Kentucky Wesleyan College

Kentucky Wesleyan College in Millersburg , active from 1858 to 1890 Kentucky Wesleyan College was founded in 1858 by the Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church . It was originally located in rural Millersburg , Kentucky. Classes began in 1866 and the first commencement took place in 1868. At first, it was a training school for preachers, but soon business and liberal arts classes were added to the curriculum . In 1890, the school was moved to Winchester and soon after, women began to be admitted for the first time. In 1951, Lawrence W. Hager raised over US$ 1,000,000 to move the school to its present location in Kentucky's fourth largest city, Owensboro . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Presidents College presidents include: [ 6 ] 1. Charles Taylor (1866–1870) Interim A.G. Murphy (1869–1870) 2. Benjamin Arbogast (1870–1873) 3. John Darby (1873–1875) 4. Thomas J. Dodd (1875–1876) 5. William H. Anderson (1876–1879) 6. David W. Batson (1879–1883) 7. Alexander Redd (1883–1884) 8. David W. Batson (1884–1893) 9. Benjamin T. Spencer (1893–1895) 10. Eugene H. Pearce (1895–1900) 11. John L. Weber (1901–1906) 12. Henry K. Taylor (1906–1909) 13. John J. Tigert (1909–1911) 14. James L. Clark (1911–1919) 15. William B. Campbell (1919–1924) 16. U. V. W. Darlington (1924–1925) 17. David C. Hull (1925–1928) Interim Walter V. Cropper (1928–1929) 18. Clarence M. Dannelly (1929–1932) 19. Reginald V. Bennett (1932–1937) 20. Paul S. Powell (1937–1950) 21. John F. Baggett (1950–1951) 22. Oscar W. Lever (1951–1959) 23. Dr. Harold P. Hamilton (1959–1970) 24. William E. James (1971–1979) 25. Luther W. White (1979–1988) 26. Paul W. Hartman (1988–1993) Interim Ray C. Purdom (1993–1994) 27. Wesley H. Poling (1994–2004) 28. Anne C. Federlein (2004–2008) Interim Dr. M. Michael Fagan (2008) 29. Cheryl D. King (2008–2011) 30. W. Craig Turner (2011–2014) 31. Barton D. Darrell (2014–2019) President Emeritus (2019–present) Interim Gene Tice (2019) 32. Thomas Mitzel (2020–2024) 33.

James Cousins (2025-) [ 7 ]

The Barnard-Jones Administration Building Kentucky Wesleyan offers 30 majors and 13 pre-professional programs [ 8 ] and has a student-to-faculty ratio of 13:1. [ 9 ] Academics are divided into four divisions: Fine Arts & Humanities, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Professional Studies, and Social Sciences. [ 10 ] Rankings Kentucky Wesleyan College was ranked #24 (tie) in the Regional Colleges South category by U.S. News & World Report in 2022–23. The college was also named #33 in Top Performers on Social mobility. [ 11 ]

Kentucky Wesleyan is located on 55 acres of land. [ 3 ] Their campus includes buildings for academics, administration, student residence halls, and athletic facilities. Academic and administrative buildings [ 12 ] Barnard-Jones Administration building, which houses the Office of Admissions and includes Tapscott Chapel and the Snyder Faculty Office building. Winchester Campus Community Center, a student space that has meeting spaces, student organization offices, and the campus security office. Hocker Family Dining Center/Greenwell Library and Learning Center, a large building that includes the dining hall, library, computer labs, student work spaces, and group and individual study spaces. This building connects to the Winchester Center for student ease of access. Ralph Center for Fine Arts and Communication Arts, an academic building housing the majority of the Fine Arts and Humanities degree programs and the auditorium. Yu Hak Hahn Center for the Sciences, an academic building that includes the majority of the Natural Sciences & Mathematics and some Social Sciences degree program classes.