Western Connecticut State Colonials
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| Type | Public State university |
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| Established | 1903 |
| Endowment | $12.8 million |
| President | Dr. John B. Clark |
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Academic staff
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223 (FT), 308 (PT) |
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Administrative staff
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876 (223 full-time faculty, 308 part-time faculty) |
| Undergraduates | 5,952 |
| Postgraduates | 510 |
| Location |
Danbury, Connecticut, USA 41°24′00″N 73°26′37″W / 41.399954°N 73.443584°WCoordinates: 41°24′00″N 73°26′37″W / 41.399954°N 73.443584°W |
| Campus | Urban, 398 acres (1.61 km2) on two campuses |
| Colors |
Navy Blue and Rust Red |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III – Little East, ECAC |
| Sports | 14 varsity teams |
| Nickname | Colonials |
| Mascot | Chuck the Colonial |
| Affiliations | Connecticut State University System |
| Website | www.wcsu.edu |
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Western Connecticut State University (also known as Western and WestConn or abbreviated to WCSU) is a public university located in Danbury, Connecticut. WCSU consists of four schools and one division: the Ancell School of Business (which includes the Justice & Law Administration program), the Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Visual and Performing Arts, the School of Professional Studies and the Division of Graduate Studies. Founded in 1903, WCSU is part of the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities system, along with Eastern, Southern and Central Connecticut State universities, as well as a number of community colleges; between the four state universities, more than 34,000 students are enrolled.
WCSU is also home to the Jane Goodall Center for Excellence in Environmental Studies, which is the result of a partnership between WCSU and the Jane Goodall Institute (a private non profit organization that promotes research, education and wildlife conservation). The university’s Westside campus also houses the Ives Concert Park, one of the premier performance venues in the area.
Western started as a teachers' college, training the primary and secondary school educators for Connecticut's Fairfield County and surrounding areas. The school's name has changed over the years as it has focused on additional areas of study. First named the Danbury Normal School, in the 1950s it was called the Danbury State Teachers College. The college was renamed Danbury State College in 1959, then Western Connecticut State College in 1967, and finally, in 1983, Western Connecticut State University. In 2011, governance of the University was transferred to the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system (CSCU). In 2012, the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso visited the university for two public talks. WCSU became home to the Center for Compassion, Creativity and Innovation, and is now officially one of two universities in the country to be recognized as a “University of Compassion” by the Compassion Action Network. The Sikyong (prime minister) of Tibet, Lobsang Sangay, also lectured at the university's midtown campus earlier that year.
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