Winthrop University

Winthrop University, often called Winthrop or formerly known as Wu and Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina, in the United States, a public coeducational, liberal arts college. Columbia was founded in 1886 by David Bancroft Johnson served as chief, South Carolina, schools, Robert Charles Winthrop, Boston Peabody Board of Education received a $ 1,500 grant from philanthropist and chair. Originally opened in Columbia schools to educate young women to teach in public schools.

Winthrop offers undergraduate and graduate degrees through five colleges and schools and has about 6,000 students present record. 100 acres (40.5 ha) basic academic and residential campus is 25 miles (40 km) Charlotte, North Carolina and northern Columbia 71 miles (114 km) southwest of Rock Hill is located in South Carolina.

Winthrop Eagles athletic teams are known as Fielding, the Department of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college level participated as a member of the Big South Conference. an athletic program known for its success in basketball and football. Winthrop students, the majority of out-of-state license records and accounting for 11% of foreign students are in South Carolina. University athletics, honor societies, clubs and student organizations, fraternities and sororities as well as including students, offers a range of extra-curricular activities. Alumni and former students, government, business, science, medicine, education, sports and entertainment went on to prominent careers.

History

Robert C. Winthrop headed Peabody Board of Education, for female teachers "Winthrop Training School" $ 1,500 is provided to create Winthrop University, was founded in 1886. One school year in Columbia, vvheels twenty students opened the door, and nine years later, in 1895, s.c. .. School's name "Winthrop Normal and Industrial College of South Carolina" and was changed in 1893, moved to Rock Hill. College in 1964, minority students opened their own confession and a full hybrid 'university' is a 'training school from growing began in 1974, and in the end, this growth being a comprehensive institution reflects the graduate portion of the school's name "Winthrop University" Change in 1992.

Campus

the campus of the University that in one of the city's five historic districts in Rock Hill, South Carolina, is located in the city. Tillman Hall, Withers Building and Winthrop College Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historical Places. 29 733 Winthrop University campus also has its own zip code.

The main academic building on campus houses, dormitories, library and campus center and 317 acres (128.3 ha) main campus about a mile northeast of the rest and Research Complex: Winthrop's campus is divided into two parts.

Winthrop's main campus in the last decade has seen intense development. The new $ 12 million Dalton Hall, 2003. Lois Rhema West Health opened for students apartment-style residential properties in Winthrop, The Courtyard opened in the 1999 Physical Education and Health Center, opened in 2007 and serves as a new home physical education department of the University and intramural sports. The most recent addition, in 2010, 128,000 square meters, including a 225-seat movie theater (11900 m2) multipurpose campus hub, a food court, campus bookstore, post office and casual dining are added DiGiorgio Campus Center. DiGiorgio Center is connected to the outdoor plaza through West Center.

Of interuniversity sports facilities hosting as the university but, rest and Research Complex has also been the site Piedmont Wetlands Research Project, (faculty, open to students and graduates), a golf course, and a worldwide disc golf course (home to the United States Disc Golf Championship 's) since its inception in 1999.

Also, Winthrop various syndicated Coliseum numerous television tapings host Carrie: 2 Winthrop's campus (Sarah Roemer plays) 2008 film countless movies, including asylum, television, and he served as the location for other video productions and the 1999 film Rage've WCW and NWA television shows in the 1980s and 1990s. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Barack Obama, as a candidate for president in 2008, spoke visited Winthrop 1943 Winthrop.

Ninety-one (91%) forty-five freshmen and all students (45%) live on campus percent.

Academic

College of Science, College of Business Administration, Richard W. Riley College of Education and College of Visual and Performing Arts: University gives undergraduate degrees through four colleges. All University offers 42 undergraduate and 26 graduate. Winthrop University awards undergraduate, master's and specialist degrees of Colleges and Schools and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association. 1: Currently, student-faculty ratio is 14.

School

The University currently 286 full-time faculty and 222 part-time employment; 59 290 are classified as minorities and women. 286 full-time faculty members, 248 received their terminal degree, with 34 non-terminal master's degree and a bachelor's degree without a terminal 1

 Rankings

Winthrop continues to take place in many rankings of universities. US News & World Report Higher education.winthrop South Carolina Commission based on the assessment made by South Carolina's top-rated university commission has been rated as has been accepted as 21 straight times.th university chose Winthrop to be included in its list these classifications .Also "promotes character development" since the university as the John Templeton Foundation, was selected by the 2003.Th created at the university "exceed significantly the standards" each year, Winthrop numerous Top 10 Regional Public University (lower South) US News & World ranking by Reporter Princeton Review It has been rated among the "best Southeastern Colleges."