Western Oregon University

Western Oregon University
founding	1856
Sponsorship	state
place	Monmouth, Oregon , USA
president	Rex Fuller
Students	approx. 5,185
University sports	NCAA Division II-Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Website	www.wou.edu

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The Western Oregon University (WOU) is a public liberal arts college in Monmouth in the State of Oregon . Founded in 1856, Oregon's oldest state college specializes in education and teacher training .

history

The college was founded in 1856 as Monmouth University by the first settlers of the Oregon Trail . In the period that followed, there were seven renaming. In 1865 there was a merger with the Bethel College from Bethel. The new private college was called Christian College . In 1882 the nationalization and conversion into a normal school took place under the name Oregon State Normal School and later Oregon Normal School . There was steady growth over the next few decades, so that the college exceeded 1,000 students in the 1920s. In 1939 it was renamed Oregon College of Education . In the following years the academic program expanded beyond teacher training into the fields of liberal arts and natural sciences. Because of the expanded program, the college was renamed Western Oregon State College in 1977 and was given its current name in 1997.

Organization and study

The vast majority of students obtain a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science . A master’s degree is also offered in educational subjects and in individual subjects in the social sciences .

Well-known graduates

• Ariana Richards , actress

literature

• Ellis A. Stebbins, Gary Huxford: Since 1856… Historical Views of the College at Monmouth . Western Oregon State College, Monmouth 1995, ISBN 978-0-9650625-0-3 (English, 442 pages).

Web links

Commons : Western Oregon University  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Office of the President. In: wou.edu. Western Oregon University, accessed December 19, 2019 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Quick facts. In: wou.edu. Western Oregon University, accessed December 19, 2019 .  
3. ^ Ellis A. Stebbins, Gary Huxford: Since 1856 ... Historical Views of the College at Monmouth . Western Oregon State College, Monmouth 1995, ISBN 978-0-9650625-0-3 (English, 442 pages).
4. ^ Graduate Programs. In: wou.edu. Western Oregon University, accessed December 19, 2019 .  

Coordinates: 44 ° 51 ′ 12.1 ″  N , 123 ° 14 ′ 31.8 ″  W.