In addition, all ten College-owned fraternities were either built new or renovated during the Campaign for Leadership. The Detchon Center for Modern Languages and International Studies, housed in an expanded and renovated campus landmark built in 1893, is a state-of-the-art facility.ĭuring the Campaign for Leadership, Wabash built Hays Hall, the $30 million home of the biology and chemistry departments renovated Goodrich Hall, which is home to the mathematics and computer science and physics departments built the $2 million Malcolm X Institute for Black Studies and built the $20 million Allen Athletics and Recreation Center. The Fine Arts Center includes three art galleries, studios, the 275-seat Salter Concert Hall, a dozen individual practice rooms for musicians, and the 360-seat Ball Theater. Included are discussions of rooms and other spaces named after presidents, faculty and coaches who devoted their lives to the College. Buildings that disappeared years ago are pictured, and a small amount of historical background is provided. For those of you who are unable to visit campus, this document contains enough pictures to enable you to use it for a virtual tour. In this walking tour we will visit the major buildings and most important landmarks on campus. Zimmerman developed a comprehensive Campus Tour guidebook. In 2011, Emeritus Professors of Chemistry David A. Also built in 1836 was Hovey Cottage, home to the College's second faculty member Edmund O. Built in 1836, Caleb Mills' House hosts various college functions. Caleb Mills taught the first class of Wabash students in 1833 in Forest Hall, located since 1965 at the north end of campus and now home to the Teacher Education Department. The 92-acre wooded campus contains more than 60 buildings predominantly of Georgian architecture. He led efforts to add new majors in Computer Science Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) and a number of interdisciplinary minors. For more information, go to President Feller's web page. Over the course of his tenure, he has hired or conducted tenure or promotion reviews of over 80 percent of the current Wabash faculty. Feller has served as Department Chair, Division Chair, and Dean of the College. He received the McLain-McTurnan-Arnold Excellence in Teaching Award in 2009. As an administrator at Wabash, Dr. He joined the Wabash faculty in the chemistry department in 1998 after earning his B.A. President Feller is a widely cited chemistry researcher, an award-winning teacher, and former Dean of the College at Wabash.
Feller was elected the 17th President of Wabash College by the Board of Trustees in May 2020 and formally took office on July 1, 2020. Trustees are elected to four-year terms members of the National Association of Wabash Men elect six Alumni Trustees, who serve not more than two four-year terms.ĭr. Allen ’79, meets on campus three times each year. The Wabash College Board of Trustees, chaired by Jay R. Complaints may be filed with the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. Wabash College is authorized by name in the State of Indiana. Wabash College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Room and Board is $11,600 (19 meals/week), books are $950 (estimated), the required Student Activity Fee is $450, and there is a $400 Student Health Center Fee. 1, 2021, the value of Wabash's endowment was approximately $400 million.Īpproximately 99 percent of students receive some form of student aid.įor the 2021-2022 academic year, tuition is $45,000. Private, independent, four-year liberal arts college for men, granting Bachelor of Arts degree.Ĭrawfordsville, Indiana, a community of 16,100 located 45 miles northwest of Indianapolis and 150 miles southeast of Chicago.Īs of Aug.