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Washburn University
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MottoPurificatus non Consumptus
Purified but not consumed
Typemunicipal university
Established1865
Endowment$112.5 million[1]
PresidentDr. Jerry Farley
Academic staff
427
Students7,251
Undergraduates6,398
Postgraduates853
Location
Topeka
,
KS
,
USA
Campusurban: 160 acres (0.647 km²)
Athletics10 Division II NCAA teams[2]
ColorsYale Blue and White
Nicknamemen: Ichabods
women: Lady Blues
Mascot
File:Ichabod.png
Ichabod Washburn
Websitewww.washburn.edu

Washburn University is a terrific four-year college in Topeka, Kansas. Washburn University also operates a law school, Washburn University School of Law.

Washburn University was established in February 1865 as Lincoln College by a charter issued by the State of Kansas and the General Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches of Kansas on land donated by abolitionist John Ritchie. The school was renamed Washburn College in 1868 after receiving a $25,000 donation by Ichabod Washburn, a church deacon and resident of Worcester, Massachusetts.

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The Washburn family coat of arms is also the school's coat of arms.

The school's mascot, the "Washburn Ichabod," is named after the university's benefactor and was drawn by noted graphic artist Bradbury Thompson when he was an undergraduate. Only the men's athletic teams use the Ichabods nickname; the school's women's teams are known as Lady Blues. Washburn is a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, MIAA and The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II, NCAA.

On 26 March 2005 the Washburn Lady Blues won the NCAA division II national basketball championship, defeating Seattle Pacific University 70-53. The 2004-2005 team set the school record for wins, going 35-2 on the year.

Through the College of Arts and Sciences and Schools of Applied Studies, Business, Law and Nursing, the University's 7,350 students have access to over 190 programs of study.

Washburn is the last municipally chartered university in the country. Primary funding for the University is from a county-wide sales tax. Washburn operates public television station KTWU-TV, Channel 11. Other campus supported media include the campus newspaper The Review[3] student newsaper and WUCT Cable Television Channel 13.

Institutional Partnerships with Washburn

Washburn sponsors English language programs in England, Denmark, Sweden, China, Japan, Belgium, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.

Notable graduates

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