Washburn University
Washburn University is a four-year college in
Topeka,
Kansas. Washburn University also operates a
law school.
Washburn University was established in February
1865 as Lincoln College by a
charter issued by the State of Kansas and the General Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches of Kansas on land donated by abolitionist
John Ritchie. The school was renamed Washburn College in
1868 after receiving a $25,000 donation by Ichabod Washburn, a church deacon and resident of
Worcester,
Massachusetts.
The school's mascot, the "Washburn Ichabod," is named after the university's benefactor and was drawn by noted graphic artist
Bradbury Thompson when he was an undergraduate. Only the men's athletic teams use the
Ichabods nickname; the school's women's teams are known as
Lady Blues. Washburn is a member of the
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association,
MIAA and
The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II,
NCAA.
On
26 March 2005 the Washburn Lady Blues won the
NCAA division II national basketball championship, defeating
Seattle Pacific University 70-53. The 2004-2005 team set the school record for wins, going 35-2 on the year.
Through the College of Arts and Sciences and Schools of Applied Studies, Business, Law and Nursing, the University's 7,350 students have access to over 190 programs of study.
Washburn is the last municipally chartered
university in the country. Primary funding for the University is from a county-wide
sales tax. Washburn operates public television station
KTWU-TV, Channel 11.Other campus supported media include the campus newspaper
The Review[
1] student newsaper and WUCT Cable Television Channel 13.
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University of Orebro, Sweden
*Denmark International Studies Program, Denmark
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University of Klagenfurt, Austria
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University of Cantabria, Spain
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Conahec, Canada and Mexico
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Magellan, Western Europe
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Blaise Pascal University, France
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Fukuoka University, Japan
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Zhejiang Normal University, China
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Cambridge University, England Washburn sponsors English language programs in England, Denmark, Sweden, China, Japan, Belgium, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.
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Bob Dole - former U.S. Senator, Republican candidate for President (1996)
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Dennis Moore - US House of Representatives.
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Bill Kurtis - television journalist and producer
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Larry Niven - Science Fiction Author
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Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. - 1971 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology and Medicine, BS in Chemistry from Washburn in 1937.
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Greg Brenneman - Chief Executive Officer of
Burger King Corporation. Former president and CEO of
Continental Airlines.
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Richard Davidson - Chairman,
Union Pacific Railroad formerly CEO from 1997 to January 1, 2006.
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Joan Finney - Kansas's first female governor elected in 1992 and former treasurer for the state of
Kansas.
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Art Fletcher - Chairman of the
National Black Chamber of Commerce, former director of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and the former executive director of the
United Negro College Fund.
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Georgia Neese Clark - First female
Treasurer of the United States appointed by President
Harry Truman.
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Delano Lewis - Former
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of
South Africa and former president of
National Public Radio.
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Fred Phelps - Radical
fundamentalist Christian founder of
Westboro Baptist Church.
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Miriam Baker Loo - Founder of mail order catalog, Current, Inc.
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Davey Lopes - Former manager of the
Milwaukee Brewers baseball team. He had a 16-year baseball career with Los Angeles, Oakland, Houston and the Chicago Cubs. He spent 11 seasons as a coach with Texas, Baltimore and San Diego.
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Billie Jean Moore - 1999 inductee to the
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She is the former head women's basketball coach at
UCLA and 1976 Olympic women's basketball coach.
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Roger Noriega - Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs,
U.S. Department of State.
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Gene Reardon - Inspector General for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
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James Reynolds - Actor who portrays Capt. Abe Carver on
NBC's "
Days of Our Lives."
* All recent
mayors of
Topeka, Kansas, including
Butch Felker,
Duane Pomeroy,
James McClinton, and
Bill Bunten.
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Jim Slattery - former Congressman
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Bradbury Thompson - graphic artist
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Official website*
Official athletics website*
Campus map*
Washburn Finance Society*
The Review student newspaper*
Washburn University Law School
