Wheeling Jesuit University

Wheeling Jesuit University is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic university in the United States. Located in Wheeling, West Virginia, it was founded as Wheeling College in 1954 by the Society of Jesus (known as the Jesuits). Today, Wheeling Jesuit University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and is known as the birthplace of the Churchill Society, Wheeling.

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Roman Catholic - University - United States - Wheeling, West Virginia - Society of Jesus - Jesuits - Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities - Churchill Society, Wheeling

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The campus houses two prominent National Aeronautic and Space Administration buildings: Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) and Erma Ora Byrd Center for Educational Technologies (CET). The CET building is the official home of NASA's Classroom of the Future.

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Wheeling Jesuit University competes in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC).

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National Collegiate Athletic Association - West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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The motto of Wheeling Jesuit University is Luceat Lux Vestra, which means "Let your light shine."

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