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Winthrop University
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Motto Veritas cum libertate
Motto in English
Truth with liberty
Type Public
Established 1886
Endowment US$43.6 million
President Daniel F. Mahony
Academic staff
288
Students 6,170
Undergraduates 5,029
Postgraduates 1,141
Location Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S.
34°56′20″N 81°1′50″W / 34.93889°N 81.03056°W / 34.93889; -81.03056Coordinates: 34°56′20″N 81°1′50″W / 34.93889°N 81.03056°W / 34.93889; -81.03056
Campus Suburban
425 acres (172.0 ha)
Colors Garnet and gold
         
Nickname Eagles
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division IBig South
Mascot Big Stuff
Website www.winthrop.edu
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Winthrop University, often referred to as Winthrop or WU and formerly known as Winthrop College, is a public, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1886 by David Bancroft Johnson, who served as the superintendent of Columbia, South Carolina, schools, received a $1,500 grant from Robert Charles Winthrop, a Boston philanthropist and chair of the Peabody Education Board. The school originally opened in Columbia to educate young women to teach in the public schools.

Winthrop offers undergraduate and graduate degrees through five colleges and schools and has enrollment of about 6,000 students. The 100-acre (40.5 ha) main academic and residential campus is located 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Charlotte, North Carolina and 71 miles (114 km) north of Columbia, South Carolina in Rock Hill.

Fielding athletic teams known as Winthrop Eagles, the university participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level as a member of Big South Conference. The athletic program is known for its success in basketball and soccer. The majority of Winthrop's students are from South Carolina, with out-of-state and foreign students accounting for 11% of undergraduate enrollment. The university offers a number of extracurricular activities to its students, including athletics, honor societies, clubs and student organizations, as well as fraternities and sororities. Alumni and former students have gone on to prominent careers in government, business, science, medicine, education, sports and entertainment.


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