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West Virginia Wesleyan College
WVWCOfficialSeal.jpg
Latin: Wesleyanum Collegium Virginiae Occidentalis
Type Private liberal arts college
Established 1890
Religious affiliation
United Methodist Church
Endowment $42.4 million
President Dr. Pamela Balch
Academic staff
137
Students 1,452
Undergraduates 1,360
Postgraduates 92
Location Buckhannon, West Virginia, USA
38°59′19″N 80°13′18″W / 38.98861°N 80.22167°W / 38.98861; -80.22167Coordinates: 38°59′19″N 80°13′18″W / 38.98861°N 80.22167°W / 38.98861; -80.22167
Campus Rural
Colors Orange and Black         
Athletics NCAA Division II - MEC
Nickname Bobcats / Lady Bobcats
Mascot Bobcat
Affiliations CIC
NAICU
IAMSCU
Website wvwc.edu

West Virginia Wesleyan College is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Buckhannon, West Virginia, United States. It has an enrollment of about 1,400 students from 35 U.S. states and 26 countries. The school was founded in 1890 by the West Virginia Conference of the United Methodist church.

In 2014, U.S. News & World Report ranked West Virginia Wesleyan College 14th on the list of Best Colleges in the South region.It was also listed as one of the "Best Southeastern Colleges" by the Princeton Review in 2011. West Virginia Wesleyan College is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Wesleyan continues to serve as a residential, liberal arts college. The primary majors are elementary and secondary education, business, and natural sciences.

The College offers over 43 undergraduate majors and 36 minors. Wesleyan also has 3-2 engineering partnerships with Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, and West Virginia University. Undergraduate degrees are awarded in Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and Bachelor of Music Education. Graduate degrees awarded include the Master of Science in Athletic Training, Master of Business Administration, Master's in Education, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, and Master of Science in Nursing.

The campus boasts 23 major buildings of Georgian architecture, a legacy of the presidency of Stanley H. Martin (1957–1972). The grounds are situated in a park-like setting of more than 100 acres. The campus also hosts a variety of local flora, such as white oak and spruce trees, dogwoods, laurels, and rhododendrons. Some of the recognizable buildings on campus are the Lynch-Raine Administration building, Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library, Reemsnyder Research Center, and Wesley Chapel, which is the highest capacity chapel in West Virginia.


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