Kentucky Wesleyan College

The Kentucky Wesleyan College is a private Methodist university based in Owensboro in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The main emphasis is in the area of ​​so-called liberal arts.

The Kentucky Wesleyan College was founded in 1858 by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The university received in 1860 their state licensure, but declined due to the American Civil War until six years later offering courses in Millersburg on. After she was initially oriented to the training of preachers, they shortly thereafter expanded its course offerings to courses in business and in the Liberal Arts. 1890 moved the seat because of the better rail links to Winchester, a few years later, the admission of women to study at the university. After the Second World War, a new campus in Owensboro was built in 1951.

The university where about 900 students are enrolled, divided into departments of Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Humanities and Fine Arts. The study, the period ends after four years with a bachelor's degree, is based on a signified as General Education Program general basic education for all students, which is supplemented by a self-selected from 36 different subjects in the three departments of major field of study ( major). The sports department, whose teams compete under the name Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers, is part of the Great Lakes Valley Conference in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.