School Notes Overview:
- Iowa Wesleyan College nurture an educational process that empowers its students to perceive their inherent and distinctive potential and to act upon this perception autonomously and in mature, creative ways. This mission is accomplished through an institutional commitment to match student to curriculum; to provide vigorous, innovative teaching; and to give consistent attention to both a mastery of adaptive life skills and personalize learning. The purpose of the College is to reveal and reflect to our constituency, our ready and practical responses to an historic charge: the dynamic of liberal arts buttressed by an enduring relationship with the United Methodist Church.
School Overview:
Iowa Wesleyan College
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| County | Henry County, IA | |
| Title IV Eligible | Yes | |
| Carnegie Classification | Associate of Arts Colleges | |
| Institution Level | 4 or more years | |
| Institution Control | Private, non-profit | |
| Full-Time Undergraduate | 576 students | |
| Part-Time Undergraduate | 165 students | |
| Total Enrollment | 741 students | |
| Total Dormitory Capacity | 488 students | |
| Tuition | 23160 | |
| % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid | 100% | |
| % Students Receiving Institutional Grants | 100% | |
| Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received | $17,709 | |
School Notes:
- Iowa Wesleyan College, with its outstanding reputation and rich heritage, is the oldest four-year, coeducational, church-related liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River. With a dedicated and gifted faculty and staff, Iowa Wesleyan College excels in providing an individualized educational experience for students in a changing world.
- At Iowa Wesleyan College we value the experience of learning in community. Our heritage is rich in innovative, yet intentional, educational practices intended to provide opportunities for students to enhance their academic experiences.
- Iowa Wesleyan College provide learning opportunities that help to develop future business professionals and positive, effective citizens. This is guided by the Iowa Wesleyan College’s Life Skills of valuing, communication, problem solving and social effectiveness, that are essential to an education in business. The student will obtain a balanced selection of liberal arts education, business concepts and a specialization in one or more fields of interest.
- Mount Pleasant is located in southeastern Iowa at the junction of U.S. highways 34 and 218 which offers four-lane access to I-80, I-70, and Des Moines. The community enjoys daily Amtrak service to Chicago and points east, and to Denver and points west. Commercial airlines are within easy access in Burlington and Cedar Rapids. A municipal airport in Mount Pleasant accommodates private aircraft.
- Profile last updated: 07/07/2011.
In the News:
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Howard signs with Iowa Wesleyan (The Daily Home)
posted on June 17, 2011 at 03:38:01 am
LINCOLN — The second fastest man in Alabama, Lincoln’s Brandon Howard, has found a home for the next two years. On Tuesday afternoon in the school’s library Howard signed a track scholarship to Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, IA. -
Bemis signs with Iowa Wesleyan (Muscatine Journal)
posted on June 9, 2011 at 04:14:56 am
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa – Iowa Wesleyan College head men’s soccer coach Brocklon Chatman announced the signing of Caleb Bemis of Letts with the Tigers for the 2011 season. -
Wesleyan's McGraw, Petersen Receive MCC Golf Honorable Mention Honors (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids)
posted on June 1, 2011 at 04:57:47 pm
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa - Iowa Wesleyan College senior golfers Emery McGraw (Loveland, Colo.) and Melissa Petersen (Wilton, Iowa) were named honorable mention selections when the Midwest Collegiate Conference announced its men's and women's golf all-conference awards on Thursday. -
Elizabeth Garrels to speak at Iowa college ceremony (KTVO Kirksville)
posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:05:04 am
Iowa Wesleyan College announces Commencement speaker -
John Gaines/The Hawk Eye (The Hawk Eye)
posted on April 11, 2011 at 03:57:22 pm
Jamarco Clark, Tom Barkei and Tarvis Gordon are working to help establish a fraternity at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant. Organizers say a fraternity would promote leadership and community spirit.
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