Washburn University
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Former names
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Lincoln College Washburn College Washburn Municipal University |
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| Motto | Non Nobis Solum |
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Motto in English
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Not for Ourselves Alone |
| Type | Public |
| Established | February 6, 1865 |
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Academic affiliation
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CNAHEC AASCU |
| Endowment | $156.48 million (2015) |
| Chairman | William Sneed |
| President | Jerry Farley |
| Provost | JuliAnn Mazachek (interim) |
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Academic staff
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1,000 |
| Students | 6,615 (fall 2015) |
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Topeka, Kansas, U.S. 39°02′02″N 95°41′56″W / 39.033786°N 95.698975°WCoordinates: 39°02′02″N 95°41′56″W / 39.033786°N 95.698975°W |
| Campus | Urban, 160 acres (0.65 km2) |
| Colors | Yale Blue & White |
| Nickname | Ichabods |
| Mascot | The Ichabod |
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Sporting affiliations
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NCAA Division II – MIAA |
| Website | washburn |
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Washburn University (WU) is a co-educational, public institution of higher learning in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,100 undergraduate students and nearly 800 graduate students. The university's assets include a $152 million endowment.
Washburn University was established in February 1865 as Lincoln College by a charter issued by the State of Kansas and the General Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches of Kansas on land donated by abolitionist John Ritchie. The school was renamed Washburn College in 1868 after Ichabod Washburn pledged $25,000 to the school. Washburn was a church deacon, and industrialist who resided in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Washburn University’s mascot, The Ichabods, honors the school’s early benefactor, Ichabod Washburn. The original design of the studious-looking, tailcoat-clad figure was created in 1938 by Bradbury Thompson (B.A. ‘34), who became an internationally acclaimed graphic artist.
In 1913 the medical department of Washburn College closed. Previously the Kansas Medical School had become infamous on December 10, 1895, when it was discovered that some of the bodies used for anatomical study had been stolen from local cemeteries. As the news was being printed (eventually across the country) the governor called out state troops to protect the school in fear of a riot. Three of the doctors, including the Dean of the school, and a janitor/student from the school were arrested as well as one man not a member of the school. Charges against the doctors were discharged, the janitor was convicted but had his conviction reversed on appeal and the final man was convicted but later pardoned.
During World War II, Washburn Municipal University was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission.
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