External links
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