William Jewell College

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**William Jewell College**

Motto	Deo Fisus Labora
Established	1849
Type	Private, Baptist
President	Dr. David Sallee
Undergraduates	1,274
Postgraduates	No
Location	Liberty, Missouri, USA
Campus	Suburban
Athletics	NAIA, HAAC
Mascot	Cardinals
Website	www.jewell.edu

William Jewell College is a private, four-year liberal arts college of 1,274 undergraduate students located in Liberty, Missouri. It was founded in 1849 by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention and other civic leaders. The college is named after Dr. William Jewell who donated $10,000 to start a Baptist school. Judge J.T.V. Thompson donated the land on which the campus sits.

1 Academics
2 Notable Alumni/ae
3 Athletics
- 3.1 Varsity sports
4 Trivia
5 Greek Life
- 5.1 Fraternities
- 5.2 Sororities
6 Campus
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] Academics

Jewell offers the distinctive Oxbridge Honors program, the only program in the United States offering a full curriculum of tutorial-based instruction in conjunction with a year of study in England. This highly personalized approach to education, with many opportunities for personal connections with faculty members, combines the British and American approaches to education. This writing-intensive program extends over all 4 years of college, with the junior year spent at either Oxford or Cambridge.

Jewell also offers several dual degree programs in Engineering with Washington University in St. Louis and Vanderbilt University. A student interested would spend three years of study at Jewell in the Physics department and then transfer after successfully completing the application process to the designated institution for two more years of study. They would be granted a BA in Physics from Jewell and an engineering degree from the other institution.

[edit] Notable Alumni/ae

Edwin Charles Boulton (A.B., 1950) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
Nancy Boyda, Democratic congresswoman from Kansas, 2007-
Bill Snyder (A.B., 1962) - head football coach for Kansas State University from 1989 to 2005
David Ring - motivational speaker with cerebral palsy
Joel Paul (A.B., 1970) - computer science

[edit] Athletics

William Jewell College's official mascot is the Cardinal. Its athletic teams compete in the Heart of America Conference of the NAIA.

[edit] Varsity sports

Football
Basketball - Men & Women
Baseball Jon Ubbenga
Softball
Soccer - Men & Women
Volleyball - Women
Track & Field - Co-ed
Cross Country - Men & Women
Tennis - Men & Women
Golf - Men & Women
Spirit Team - Co-ed

[edit] Trivia

At one time, William Jewell College was the site of the pre-season training camp for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs. There is often talk in the Kansas City area of the camp returning, though no decisions have been made.

Current Stadiums in the USL PDL Heartland Division
Pleasant View Field (Boulder Rapids Reserve) \| Sand Creek Stadium (Colorado Springs Blizzard) \| Waukee Stadium (Des Moines Menace) \| William Jewell College (Kansas City Brass) \| McEaneany Field (Sioux Falls Spitfire) \| Tony Galvin Soccer Complex (St. Louis Lions) \| Chapples Park (Thunder Bay Chill)