Wilmington College is a

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Wilmington, Ohio Wilmington is a city in Clinton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 12,664 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Micropolitan statistical area, Wilmington micropolitan area ...

, United States. It was established by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1870 and is accredited by the

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. The college is still Quaker-affiliated and has seven core Quaker values. In fall 2018, the college set an enrollment record, bringing in 450 new students for the academic year, totaling 1,103 students on Wilmington's main campus, and 139 students at Wilmington's two Cincinnati branches at Blue Ash and Cincinnati State.

History

In 1863 three brothers, Hugh, James, and Thomas Garvin founded Franklin College in Albany, Ohio. After two years in Albany, the college was relocated to Wilmington, where the cornerstone of College Hall was laid on 4 July 1866. The institution was closed in 1868 following the Civil War. In 1870 the half-completed Franklin College building went up for auction. The building and 33 surrounding acres were purchased by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Lewis Estes was named the first president. Following a few years of economic struggle, Estes resigned. Benjamin Trueblood, a recent Earlham College graduate, was named the new president. In 1875, Wilmington College graduated its first class of four students. South Hall (razed 1956) was the college's first dorm in 1876, and in 1904 the college purchased a former boarding house and named it Twin Ash Hall (demolished 1984). In 1917, Wilmington College acquired the Lebanon National Normal School in Lebanon, Ohio. Marble Groundbreaking2

In 1944, under President S. Arthur Watson, the college was

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by the

and joined the North Central Association of Colleges. Following World War II, Wilmington College saw a huge boost in growth. Under President Samuel Marble, Marble Hall (1950) was constructed by students. This was due to the large boost in the middle class and the creation of the

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. Also built by students were The Pyle Student Center (1957) and Friends Hall (1955). The current gymnasium, Herman Court, was constructed in 1966. In 2020, Trevor Bates was named as the college's 19th and first African-American president. Bates was released from his contract in March 2023 by the college's board of trustees and Corey Cockerill was named interim president. The college has 25 majors, 27 minors, and 32 concentrations. As well as three graduate programs. There are 18 intercollegiate sports in the NCAA Div-III. The campus features over 50 student-led organizations.

Presidents

*Lewis A. Estes: 1871-1874 * Benjamin Franklin Trueblood: 1874-1879 *David Dennis: 1879-1881 *James Unthank: 1881-1903 *Albert Brown: 1903-1912 *Samuel Hodgin: 1912-1915 *J Edwin Jay: 1915-1927 *Henry Williams: 1927-1928 *Beverly Skinner: 1928-1931 *Walter Collins: 1932-1940 *Sheppard Arthur Watson: 1940-1947 *Samuel Marble: 1947-1959 *W Brooke Morgan: 1959-1960* *James Read: 1960-1969 *W Brooke Morgan: 1969-1970* *Robert Hinshaw: 1971-1975 *Neil Thorburn: 1982-1995 *

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: 1995-2011 *James Reynolds: 2012-2020 *Erika Goodwin: 2020* *Trevor Bates: 2021–2023 *Corey Cockerill: 2023-present Indicates interim/acting president*

Academics

Wilmington College offers 24 undergraduate majors with 27 minors and 32 concentrations. Wilmington College currently offers two masters programs. Wilmington College has a partnership with Drayer Physical Therapy Institute. Athletic Training, Exercise Science, and Physical Therapy students get hands-on learning opportunities through Drayer's office that is housed in the college's Center for Sport Sciences. Wilmington College's Watson Library is a member of the Ohio Private Academic Libraries (OPAL) consortium and the

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consortium that provides an integrated catalog, e-resources, and more than 100 research databases.

Fulbright Scholar program

Wilmington College has been home to nine

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. Wilmington College has also hosted three visiting scholars.

Campuses

(Main Campus) *Wilmington College operates in Dayton, Warren, and Lebanon Correctional Institutes.

Main campus

Academic buildings

* College Hall (1869): Historic building present at Wilmington College's founding in 1870. Houses classrooms, faculty offices, offices of Admission, Financial Aid, the President's Office, and Academic Affairs. Added to

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in 1972. * Bailey Hall (1908): Began as a science building for the college, and later renovated into student housing. Renovated to become home of the college's science programs once again temporarily during ongoing renovations to Kettering Hall. Bailey Hall is currently home to political science, criminal justice, psychology/sociology, and business offices. * S. Arthur Watson Library (1941): The college library, named for former College president S. Arthur Watson. The building is home to the college archives, OhioLink, OPAL, and study space for students. In 2023 the Watson Library began undergoing renovations. * Thomas R. Kelly Religious Center (1962): Kelly Religious Center houses faculty offices, classrooms, and the offices of the Wilmington Yearly Meeting. *Robinson Communication Center (1992): Houses the Academic Resource Center, computer labs, photography labs and studios, the Communication Arts Department, and student publication offices. *Oscar F. Boyd Cultural Arts Center (2005): Features David and June Harcum Art Gallery, the WC Theatre Department, 440-seat Hugh Heiland Theatre, Meriam R. Hare Quaker Heritage Center, T. Canby Jones Meetinghouse, and two-story academic wing with classrooms and faculty offices. Wilmington College Campus Ministry is also housed here, as well as the Campus Friends Meeting. * Center for Sport Sciences (2015): Houses the college's

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program, indoor and outdoor practice facilities for all athletic teams, and offices for Drayer Physical Therapy Institute, Beacon Orthopedics and Sport Medicine, and chiropractic offices. *Center for the Sciences & Agriculture (2016): Includes the renovated 34,000 square-foot former Kettering Science Hall and a 13,500 square-foot addition. The facility hosts 10 classrooms, 10 laboratories, three research labs, two 100-seat lecture halls and 30 offices. *Fife Hall (1906): Originally constructed as the Clinton County Infirmary in 1906. In 1997, Wilmington College purchased the land and existing structure. The structure houses dormitories and academic classrooms. One side houses the art program and the other agriculture labs. The Wilmington College Campus Farm is also housed here, containing several barns for equipment and animals. *Pyle Student Center (1957): Three story student union in the center of campus. The Pyle Center is home to the campus book store, mailroom, financial one stop, housing and residence life, student affairs, diversity and inclusion, student government, and student activities. The second floor of Pyle is known as T.O.P. and is the student dining hall. The basement, known as the Underground, is home to study space, a general store, and large game room. In December 2023, the Pyle Center began undergoing renovations. The T.O.P. was fully renovated in August of 2022. CSA WC

Peace Resource Center

Rooted in Wilmington College's Quaker identity, the Peace Resource Center is the only academic center and archives in the United States wholly devoted to the human experience of nuclear war, vis-a-vis the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan on August 6 and 9, 1945. Founded by Quaker nuclear abolitionist

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in 1975, the PRC houses the Barbara Reynolds Memorial Archives, which is one of the most extensive collections in the United States focusing on the historical legacies of nuclear warfare on human beings and the environment. The PRC's collection also distinctively features significant documentation of the early nuclear abolition movements in Japan and the United States during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Scholars from throughout the United States and the world travel to utilize the PRC and its materials. The PRC also realizes extensive programming at the Wilmington College and beyond regarding nuclear legacies as well as nonviolent conflict transformation to promote the end of militarism as a strategy of resolving human conflict.

Residence halls

* Denver Hall (1925): Historic residence hall for fifty students. * Marble Hall (1948): Residence hall built by students led by College president Samuel Marble. The building was dedicated with an Ohio Historical Marker in 2013. * Friends Hall (1955): Residence halls in the center of campus for men and women. * Austin Pickett Hall (1965): Two large joining buildings housing freshman residence halls. In 2023, the college announced major renovations to Austin-Pickett Halls. * Campus Village (1998): Apartment-style residence buildings * College Commons (2001): Townhouse units for upperclassmen

Greek life

Wilmington College recognizes thirteen

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: three national fraternities, three local fraternities, two national sororities and three local sororities, and two auxiliaries. This group of thirteen Greek organizations constitutes the membership of the Greek Council. Additionally, Wilmington College boasts several honor societies, some international in scope.

Men's organizations

Active chapters in bold, inactive chapters italicized.
(NIC) indicates members of the

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.
(NPHC) indicates members of the

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. *Sigma Zeta (ΣΖ), 1916 – local fraternity (not to be confused with the

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honorary of the same name) *Tau Kappa Beta (ΤΚΒ), 1948 – local fraternity * Delta Theta Sigma (ΔΘΣ), 1983 – national, with agricultural affinity *

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(ΛΧΑ), 2008 – International fraternity *

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(FH), 2019 – international fraternity (NIC) *

Gamma Phi Gamma Gamma Phi Gamma () is a local social fraternity at Wilmington College (Ohio), Wilmington College in Ohio. It was established in 1907. History In 1907, college student Herbert Hayes had the idea of starting a secret society for the male students ...

(ΓΦΓ), 1907-2014(suspended)(returned) 2022 - local fraternity ::Phi Alpha Psi (ΦΑΨ), 1972-20xx – local fraternity (Inactive) ::

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(ΙΦΘ), 1984-20xx – international fraternity (NPHC and NIC) (Inactive)

Women's organizations

Active chapters in bold, inactive chapters italicized.
(NPC) indicates members of the

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.
(NPHC) indicates members of the

. *Delta Omega Theta (ΔΩΘ), 1907 – local sorority *Alpha Phi Kappa (ΑΦΚ), 1921 – local sorority *Psi Beta Omega (ΨΒΩ), 1978 – local sorority * Delta Theta Sigma Lil Sis (ΔΘΣ sisters), 1984 – auxiliary, operates as a sorority *Phi Alpha Psi Sweethearts (ΦΑΨ sisters), 1985 – auxiliary, operates as a sorority *

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(ΚΔ), 2009 – national sorority (NPC) *

Sigma Gamma Rho Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority. The sorority was founded on November 12, 1922. The organization was formed as a sorority in 1922, by seven African American women in Indianapolis, Indiana. At its i ...

(ΣΓΡ), 2017 – national sorority (NPHC) :: Iota SweetHearts (ΙΦΘ sisters), 19xx-2014? – national auxiliary for ΙΦΘ

Honor societies

Active chapters in bold, inactive chapters italicized.
(ACHS) indicates members of the

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. *

Omicron Delta Epsilon Omicron Delta Epsilon ( or ODE) is an international honor society in the field of economics, formed from the merger of Omicron Delta Gamma and Omicron Chi Epsilon, in 1963. ODE is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies. ODE in ...

(ΟΔΕ), 1991 – economics honors (ACHS) *

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(ΣΤΔ), 19xx – English honors (ACHS) *

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(ΣΔΠ), 19xx – Hispanic culture and Spanish language honors (ACHS) *

Delta Tau Alpha Delta Tau Alpha () is an American scholastic honor society for the field of agriculture. It was established at Southwest Missouri State College in 1960. History The Honor Society of Delta Tau Alpha was founded at Southwest Missouri State Coll ...

(ΔΤΑ), 19xx – agriculture honors (ACHS) ::

Phi Alpha Theta Phi Alpha Theta () is an American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history. It was created in 1921 at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It has more than 400,000 members, with new member ...

(ΦΑΘ), 1972-20xx – history honors (ACHS)

Athletics

Wilmington College athletic teams are known as the "Quakers". Their colors are dark green and lime green. The Quakers compete at the

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level and have been a member of the

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(OAC) since 2000. Wilmington College offers nine men's teams and nine women's teams, including: Before becoming a member of the NCAA, Wilmington's teams competed in the NAIA. Wilmington was previously a member of the

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from 1990 to 1996 and served as an independent until 1998. WC was in the

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from 1998 to 1999, before joining the OAC in 2000. Wilmington's conference opponents include:

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, and

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National champions

Wilmington has had nine individual National Champions - eight track & field, one cross country, and one wrestling, as well as one team National Championship. Only one athlete (Faith Duncan) is a multiple-time national champion. Wilmington College Football Team

* Nyhla Rothwell: 1997 NCAA Division III indoor high-jump * Jimmy Wallace: 2002 NCAA Division III Wrestling 157 lb * Women's Basketball: 2004 NCAA Division III National Champions * Emily Herring: 2004 NCAA Division III indoor high-jump * Doreen Nagawa: 2005 NCAA Division III outdoor triple-jump * Ashley Johnson: 2006 NCAA Division III outdoor pole vault * Callen Martin: 2010 NCAA Division III indoor 55m dash * Christian Patterson: 2014 NCAA Division III outdoor high-jump * Brady Vilvens: 2023 NCAA Division III outdoor high-jump * Faith Duncan: 2024 NCAA Division III outdoor 5000m * Faith Duncan: 2024 NCAA Division III Cross Country Individual 6K

Conference champions-NCAA Era

*Men's Basketball: '10, '14 *Women's Basketball:'92, '99, '98, '00, '99 '02, '03, '05, '07, '08 *Men's Soccer:'92, '93, '94, '95, '98, '99, '00, '04 *Women's Soccer:'93, '94, '95, '98, '99, '00, '02, '03 *Men's Track & Field: '01 *Women's Track & Field: '99, '00, '01

Notable Quaker athletics alumni

* Bill Ramseyer: Football Coach, 1972–1990 / Athletic Director, 1975–1988 * Kirk Mee '61: Baseball, Football, Track * Charles "Shifty" Bolen: Football Coach, 1923–29 * Bud Lewis, Soccer Coach 1975–2017 * Peter Nilsson: Soccer, 1997, represented

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in the

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Cincinnati Bengals

Wilmington College was the location of summer training camp for the

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of the

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from the team's first season in

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through

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, when the team moved camp to

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Notable alumni

* Willis Todhunter Ballard '26, Western novelist * Thomas Raymond Kelly '13, Quaker Theologian & Author *

J. Brent Bill J. Brent Bill (born 1951 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American author of Quaker spiritual literature. He is a graduate of Wilmington College and Earlham School of Religion and has worked as a pastor and writing coach. Works *As editor. 2002. ''Ima ...

'73, American author * Tom Blackburn, head men's basketball coach at the University of Dayton 1947 – 1964 *

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'58, Major League baseball umpire * Joseph Haines Moore 1897, American astronomer *

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'62, a

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and multiple

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-winning author, and Poet Laureate for the state of Maryland *

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and

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-winning American actor *

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, star of the television series

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1893, American educator, school administrator, lecturer, and writer * Michelle Gorelow, Member of the

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* From Lebanon University which merged with Wilmington College in 1917 **

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, an Illinois state representative and newspaper editor **

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, United States Representative from

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, former Governor of Ohio ** Clement L. Brumbaugh, United States Representative from Ohio ** Francis B. De Witt, United States Representative from Ohio ** Lucien J. Fenton, United States Representative from

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, United States Representative from Ohio ** John W. Harreld, United States Representative and Senator from

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, United States Senator from

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and Secretary of State under President

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** Monroe Henry Kulp, United States Representative from

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, United States Representative from Ohio ** John A. McDowell, United States Representative from Ohio **

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