William Jewell College
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William Jewell College is a private, four-year liberal arts college of 1,274 undergraduate students located in Liberty, Missouri. It was founded in 1849 by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention. The college is named after Dr. William Jewell who donated the land the college was built on. In the 2005 edition of the Princeton Review, Jewell was named the Best Bargain among American private colleges.
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Academics
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William Jewell College
Jewell offers the distinctive Oxbridge Honors program, the only program in the United States offering a full curriculum of tutorial-based instruction in conjunction with a year of study in England. This highly personalized approach to education, with many opportunities for personal connections with faculty members, combines the British and American approaches to education. This writing-intensive program extends over all 4 years of college, with the junior year spent at either Oxford or Cambridge.
Athletics
William Jewell College's official mascot is the Cardinal. Its athletic teams compete in the Heart of America Conference of the NAIA.
Varsity sports
- Football
- Basketball - Men & Women
- Baseball
- Softball
- Soccer - Men & Women
- Volleyball - Women
- Track & Field - Co-ed
- Cross Country - Men & Women
- Tennis - Men & Women
- Golf - Men & Women
- Spirit Team - Co-ed
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William Jewell Cardinals
Greek Life
Fraternities
- ΛΧΑ Lambda Chi Alpha Epsilon-Nu Zeta (http://www.carpetride.org/)
- ΦΓΔ Phi Gamma Delta Zeta Phi Chapter (http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/fiji/index.html)
- ΚΑ Kappa Alpha Order Alpha Delta Chapter (http://emir.jewell.edu/orgs/ka)
Sororities
- ΑΔΠ Alpha Delta Pi Gamma Nu Chapter (http://www.geocities.com/adpigammanu1949)
- ΑΓΔ Alpha Gamma Delta Epsilon Epsilon Chapter (http://www.geocities.com/jewellalphagam)
- ΔΖ Delta Zeta Zeta Rho Chapter (http://www.geocities.com/zetarho2004)
- ΖΤΑ Zeta Tau Alpha Delta Chi Chapter (http://www.jewellzta.com/)
Campus
See also
External links
- Official homepage -- http://www.jewell.edu/
- Homepage of the Computer Studies Department -- http://compsci.jewell.edu/
- Princeton Review's Best Bargain -- http://campus.jewell.edu/contacts/headlines/headline_782.html