Wheeling Jesuit University
Wheeling Jesuit University WJU |
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motto | Luceat Lux Vestra |
founding | 1954 |
Sponsorship | Roman Catholic |
place | Wheeling , West Virginia , USA |
president | James J. Flemming |
Students | 1619 |
Professors | 88 |
Website | www.wju.edu |
The Wheeling Jesuit University is a private university in Roman Catholic , Jesuit sponsorship, based in Wheeling , West Virginia , USA .
The college was founded in 1954 by the Jesuit Order as Wheeling College . In 1987 the university was renamed Wheeling Jesuit College . In 1990 it received university status. She is one of 28 members of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities .
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Coordinates: 40 ° 4 ′ 14.2 ″ N , 80 ° 41 ′ 31 ″ W.