Wilmington College (Ohio)


Wilmington College is a private college in Wilmington, Ohio. It was established by Quakers in 1870 and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Wilmington College is known for its Agriculture program, its Athletic Training program, and its Education program. In fall 2018, the College set an enrollment record, bringing in 450 new students for the academic year, totaling 1,103 students on Wilmington's main campus, and 139 students at Wilmington's two Cincinnati branches at Blue Ash and Cincinnati State.

Academics

Wilmington College only offers undergraduate programs. The college's Watson Library is a member of the Ohio Private Academic Libraries consortium and the OhioLINK consortium that provides an integrated catalog, e-resources, and more than 100 research databases.

Campuses

Academic buildings

The Wilmington College Peace Resource Center, established in 1975, plays a major role in furthering the peacemaking and elements in the mission statement of the college, in large part through providing peace education materials, both locally and throughout the country. The PRC is known, in particular, for its Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Collection founded on the archives of Barbara Leonard Reynolds, which the college believes is "the world's largest collection of reference materials related to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Reynolds' archives are also housed in part at the Earle and Akie Reynolds Archive at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Peace Resource Center is also known for its ProjectTRUST camp for middle schoolers and Positive Discipline training for educators. The Center has been active in the Wilmington Community in establishing peer mediation in the local schools. In August 2010, the Peace Resource Center of Wilmington College hosted the National Peace Academy's 2010 Peacebuilding Peacelearning Intensive program on the theme of "Capacitating Community Peacebuilding."

Residence halls

Wilmington College recognizes thirteen Greek Letter Organizations: three national fraternities, three local fraternities, two national sororities and three local sororities, and two auxiliaries. This group of thirteen Greek organizations constitutes the membership of the Greek Council. Additionally, Wilmington College boasts several honor societies, some international in scope.

Men's organizations

Wilmington College athletic teams are known as the "Fightin' Quakers". Their colors are dark green and lime green. The Quakers compete at the NCAA Division III level and have been a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference since 2000.
Wilmington College offers nine men's teams and nine women's teams, including
Men's sports
Women's sports
Coed Sports
Before becoming a member of the NCAA, Wilmington's teams competed in the NAIA.
Wilmington was previously a member of the Association of Mideast Colleges from 1990 to 1996 and served as an independent until 1998.
WC was in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference from 1998 to 1999, before joining the OAC in 2000. Wilmington's conference opponents include: Baldwin Wallace University, Capital University, Heidelberg University, John Carroll University, Marietta College, University of Mount Union, Muskingum University, Ohio Northern University, and Otterbein University.

National champions

Wilmington has had 6 individual National Champions, as well as one team National Championship.