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Company:Denison UniversityCurrent Opportunities (0) Company Website  Location(s):P.O. Box FGranville, OH 43023 Map Location
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Company OverviewDenison University, located in Granville, Ohio, was founded in 1831 and is a privately supported, coeducational college of liberal arts and sciences, offering three different bachelor's degrees (B.A., B.S., and B.F.A.) among 35 majors. About 1,950 full-time students represent 49 states and 30 foreign countries. Denison is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA), The Five Colleges of Ohio, and the North Coast Athletic Conference. Denison's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the national scholastic honorary, was installed in 1910.Founded by the Ohio Baptist Education Society, the institution was originally known as the Granville Literary and Theological Institution and held its first classes in an unfinished church, where 20 students attended. By the following year, the school had relocated to a site about a mile west of Granville. It soon became known as Granville College. In 1854, it was moved to the present location on a hill immediately overlooking the village and was renamed Denison University in honor of William S. Denison of Muskingum County, Ohio, who had made a generous financial contribution to the institution. The college was single-sex when it was founded, as were most institutions of the time, but efforts to provide education for women were soon made in the region. The Granville Female Seminary was founded in 1832 by Granville saddler Charles Sawyer. In 1861, it was sold and became the Young Ladies' Institute, a Baptist-sponsored enterprise under Dr. Daniel Shepardson. Within a few years, women were attending lectures and classes "on the hill." In 1886, the Young Ladies' Institute was renamed Shepardson College for Women. It became part of Denison University in 1900, and in 1927 the two were consolidated under one board of 36 trustees. By the term "university," the trustees meant that Denison would offer several different courses of study, including work in the sciences leading to the "the degree of Bachelor of Science, already adopted in some of the eastern colleges." For a time, graduate programs leading to a master's degree were part of the curriculum, but by the late 1920s, Denison had become, by choice, solely an undergraduate institution. Denison has approximately 23,000 living alumni in this country and abroad. Many have distinguished themselves in public service, the arts, and the sciences. Well-known Denisonians include U.S. Senator Richard Lugar (1954), Actor Hal Holbrook (1948), Walt Disney Company President Michael Eisner (1964), Professional Race Driver Bobby Rahal (1975), National Reporter for the Los Angeles Times Sara Fritz (1966), and former Princeton University President and current Andrew W. Mellon Foundation President William Bowen (1955). The Society of the Alumni of Denison University, organized in 1846, is one of the oldest college alumni organizations in the country. Formal alumni clubs exist in 37 cities or regions, principally in the Midwest and Northeast, but also in Atlanta, Georgia; Denver, Colorado; and the West Coast. Chip Andreae, a 1977 alumnus from Washington, D.C., is president of the society. Today, Denison University has holdings of approximately 1,200 acres in Granville, including a 250 acre main campus, extensive recreational and athletic fields, and a 500-acre Biological Reserve. The annual operating budget is approximately $69 million, and the endowment and similar funds total approximately $440 million. There are 190 full-time faculty and a student-to-faculty ratio of 11-to-1. |
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