Wellesley is Wellesley College, a private university registered in 1870 by local squire Durant and his wife. It is a special institution of higher learning in Massachusetts, USA. It only admits girls but not boys. It is also called Wellesley. Slee Women's College.

Wellesley College

Wellesley College is a private university registered in 1870 by the local squire Durant and his wife. It is located in Wesleyan, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. A special institution of higher learning in the town that only admits girls but not boys, so it is also called Wellesley College for Women. Under the influence of the student body and the decision of the board of directors, Wellesley began to recruit transgender students in 2015 to further promote gender equality and freedom. It is the first of the famous "Seven Sisters Women's Colleges" and one of the best women's colleges in the United States. Wellesley University is committed to cultivating outstanding women who change the world. Many famous women have come from here.

Wellesley College is one of the Seven Sisters Colleges (Seven Sisters) in the Northeast. These 7 Both colleges were founded in the 19th century. Not only does it have a long history, it is also the best women's liberal arts college in the United States. Wellesley College is one of the best. Many celebrities have graduated from this college, including Soong Meiling and Bao Deming [ 1], Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright and Chinese writer Bing Xin, etc. When Bing Xin was studying at Wellesley College, she wrote essays about her journey and her experiences in the United States and sent them back to China for publication. The collection was "For Young Readers", which became one of the most influential early children's literature works in China. [2]

Wellesley has a cooperative relationship with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Students from the two schools can choose courses from the other college respectively, and the credits can be transferred without any barriers.

In 2018, U.S. News ranked third among national liberal arts colleges, second only to Williams College and Amherst College. In the past ten years, Wellesley's ranking has been stable in the top 5 of U.S. News.

In October 2015, Wellesley College received a donation of US$50 million from two anonymous alumni, the largest donation in the school’s history. [3] In the 2019 Forbes American University Rankings, Wellesley College ranked 44th. [4]

Chinese name

Wellesley College

Foreign name

Wellesley College

Founded Time

1870

Category

Private Women's College

Type

Liberal Arts College

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School history

Wellesley Wellesley College was registered in 1870 by local squire Durant and his wife. However, due to funding and procedures, it was not until September 8, 1875 that the first student stepped through the door of Wellesley. At that time, taking into account tradition and the safety of female students, the entire university was located in a huge, 150-meter-long, wide, 5-story mixed brick and wood building.

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From classrooms to dormitories, they are all in this building. This peculiar design was unique among American universities at the time. Everyone named this building "College Hall" (if you know something about American universities, you know that many American universities are named after academic architects, but dormitories are generally called Hall, and this College Hall is College + hall).

This unique system of integrating college dormitories has been maintained for nearly 40 years. In 1914, an accidental fire in the chemistry laboratory not only caused heavy losses to Wellesley Women's College personnel, but also lost all important books and research materials, and also caused College Hall to be completely burned down. After this, people began to realize how foolish it was to put dormitories and academic facilities together. Therefore, after that, Wellesley Women's College also began to establish a complete set of modern teaching facilities. Today, the Tower Court Complex (including Claflin Hall, Severance Hall, and Tower Court) in student residence halls was built on the site of College Hall.

On March 17, 1914, the college hall was burned down. Although no one was killed, Wellesley College suffered damage to the central building on campus. As the university rebuilt after the tragedy, nine major buildings were built over the next 17 years, with the campus academic center being housed on Norumbega Hill.

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