Virginia Wesleyan College

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Virginia Wesleyan College

Established:	1961
Type:	Private college
Religious affiliation:	United Methodist Church
Endowment:	US $45.8 million
President:	William T. Greer, Jr.
Faculty:	83
Students:	1,446
Location:	Norfolk, VA, USA
Campus:	Suburban, 300 acres (1.21 km²)
Colors:	Blue and Sliver
Nickname:	Marlins
Athletics:	NCAA Division III, ODAC
Website:	www.vwc.edu

Virginia Wesleyan College is a small Methodist liberal arts college on the border of Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia offering a Bachelor of Arts in many disciplines and has added Bachelor of Science programs as well. Virginia Wesleyan College boasts a strong student-to-faculty ratio and has shown steady campus growth for several years.

[edit] Distinctions

The college made the 2004 US News and World Report List of Best Colleges and it earned distinction for ten major programs in the 20th edition of Rugg's Recommendations on Colleges.

The major programs for which it earned distinction are:

Biology
Communications/Journalism
MBE (Management, Business and Economics)
Political Science
Pre-Law
Pre-Med/Pre-Dental
Psychology
Recreation and Leisure Studies
Religious Studies
Sociology

[edit] Athletics

Virginia Wesleyan competes in Division III of the NCAA, as a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The men's basketball team won the national championship in 2006. The women's soccer team made it to the final four in Disney World in [2006] after winning the ODAC tournament for the first time in program history.

[edit] External links

VWC.edu: The Virginia Wesleyan College homepage

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