Wesleyan College is a private, liberal arts college for women located in Macon, Georgia.

Students

Wesleyan College has an undergraduate student population of around 700. It has a student-faculty ratio of 1:11, and an average class size of 20 students. Students from more than 20 states and 20 countries around the world attend the school each year. Wesleyan offers 33 majors, minors, and pre-professional programs for its students.

Campus

Wesleyan College has an arboreal 200 acre (800,000 m²) campus dotted with revivalist Georgian style brick buildings. It features a 6.3 acre (25,000 m²) lake, Foster Lake, as well as an equestrian field.

Wesleyan's Campus hosts many diverse events each year. Midsummer Macon , a music and arts program for children and young adults, is held here every summer. The school also hosts several popular events of the Macon Cherry Blossom Festival every springtime, such as the annual hot air balloon launch. Porter Auditorium was once the home of the Macon Symphony Orchestra but it still hosts many musical and theatrical events and competitions. Wesleyan is also important to the community as it holds many award day programs for the public schools around Macon.

History

Founded on December 23, 1836 as the Georgia Female College, it is the first and oldest college in the world to grant degrees to women. It was renamed Wesleyan Female College in 1843 and later shortened to the present name Wesleyan College in 1917.

Wesleyan College was also the birthplace of the first sororities: the Adelphian Society in 1851, now known as Alpha Delta Pi, and the Philomathean Society in 1852, now known as Phi Mu.

The school color is purple.

Well-known alumni

Soong Sisters

Neva Langley Fickling , 1953 Miss America

Sandra Deer , playwright

Kathryn Stripling Byer , poet

Toni Jennings, Florida Lt Governor

Catherine Brewer Benson , first woman to earn a college degree

Links

Wesleyan College Website