Barnard College
| Barnard College | |
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| motto |
Hepomene toi logismoi
"Following the path of logic" |
| founding | 1889 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | New York City , USA |
| president | Sian Leah Beilock |
| Students | 2,356 |
| Employee | 800 |
| including professors | 319 |
| Foundation assets | $ 216 million |
| Website | barnard.edu |
The Barnard College , 1889 founded, is an independent college of liberal arts (liberal arts) and science for women in New York City . Although partnered with Columbia University , Barnard has its own campus , faculty, administration, board of directors , budget and funding. The college has been located on the 1.6- acre campus between 116th and 120th Streets West in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan since 1898 .
The college is named after Frederick AP Barnard (1809–89), an American teacher and mathematician, who served as President of Columbia College (as the university was then called) from 1864–89. He campaigned for equal access to education for women and even preferred teaching together.
Mascot: The she-bear "Millie". Although the athletes from Columbia and Barnard play on the university-wide “Lions” teams, the college retains its own mascot for historical reasons.
history
At its founding in 1889, the College in a rented home, 343 was Madison Avenue , scheduled meetings in the six university lecturers 14 students, and 22 "Special" ( specials ) where proof of sufficient knowledge of Greek was missing, and therefore only science study were allowed to teach. Just two years after moving to Morningside Heights, i. H. in 1900, Barnard was incorporated into the Columbia University system. It retained its independent leadership, however, and its female students were given access to classes, the library, and Columbia University degrees.
Personalities
Lecturers
- Harriet Brooks , nuclear physicist
- Helene P. Foley , Graecist
- Mary Gordon , writer
- Margaret Maltby , chemist
- Gabriela Mistral , Nobel Prize in Literature 1945
- Elaine Pagels , theologian
- John Walsh , art historian
- Elie Wiesel , writer, Nobel Peace Prize 1986
Graduates
- Laurie Anderson , performance artist and musician
- Natalie Angier , science journalist
- Charlotte Armstrong , writer
- Grace Lee Boggs , writer, civil rights activist, and feminist.
- Ann Brashares , youth writer
- Elise Cowen , poet
- Edwidge Danticat , writer
- Tory Dent , poet, writer and art critic
- Suelette Dreyfus , media scientist and author
- Helen Gahagan , actress and Democratic Party politician
- Sprague Grayden , actress
- Lauren Graham , actress
- Patricia Highsmith , writer
- Zora Neale Hurston , writer and folklorist
- Elana James , jazz violinist
- Karla Jay , English professor and LGBT activist
- Joyce Johnson , writer
- Erica Jong , writer
- Jeane Kirkpatrick , United States Ambassador to the UN (1981 to 1985)
- Jhumpa Lahiri , author
- Margaret Mead , anthropologist and ethnologist
- Agnes E. Meyer , journalist and patron
- Alice Duer Miller , writer, poet and feminist.
- Judith Miller , journalist
- Cynthia Nixon , actress
- Elsie Clews Parsons , sociologist and anthropologist
- Lee Remick , actress
- Joan Rivers , entertainer
- Anna J. Schwartz , economist
- Liliana Segura , journalist
- Martha Stewart , editor
- Anna Diggs Taylor , lawyer, first female judge in a federal court
- Twyla Tharp , choreographer and ballet master
- Suzanne Vega , singer and songwriter.
- Jeannette Walls , journalist
- Jane Wyatt , actress
Web links
- Literature about Barnard College in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 40 ° 48 ′ 34.3 " N , 73 ° 57 ′ 48.8" W.