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Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio. It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents, and is a member of the Ohio Five – a consortium of Ohio liberal arts colleges.
The Ohio Wesleyan Female College was established in 1853. In 1857, the female college moved to Monnett Hall, named for school benefactress Mary Monnett Bain. In 1877, the female college merged with the university, which became coeducational. Monnett Hall remained the center for women's housing on campus well into the 20th century.
Ohio Wesleyan Female College had three presidents before merging with Ohio Wesleyan University. Oran Faville, 1853–1855. Nathaniel Clark Burt, 1868–1870. William Richardson, 1873–1877.
Ohio Wesleyan University President Matt vandenBerg gives his inauguration address April 19, 2024, at Gray Chapel on the university's Delaware campus. Among the initiatives he announced was the ...
Ohio Wesleyan University owns the Perkins Observatory, which is located south of the city of Delaware. The observatory housed the 69-inch Perkins Telescope , which in 1931—the year of its completion—was the third-largest telescope in the world only after the 100-inch at Mt. Wilson, California , and the 72-inch at Victoria, B.C. , Canada.
Perkins Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Delaware, Ohio. It is owned and operated by Ohio Wesleyan University. In 1931 it had the third largest telescope in the World; the 69 inch aperture Perkins telescope came online at this observatory. [1] The mirror was the largest cast in the United States up to that time, and it was made by ...
Master's university 2,942 1911 Ohio Northern University: Ada: Private not-for profit Baccalaureate college 3,695 1871 Ohio State University [18] Columbus: Public Doctoral/highest research university 58,322 1870 Ohio Technical College: Cleveland: Private for-profit Associate's college 1,500 1969 Ohio Wesleyan University: Delaware: Private not ...
Ohio Wesleyan's First Hundred Years. Delaware, Ohio: Ohio Wesleyan University. ASIN B-000E-0GQO-K; Murchland, B. (1991). The History of Ohio Wesleyan University: from 1942 to 1992. Delaware, Ohio: Design Communications. ISBN 0-9630909-1-7; Tull, Barbara Mitchell (1991). 150 Years of excellence: a pictorial view of Ohio Wesleyan University.