Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

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The Wheaton College is a private " liberal arts college " in Norton (Massachusetts ), a town between Boston and Providence. With its foundation as a Christian college for women in 1834, it is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States.

History

1834 died Eliza Wheaton Strong, the daughter of Judge Laban Wheaton, at the age of 39 years. Her sister Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton persuaded him to honor Eliza through the establishment of a secondary school for women.

The family asked the then known educator Mary Lyon for assistance in the establishment. Lyon designed the first curriculum with the goal of achieving the quality and variety of colleges and certain Eunice Caldwell to the first director of the university. The teaching was taken on April 22, 1835, fifty students and three teachers.

Mary Lyon and Eunice Caldwell left the Wheaton, 1837, the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College) to set up. After her departure was followed by a time of sharply fluctuating enrollment numbers and frequent change of leadership until 1850 Caroline Cutler Metcalf was director. Metcalf made ​​the development of the faculties with renowned faculty to its most important goal. Your top priority was given to professors who should discuss with the students ideas, rather than retrieve memorized knowledge. Among the most important Anwerbungserfolgen belonged Lucy Larcom, who introduced the study of English literature at the College and the literary magazine The Rushlight called into being and Mary Jane Cragin, introduced the innovative teaching techniques for geometry and mathematics, and mathematics as one of the favorite subjects of many students made ​​. Caroline Cutler Metcalf went in 1876 to retire.

Ellen A. Stanton, the French taught since 1871, was from 1880 to 1897 director of Wheaton. She led the Wheaton through a difficult time in which more and more public high schools and colleges offering bachelor's degrees for women.

At the suggestion of Eliza Baylies Wheaton 1897 Reverend Samuel Valentine Cole became the first president. In preparation for a change from a high school to a college, he began to expand the curriculum, leaving twenty-four new buildings to build and set up a foundation. Under his leadership, the enrollments of 50 increased to 414 per semester. Cole died after a brief illness in 1925. On campus, the Cole Memorial Chapel remembers him.

1912 granted the state of Massachusetts Wheaton College the status. Simultaneously, the Student Government Association was founded with the aim to represent the entire student body and to advance the promotion of individual responsibility. In 1932 the Wheaton approving a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Community to set up.

Reverend John Edgar Park, which was in 1926 elected president of Wheaton, continued the expansion program begun by Cole. He led the College through the Great Depression, the celebrations of the centenary in 1935 and the Second World War. He retired in 1944 and was replaced by Alexander Howard Meneely, formerly Professor of History at Dartmouth College. During his tenure, the Board of Trustees approved a magnification of 525 at that time on 800-1000 students. The construction of the necessary for this " new campus " began in 1957. Meneely died 1961.

In 1962, William CH Prentice, a professor of psychology at Swarthmore College, the leadership of Wheaton. In the early 1960s, he finished the construction phase with the completion of the new campus and the number of enrollments per semester grew to 1200. 1970 involved the students and faculty at the nationwide campus protests against the Vietnam War.

1975 Alice Emerson became the first woman president of Wheaton College. She had previously been president of the University of Pennsylvania. During her tenure, the college achieved national recognition by pioneering the development of a balanced gender curriculum. 1984/85, the 150th anniversary with a series of symposia, concerts, dance performances and art and history exhibitions was celebrated. 1988 Wheaton became a koedukalem College. The first joint lecture of men and women took place in September 1988.

Dale Rogers Marshall, who had previously worked at Wellesley College, 1992, the sixth president of Wheaton. She initiated the campaign "The Campaign for Wheaton ," was the first new residential buildings built since 1964 and provided for a comprehensive renovation of the old building and the expansion of the Faculty of Arts.

On March 23, 2004, Ronald A. Crutcher, Professor of Music at Miami University, the seventh president of Wheaton College.

Study

The students of Wheaton may, if they agree in advance with their instructors, take a Bachelor of Arts from a free combination of more than 36 major and 50 minor fields. You can choose from over 600 courses, choosing. This course selection is extended through the affiliate program with Brown University and nine other colleges of the Southeastern Association for Cooperation in Higher Education in Massachusetts. The Wheaton also offers dual degree programs who have not yet graduated enables students to demonstrate diploma courses in arts, communications, technology, economics, theology, and optometry.

The average class size is between 15 and 20 students.

Code of Ethics

The code of honor was introduced in 1921 and is also used by other colleges. Applicants Wheaten are encouraged to read the content carefully and critically examining prior to their enrollment with it.

"As members of the Wheaton community, we commit ourselves to act honestly, responsibly, and above all, with honor and integrity in all areas of campus life. We are accountable for all that we say and write. We are responsible for the academic integrity of our work. We did pledge we will not misrepresent our work nor give or receive unauthorized aid. We commit ourselves to behave in a manner Which demons trates concern for the personal dignity, rights and freedoms of all members of the community. We are respectful of college property and the property of others. We will not tolerate a lack of respect for synthesis values ​​. "

On the basis of this code many tests and exams are not monitored by a faculty or others. Since 2003, the students and all faculty members under any official work must include the phrase " I have abided by the Wheaton Honor Code in this work" and sign it.

Students who violate the code of ethics are stopped her misconduct independently to report a lecturer or other official body. Students who have witnessed such misconduct should the person concerned suggest themselves to report before they do this yourself. Severe or repeated violations of the Code may result in the de-registration of the Wheaton.

Sports

Students can participate in 21 intercollegialen sports teams such as baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, swimming, volleyball, golf and tennis. These teams play in the NCAA Division III and the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference ( NEWMAC ). The mascot of Wheaton is a lion, which was named after Mary Lyon. Of the 420 colleges which are combined in the Division III, occupies the seventh place in the area of ​​Wheaton athletics.

Arts and Culture

The renovation and expansion of cultural and entertainment facilities in 2000 managed the requirements for Evelyn Danzig Haas '39 Visiting Artists Program, which was launched in 2003. The program brings well-known writers, musicians, actors, directors, dancers and artists for short-term stays on the campus to present their work through lectures, master classes, concerts and exhibitions. The "Arts in the City" program complements the project by helping students and faculty when traveling to Boston, Providence and other cities to discover the artistic and cultural offerings of the region.

Public perception

The following films were, at least partially, shot on campus or supported by the students of the College:

  • Soul Man (1986 )
  • Prozac Nation (2001)
  • Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
  • Midnight Oil, a literary magazine of students
  • Nike, the official yearbook
  • Rushlight, an art and literary magazine of students
  • The Underwire, an alternative newspaper of students
  • The Wheaton Wire, weekly student newspaper
  • WCCS, the official radio station of Wheaton
  • Wheaton Quarterly, the official college magazine

Associated with the Wheaton College people

  • Michael DC Drout, professor of English at Wheaton College.
  • Hilda Geiringer (1893-1973), an Austrian- American mathematician.
  • Catherine Keener, an actress.
  • Seiji Ozawa, a Japanese conductor and composer.
  • Emeline Hill Richardson (1910-1999), an archaeologist specializing in the field of Etruscan studies.
  • Catherine Filene Shouse (1896-1994), a writer, women's rights activist and patron of the arts.
  • Lesley Stahl, a TV journalist with CBS News.
  • Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan.
  • Christine Todd Whitman, a politician ( Republican) and author.

Footnotes

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  • University of Massachusetts
  • Bristol County ( Massachusetts)
  • Private college in the United States
  • Established in 1834
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