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line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former names</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Athens Female College (1857–1866)<br />East Tennessee Wesleyan College (1866–1967)<br />East Tennessee Wesleyan University (1867–1886)<br />Grant Memorial University (1886–1889)<br />U.S. Grant Memorial University (1889–1906)<br />Athens School of the University of Chattanooga (1906–1925)<br />Tennessee Wesleyan College (1925–2016)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Lux et Veritas</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Motto in English</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Light and Truth</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">Private university</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1857</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Religious affiliation</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Independent_Colleges_and_Universities" title="National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities">NAICU</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Methodist-related_Schools,_Colleges,_and_Universities" title="International Association of Methodist-related Schools, Colleges, and Universities">IAMSCU</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/University_president" class="mw-redirect" title="University president">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Dr. Tyler Forrest</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">184</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">1,052</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Athens,_Tennessee" title="Athens, Tennessee">Athens, Tennessee</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">U.S.</div><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tennessee_Wesleyan_University&params=35.4453_N_84.5944_W_type:edu"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°26′43″N</span> <span class="longitude">84°35′40″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.4453°N 84.5944°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.4453; -84.5944</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data">Small city</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/School_colors" title="School colors">Colors</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0a2c86; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span><br />Blue & White</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Bulldogs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Sporting affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">NAIA</a> – <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Athletic_Conference" title="Appalachian Athletic Conference">Appalachian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tnwesleyan.edu/">www<wbr />.tnwesleyan<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Tennessee Wesleyan University</b> (<b>TWU</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">private</a> <a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">Methodist</a> university in <a href="/wiki/Athens,_Tennessee" title="Athens, Tennessee">Athens, Tennessee</a>. It was founded in 1857 and is affiliated with the Holston <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conference" class="extiw" title="wikt:conference">Conference</a> of the United Methodist Church. It maintains a branch campus in <a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a>, where it offers evening programs in business administration. It also conducts its nursing classes in Knoxville. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tennessee_Wesleyan_University&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_College,_Tennessee_Wesleyan_College.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Old_College%2C_Tennessee_Wesleyan_College.jpg/220px-Old_College%2C_Tennessee_Wesleyan_College.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Old_College%2C_Tennessee_Wesleyan_College.jpg/330px-Old_College%2C_Tennessee_Wesleyan_College.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Old_College%2C_Tennessee_Wesleyan_College.jpg/440px-Old_College%2C_Tennessee_Wesleyan_College.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Old College</figcaption></figure> <p>Tennessee Wesleyan was founded in 1857 as <b>Athens Female College</b>. It consisted solely of one building (now Old College). In 1866 the name was altered to <strong>East Tennessee <a href="/wiki/Wesleyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Wesleyan">Wesleyan</a> College</strong>, and in 1867 it became <strong>East Tennessee Wesleyan University</strong>. At that time, the college was one of only a handful of <a href="/wiki/Coeducational" class="mw-redirect" title="Coeducational">coeducational</a> colleges in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a>. </p><p>In 1886, college president John F. Spence changed the name to <strong><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Grant</a> Memorial University</strong><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in an attempt to receive financial support from <a href="/wiki/Northern_US" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern US">Northern</a> benefactors.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1889, it merged with <a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Chattanooga University">Chattanooga University</a> to form <strong>U.S. Grant Memorial University</strong><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (U.S. Grant University; <i><abbr title="Ulysses S.">U.S.</abbr></i> being Grant's given names), becoming the consolidated university's Athens branch campus. Seventeen years later (1906), it was renamed the Athens School of the University of Chattanooga. </p><p>In 1925, the college split from Chattanooga to become <b>Tennessee Wesleyan College</b> and served as a <a href="/wiki/Junior_college#United_States" title="Junior college">junior college</a>. Tennessee Wesleyan became a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_arts_colleges_in_the_United_States" title="Liberal arts colleges in the United States">liberal arts college</a> in 1957 when it began awarding bachelor's degrees. </p><p>In February 2016, the school announced that they would change their name to Tennessee Wesleyan University, effective July 1, 2016. The decision would be the first name change for the school in 91 years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tennessee_Wesleyan_University&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Articulation_agreements">Articulation agreements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tennessee_Wesleyan_University&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Articulation agreements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tennessee Wesleyan University has articulation agreements with <a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_State_Community_College" title="Chattanooga State Community College">Chattanooga State Community College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_State_Community_College" title="Cleveland State Community College">Cleveland State Community College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Motlow_State_Community_College" title="Motlow State Community College">Motlow State Community College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pellissippi_State_Community_College" title="Pellissippi State Community College">Pellissippi State Community College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roane_State_Community_College" title="Roane State Community College">Roane State Community College</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Walters_State_Community_College" title="Walters State Community College">Walters State Community College</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Degrees">Degrees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tennessee_Wesleyan_University&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Degrees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tennessee Wesleyan University offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in <a href="/wiki/Behavioral_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Behavioral Science">Behavioral Science</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biology" title="Biology">Biology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Business_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Business Administration">Business Administration</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">Chemistry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Communication_studies" title="Communication studies">Communication</a>, <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal Justice">Criminal Justice</a>, Early Human Development and Learning, <a href="/wiki/Education" title="Education">Education</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_studies" title="English studies">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exercise_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Exercise Science">Exercise Science</a>, Fine Art (Visual Art and Theatre), <a href="/wiki/Music" title="Music">Music</a>, individualized majors, <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">History</a>, Human Services, <a href="/wiki/International_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="International Studies">International Studies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">Mathematics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nursing" title="Nursing">Nursing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">Psychology</a>, Church Vocations, Pre-Seminary, <a href="/wiki/Sociology" title="Sociology">Sociology</a>, Social Work, and <a href="/wiki/Special_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Education">Special Education</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Admissions_and_rankings">Admissions and rankings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tennessee_Wesleyan_University&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Admissions and rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><a href="/wiki/College_and_university_rankings_in_the_United_States" title="College and university rankings in the United States">Academic rankings</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">National</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report_Best_Colleges_Ranking" title="U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking"><i>U.S. News & World Report</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_USNWR_NU_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_USNWR_NU-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">16 (Regional colleges South)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Tennessee Wesleyan University accepts 62% of all applicants and is considered "selective" by U.S. News & World Report.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tennessee_Wesleyan_University&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Wesleyan_Bulldogs" title="Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs">Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs</a></div> <p>The Tennessee Wesleyan athletic teams are called the Bulldogs. The university is a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics</a> (NAIA), primarily competing in the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Athletic_Conference" title="Appalachian Athletic Conference">Appalachian Athletic Conference</a> (AAC) since the 2001–02 academic year.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AAC_Membership_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAC_Membership-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tennessee Wesleyan competes in 21 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, track & field and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball; and co-ed sports include cheerleading and eSports. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tennessee_Wesleyan_University&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The university's baseball team has won the <a href="/wiki/NAIA_World_Series" title="NAIA World Series">NAIA World Series</a> 2 times (2012, 2019) as well as 24 conference championships and 12 conference tournament championships. <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tennessee_Wesleyan_University&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Carol Aebersold – co-author of <a href="/wiki/The_Elf_on_the_Shelf" title="The Elf on the Shelf">The Elf on the Shelf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Browning" title="Tom Browning">Tom Browning</a> – <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a> pitcher, member of the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum">Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Campbell_(baseball)" title="Ron Campbell (baseball)">Ron Campbell</a> – MLB infielder</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Cattaneo" title="Chris Cattaneo">Chris Cattaneo</a> – professional soccer player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Alexander_Fowler" title="James Alexander Fowler">James Alexander Fowler</a> – U.S. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Assistant_Attorney_General" title="United States Assistant Attorney General">Assistant Attorney General</a> and Knoxville mayor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Grant" title="Aaron Grant">Aaron Grant</a> – <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> center</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Lomell" title="Leonard Lomell">Leonard Lomell</a> – decorated soldier, attorney and businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luella_F._McWhirter" title="Luella F. McWhirter">Luella F. McWhirter</a> – philanthropist, clubwoman, and temperance leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Raulston" title="John T. Raulston">John T. 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Tennessee</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Baptist_College" title="American Baptist College">American Baptist College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquinas_College_(Tennessee)" title="Aquinas College (Tennessee)">Aquinas College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptist_College_of_Health_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist College of Health Sciences">Baptist College of Health Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont_University" title="Belmont University">Belmont University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel_University_(Tennessee)" title="Bethel University (Tennessee)">Bethel University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_College" title="Bryan College">Bryan College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carson%E2%80%93Newman_University" title="Carson–Newman University">Carson–Newman University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Brothers_University" title="Christian Brothers University">Christian Brothers University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_College_(Tennessee)" title="Crown College (Tennessee)">Crown College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_University" title="Cumberland University">Cumberland University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisk_University" title="Fisk University">Fisk University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freed%E2%80%93Hardeman_University" title="Freed–Hardeman University">Freed-Hardeman University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harding_School_of_Theology" title="Harding School of Theology">Harding University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Gupton_College" title="John A. 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