Invitation to Invest

Championing for our Souls:

THE CAMPAIGN FOR INVESTING IN

Mission

Vision

Strategic Value Proposition

Wiley University is a premier liberal arts institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church, with an intentional focus on social good and leadership.

To be a nationally recognized liberal arts university that inspires people to be catalysts of social change in their communities and professions.

Scholars Debaters Athletes Activists Vocalists Leaders

MOMENTS OF DISTINCTION Wiley University was founded by the Freedmen’s Bureau of the United Methodist Church for the newly freed

The Great Debaters win national notoriety after beating debate powerhouse USC.

enslaved Blacks.

H.B. Pemberton, Sr. graduates from Wiley University Collegiate Program with honors.

James Farmer, Jr. founded the Civil Rights organization, Council on Racial Equality (CORE).

Dr. Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, graduated from Wiley University in 1953.

Dr. Matthew W. Dogan is one of the longestserving presidents in higher education history, having served for 46

Wiley University Great Debaters are memorialized in the film featuring Denzel Washington, “The Great Debaters.”

The A CAPPELLA CHOIR of Wiley University records “I Can't Hear Nobody Pray” for the Birth of a Nation Soundtrack.

years.

Heman M. Sweatt graduated from Wiley University and desegregated the University of Texas Law School.

Zephyr Wright served U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson as the White House personal chef and advisor.

Wiley University Graduate William “Bill” Spiller helped to desegregate the PGA.

We returned to our Roots as Wiley University, launching three graduate programs.

SCHOLARS. DEBATERS. ATHLETES. ACTIVISTS. VOCALISTS. LEADERS.

Championing for our Souls: The Campaign for Wiley University INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF WILEYITES LEARNING THROUGH EXCELLENCE INCREASING THE LEGACY CAMPUS INNOVATION FOR COMMUNITY RENEWAL

The investment allows us to achieve our audacious goals: grow our academic programs, recruit faculty and staff superstars, strengthen our infrastructure, increase our scholarships for every student, and create signature learning experiences for each student - all contributing to a graduate who has experienced our mission as a “premier liberal arts institution, affiliated with the United Methodist Church, with an intentional focus on social good and leadership.”

INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF WILEYITES The opportunity to access higher education should not place students and their families into debt. Although the cost of higher education has become increasingly inaccessible, we are committed to providing a high-quality experience that is a reasonable investment.

Our audacity invites fiscal support for every student at Wiley University so we can remain affordable and accessible. We want our students to focus on their academic journey, not on how to pay for college. We are invested in maintaining an affordable and accessible institution to ensure that we can contribute to the next generation of Wileyites who will lead and change the world.

Wiley University provides approximately $2.5 million annually in institutionally funded scholarships to students, ensuring affordability and access. Increasing the legacy at Wiley University is an opportunity to partner with and support the institutional focus of ensuring that Wiley University can stay at $17,500 per year and that students who have limited resources can receive a world-class education. Our Bold and Audacious Vision invites investments that create financial flexibility for the institution to execute the President’s Promise of scholarships for every student to ensure that Wiley University is affordable.

LEADERS

LEARNING THROUGH EXCELLENCE We are continuing Wiley University's impact by returning those precepts that have been noted as Wiley University distinctions. In 2007, when Denzel Washington and the cast of The Great Debaters secured the institution's legacy in film, we could not have imagined that years later, students generated their next project, The Freedom Film, securing the next iteration of the legacy. Learning through excellence is an opportunity to support experimentation and ensure that Wiley University's academic strength lives on.

Increasing pre-academic and co-curricular programs that strengthen student interest and performance pre-college and during college are integral parts of the institution's offerings. Working with K-12 to create a pipeline of high school completion and college-going programs that impact diversity in industries that have traditionally been elusive to various racial groups, Wiley University works to bridge those gaps.

SCHOLARS

INCREASING THE LEGACY Our approach is to meet students where they are and inspire them to move forward by creating an integrated and curated learning environment with connection points for all students, increasing their success and completion.

DEBATERS

CAMPUS INNOVATION FOR COMMUNITY RENEWAL The University is the center of our community, serving as the educational beacon, economic mobility guide, and initiator of activism in a complex world.

Institutions privileged enough to be in the heart of the community have a unique vantage point. This positioning has allowed institutions to witness our communities' heyday and physical and social demise. Wiley University is in the heart of the Newtown Community, a re-emerging multifaceted intellectual, social, and economic community.

Today, the community has changed economically and socially. Wiley University wishes to reclaim the area surrounding the institution alongside the Newtown community to reimagine its current possibilities.

Opportunities for Renewal

Renewal of Real Estate

Technology Access

Grocery Store

Small Business Incubation

Health & Wellness Center & Green Space

ATHLETES

ACTIVISTS

VOCALISTS

“As a faculty member in the criminology program and the Executive Director of the Heman Sweatt Center for Social Good and Leadership, I am honored to introduce to students opportunities to make change, as these impacts are possible because I am a Wiley University graduate.”

Keyonia White, J.D. ‘10 Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Executive Director of the Heman Sweatt Center for Social Good and Leadership

“Being part of the world-renowned A Cappella Choir of Wiley University changed my trajectory in life. I now understand all things are possible, and my passion for music has made a way.”

Destiny Day ‘24

Championing for our Souls: The Campaign for Wiley University Preparing the future, Wiley University, founded in 1873, has had a long, storied history as a pre-eminent institution offering a distinctive experience captured in our historical depiction as the home of scholars, debaters, athletes, activists, vocalists, leaders. Today, we celebrate our incredible historic contributions and go forth inspired with our Bold and Audacious Vision. We answer the question, what will you do, through the intellectual, academic, and social fabric of the Wiley University experience.

Excelling beyond their wildest dreams, our graduates offer contributions to their respective industries that emerge from the ethos of Wiley University. At the crossroads, Wiley University has re-imagined the future of education and returned to its roots, launching a campaign for $10 million to help make the world's next scholars, debaters, athletes, activists, vocalists, and leaders.

Our Bold and Audacious Vision is an exercise in ambition, innovation, and transformation to impact our community, our nation, and the world. The next generation is waiting for us to recreate our commitment to the past that generated communities of Black graduates who lead in all aspects of our society. Wiley University led the way in educating Blacks west of the Mississippi. Today, we embrace that legacy and acknowledge we are at the crossroads, connecting East and West to increase our community's social and economic mobility through an affordable and accessible high-quality higher education experience.

Being at this crossroads is why we have launched this extraordinary campaign to raise funds for Championing for our Souls: The Campaign for Wiley University. The investment allows us to achieve our audacious goals: grow our academic programs, recruit faculty and staff superstars, strengthen our infrastructure, increase our scholarships for every student, and create signature learning experiences for each student - all contributing to a graduate who has experienced our mission as a premier liberal arts institution, affiliated with the United Methodist Church, with an intentional focus on social good and leadership.

Inspirata Procedunt,

Dr. Herman J. Felton, Jr., Ph.D., J.D. Seventeenth President and CEO Wiley University

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