Wheeling Jesuit University
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| Wheeling Jesuit University | |||||||||
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| City: | Wheeling, West Virginia | ||||||||
| Country: | United States | ||||||||
| General Information | |||||||||
| Type: | University | ||||||||
| Founded: | 1954 | ||||||||
| Athletics: | NCAA Division II | ||||||||
| Address & Contact Information | |||||||||
| Address: | 316 Washington Avenue | ||||||||
| City: | Wheeling | ||||||||
| State/Province: | West Virginia | ||||||||
| Postal code: | 26003-6243 | ||||||||
| Country: | United States | ||||||||
| Website | |||||||||
| www.wju.edu | |||||||||
Wheeling Jesuit University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university located in the United States of America in Wheeling, West Virginia. It is the youngest of the nation's 28 Jesuit institutions and the only Catholic institution of higher learning in the state of West Virginia. It was founded as Wheeling College in 1954 and approximately 1,200 undergraduate students attend WJU. Wheeling offers 30 undergraduate majors and 6 graduate programs. The campus also 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. Wheeling Jesuit University competes in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC). The motto of Wheeling Jesuit University is Luceat Lux Vestra, which means "Let your light shine."
The Jesuit community is involved in Wheeling Jesiut University's education. The Jesuits are active in many of the universities academic works, such as the Appalachian Institute on Campus. Members of Wheeling's Jesuit Community reside at Whelan Hall, dedicated in 1955.
[edit] Contact Information
316 Washington Avenue; Wheeling, West Virginia 26003-6243, United States. (800) 624-6992
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