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Website. www.washjeff.edu. Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania. The college traces its origin to three Presbyterian missionaries in the 1780s: John McMillan, Thaddeus Dod, and Joseph Smith. Early schools grew into two competing academies, with Jefferson College ...
The modern campus of Washington & Jefferson College is located in the City of Washington and the East Washington Borough, small-town communities about 30 miles (48 km) south of Pittsburgh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The 60-acre (0.24 km 2 ) campus is home to more than 40 academic, administrative, recreational, and residential buildings. [ 1 ]
In 1852, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity was founded at Jefferson College by two students who had formed a bond while treating their classmates during a typhoid outbreak on campus. [13] By 1863, the Jefferson and Washington chapters merged, as most members had enlisted to fight in the American Civil War. [13]
These two schools merged in 1865 to form Washington & Jefferson College. As of 2009, Washington & Jefferson College had about 12,000 living alumni. [1] Before the union of the two colleges, Washington College graduated 872 men and Jefferson College graduated 1,936 men. [2][3]
Construction started. 1834. Completed. ca. 1836. Old Main is the main academic building at Washington & Jefferson College. [1][2][3] It is the predominant building on campus and has served virtually every student since its construction. [2][4] Its two identical towers, added in 1875, symbolize the union of Washington College and Jefferson ...
A modern view of John McMillan's Log School, the oldest remnant of Washington & Jefferson College. The history of Washington & Jefferson College begins with three log cabin colleges established by three frontier clergymen in the 1780s: John McMillan, Thaddeus Dod, and Joseph Smith. The three men, all graduates from the College of New Jersey ...
The Washington & Jefferson Presidents are the intercollegiate athletic teams for Washington & Jefferson College. The name "Presidents" refers to the two presidential namesakes of the college: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. W&J is a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference, [2] the Eastern College Athletic Conference, [3] and play ...
The Clark Family Library, formerly U. Grant Miller Library is the academic library for Washington & Jefferson College, located in Washington, Pennsylvania. The library traces its origins back to a donation from Benjamin Franklin in 1789. The Archives and Special Collections contain significant holdings of historical papers dating to the college ...