Ohio Wesleyan University

Ohio Wesleyan University (also Wesleyan or OWU) is a private coeducational liberal arts college located in Delaware, Ohio.

Students

Ohio Wesleyan University has an on-campus house capacity of 1,600 students. First-year students are required to live on campus for the first two semesters at Ohio Wesleyan; upperclass students are placed in dormitories through a lottery system. Thompson, Bashford, Stuyvesant and Smith Halls are traditional dormitories on campus. Welch Hall is designated as a "quiet" dorm for honors students. Hayes Hall is an all-female dorm.

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Other housing options include single-sex, coed, small living units and cooperative housing where student participate in the food and housekeeping chores.

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Small Living Units (SLUs) are small co-ops for groups of 15 students. The co-ops are organized to promote awareness on various social issues, which usually determine the co-op name: The Peace and Justice House, The House of Black Culture, The Creative Arts House, The Women's House, The Modern Foreign Languages House, The House of Thought, and The House of Hope.

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Student organizations at Wesleyan include ProgressOWU; Pride (serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community), The Babbling Bishops, an improvisational comedy troupe, and The OWtsiders, one of the country's best co-ed acapella groups.

Related Topics:
Gay - Lesbian - Bisexual - Transgender

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OWU's The OWL, is one of the nation's oldest college literary magazines, while the school newspaper, The Transcript, is the oldest college newspaper in the country.

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Students operate WSLN 98.7 FM - (aka "The Line") from its studio in Slocum Hall. The 15 watt station has a three mile broadcast range and primarily serves the student and local population. The station is under the supervision of the Journalism Department.

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