William Jewell College

500 College Hill, Liberty, MO 64068-1896 -  View Map

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• William Jewell College is a campus of achievement that promises to offer students an outstanding liberal arts education with a focus on cultivating leadership, service and spiritual growth within a community inspired by rigorous intellectual challenges and Christian ideals.
• Founded in 1849, William Jewell College is a campus of achievement, offering students an outstanding liberal arts education with a unique focus on cultivating leadership within an environment that values intellectual challenge and personal and spiritual growth. Jewell offers students all the amenities of a beautiful liberal arts campus setting, with exceptional recreational and athletic facilities. Just 20 minutes from downtown Kansas City, the campus is perched above the historic town of Liberty, among the beautiful rolling hills of western Missouri.
• U.S. News & World Report included William Jewell among the top 200 liberal arts colleges nationally in its 2007 edition of “America’s Best Colleges,” and cited its orientation and assimilation activities for first-year students among its “Programs to Look For” in 2006. Jewell was named by The Princeton Review as one of America’s “Top Ten Best Values” among all private colleges and universities in 2006.
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• Women’s basketball: DMACC’s Wood signs with William Jewell College (Boone News Republican)
  posted on June 13, 2011 at 09:37:27 pm
  Des Moines Area Community College sophomore Katlyn Wood, of Monroe, has signed a national letter of intent to play women’s basketball at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo.
• Tonganoxie High grad Baragary receives honors at William Jewell (The Tonganoxie Mirror)
  posted on June 10, 2011 at 04:37:23 pm
  Austin Baragary has been selected to serve as a Cardinal Host to guests and visitors for the 2011-12 school year at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo.
• Indians' Gross to play at William Jewell (Lake Sun Leader)
  posted on April 22, 2011 at 01:13:38 pm
  School of the Osage senior tennis standout Will Gross will continue his career on the court next year. On Monday, April 18, Gross signed a letter of intent to play tennis at William Jewell College.
• There’s a high calling in private higher education (The Kansas City Star)
  posted on April 11, 2011 at 01:26:20 am
  “As the dialogue continues about how current economic circumstances will affect higher education here, I hope the essential role that private colleges play will be considered as this important public policy discussion unfolds,” writes David L. Sallee, the president of William Jewell College in Liberty.
• Basketball fund-raiser in Liberty features ex-NBA players (The Kansas City Star)
  posted on April 8, 2011 at 08:51:55 pm
  Kansas City police officers will take their best shots at former NBA basketball players in a benefit game April 30 at William Jewell College’s Mabee Center in Liberty. The 7:30 p.m. game includes a free, pre-game youth clinic taught by the NBA player and an autograph session afterward. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at www.sportsfantasytours.com or at the ...

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