The Jewell Journey:
LIVE WHAT YOU LEARN
WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE
“The distinctive quality of the Jewell student body is a repeated emphasis on thoughtfulness and self-reflection.” THE BEST 366 COLLEGES — The Princeton Review
Programs of Study ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Accounting Art Biochemistry Biology Business • Banking and Finance • Business Administration • Entrepreneurial Leadership • International Business and Language • Marketing • Nonprofit Leadership Chemistry Communication • Organizational Communication • Rhetoric & Political Communication Economics Education—Elementary Education—Secondary • Art • Biology • Chemistry • English • French • Mathematics • Music (Instrumental and Vocal) • Physical Education • Physics • Social Studies • Spanish • Speech and Theatre English French History International Relations Mathematics Music • Church Music • Composition/Music Theory • Music History • Music Education (Instrumental and Vocal) • Performance
Nonprofit Leadership Nursing Philosophy Physical Education Physics Political Science Psychology Recreation & Sport Religion Spanish Theatre OXBRIDGE HONORS PROGRAM English Literature and Theory History History of Ideas Institutions & Policy Molecular Biology Music INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry Self-Designed majors PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS Health Professions • Dentistry • Occupational Therapy • Optometry • Pharmacy • Physical Therapy • Medicine • Veterinary Medicine Engineering (3+2 with Columbia, Vanderbilt, Kansas and Washington Universities) Environmental Management (3+2 program with Duke University) Forestry (3+2 program with Duke University) Law Ministry CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS American Humanics Pryor Leadership Studies
A Journey ABOVE AND BEYOND ORDINARY.
Your Jewell Journey is a life-changing, mind-expanding, characterstrengthening expedition that will take you to places you’ve never been before. We’ve created this ‘traveler’s guide’ to introduce you to the academic, personal, spiritual, and professional journey of a lifetime. We guarantee you’ll have enlightening experiences every step of the way.
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JEWELL JOURNAL “Jewell has been my home, in every sense of the word. The faculty and staff have always been approachable, available, and encouraging. I’ve made lifelong friends.’’ KATE PRATHER ’08 biochemistry major, vice president of her sorority, and a member of the Student Senate and Mortarboard
FIRST WALK AROUND THE QUAD
LAST WALK AROUND THE QUAD
WHAT TO BRING (essential packing list for a successful Journey): An open mind • A love of knowledge • Curiosity • Motivation Enthusiasm for challenges • A desire to make a difference • Friendliness A sense of humor
Your Journey BEGINS ON THE JEWELL CAMPUS
JEWELL COMMUNITY
Our students describe their community as personal and nurturing, exciting and dynamic, challenging and surprising. It’s a place where individuals are respected, and diverse opinions are welcomed. You will truly find a new family at Jewell.
First-Year Experience You’ll have no trouble fitting in to the Jewell community — our programs for helping first-year students make a smooth transition to college are famous and are among the reasons we were recognized as College of the Year by Time magazine in 2001.
A campus community steeped in tradition WALK AROUND THE QUAD: A ceremonial event (complete with skirling bagpipes) that is the first and last milestone of your Jewell Journey. Pipers lead a procession of new students from Gano Chapel around the flag-lined Quad while faculty, staff, and parents applaud and cheer. Graduating students repeat the tradition right before Commencement. HANGING OF THE GREEN: A beloved Jewell tradition. It’s an honor if you are one of those chosen by the Chaplain’s office to perform the ceremonial Hanging of the Green in Gano Chapel. The service also features performances of holiday music by Jewell’s musical ensembles. DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT: Dinner at the Jewell President’s Home is a senior year milestone. Students are unanimous in their opinion that President Sallee truly cares about every student and makes a point of getting to know them personally.
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JEWELL JOURNAL “A very special part of your Jewell Journey is the faculty. They care so much. They believe in you and challenge you to go farther than you ever thought you could.” ASHLEY BILLINGER ’08 accounting major and president of the business honors society
ACT-IN (APPLIED CRITICAL THOUGHT AND INQUIRY) ACT-In is Jewell’s newest and most distinctive major program. ACT-In adds three applied learning experiences to the core courses taken by all students. So any student can easily add the ACT-In major to his or her academic program, graduating with a double or even a triple major in just four years.
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A UNIQUE LEARNING MAP
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Your Jewell Journey is unique, defined by your individual goals, talents, and interests. Guided by inspiring faculty mentors and advisors, you will create a personal learning map that sets you on a life-long path to intellectual fulfillment and success.
How it begins You have ample time to shape your academic program — you won’t have to declare a major until the end of your second year. You have many choices to explore during your first two years: Jewell has more than 55 major programs, 22 minors, and 12 pre-professional programs that you can combine any way you want to perfectly suit your interests and goals. CRITICAL THOUGHT AND INQUIRY — THE JEWELL CORE CURRICULUM: Critical Thought and Inquiry (CTI) is a program so well-designed, so coherent, so grounded in the skills and abilities required for any endeavor, that it has become a major all its own. By exploring topics that include Culture and Traditions; Science, Technology and the Human Experience; Power and Justice; and Sacred and Secular, you’ll understand the important connections between different areas of knowledge — and learn more about yourself in the process. THE RESPONSIBLE SELF: Part of the CTI curriculum, this is a course that every new student takes. Through readings and discussions, you’ll reassess and reevaluate your point of view on just about everything. You’ll step outside yourself to examine what you really believe and, most important, why you believe it. It will change your life. JOURNEY GRANTS: Beginning with the entering class of 2010, the Jewell Journey becomes even more compelling. Every student who successfully completes the sophomore year will be eligible to receive a “Journey Grant” to fund a transformative hands-on experience. Journey Grants will be a minimum of $2,000 to support self-designed research projects, study-away opportunities, internships, civic initiatives or service projects at home or abroad. You can use a Journey Grant to start your own business, or pool grants together to create substantive collaborative projects. If you can imagine it, you can do it.
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JEWELL JOURNAL “I can attribute my new global worldview to a small liberal arts college in Missouri. Without Jewell’s personalized and supportive study abroad program, I doubt I would have found the resources to fulfill my dreams of traveling in Europe.” ANDY KIRK ’09 is a double major in psychology and English who studied for a semester at Harlaxton College in England. He is also an active member of P.E.A.C.E. (Providing Everyone A Caring Environment) Allies student group, and received the prestigious Point Foundation Scholarship.
SERVICE LEARNING Jewell was among a select group of colleges and universities nationwide recognized for extraordinary community service as part of the first-ever President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. In a typical year, Jewell students contribute more than 40,000 hours of service learning and community service.
STUDY ABROAD Jewell offers more than 50 study abroad programs in countries that include: Argentina • Australia Austria • China • Czech Republic • Ecuador • England • France Germany • Greece • Hong Kong • Ireland • India • Israel • Italy Jamaica • Japan • Mexico • The Netherlands • New Zealand Philippines • Russia • Scotland • South Africa • Spain • Thailand
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A WIDE WORLD OF EXPERIENCE
ACTIVE LEARNING
Your academic explorations extend beyond the Jewell campus to encompass internships, service learning opportunities, study abroad, and independent research projects. You will also discover that many of Jewell’s student clubs and organizations open doors to other active learning experiences.
Internships In addition to numerous opportunities nearby in Liberty and Kansas City, Jewell students have recently completed internships at sites such as • USA Today • Wisconsin’s Institute of World Affairs • Kansas City Chiefs
• Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. • National, state, and local political campaigns
• Senatorial and Congressional internships, Washington, D.C.
Independent research and projects COLBY LOJKA, as a first year physics student, joined his professor in
research for a study of low-voltage LEDs, the results of which were published in the journal Physics Education. ERIN MCNEIL, an Oxbridge history of ideas and philosophy major,
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is creating Project Beautiful Jewell, a series of photographs and interviews with Jewell students designed to elicit a generational image of beauty. Her preliminary conclusion? She says that it is the “relationships you have with other people that make you beautiful.”
Other recent active learning achievements: JEWELL’S SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS
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was honored with the Outstanding SPS Chapter Award. SPS members have been actively involved in developing a simple and effective way to purify water in countries where clean water supplies are limited.
THE JEWELL STUDENTS IN FREE ENTERPRISE (SIFE) TEAM won the regional SIFE championship for their unique “Money Farm” project that taught Kansas City area elementary school students the basics of saving, investing, spending, and donating.
THE JEWELL DEBATE TEAM won the 2007 National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence, defeating top-seeded University of CaliforniaBerkeley in a tournament that included the top 56 parliamentary debate teams in the country.
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“We have high expectations and high standards. We don’t apologize for expecting great things from our students.” KEVIN SHAFFSTALL, Director of the Pryor Leadership Studies Program
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WITH A 100% NATIONWIDE PLACEMENT RATE, Jewell graduates with a Nonprofit Leadership major or minor and/or an American Humanics certificate are in demand!
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THE HEIGHTS OF LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
Jewell stands out among top liberal arts colleges for its intentional focus on developing leaders. So many of our students want to be catalysts for change in the world — we give them the skills and abilities to make change happen.
Pryor Leadership Studies Program You can travel far and wide and not find its equal in American higher education. Admission to the elite three-year program is competitive and open to students in any major. Key components include: A CORNERSTONE COURSE: Teaches leadership theory and helps you learn about the strengths and weaknesses of your own leadership style
A CAREER-RELATED INTERNSHIP VOLUNTEER INTERNSHIP
AN OUTWARD BOUND TRIP IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES: An intensive two-week experience that hones leadership and teambuilding skills and builds confidence as you push yourself to overcome physical and psychological challenges
A LEADERSHIP LEGACY PROJECT: Senior Pryor Fellows work as a group to identify a need or problem in the greater community (anywhere in the world) and implement a project — from conception to funding — that provides a solution.
Examples of Pryor Leadership Program Legacy Projects: • The first Pryor Legacy project involved construction of a shelter house at Liberty’s Martha LaFite Thompson Nature Sanctuary. • Pryor Legacy students raised awareness of the plight of homeless animals by sponsoring an adoption and education program built around a traditional dog show.
• Senior Pryor Fellows donated $2,000 of their own money to provide seed funding for a Challenger Sports Complex, to serve disabled children in the greater Kansas City area. They partnered with the Kansas City YMCA and the Kansas City Royals Charities to obtain a site and raise a total of $1.7 million for the project.
• Pryor Fellows partnered with Kiva, a website that coordinates personto-person microloans to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Through a fundraising and awareness campaign, students were able to raise enough money to provide direct loans to entrepreneurs for years to come.
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THE TUCKER LEADERSHIP LAB ROPES COURSE, one of the premier team-building experiences in the Midwest.
LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
Other Leadership Opportunities NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP MAJOR Jewell is one of only 13 college or universities in the country to offer this undergraduate degree program that prepares students for rewarding careers in the nonprofit sector. It provides real-world education by combining in-depth coursework with internships, field study, and service. Nonprofit leadership is also offered as a minor to complement any major. AMERICAN HUMANICS Although Jewell is the smallest college in country that participates in this national certificate program in nonprofit leadership, over the past two years Jewell students have received the largest number of Next Generation Nonprofit Leadership Awards from the National American Humanics organization and the Kellogg Foundation. A certificate in American Humanics can be added to any major. TUCKER LEADERSHIP LAB One of the premiere team-building experiences in the Midwest, the Lab’s ropes courses are among the first things you will notice when you visit campus. They stand as tangible evidence of the motivation and determination of Pryor Leaders who raised the money and helped to design the course. EMERGING LEADERS: This program gives first-year students the opportunity to step up onto the leadership stage. Key components of the program include: •
An intensive weekend retreat, during which you examine your leadership style, talents, and experiences
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JEWELL JOURNAL “I have an Oxbridge Research Grant allowing me to pursue research on vascular smooth muscle cells found within blood vessel walls. These cells are involved in atherosclerosis, a disease caused by the accumulation of plaque within the blood vessel walls. I’m trying to figure out why those cells die and cause the plaque to rupture.” JENNA CHRISTENSEN ’11, Oxbridge molecular biology major, handbell player, and graphic artist for posters advertising College Union Activities events
“Why did I come to Jewell from California? The Oxbridge Honors Program — it’s always been my dream to study at Cambridge University. . . and apparently I really enjoy writing papers.” MAYLIN TU ’10 is a self-described thinker, writer, and filmmaker
Destination Jewell:
THE BEST HONORS PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY OX B R I D G E H O N O R S P R O G R A M
Challenging. Intense. How to describe Jewell’s unique honors program in just one word? Visit the YouTube web site and enter “describe Oxbridge” to find Maylin Tu’s short film on the subject.
Oxbridge Honors Program TUTORIALS: Instead of conventional classes, Jewell Oxbridge students participate in small group or individual tutorials. Tutorials address classic and cutting-edge content and develop students’ own personal perspectives. Students prepare for tutorials through intensive reading of original works and demonstrate their understanding of the material by writing analytical and critical papers. COMPREHENSIVES: Following the model at Oxford and Cambridge, Oxbridge seniors “sit” for comprehensive examinations during their senior year, typically six, three-hour essay exams that encompass the full range of their Oxbridge major. Oxbridge is the ONLY HONORS PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY that combines a full curriculum of tutorialbased instruction with a year of study abroad in England at either Oxford or Cambridge University.
Oxbridge majors • ENGLISH LITERATURE AND THEORY • HISTORY • HISTORY OF IDEAS (a study of ethics and values through classic texts)
• INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY (interdisciplinary politics, economics, and philosophy major)
• MOLECULAR BIOLOGY • MUSIC
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JEWELL JOURNAL “There are so many possibilities in Kansas City, you never run out of new things to do or places to go. And I love Liberty — especially the Square and the restaurants.” MORGAN WEATHERFORD ’09 is a triple major in business, accounting, and ACT-In
DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY is only 20 minutes from the Jewell campus in Liberty.
THE PRINCETON REVIEW RANKED JEWELL #2 in the nation in the category “Town/gown relations are great.”
Explore
THE LOCAL TERRAIN
KANSAS CITY AND LIBERTY
Did you know that Kansas City is known as the city of fountains? Or that the Liberty Tribune is the oldest continuously published newspaper west of the Mississippi? Jewell is one of a handful of national liberal arts colleges located in a great ‘college town’ that is minutes away from a great ‘college city!’
Liberty Liberty, Missouri is a town brimming with charm and history. Its downtown Square is lined with lovely 19th-century buildings that house ethnic restaurants and one-of-a-kind shops popular with Jewell students. The Square’s Clay County Savings Bank was the site of the first successful daylight bank robbery, allegedly committed by the James brothers’ gang. Six Liberty neighborhoods are included on the National Register of Historic Places.
Kansas City COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Just 20 minutes away, Kansas City is practically an extension of the Jewell campus. It offers enormous resources for hands-on learning, entertainment, and recreation such as: CULTURAL RESOURCES INCLUDE the Lyric Opera, Kansas City Ballet, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; a new $400 million performing arts complex is scheduled for CENTERS OF RESEARCH completion in 2011 AND SCIENCE such as Stowers Institute, Kansas BIG-TIME SPORTS with University Medical Center, the Kansas City Royals, the Kansas University, University Chiefs, and the Wizards of Missouri-Kansas City, and soccer team (and site of the 2012 Major League the Center for Practical Baseball All-Star Game Bioethics and home of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame) INTERNSHIP AND MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCES with government offices, businesses, nonprofit agencies, museums, historical sites, and financial institutions.
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BIG-TIME FUN, SUPER SHOPPING, AND GREAT RESTAURANTS at the Country Club Plaza, Crown Center, the Crossroads Arts District, and the Kansas City Power and Light District BIG-NAME ACTS perform regularly at venues like the new Sprint Center and the Starlight Theatre
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JEWELL JOURNAL “One of the reasons I chose Jewell is because I could continue so many activities I’d done in high school, like band, debate, and the newspaper. I started writing and reporting for The Hilltop Monitor my freshman year and I’m now the sports editor. It’s been a really big deal for me and I’ve learned a lot of valuable lessons from it.” JONATHAN ENTZMINGER ’09 designed his own major in journalism and has served as the treasurer and vice president of Unity, a multicultural student club.
HOMECOMING is more than just a football game – it’s a whole week of fun events.
SOME OF THE ARTISTS WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THE HARRIMANJEWELL SERIES INCLUDE: Yo-Yo Ma • Sir James Galway • Itzhak Perlman • Wynton Marsalis • Joshua Bell • Patti LuPone • The Royal Shakespeare Company • Juan Diego Flórez • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater • STOMP • Boston Pops • American Ballet Theatre Twyla Tharp Dance Company • Audra McDonald
Broaden YOUR HORIZONS STUDENT LIFE
No matter what your interests, you are guaranteed to find new ones at Jewell. When you live and learn on a tightly knit, residential campus such as ours, you just can’t help but get involved in all kinds of different activities, clubs, sports, and events that broaden your cultural, professional, social, and personal horizons. MR. JEWELL The all-male Mr. Jewell competition is a charity fund-raiser that spoofs traditional ‘beauty pageants.’ The highlight of the evening is the talent show, which can encompass anything from singing to rollerblading.
Things to do HARRIMAN-JEWELL SERIES: This is the premiere performing arts series in the Midwest, the one that hosted Luciano Pavarotti’s American debut in 1973. Every year, the Harriman-Jewell Series features an astounding line-up of top musicians and performing artists from around the world. The expansion of your cultural world will know no boundaries!
CONCERTS, RECITALS, PLAYS, AND ART EXHIBITS: You’ll have many opportunities to develop your performing skills or enjoy those of your peers.
HOMECOMING: A full week of fun including not only the traditional parade and football game but also Faculty Follies, Campus Sing, and the Mabee Games.
CAMPUS UNION ACTIVITIES (CUA): This student group enlivens the campus with a variety of events, such as comedians, hypnotists, “3 Night Stand” weekends, Jewellstock, Christmas and Spring Formals, concerts, and much more!
As a Jewell student, you get the best seats in the house –FREE! – for all the Harriman-Jewell Series events.
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JEWELL JOURNAL “The whole campus changes each year, like a chameleon. One class graduates but a new one enters, with all their different passions and interests.” ASHTON BOTTS ’10, Double major in communication and English; member of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority; studied at Georgetown University and Oxford University
FRATERNITY ROW the best, most impressive fraternity row you will find anywhere!
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STUDENT LIFE
Residences Each residence hall has student Resident Assistants who sponsor programs and SHUMAKER HALL
activities and help you sort through the day-to-day issues of residence life. BROWNING HALL (upper-class, coed) EATON HALL (first-year men) ELY HALL (first-year women) FRATERNITY ROW (the best, most impressive fraternity row you will find anywhere!)
SEMPLE HALL AND SEMPLE WING (upper-class, coed) SENIOR HOUSE
JONES HALL (upper-class, coed) MELROSE HALL (first-year women)
LAMBDA CHI ALPHA
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SHUMAKER HALL SORORITY HOUSES AND GREEK COMMONS all four sorority wings
THE PERCH: The Jewell coffeeshop and the perfect spot to read or catch up on CNN headlines while sipping a mocha latte or chai tea. THE CAGE: A “grab and go” food shop with extended hours, if the cafeteria schedule doesn’t fit your busy life! GANO CHAPEL: A lovely setting for religious services and quiet reflection, as well as a wonderful venue for concerts, lectures, and special ceremonies. DIVERSITY HOUSE: This is the central gathering place for all Jewell’s multicultural organizations, including Unity, Black Students of America, P.E.A.C.E. Allies, Cardinals Caring Across Cultures, and the Progressive Students of America.
Clubs and Organizations ACADEMIC HONORARY Alpha Lambda Delta (general first-year) Alpha Psi Omega (dramatics) Beta Beta Beta (biology) Delta Mu Delta (business) Kappa Delta Pi (education) Kappa Mu Epsilon (mathematics) Lambda Pi Eta (communication studies) Mortar Board (senior leadership, scholarship and service) Phi Alpha Theta (history) Psi Chi (psychology) Sigma Pi Sigma (physics) Sigma Tau Delta (English) Theta Alpha Kappa (religion and/or theology) Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities GREEK SOCIAL Women’s Panhellenic Council Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Gamma Delta Delta Zeta Zeta Tau Alpha Men’s Interfraternity Council Kappa Alpha Order Lambda Chi Alpha Phi Gamma Delta
MEDIA Hilltop Monitor (campus newspaper) The Edge (online radio station) MULTICULTURAL Black Students Association International Relations Club Student P.E.A.C.E. Allies Phi Sigma Iota Unity Association PERFORMING GROUPS Chamber Orchestra Chapel Choir Concert Choir Handbell Choirs Jazz Band Liberty Symphony Orchestra Symphonic Band POLITICAL College Republicans Progressive Students of America (PSA) Young Democrats SPECIAL INTEREST American Chemical Society Student Affiliates (ACS) American Humanics American Medical Students Association Amnesty International Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Association of Women in Sciences Cardinals Caring Across Cultures Church Music Conference Communication Society Debate Law Society Pryor Leadership Program Rotaract Sigma Alpha Iota (women in music) Society of Physics Students Students in Free Enterprise Student Nurse Association Swim Club SPIRITUAL/FAITH Christian Student Ministries Diakrinomena Fellowship of Christian Athletes Gospel Choir Sigma Epsilon Pi (ministry) TPEXIEN (Greeks) WJC Catholic Fellowship SPORTS Cardinal Club Spirit Team Jewell Homies STUDENT LIFE AND GOVERNANCE College Union Activities (CUA) Resident Assistants Student Senate
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CARDINAL HIGHLIGHTS William Jewell College men’s athletic teams consistently earn the HEART OF AMERICA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE COMMISSIONERS’ SCHOLARSHIP AWARD. Jewell’s men’s athletic teams historically have the highest GPA in the conference.
MABEE CENTER FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Home of the Jewell athletic programs, the Mabee Center is an exceptional facility that features a competition swimming and diving pool • basketball courts squash and racquetball courts • an indoor track • a weight room
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C A R D I N A L AT H L E T I C S
Our intercollegiate sports teams, the Cardinals, are a huge part of campus life at Jewell. Our student-athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, winning consistent recognition as academic AllAmericans and scholar athlete awards.
Intramural Sports
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• BASEBALL • BASKETBALL (M, W) • CROSS COUNTRY (M, W) • FOOTBALL • GOLF (M, W) • SOCCER (M, W) • SOFTBALL • SPIRIT TEAM (M, W) • TENNIS (M, W) • TRACK AND FIELD (M, W) • VOLLEYBALL (W)
The Sunderland Wellness Center A brand-new facility with stateof-the-art cardio-workout and strength training equipment, open to all Jewell students. All cardio machines are equipped with flat panel TVs with cable connections.
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JEWELL JOURNAL “JEWELL PROVIDED MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO WASHINGTON, D.C. THROUGH MY INTERNSHIP WITH A U.S. SENATOR.” DAVID ISRAELITE ’90, political science and communication major, president and CEO, National Music Publishers’ Association
• We have a 10-year placement rate of 98% for students who seek job placement through our Office of Career Services. • Acceptance of Jewell graduates to allied health professional programs and graduate schools stands at or near 100% annually.
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All the many elements of the four-year Jewell Journey pave the way to a successful future. Clear thinkers, persuasive communicators, impassioned idealists, Jewell graduates make their mark in the world.
Graduate Success Over the last six years, William Jewell College has developed and tracked a list of selected prestigious and competitive honors, scholarships, and fellowships awarded to college students nationally and internationally. All 12 student recipients represented among the colleges or universities in and around Kansas City were from William Jewell. No other Kansas City area college claimed even one of the awards in this time frame. SINCE 2002, JEWELL GRADUATES HAVE INCLUDED: 1 Fulbright Scholar • 1 Marshall Scholar • 1 Mitchell Scholar • 3 Truman Scholars • 4 Goldwater Scholars • 2 Rhodes Scholar national finalists 3 Teach for America corps members GRADUATE SCHOOLS RECENT JEWELL GRADUATES HAVE ATTENDED INCLUDE:
RECENT JEWELL GRADUATES HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED AT SUCH PLACES AS:
American University Art Institute of Chicago Baylor College of Medicine Boston College Boston Conservatory Boston University Cambridge University College of William & Mary Creighton University Dartmouth College Georgetown University Harvard University Johns Hopkins University New York University Northwestern University Oxford University Pepperdine University Purdue University Saint Louis University Stanford University Tulane University University College London Vanderbilt University Wake Forest University Yale University
American Century Investments AT&T Cerner Children’s Mercy Hospital DST Systems, Inc. ESPN Federal Reserve Bank Hallmark Cards H&R Block Heart of America United Way IBM Kansas City Brigade Arena Football KU Medical Center National Geographic Peace Corps Pfizer Shook, Hardy & Bacon Sprint Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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Jewell is not just another college. You really need to get to know Jewell first-hand through a campus visit. You can join other high school students in attending one of our group campus visit events. Or strike off on your own and schedule an individual visit. Whichever you choose, you will be warmly welcomed by the entire campus community.
Campus Visit Options JEWELL ON DISPLAY: These one-day group visit events are scheduled throughout the year. JOURNEY TO JEWELL: An in-depth overnight group visit experience that gives you the chance to live the life of a Jewell student for a day. • Meet and talk to professors in your area of academic interest • Tour the campus and residence halls • Get the inside scoop from current Jewell students • Talk to your admission counselor about admission, scholarships, and financial aid • Eat in the dining hall • Meet with a coach • Sit in on a class • Attend an athletic event You can register for Jewell on Display and Journey to Jewell on our Web site at www.jewell.edu/visit/. Individual visits should be scheduled at least seven days in advance and 10 days in advance if you want to stay overnight. Call 888-253-9355 or 816-415-7511.
William Jewell College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age, religion, or veteran status in its programs and activities. Inquiries regarding the College’s nondiscrimination policies should be directed to the Office of Human Resources, William Jewell College, 500 College Hill, Liberty, MO 64068; 816-415-5993
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MISSION STATEMENT: William Jewell College promises students an outstanding liberal arts education that cultivates leadership, service, and spiritual growth within a community inspired by Christian ideals and committed to open, rigorous, intellectual pursuits.
Journey Facts TIPS FOR THE SAVVY TRAVELER
A FEW QUICK FACTS ABOUT JEWELL
Landmark Features: • Applied Critical Thought and Inquiry major (ACT-In) allows any student to graduate with a double or triple major • Oxbridge Honors Program • Pryor Leadership Studies • Harriman-Jewell Series, the premiere performing arts program in the Midwest • Tucker Leadership Lab
Character: A four-year, private, residential, coeducational, liberal arts college founded in 1849
Location: A 200-acre campus in the picturesque and historic town of Liberty, Missouri (pop. 25,000) just 15 miles from Kansas City; The Princeton Review ranked Jewell #2 in the country for “Town/ gown relations are great”
Enrollment: Approximately 1,100 full-time undergraduates from 36 states and 12 countries; The Princeton Review ranked Jewell #15 in the country for “Happiest students”
Academics: More than 55 majors (including nonprofit leadership), 22 minors and 12 pre-professional programs
Student/faculty ratio: 11:1 Average class size: 16; many classes have 10 or fewer students
Faculty: 78 full-time; 88% hold a doctorate or equivalent highest degree in their field
Student Life: More than 70 student clubs, organizations, and performing groups spanning all interests from academic to multicultural to spiritual
Athletics and Recreation: 16 men’s and women’s teams compete in the NAIA Heart of America Conference — Baseball, Basketball (M, W), Cross Country (M, W), Football, Golf (M, W), Soccer (M, W), Softball, Spirit Team (M, W), Tennis (M, W), Track and Field (M, W), Volleyball (W); club sports and intramurals; new Fitness Center
Scholarships and Financial Aid: 99% of students receive some form of achievement-based scholarship and/or need-based financial aid from a generous financial aid package awarding more than $14 million annually.
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