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| Baldwin-Wallace College | |
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| Established | 1845 |
| Type: | Private liberal arts college |
| Endowment: | 122,303,111 USD (2007)America\'s Best Colleges 2007. |
| President: | Richard W. Durst, MFA |
| Staff: | approx. 400 |
| Students: | 3,850 undergraduate students, 830 graduate students |
| Location: | Berea, Ohio, United States |
| Campus: | Suburban |
| Mascot: | Yellow Jackets |
| Affiliations: | United Methodist ChurchBaldwin-Wallace College. International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges, and Universities (IAMSCU). Retrieved on 2007-06-29.B-W by tradition. Baldwin-Wallace College. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. |
| Website: | http://www.bw.edu/ |
Baldwin-Wallace College is a small, liberal arts college in Berea, Ohio. It was founded in 1845, and is home to the Riemenschneider-Bach Institute and the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music, an internationally renowned music school. Founded by Methodist missionaries, the college enjoys a long and rich affiliation with the United Methodist Church. Students receive both a broad liberal arts tradition with focused career skills and guidance in their education.
Baldwin-Wallace College is a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference including Mount Union College, Capital University, Heidelberg College, John Carroll University, Marietta College, Muskingum College, Ohio Northern University, Otterbein College, and Wilmington College.
Baldwin-Wallace College\'s motto is "Quality Education with a Personal Touch." The motto was adopted in the 1980s under the tenure of President Neal Malicky. Past college mottos include "Educandis," the motto of the old German Wallace College, and "In Union There is Strength," adopted at the merger of Baldwin University and German Wallace College.
Its school colors are officially brown and gold, though in the past, magenta and teal, as well as maroon and gold were used in marketing literature. US News and World Report regards Baldwin-Wallace as a university, with its separate schools of business, arts and sciences, and conservatory of music, however, the alumni continue to support the historic name "Baldwin-Wallace College," opposing any name change in the future.
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Marting Hall, the oldest classroom building on Baldwin-Wallace\'s campus
Both the college and the town of Berea were founded by Methodist settlers from Connecticut. These settlers moved west after their homes were burned by the British in the Revolutionary War. The region in Northern Ohio became known as the Firelands, as the state of Connecticut gave land grants to these fire victims. Among these settlers was John Baldwin. Baldwin enjoyed early success in the sandstone quarry industry. He set out to found a Lyceum school, modeled after the Christian perfectionist movement championed by Robert Owen. While the Lyceum school and commune failed, Baldwin’s next school, the Baldwin Institute preparatory school, was founded in 1845. Baldwin Institute became Baldwin University in 1855. Baldwin\'s sense of equality led to the school accepting any student regardless of race or gender,B-W: History of Baldwin-Wallace College. Retrieved on 2007-05-28. and was one of the first in the nation to do so. Moreover, Baldwin University\'s courses were not segregated.
The surge of German workers in Baldwin’s sandstone quarries led to the establishment of a German department in the Institute. German Methodist minister and Baldwin professor Jacob Rothweiler approached another local quarry owner, James Wallace, to establish a separate school for the German students, where courses would be taught in their mother tongue. A leader in the German Methodist Church in America, Rotheweiler also sought a place for higher learning for the waves of German immigrants to the United States.
Historic Lindsay Crossman Chapel
Rothweiler named his project after Wallace, and German Wallace College was founded in 1855. Students at both institutions were free to enroll in courses at Baldwin or German Wallace. Baldwin and Wallace were the primary benefactors to the two Berea colleges. After their deaths, and the decline of the quarry industry in Ohio, both schools came close to financial ruin. Options were thin, and the United Methodist Church considered merging the schools with the more successful Ohio Wesleyan University in 1880, to form the University of Cleveland. The University of Cleveland concept was abandoned for a more elegant solution. Baldwin University and German Wallace College merged in 1913, to form the present Baldwin-Wallace College.
Strosacker Student Union
After 1913, the College began building the present day campus. Under the leadership of Alfred Bryan Bonds, through much of the mid-century, Baldwin-Wallace grew to a large and well respected suburban institution. Bonds oversaw the construction of fifteen buildings on campus during his 26 year tenure. Neal Malicky\'s tenure as college president stabilized the college\'s finances and endowment, finally placing Baldwin-Wallace in financial security after years of financial struggle. Following Malicky\'s presidency, Mark Collier served as president for seven years, overseeing a campus master plan that has led to many major renovations on campus.
Unlike neighboring institutions such as Kent State University, and Oberlin College, Baldwin-Wallace enjoyed relative calm during the Vietnam War era. Campus culture has always been more pragmatic and inclusive instead of reactionary. However, the college made headlines in its involvement in the federal witness protection program, by producing credentials for mob informants in the 1970’s. Also, the College experienced a setback in credibility when it accepted donation of paintings from the Cosla family in the 1960’s. These paintings were later discredited as forgeries.
Since then, the college has positioned itself as a preparatory college for students, as many graduates pursue advanced degrees from leading institutions around the globe. The college has particular strengths in Education, Business, Musical Theatre, Music Therapy and Music Performance. BW has also engaged in attracting a more diverse student body from nearby Cleveland, Ohio, and internationally as well.
This list does not include acting presidents or any presidents before the two colleges combined in 1913.
Baldwin-Wallace offers more than 50 majors, as well as several cooperative and pre-professional programs. Evening and weekend programs include 12 majors and six certificate programs. [1] Programs lead to Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music in Education, Master of Arts in Education, and Master of Business Administration degrees. Their radio station, WBWC, is well known in the Cleveland area.
The College maintains 27 academic departments leading to a bachelor’s degree. In addition to on-campus study, students also have the opportunity to broaden their horizons through a number of off-campus study programs. Liberal arts remain at the center of the academic program, but they are augmented by opportunities to explore career options and develop professional skills.
Lang Hall
The College acquired a practice football field and office building from the Cleveland Browns when the team was moved to Baltimore. The office building was made into a residence hall and renamed Bagley Hall. It is reserved for students who desire a quiet, substance-free environment. Findley Hall, North Hall, and Lang Hall, the only all-female dormitory, are also located on the northern end of campus.
Other residence halls include Klein, Saylor, and 63 & 21 Beech (which make up the freshman complex); Ernsthausen, Heritage, and Constitution, which house upper classmen and Greek organizations as there are no fraternity/sorority houses, Kohler Hall; and the Carmel Center for Living and Learning. Ernsthausen Hall, located on the southern end of campus, is the first campus dormitory in Ohio to utilize geothermal power.College will heat, cool with geothermal system. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
Kohler Hall, which houses mostly Conservatory students (although it is open to all upperclassmen) has a reputation for being haunted (along with, to a lesser degree, Lang Hall). It has been featured in the book Haunted Ohio. Before becoming a residence hall, it was a hospital; first for Civil War veterans and later functioning as a mental institution.Sun Newspapers: Haunted Kohler
Bagley Hall, former training facility for the Cleveland Browns
BW also offers several on-campus apartments such as Floreske, The Berea Townhouses & The East Bridge Street Apartments which all house upperclassmen and international MBA students. Also, Baldwin-Wallace offers on campus houses for student groups & upperclassmen to encourage enriched learning such as the "Arts House", the "Summer Scholars Program" and the "research house". Other housing include the "Single Parents Reaching Out For Unassisted Tomorrows" or "SPROUT" program which is a comprehensive residential program which provides housing, child care, personal development & financial aid for single parents (ages 18-23) and their children.
Kohler Hall
B-W prides itself on the many green spaces around campus, such as the North quad where residence halls and academic buildings surround a large field with sidewalks leading to many of the buildings. On warm days you can find student studying or people from the Berea community walking around. The North Quad is surrounded by buildings such as Malicky Center, Wheeler hall, The Life & Earth Science building, Campus Observatory, the Presidents house, several residence halls and the Alumni Wall. During the presidency of Alfred Bryan Bonds the Alumni Wall (located behind North hall) was created to recognize Alumni who have contributed greatly to development of the campus. The North Quad is also home to is home to a diverse tree collection, a Greenhouse, a native Ohio plants garden and a commons area (located behind Lang hall) called "the dot". On the south end of campus, B-W has several green spaces such as Klein Field and Bonds field. The south end of campus is home to Coe Lake (located behind The Townhouses) and Wallace lake (found in the Cleveland Metroparks).
George Finnie stadium, home of the Yellow Jackets
The school\'s varsity sports teams are the Yellow Jackets. They participate in the NCAA\'s Division III and the Ohio Athletic Conference. Baldwin Wallace\'s football team was coached by Lee Tressel, who led the team to a undefeated record in 1978, and subsequently the NCAA Division III Championship. Perhaps the most notable BW athlete from the 20th century was Harrison Dillard, the only male so far to win Olympic titles in both sprinting and hurdling events, in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
The teams of the Sidney High School Yellow Jackets were named after Baldwin-Wallace graduate Granville Robinson became Head Coach at Sidney High School.
Baldwin-Wallace College offers over 100 clubs and organizations in which students can get involved inB-W Student Clubs and organizations. Retrieved on 2007-10-08. . B-W prides itself on the ability for students to start clubs if they can’t find something in their interest. Some of the major organizations on campus include Student Government (budgets approximately 65 of the organizations on campus), Midnight Madness (offers weekly events on Thursday nights), Campus Entertainment Productions (braught groups such as Maroon 5, Chingy, and Josh Gracin), Commmuter activity board, Exponent Campus Media (which is the colleges independent news publication) and various diversity groups such as Black Student Alliance and Allies.
Baldwin-Wallace has the following fraternities on campus:
The campus also has the following sororities:
All fraternities and sororites are housed in dormitories due to fraternity and sorority houses being banned by the City of Berea in the 1960\'s.
B.W. Battle Song
Fight Baldwin-Wallace, fight Baldwin-Wallace
Fight and win this game
We\'re cheering for you, There\'s glory for you
We\'re on the road to fame
And in the battle, we\'ll prove our mettle,
We\'re loyal, square and brave
Victory will crown our might and in the breeze tonight
Our Brown and Gold shall wave.
| Ohio Athletic Conference |
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| Baldwin–Wallace • Capital • Heidelberg • John Carroll • Marietta • Mount Union • Muskingum • Ohio Northern • Otterbein • Wilmington |
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