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{{Infobox university
|name            = Tennessee Wesleyan College
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|motto           = "Learn, Serve, Lead, and Believe.''
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|established     = 1857
|type            = [[Private university|Private]] [[liberal arts college]]
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|president       = Harley Knowles 
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|faculty         = 184 
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|undergrad       = 1,103
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|alumni          = 312,000
|city            = [[Athens, Tennessee|Athens]]
|state           = [[Tennessee]]
|country         = [[United States]]
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|campus          = [[United States Micropolitan Statistical Area|Small city]]
|sports          = 17 varsity teams
|colors          = Blue, gold, and white
|nickname        = {{nowrap|Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs}}
|mascot          = Bulldog
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|affiliations    = [[United Methodist Church]]
|website         = {{URL|http://www.twcnet.edu/}}
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'''Tennessee Wesleyan College''' ('''TWC''') is a small [[liberal arts university]] founded in 1857, located in the city of [[Athens, Tennessee|Athens]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Tennessee]]. It is affiliated with the Holston [[:wikt:conference|Conference]] of the [[United Methodist Church]]. Current enrollment is over 1,100 students, and the student-to-faculty ratio is 12:1.

The college is accredited by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] to award baccalaureate and master's degrees of business, fine arts, humanities, natural and social sciences as well as nursing, other career-related areas, and teacher certification.  Through these several academic offerings the college has developed a close relationship with its region and produces a large number of local teachers, police officers, lawyers and local government officials.

Tennessee Wesleyan also maintains a branch campus in [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], where it offers evening programs in business administration.  It also conducts its nursing classes in Knoxville.

Tennessee Wesleyan offers 10 varsity sports, the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs compete in the [[Appalachian Athletic Conference]] of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] in [[baseball]], [[basketball]], [[soccer]], [[cross country running|cross country]], [[tennis]], [[volleyball]], [[cheerleading]], [[softball]] and [[lacrosse]].  Athletics are a very important part of the school, and a very large portion of the student population play on one of the school's teams.

==History==

Tennessee Wesleyan was originally founded in 1857 as Athens Female College, and consisted solely of one building (now called Old College).  In 1866 the name was changed to East Tennessee Wesleyan College, and in 1867 the name was again altered to East Tennessee Wesleyan University.  At that time, the college was one of only a handful of coeducational colleges in the [[Southern United States]]. 

In 1889, college president John F. Spence changed the name of the school to U.S. Grant Memorial University in  an attempt to receive financial support from Northern benefactors.  Seventeen years later, the college became a branch campus of the University of Chattanooga (now the [[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]]) under the name Athens School of the University of Chattanooga.  In 1925, the college split from Chattanooga to become Tennessee Wesleyan College and served as a junior college.  Tennessee Wesleyan became a [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in 1957 when it began awarding bachelor’s degrees.

==Academics==
===Articulation agreements===

Tennessee Wesleyan College has articulation agreements with [[Chattanooga State Community College]], [[Cleveland State Community College]], [[Motlow State Community College]], [[Pellissippi State Community College]], [[Roane State Community College]] and [[Walters State Community College]].

===Degrees===

Tennessee Wesleyan College offers bachelor of arts and bachelor of sciences degrees in [[Behavioral Science]], [[Biology]], [[Business Administration]], [[Chemistry]], [[Criminal Justice]], Early Human Development and Learning, [[Education]], [[English studies|English]], [[Exercise Science]], [[Music]], individualized majors, [[History]], Human Services, [[International Studies]], [[Mathematics]], [[Nursing]], [[Psychology]], Church Vocations, Pre-Seminary, [[Sociology]], and [[Special Education]].

===Admissions and rankings===

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| USNWR_NU             = 45 (Regional colleges South)
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Tennessee Wesleyan College accepts 83.7% of all applicants and is considered "selective" by U.S. News & World Report.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/tennessee-wesleyan-college-3525 |title=Tennessee Wesleyan College &#124; Best College &#124; US News |publisher=Colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-28}}</ref>

==Athletics==
Tennessee Wesleyan athletic teams, nicknamed athletically as the Bulldogs, are part of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA), primarily competing in the [[Appalachian Athletic Conference]] (AAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball.

==Notable alumni==
*[[Tom Browning]], baseball player
*[[Ron Campbell (baseball)|Ron Campbell]], baseball player
*[[Chris Cattaneo]], soccer player
*[[James Alexander Fowler]], U.S. [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Assistant Attorney General]] and Knoxville mayor
*[[Leonard Lomell]] decorated soldier, attorney, businessman
*[[Robert C. Snyder]], professor of [[English (language)|English]] at [[Louisiana Tech University]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.twcnet.edu Tennessee Wesleyan College]
* [http://www.twcbulldogs.com Tennessee Wesleyan College Athletics]
* [http://www.holstonconference.com/ Holston Conference, United Methodist Church]

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