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{{Short description|Private college in Liberty, Missouri, US}}
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'''William Jewell College''' is a [[Private university|private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in [[Liberty, Missouri]], United States. It was founded in 1849 by members of the Missouri [[Baptist]] Convention and endowed with $10,000 by [[William Jewell (educator)|William Jewell]]. It was associated with the Missouri Baptist Convention for over 150 years until it separated in 2003 and became independent. After becoming a nonsectarian institution, the college's enrollment fell by approximately 40% to 739 students in 2018. Jewell is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[Higher Learning Commission]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hlcommission.org/download/_BoardActionLetters/HLC%20Action%20Letter%20-%20William%20Jewell%20College%207.10.19.pdf |title=Public Disclosure:William Jewell College status changed from Accredited–Probation to Accredited |author=Higher Learning Commission |date=June 27, 2019 |access-date=July 11, 2019|author-link=Higher Learning Commission }}</ref>
'''William Jewell College''' was founded in 1849 when the Missouri legislature granted a charter which created the first four-year men’s college west of the Mississippi. Today, Jewell continues to earn a solid reputation as one of mid-America’s most consistently honored and academically challenging private colleges. With its academic culture and focus on student achievement, the college promises students an outstanding liberal arts education that cultivates leadership, service, and spiritual growth within a community inspired by Christian ideals and committed to open, rigorous intellectual pursuits.


==History==
===Founding===
[[File:WilliamJewell.jpg|thumb|left|upright|William Jewell]]


The college is named after [[William Jewell (educator)|William Jewell]], who in 1849 donated $10,000 to start a school. Jewell, who was from [[Columbia, Missouri]], had wanted the school built in [[Boonville, Missouri]]. However, Liberty resident [[Alexander William Doniphan]] argued that donated undeveloped land in Liberty would be more valuable than the proposed developed land in Boonville, and Liberty was eventually chosen. Judge James Turner Vance Thompson donated the hilltop land on which the campus sits.<ref>Missouri Historical Society Collections. (1912). United States: Missouri Historical Society, page 288, Vol. 4</ref> In the [[American Civil War]] during the [[Battle of Liberty]], the main building on campus, [[Jewell Hall]], was used as a [[hospital]], infirmary, and stables for the [[United States Army]]. Union troops were buried on the campus. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> The [[Mt. Memorial Cemetery]], listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, is located on the campus grounds.<ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20120504.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=May 4, 2012|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/23/12 through 4/27/12|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref> One of the school's founders was Baptist minister [[Robert S. James]], father of [[Jesse James]].
== '''Student Achievement''' ==
William Jewell students consistently earn high-profile national recognition:
• William Jewell College’s Debate Team captured the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence championship in 2007, defeating top-seeded University of California-Berkeley to win the national team title.
• In 2006 and 2007, the college claimed a Fulbright Scholar, a Goldwater Scholar, two Rhodes Scholar national finalists, a Truman Scholar, a National Institute of Health Fellow, a George J. Mitchell Scholarship, a Council of Independent Colleges American Graduate Fellowship finalist and a Point Foundation Scholar.
• William Jewell College was among a select group of colleges and universities nationwide recognized for extraordinary community service as part of the first-ever President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Students contributed more than 25,000 hours of service learning and community service in 2006-07.
• Jewell’s student athletes excel in the classroom as well as in athletic competition. In 2007 the men’s teams notched the highest grade point average in the conference for the fifth consecutive year.


On {{dts|1913|02|13}}, the nearby '''Liberty Female Institute''', also known as the '''Liberty Ladies' College''', was destroyed in a fire, which brought female students to Jewell. The unanticipated merger developed slowly, but by 1920 the women of the ladies' college were admitted to William Jewell on the same terms as men.


===Gano Chapel===
== '''Institutional Accolades''' ==
[[File:Gano Chapel at William Jewell.jpg|thumb|right|Gano Chapel in 2010]]
William Jewell College is enjoying an increasingly high national profile. Among many recent honors:
In 1926, the [[John Gano]] chapel was built, based on a donation from Gano's great-granddaughter Elizabeth Price, who lived in Kansas City. Price gave the money for the chapel with provisions that the chapel be named for Gano and that it hang a painting of Gano [[baptizing]] [[George Washington]] in the [[Potomac River]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. The college says the painting is one of the school's most popular tourist destinations and takes no stance on whether the baptism of Washington (who was an [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]]) actually took place.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,744421-3,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523132804/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,744421-3,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |title=Rupert Hughes' rebuttal of the Gano baptism legend in Time magazine |date=September 26, 1932 |access-date=November 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://infidels.org/library/historical/franklin_steiner/presidents.html |title=Franklin Steiner's refutation of the Gano baptism legend |access-date=November 12, 2009}}</ref>
• U.S. News & World Report included William Jewell among the top 184 national liberal arts colleges in its 2008 edition of “America’s Best Colleges,” and cited its orientation and assimilation activities for first-year students among its “Programs to Look For” in 2006.
• Jewell was named by The Princeton Review as one of “The Best 366 Colleges” in its 2008 edition. Only about 15% of the four-year colleges in the U.S. appear in the student survey-based rankings. Princeton also listed William Jewell in America’s “Top Ten Best Values” among all private colleges and universities in 2006.
• William Jewell faculty members have received five Fulbright awards in the last six years.
• Jewell was named “Liberal Arts College of the Year” in 2001 by TIME Magazine.


===Harriman-Jewell Series===
== '''Distinctive Programs''' ==
The Harriman-Jewell Series, a performing arts series, was founded in 1965 by Department of English Professors Dean Dunham and Richard Harriman. Harriman was especially instrumental in bringing [[Luciano Pavarotti]] to campus, where the tenor made his international solo recital debut as part of the Series in 1973. Today, the Series continues to bring world-class music, dance and theatre events to Kansas City. The 2014–2015 season marked the Series' 50th anniversary.
The internationally recognized Oxbridge Honors Program, supported by the Hall Family Foundation, combines British tutorial methods of instruction with opportunities for a year of study in Oxford or Cambridge.
• The new Applied Critical Thought and Inquiry major (ACT-In) allows most students to graduate with a second major by completing the liberal arts core plus three applied learning experiences.
• Jewell’s new Non-Profit Leadership major is one of only 90 nationwide. It allows students to fulfill all of the nonprofit competencies established by American Humanics and meets the guidelines for graduate study in philanthropy, the nonprofit sector and nonprofit leadership established by the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC).
• The Harriman-Jewell Series is considered the Midwest’s premier program in the performing arts. Luciano Pavarotti made his international solo recital debut as part of the series, and each year’s schedule includes the best and brightest dance and theater companies, orchestras, ensembles and recitalists.
• The Pryor Leadership Studies Program includes course work, community service projects and internships that help students enhance their leadership skills in a variety of settings.


Jewell students receive free tickets to Harriman-Jewell Series events, further shaping their liberal arts experience. Events are primarily held in downtown Kansas City at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and the Folly Theater.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hjseries.org/web/home.aspx|title=Harriman-Jewell Series – Home|work=hjseries.org}}</ref>


===Pryor Learning Commons===
== '''Institutional Snapshot''' ==
In August 2013, William Jewell College opened Pryor Learning Commons, a 26,000-square-foot intellectual center where students gather, learn, and create 24 hours a day. The three-story hub of campus allows for students to work as mature, independent learners, immersing and engaging in their educational experience.
Jewell students enjoy all the amenities of a small-town campus setting with big-city access. Just 20 minutes from downtown Kansas City, the 200-acre campus is perched above the historic town of Liberty among the rolling hills of western Missouri.
• Enrollment: Approximately 1,300 full-time day students; 200 students enrolled in evening classes
• Type of College: 4-year, private, residential, coeducational liberal arts
• Degrees offered: Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts; more than 60 academic degrees including major in non-profit leadership, pre-professional programs and self-designed majors


Equipped with innovation studios, recording and editing suites, a 3D printer, 80-inch touchscreens, configurable white board tables, AirMedia, live Twitter wall, coffee shop, and more, the fully donor-funded $15-million Pryor Learning Commons lends itself to the learning styles of today's students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewell.edu/pryorlearningcommons|title=PLC: Welcome|work=jewell.edu}}</ref>
For more information, visit our web site at www.jewell.edu
William Jewell College  500 College Hill  Liberty, MO 64068-1896  816-781-7700


===Sexual assault allegations===
==Notable alumni==
In May 2019 the college was named in a lawsuit filed by a former student who was raped in Browning Hall in 2017 by another student, a member of the college's football team. The Clay County prosecutor did not pursue the matter with criminal charges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article230077199.html|title=A football player raped her. She blames William Jewell College for not preventing it|last=By|website=kansascity|language=en|access-date=June 11, 2019}}</ref> The victim alleges that after the reporting of the incident she continued to be harassed by the perpetrator and members of the football team. While the college does not deny that the rape occurred,<ref>{{cite news |title=William Jewell College wants to drop rape lawsuit, says schools don't have duty to protect students from crimes |url=https://fox4kc.com/2019/06/07/william-jewell-college-denies-liability-for-2017-sexual-assault-allegation-asks-for-case-dismissal/}}</ref> the college's response in June 2019 denied any responsibility and petitioned the court to dismiss the lawsuit.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bergan |first=Shain |title=William Jewell College wants to drop rape lawsuit, says schools don't have duty to protect students from crimes |url=https://www.kctv5.com/news/william-jewell-college-wants-to-drop-rape-lawsuit-says-schools/article_628eafc0-8916-11e9-9eab-7f9d40431969.html |access-date=June 10, 2019 |publisher=KCTV Kansas City |date=June 7, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
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*[[Edwin Charles Boulton]] ([[A.B.]], [[1950]]), a [[Bishop]] of the [[United Methodist Church]]
*[[Nancy Boyda]], Democratic congresswoman from [[Kansas]], [[2007]]—
*[[Robin Carnahan]], [[Missouri Secretary of State]], [[2005]]—
*[[Chris Cissell]] ([[A.B.]], [[1994]]), head coach of men's [[soccer]] & women's [[soccer]] at William Jewell College. [[NSCAA]]/[[adidas]] [[NAIA]] Men's National Coach of the Year in 2006. <ref>William Jewell's Cissell Wins National Coach of the Year: [http://www.nscaa.com/articles/20070104200732163.php]</ref>
*[[Bill Snyder]] (A.B., [[1962]]), head [[football]] coach for [[Kansas State University]], [[1989]]–[[2005]]
*[[David Ring]], motivational speaker with [[cerebral palsy]]
*Charlie Funk, President & CEO, Iowa State Bank and Trust Company
*Kevin Hopkins, Director of the White House Office of Policy Information under [[Ronald Regan]], appointed 1982<ref>University of Texas: [http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1982/82082a.htm "Nominations & Appointments, August 20, 1982"]</ref>
*Homer Drew, Head Basketball Coach for [[Valparaiso University]]
*[[Terry Teachout]], drama critic for the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', the music critic of Commentary, and the author of "Sightings," a column about the arts in America
* Shawn C. Helms, senior attorney at Jones Day and noted author on Technology Law and Data Privacy Issues <ref>Jones Day: Shawn C. Helms [http://www.jonesday.com/shelms "Jones Day"]</ref>


==Academics==
*[[Dr. Charles Bullock III]], Professor of Political Science at the [[University of Georgia]], one of the foremost authorities on politics of the U.S. South{{Fact|date=May 2007}}
[[File:Jewell Hall 3.jpg|thumb|left|Jewell Hall in 2012]]
The college offers nearly 40 academic majors and 10 pre-professional programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewell.edu/majors|title=Majors & Minors|work=jewell.edu|date=September 6, 2019 }}</ref>

William Jewell College also provides an Oxbridge Honors Program.<ref>http://jewell.edu/oxbridge/ Oxbridge Honors Program</ref> Oxbridge majors take tutorials in their major, study abroad in [[Oxford]], and take comprehensive exams during their senior year. The college offers a Journey Grant program in which students can qualify for a minimum $2,000 grant to use their junior year of school to help create an educational experience like study abroad, leadership and service projects, internships, research, business projects, etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jewell.edu/journeygrants/|title=Journey Grants: Welcome|work=jewell.edu|date=February 7, 2018 }}</ref>

In 2019, William Jewell started the Honors Institute in Critical Thinking, a scholarship honors program that delves into analytical thinking with a self-designed practicum centered around a world issue.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 24, 2019|title=Honors Institute|url=https://jewell.edu/learn/honors/honors-institute|access-date=November 24, 2020|website=William Jewell College|language=en}}</ref>

Since 2013, the college claimed three Fulbright Scholars, two Goldwater Scholars, one Rhodes Global Scholar international finalist, two Truman Scholar finalists, one Rotary International Scholarship and ten Teach For America corps members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewell.edu/about/outcomes|title=Outcomes |date=August 30, 2018 }}</ref>

The college offers three graduate programs, all approved by the Higher Learning Commission: The Master of Arts in Teaching, the Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction, and the Artist Diploma in Voice (certificate program).<ref>{{cite web|title=Department of Education: M.S.Ed.|url=https://www.jewell.edu/join/graduate-applicants|work=jewell.edu|date=December 2, 2019 }}</ref>


== Athletics ==
== Athletics ==
{{Main|William Jewell Cardinals}}
William Jewell College's official mascot is the Cardinal. Its athletic teams compete in the [[Heart of America Conference]] of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]. The men's basketball team will move up in the Conference of the NAIA next year (2008) to Division 1. The teams are currently in Division 2.


{{See also|William Jewell Cardinals men's soccer|William Jewell Cardinals women's soccer}}
===Varsity sports===
*[[American football|Football]]
*[[Basketball]] - Men & Women
*[[Baseball]]
*[[Softball]]
*[[Willam Jewell College Men's Soccer]]
*[[William Jewell College Women's Soccer]]
*[[Volleyball]] - Women
*[[Track & Field]] - Men & Women
*[[Cross country running|Cross Country]] - Men & Women
*[[Tennis]] - Men & Women
*[[Golf]] - Men & Women
*[[Spirit Team]] - Co-ed


The William Jewell athletic teams are called the Cardinals. The college is a member of the [[NCAA Division II]] ranks, primarily competing in the [[Great Lakes Valley Conference]] (GLVC) since the 2011–12 academic year.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[NCAA]] |url=https://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Resources/Latest+News/2012/July/New+members+for+2012+13+could+include+Associations+first+Canadian+school|title=New members for 2012–13 could include Association's first Canadian school|date=July 13, 2012|access-date=August 1, 2012}}</ref><ref name="joinedGLVC">{{cite web|work=[[Great Lakes Valley Conference|GLVC]]|url=http://glvcsports.com/news/2009/10/8/GEN__wjc_1008094145.aspx|title=Great Lakes Valley Conference Admits New Member|date=October 8, 2009|access-date=August 12, 2011}}</ref> Prior to joining the NCAA, the Cardinals previously competed in the [[Heart of America Conference]] (HAAC) of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA) from 1971–72 to 2010–11;<ref name="joinedGLVC"/><ref>{{cite web|work=William Jewell College |url=http://www.jewell.edu/william_jewell/gen/william_and_jewell_generated_pages/William_Jewell_Advances_to_Year_Three_of_NCAA_Division_II_Membership_Transition_Process_p6993.html|title=William Jewell Advances to Year Three of NCAA Division II Membership Transition Process|date=July 11, 2011|access-date=August 12, 2011}}</ref> and in the [[Missouri College Athletic Union]] (MCAU) from 1924–25 to 1970–71.
{{PDL HL Stadiums}}


William Jewell competes in 25 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, quadball, [[William Jewell Cardinals men's soccer|soccer]], swimming, tennis, and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, [[William Jewell Cardinals women's soccer|soccer]], softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, volleyball and wrestling; and co-ed sports include athletic band, powerlifting and spirit team.
[[Image:WJC Chapel.JPG|thumb|300px|Gano Chapel from the Quad in 2004 after the clock tower had been repaired following the 2003 tornado.]]


== Greek life ==
== Greek life ==

=== Fraternities ===
=== Fraternities ===
*'''ΚΑ''' [[Kappa Alpha Order]] [http://www.kappaalphawjc.com/ Alpha Delta Chapter]
* '''{{lang|grc|ΚΑ}}''' [[Kappa Alpha Order]] – ''Alpha Delta chapter''
*'''ΛΧΑ''' [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] [http://www.carpetride.org/ Epsilon-Nu Zeta]
* '''{{lang|grc|ΛΧΑ}}''' [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] – ''Epsilon-Nu chapter''
*'''ΦΓΔ''' [[Phi Gamma Delta]] [http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/fiji/index.html Zeta Phi Chapter]
* '''{{lang|grc|ΦΓΔ}}''' [[Phi Gamma Delta]] (FIJI) – ''Zeta Phi chapter''
*'''ΣΝ''' [[Sigma Nu]] [http://www.wjcsigmanu.com/ Beta Xi Chapter]


=== Sororities ===
=== Sororities ===
* '''{{lang|grc|ΑΓΔ}}''' [[Alpha Gamma Delta]] – ''Epsilon Epsilon chapter''
*'''ΑΔΠ''' [[Alpha Delta Pi]] [http://www.geocities.com/adpigammanu1949 Gamma Nu Chapter]
* '''{{lang|grc|ΔΖ}}''' [[Delta Zeta]] – ''Zeta Rho chapter''
*'''ΑΓΔ''' [[Alpha Gamma Delta]] [http://www.geocities.com/jewellalphagam Epsilon Epsilon Chapter]
* '''{{lang|grc|ΖΤΑ}}''' [[Zeta Tau Alpha]] – ''Delta Chi chapter''<ref>This chapter had its origin in Iota Pi (local), which had formed in 1919. The local group would eventually accept a charter from [[Beta Sigma Omicron]] to become that sorority's ''Alpha Psi chapter'' in 1931, then participating in the national merger with {{lang|grc|ΖΤΑ}} in {{dts|1964}} when it became {{lang|grc|ΖΤΑ}}'s ''Delta Chi chapter''. However, a nearby women's college, the Liberty Ladies College, was home to the ''Omicron chapter'' of [[Beta Sigma Omicron]] from 1908 to 1913 until its building burned in a fire. Soon after, the school's operations and student body were merged into William Jewell College with an agreement on co-education and a formal school merger soon following. Out of this, {{lang|grc|ΒΣΟ}}'s ''Omicron chapter'' may be considered a second predecessor group to William Jewell's current {{lang|grc|ΖΤΑ}} chapter, even though the 6-year gap to the start of the predecessor local or the 17-yr gap to the creation of {{lang|grc|ΒΣΟ}}'s ''Alpha Psi chapter'' probably didn't allow any alumnae continuity.</ref><!--This could have been rendered as an EFN, but it is rather lengthy. Hence I moved it to a reference.-->
*'''ΔΖ''' [[Delta Zeta]] [http://www.geocities.com/zetarho2004 Zeta Rho Chapter]
*'''ΖΤΑ''' [[Zeta Tau Alpha]] [http://www.jewell-zta.com/ Delta Chi Chapter]


==See also==
==Notable alumni==
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* [[Student Association of Missouri]]
* [[Cyrus Avery]] (1870–1963), businessman and "Father of Route 66"
* [[Eugene Monroe Bartlett]] (1885–1941), Christian singer, songwriter and producer of gospel music.
* [[Daniel Belcher]], [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-winning operatic baritone
* [[Edwin Charles Boulton]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]], 1950), a [[bishop]] of the [[United Methodist Church]]
* [[Nancy Boyda]], deputy assistant secretary of defense for manpower and personnel; former Democratic congresswoman from [[Kansas]], 2007–2009
* [[Hilary A. Bush]] (BA 1926), Missouri lieutenant governor
* [[Greg Canuteson]], former state representative and Mayor of Liberty
* [[Robin Carnahan]], [[Missouri Secretary of State]], 2005–2013
* [[Tom Carnegie]] (AB 1942), longtime voice of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500 car race as track announcer from 1946 to 2006.
* [[Donald Marolf]] (1984), [[Theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]] and professor at [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]; known for being one of the originators of the [[Firewall (physics)|black hole firewall paradox]].
* [[Chris Cissell]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]], 1994), current head coach of women's soccer at University of Missouri Kansas City. Former head coach of men's [[soccer]] & women's [[soccer]] at William Jewell College. [[NSCAA]]/[[adidas]] [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] Men's National Coach of the Year in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nscaa.com/articles/20070104200732163.php |title=William Jewell's Cissell Wins National Coach of the Year |publisher=Nscaa.com |date=October 5, 2006 |access-date=January 31, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Russ Cline]], co-founder of Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League (now called National Lacrosse League), owner of Philadelphia Wings<ref>[[Russ Cline]]</ref>
* [[Earl Thomas Coleman]], Republican congressman from [[Missouri]], 1977–1993
* [[Jim Davis (actor)|Jim Davis]], actor, portrayed Jock Ewing on "Dallas" TV series<ref>[[Jim Davis (actor)]]</ref>
* [[Connie Dover]], Celtic and American music folk singer, songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conniedover.com/bio.shtml |title=Connie Dover biography}}</ref>
* [[Homer Drew]], head basketball coach at [[Valparaiso University]]
* [[Zel Fischer]], [[Missouri Supreme Court]] Judge
* [[James B. Graham]], former Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts and former [[Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://auditor.ky.gov/Documents/BicentennialPDF/JamesBGraham.pdf|title=James B. Graham|publisher=Office of the Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts}}</ref>
*[[William Hardin Harrison]], US Army general
* [[Larry Holley]], former basketball coach at [[Central Methodist University]] and [[Northwest Missouri State University]] and former head coach at William Jewell College. Has the ninth most wins in college basketball.
* [[James J. Jenkins]] American psychologist
* [[Brian Knight]] Major League Baseball Umpire since 2011
* [[Dan Lanning]], Head football coach, University of Oregon
* [[Gatewood Lincoln]], 19th and 22nd [[Governor of American Samoa]] (only attended, did not graduate)
* [[Don Page (physicist)|Don Page]] (BA 1971), theoretical physicist at the [[University of Alberta]].
* [[David Ring]], motivational speaker with [[cerebral palsy]]
* [[Roy Sanders (National League pitcher)|Roy Sanders]], former professional baseball player
* [[Bill Snyder]] (A.B., 1962), head [[American football]] coach for [[Kansas State University]], 1989–2005; 2009–2018
* [[Josephine L. Staton]], [[United States federal judge|United States federal district judge]] on the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California]]
* [[Orvar Swenson]] (1933), pediatric surgeon
* [[Terry Teachout]], biographer, playwright, opera librettist, drama critic for the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', and critic-at-large of ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]]''
* [[JD Gravina]] (B.S. 2000), Head Women's Basketball Coach at [[Western Illinois University]]<ref>Head Women's Basketball Coach at [[Western Illinois University]]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.jewell.edu Official website]
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.truejewell.com Unofficial website]
* [http://jewellcardinals.com William & Jewell athletics website]


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William Jewell College
MottoDeo Fisus Labora (Latin)
Motto in English
Trust in God, Work
TypePrivate liberal arts college
Established1849; 176 years ago (1849)
Academic affiliation
Annapolis Group
PresidentSusan Chambers (interim)
Students853 (fall 2022)[1]
Location
Liberty, Missouri
,
U.S.

39°14′47″N 94°24′44″W / 39.246263°N 94.412159°W / 39.246263; -94.412159
CampusSuburban
ColorsBlack and red[2]
   
NicknameCardinals
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division II - GLVC
Websitewww.jewell.edu

William Jewell College is a private liberal arts college in Liberty, Missouri, United States. It was founded in 1849 by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention and endowed with $10,000 by William Jewell. It was associated with the Missouri Baptist Convention for over 150 years until it separated in 2003 and became independent. After becoming a nonsectarian institution, the college's enrollment fell by approximately 40% to 739 students in 2018. Jewell is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.[3]

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William Jewell

The college is named after William Jewell, who in 1849 donated $10,000 to start a school. Jewell, who was from Columbia, Missouri, had wanted the school built in Boonville, Missouri. However, Liberty resident Alexander William Doniphan argued that donated undeveloped land in Liberty would be more valuable than the proposed developed land in Boonville, and Liberty was eventually chosen. Judge James Turner Vance Thompson donated the hilltop land on which the campus sits.[4] In the American Civil War during the Battle of Liberty, the main building on campus, Jewell Hall, was used as a hospital, infirmary, and stables for the United States Army. Union troops were buried on the campus. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[5] The Mt. Memorial Cemetery, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, is located on the campus grounds.[6] One of the school's founders was Baptist minister Robert S. James, father of Jesse James.

On February 13, 1913, the nearby Liberty Female Institute, also known as the Liberty Ladies' College, was destroyed in a fire, which brought female students to Jewell. The unanticipated merger developed slowly, but by 1920 the women of the ladies' college were admitted to William Jewell on the same terms as men.

Gano Chapel

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Gano Chapel in 2010

In 1926, the John Gano chapel was built, based on a donation from Gano's great-granddaughter Elizabeth Price, who lived in Kansas City. Price gave the money for the chapel with provisions that the chapel be named for Gano and that it hang a painting of Gano baptizing George Washington in the Potomac River during the American Revolutionary War. The college says the painting is one of the school's most popular tourist destinations and takes no stance on whether the baptism of Washington (who was an Episcopalian) actually took place.[7][8]

Harriman-Jewell Series

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The Harriman-Jewell Series, a performing arts series, was founded in 1965 by Department of English Professors Dean Dunham and Richard Harriman. Harriman was especially instrumental in bringing Luciano Pavarotti to campus, where the tenor made his international solo recital debut as part of the Series in 1973. Today, the Series continues to bring world-class music, dance and theatre events to Kansas City. The 2014–2015 season marked the Series' 50th anniversary.

Jewell students receive free tickets to Harriman-Jewell Series events, further shaping their liberal arts experience. Events are primarily held in downtown Kansas City at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and the Folly Theater.[9]

Pryor Learning Commons

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In August 2013, William Jewell College opened Pryor Learning Commons, a 26,000-square-foot intellectual center where students gather, learn, and create 24 hours a day. The three-story hub of campus allows for students to work as mature, independent learners, immersing and engaging in their educational experience.

Equipped with innovation studios, recording and editing suites, a 3D printer, 80-inch touchscreens, configurable white board tables, AirMedia, live Twitter wall, coffee shop, and more, the fully donor-funded $15-million Pryor Learning Commons lends itself to the learning styles of today's students.[10]

Sexual assault allegations

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In May 2019 the college was named in a lawsuit filed by a former student who was raped in Browning Hall in 2017 by another student, a member of the college's football team. The Clay County prosecutor did not pursue the matter with criminal charges.[11] The victim alleges that after the reporting of the incident she continued to be harassed by the perpetrator and members of the football team. While the college does not deny that the rape occurred,[12] the college's response in June 2019 denied any responsibility and petitioned the court to dismiss the lawsuit.[13]

Academics

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Jewell Hall in 2012

The college offers nearly 40 academic majors and 10 pre-professional programs.[14]

William Jewell College also provides an Oxbridge Honors Program.[15] Oxbridge majors take tutorials in their major, study abroad in Oxford, and take comprehensive exams during their senior year. The college offers a Journey Grant program in which students can qualify for a minimum $2,000 grant to use their junior year of school to help create an educational experience like study abroad, leadership and service projects, internships, research, business projects, etc.[16]

In 2019, William Jewell started the Honors Institute in Critical Thinking, a scholarship honors program that delves into analytical thinking with a self-designed practicum centered around a world issue.[17]

Since 2013, the college claimed three Fulbright Scholars, two Goldwater Scholars, one Rhodes Global Scholar international finalist, two Truman Scholar finalists, one Rotary International Scholarship and ten Teach For America corps members.[18]

The college offers three graduate programs, all approved by the Higher Learning Commission: The Master of Arts in Teaching, the Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction, and the Artist Diploma in Voice (certificate program).[19]

Athletics

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Main article: William Jewell Cardinals
See also: William Jewell Cardinals men's soccer and William Jewell Cardinals women's soccer

The William Jewell athletic teams are called the Cardinals. The college is a member of the NCAA Division II ranks, primarily competing in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) since the 2011–12 academic year.[20][21] Prior to joining the NCAA, the Cardinals previously competed in the Heart of America Conference (HAAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1971–72 to 2010–11;[21][22] and in the Missouri College Athletic Union (MCAU) from 1924–25 to 1970–71.

William Jewell competes in 25 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, quadball, soccer, swimming, tennis, and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, volleyball and wrestling; and co-ed sports include athletic band, powerlifting and spirit team.

Greek life

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Fraternities

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Sororities

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Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ "William Jewell College". NCES. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  2. ^ William Jewell Brand Standards (PDF). Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  3. ^ Higher Learning Commission (June 27, 2019). "Public Disclosure:William Jewell College status changed from Accredited–Probation to Accredited" (PDF). Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  4. ^ Missouri Historical Society Collections. (1912). United States: Missouri Historical Society, page 288, Vol. 4
  5. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  6. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/23/12 through 4/27/12. National Park Service. May 4, 2012.
  7. ^ "Rupert Hughes' rebuttal of the Gano baptism legend in Time magazine". September 26, 1932. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
  8. ^ "Franklin Steiner's refutation of the Gano baptism legend". Retrieved November 12, 2009.
  9. ^ "Harriman-Jewell Series – Home". hjseries.org.
  10. ^ "PLC: Welcome". jewell.edu.
  11. ^ By. "A football player raped her. She blames William Jewell College for not preventing it". kansascity. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  12. ^ "William Jewell College wants to drop rape lawsuit, says schools don't have duty to protect students from crimes".
  13. ^ Bergan, Shain (June 7, 2019). "William Jewell College wants to drop rape lawsuit, says schools don't have duty to protect students from crimes". KCTV Kansas City. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  14. ^ "Majors & Minors". jewell.edu. September 6, 2019.
  15. ^ http://jewell.edu/oxbridge/ Oxbridge Honors Program
  16. ^ "Journey Grants: Welcome". jewell.edu. February 7, 2018.
  17. ^ "Honors Institute". William Jewell College. July 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  18. ^ "Outcomes". August 30, 2018.
  19. ^ "Department of Education: M.S.Ed". jewell.edu. December 2, 2019.
  20. ^ "New members for 2012–13 could include Association's first Canadian school". NCAA. July 13, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  21. ^ a b "Great Lakes Valley Conference Admits New Member". GLVC. October 8, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  22. ^ "William Jewell Advances to Year Three of NCAA Division II Membership Transition Process". William Jewell College. July 11, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  23. ^ This chapter had its origin in Iota Pi (local), which had formed in 1919. The local group would eventually accept a charter from Beta Sigma Omicron to become that sorority's Alpha Psi chapter in 1931, then participating in the national merger with ΖΤΑ in 1964 when it became ΖΤΑ's Delta Chi chapter. However, a nearby women's college, the Liberty Ladies College, was home to the Omicron chapter of Beta Sigma Omicron from 1908 to 1913 until its building burned in a fire. Soon after, the school's operations and student body were merged into William Jewell College with an agreement on co-education and a formal school merger soon following. Out of this, ΒΣΟ's Omicron chapter may be considered a second predecessor group to William Jewell's current ΖΤΑ chapter, even though the 6-year gap to the start of the predecessor local or the 17-yr gap to the creation of ΒΣΟ's Alpha Psi chapter probably didn't allow any alumnae continuity.
  24. ^ "William Jewell's Cissell Wins National Coach of the Year". Nscaa.com. October 5, 2006. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  25. ^ Russ Cline
  26. ^ Jim Davis (actor)
  27. ^ "Connie Dover biography".
  28. ^ "James B. Graham" (PDF). Office of the Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts.
  29. ^ Head Women's Basketball Coach at Western Illinois University
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