Willamette University

University information

Motto

Non nobis solum nati sumus (Latin)

Motto in English

Not unto ourselves alone are we born

Established

1842

Type

Private

Religious affiliation

United Methodist Church

Endowment

US$283 million

President

M. Lee Pelton

Vice-president

Kristen Grainger

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Steven E. Wynne

Faculty

315

Students

2566

Under graduates

1780

Post graduates

786

City

Salem

State

Oregon

Country

United States of America

Campus

Urban
80 acre (323748.5 m2)

Former names

Oregon Institute
Wallamet University

Sports

20 Varsity Teams

Colors

Cardinal & Old Gold

Athletic nickname

Bearcats

Mascot

Blitz

Athletics

NCAA Division III
Northwest Conference

Affiliations

Annapolis Group

Website

Willamette.edu

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Willamette University is an American private institution of higher learning located in Salem, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest university in the Western United States. Willamette is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges, and is made up of an undergraduate College of Liberal Arts and post-graduate schools of business, law, and education. The university is a member of the NCAA's Division III Northwest Conference. Willamette's mascot is the bearcat and old gold and cardinal are the school colors. Approximately 2,500 students are enrolled at Willamette between the graduate and undergraduate programs. The school employs over 200 full-time professors on the 69 acre (279233.1 m2) campus located across the street from the Oregon State Capitol.

Originally named the Oregon Institute, the school was an unaffiliated outgrowth of the Methodist Mission. The name was changed to Wallamet University in 1852, followed by the current spelling in 1870. Willamette founded the first medical school and law school in the Pacific Northwest in the second half of the 19th century. In the 20th century, the school started a sister school relationship with Tokyo International University of America and began competing in intercollegiate athletics.

Willamette's undergraduate programs exist within the school's College of Liberal Arts. The school was rated 59th among American liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report in 2009. The oldest of the graduate programs is the College of Law, founded in 1883 and currently located in the Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center. Established in 1974, Atkinson Graduate School of Management is housed in the Seeley G. Mudd Building. The School of Education, established in 1996, has an enrollment of 250 students.

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