Beloit College#Athletics

{{Short description|Liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin, US}}

{{Infobox university

| name = Beloit College

| image = Beloit seal.png

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| motto = Scientia Vera Cum Fide Pura (Latin)

| mottoeng = True knowledge with pure faith

| mascot = Buccaneer (official), turtle (unofficial)

| colors = Blue and gold
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| established = {{start date and age|1846}}

| type = Private liberal arts college

| accreditation = HLC

| endowment = $113 million in 2021

| president = Eric Boynton{{cite web |title=Honored to be your president |url=https://www.beloit.edu/live/blurbs/2499-honored-to-be-your-president-letter-to-the-beloit |website=beloit.edu |access-date=25 July 2023}}

| academic_affiliations = ACM
Oberlin Group
CLAC
WAICU

| city = Beloit

| coordinates = {{Coord|42.503|N|89.031|W|region:US-WI_type:edu|display=inline,title}}

| state = Wisconsin

| country = U.S.

| campus = Urban, {{convert|65|acre|ha|1}}

| undergrad = 964 (2022){{cite web |title=Common Data Set |url=https://www.beloit.edu/live/files/879-common-data-set-cds-2022-23 |website=Beloit College Institutional Research Office |access-date=10 August 2023}}

| faculty = 94

| sporting_affiliations = NCAA Division III – MWC

| website = {{URL|http://www.beloit.edu}}

| logo = Beloit Logo.png

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Beloit College is a private liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1846 when Wisconsin was still a territory,{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/obituaries/miller-upton-innovative-head-of-beloit-college-dies-at-88.html|title=Miller Upton, Innovative Head of Beloit College, Dies at 88|first=Douglas|last=Martin|date=20 December 2005|via=NYTimes.com}} it is the state's oldest continuously operated college. It has an enrollment of roughly 1,000 undergraduate students.

History

Beloit College was founded by the group Friends for Education, which was started by seven pioneers from New England who, soon after their arrival in the Wisconsin Territory, agreed that a college needed to be established. The group raised funds for a college in their town and convinced the territorial legislature to enact the charter for Beloit College on February 2, 1846. The first building (then called Middle College) was built in 1847, and remains in operation. Classes began in the fall of 1847, with the first degrees awarded in 1851.

Beloit's first president was Aaron Lucius Chapin, who served from 1849 to 1886.{{cite web |url=http://www.beloit.edu/archives/history/presidents/aaron_chapin |title=Archives: Aaron Lucius Chapin |publisher=Beloit College |access-date=2012-05-20}}

The college became coeducational in 1895.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beloit.edu/archives/documents/archival_documents/coed/parttwo/|title=Archives: Part Two {{!}} Beloit College|website=beloit.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-15}} In 1904, Grace Ousley became the first African-American woman to graduate from the college.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beloit.edu/live/news/773-fridays-with-fred-the-ousley-family|title=Fridays with Fred: The Ousley Family|website=www.beloit.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-11-08}}

Although independent today, Beloit College was historically, though unofficially, associated with Congregationalism.{{cite web |title=UCC related Colleges and Universities |url=http://www.ucc.org/education/school/college.htm |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109214558/http://www.ucc.org/education/school/college.htm |archive-date=2007-01-09 |access-date=2006-08-12}}

The college remained very small for almost its entire first century, with enrollment topping 1,000 students only with the influx of World War II veterans in 1945–46. The "Beloit Plan" was a year-round curriculum introduced in 1964 that comprised three full terms and a "field term" of off-campus study. The trustees returned to the two-semester program in 1978.

Campus

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Beloit's campus is within the Near East Side Historic District.{{cite web |url=http://www.beloithistoricdistricts.org/wordpress/east-side-historic-district/ |title=Near East Side Historic District |publisher=BeloitHistoricDistricts.org |access-date=2013-06-01}}

The campus has 20 conical, linear, and animal effigy mounds built between about 400 and 1200, created by Native Americans identified by archaeologists as Late Woodland people.{{cite web |title=Logan Museum of Anthropology: Indian Mounds – Beloit College |url=https://www.beloit.edu/logan/mounds/ |website=beloit.edu}}{{cite web|url=http://www.beloit.edu/belmag/03fall/03fall_features/03fall_mounds.html |title=Beloit College Magazine |publisher=Beloit.edu |access-date=2012-05-20}} One of the mounds, in the shape of a turtle, inspired Beloit's symbol and unofficial mascot. The mounds on Beloit's campus are "catalogued" burial sites, and therefore may not be disturbed without a Wisconsin Historical Society permit. Several of the Beloit College sites have been partially excavated and restored, and material found within them—including pottery and tool fragments—is held in the college's Logan Museum of Anthropology.

In 2008 Beloit College completed a {{convert|120000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} Center for the Sciences, which was named the Marjorie and James Sanger Center for the Sciences in 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.beloitdailynews.com/front_page_slider/20171120/beloit_colleges_center_for_the_sciences_named_after_marjorie_and_james_sanger|title=Beloit College Center for the Sciences Named After Marjorie and James Sanger|date=2017-11-20|work=Beloit Daily News|access-date=2017-11-20|language=en}} The building was awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building certification.{{Cite news|url=http://holabird.com/firm/news/year/2009|title=News for Year|date=2009-07-11|newspaper=Holabird and Root|access-date=2009-07-11|language=en}} It also won a Design Excellence Honor Award in Interior Architecture from the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 2009.

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In 2010, Beloit College opened the Hendricks Center for the Arts, a {{convert|58,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} structure with dance, music, and theater facilities. The building previously held the Beloit Post Office and later the Beloit Public Library. The renovation and expansion of the facility is the largest single gift in the college's history. The building is named after Diane Hendricks, chair of ABC Supply of Beloit, and her late husband and former college trustee Ken Hendricks.{{cite web|url=https://www.beloitdailynews.com/archive/article-9aec9a8c-0476-5e83-be60-ad3f8e2fbc2c.html|title=HENDRICKS CENTER ALMOST COMPLETE|date=2010-08-05|publisher=beloitdailynews.com|access-date=2010-08-05}}

Two Beloit campus museums open to the public are run by college staff and students. The Logan Museum of Anthropology and the Wright Museum of Art were founded in the late 19th century. The Logan Museum, accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, curates over 300,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects from 125 countries and over 600 cultural groups. The Wright Museum's holdings of over 8,000 objects include a large collection of original prints and Asian art. Both museums feature temporary special exhibitions year-round.

The Beloit College campus shows two sculptures by artist Siah Armajani, Gazebo for One Anarchist: Emma Goldman 1991 and The Beloit College Poetry Garden.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/18/arts/inside-art.html|title=Inside Art|last=Vogel|first=Carol|date=1997-04-18|website=New York Times|access-date=2012-05-20}}

Academics

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Academic strengths include field-oriented disciplines such as anthropology and geology. In 2012, the college ranked among the top 20 American liberal arts colleges whose graduates go on to earn a Ph.D.{{cite web | title = Best Colleges 2012 | publisher = U.S. News & World Report | year = 2012 | url = http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/beloit-college-3835 | access-date = 20 Jan 2012 | archive-date = 28 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110528104504/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/beloit-college-3835 | url-status = dead }}

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The geology department continues a tradition that began with Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin more than a century ago. It combines a course load with field methods and research. The department is a member of the Keck Geology Consortium, a research collaboration of several similar colleges across the United States, including Amherst College, Pomona College, and Washington and Lee University. The Consortium sends undergraduate students worldwide to research and publish their findings.

The college created a center for entrepreneurship known as CELEB, founded by Professor of Economics Emeritus Jerry Gustafson (Beloit '63).{{Cite book |last=Beckman |first=Gary D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pTy_AAAAQBAJ |title=Disciplining the Arts: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Context |date=2010-12-16 |publisher=R&L Education |isbn=978-1-60709-201-8 |language=en}}

Beloit College's average class size is 15 students, with one-third of courses having 10 or fewer students.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beloit.edu/prospective/fastfacts/|title=Admissions: Fast Facts {{!}} Beloit College|website=beloit.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-15}} Its three most popular majors, by 2021 graduates, were Biology/Biological Sciences, Psychology, and Business/Managerial Economics.{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Beloit&s=all&id=238333#programs |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=U.S. Dept of Education |title=Beloit College |access-date=January 24, 2023}}

Student life

Beloit students' housing options range from substance-free dormitories to special interest houses, such as the Art, Spanish, Outdoor Environmental Club (OEC), and interfaith options.{{cite web|url=http://www.beloit.edu/reslife/housingoptions/specialinterest/ |title=Residential Life: Special Interest Houses |publisher=Beloit.edu |access-date=2012-05-20}} Beloit College has fraternities and sororities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beloit.edu/reslife/housingoptions/greek/|title=Residential Life: Fraternities and Sororities {{!}} Beloit College|website=beloit.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-20}} The school also has over 60 student organizations and clubs. As of 2022, there is a creative writing club called the Aardvark Authors.https://www.beloit.edu/live/profiles/6683-aardvark-authors#:~:text=We%20are%20a%20student%2Drun,people%20of%20all%20writing%20levels.

The student newspaper, The Round Table, was founded in 1853 as the Beloit Monthly.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beloit.edu/archives/documents/archival_collections/publications/student/round_table/|title=Archives: The Round Table {{!}} Beloit College|website=beloit.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-15}} The student radio station, WBCR-FM, operates at 88.3 MHz and streams online.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beloit.edu/wbcr/|title=WBCR website | access-date=2017-10-14}}

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Beloit College has a frisbee golf course contained almost entirely within the college grounds. In April 2006, Beloit students broke the world record for the longest game of Ultimate Frisbee, playing for over 72 hours.{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/05/18/beloit.ultimate/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620005442/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/05/18/beloit.ultimate/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 20, 2006 | work=CNN | title=Beloit students break record with 72-hour game | date=May 19, 2006 | access-date=April 26, 2010}}

In 2011 Beloit College received the Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Campus Internationalization.{{cite web|url=http://www.nafsa.org/PressRoom/PressRelease.aspx?id=25550 |title=Press Room | Eight U.S. Colleges Receive Awards for Campus Internationalization Efforts(2) |publisher=NAFSA |access-date=2012-05-20}} 48 states are represented at the college and approximately 14% of the student body is from countries outside the United States.{{cite web |title=Beloit College Office of International Ed. |url=https://www.beloit.edu/oie/international/ |website=beloit.edu |access-date=12 February 2019}} In addition, about half of all Beloit College students study abroad in places such as China, Russia, Brazil, Germany, India, and Spain. Each year, students can share their experiences abroad on "Beloit and Beyond" Day, when all classes are canceled so that everyone can attend the presentations.{{cite web|url=http://www.beloit.edu/oie/international_education/symposium/ |title=Office of International Education: International Symposium |publisher=Beloit.edu |date=2009-08-26 |access-date=2012-05-20}}

The "Mindset List", an annual list of the life experiences of entering college freshmen, originated at Beloit College in 1998. In 2019, the list moved to Marist College.{{Cite web|url=https://www.marist.edu/-/marist-news-marist-to-take-lead-on-iconic-mindset-list-in-2019|title=Marist to Take Lead on Iconic Mindset List in 2019|last=Fishman|first=Julia|date=2018-10-25|website=www.marist.edu|access-date=2018-10-25}}

In 1969, like many campuses across the country, Beloit College received a set of demands from Black students called "The Black Demands".{{Cite web|url=http://beloitdigitalarchives.com/cms/exhibits/show/blackdemands|title=Black Demands at Beloit College, 1969 · Digital Archives Class Exhibits|website=beloitdigitalarchives.com|access-date=2019-11-11}} Various students protested by overtaking Middle College, turning it into a Black Cultural Center, and gathering in front of the Richardson Auditorium before a scheduled board of trustees meeting. The demands were met but the college has not successfully implemented all of them, such as increasing the percentage of both black faculty and students to 10%. In 2018 Beloit College edited its bias policy to add a section on hate acts in order to address hate acts that occurred in 2006, 2015 and 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beloit.edu/student-success-equity-community/bias-incident-policy/|title=Bias Incident Policy|website=www.beloit.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}}

Athletics

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Beloit teams are nicknamed the Buccaneers. The university competes at the NCAA Division III level as a member of the Midwest Conference and fields varsity teams in football, baseball, softball, volleyball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, men's and women's lacrosse, and men's and women's soccer.

Recognition

In 2023, The Princeton Review listed Beloit College among the 388 best colleges.{{Cite web|url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=best-388-colleges&page=4|title=The Best 388 Colleges (2023)|publisher=The Princeton Review|access-date=26 July 2023}} Likewise, U.S. News & World Report gave Beloit College top rankings for National Liberal Arts Colleges, Best Value Schools, Undergraduate Research, Most Innovative Schools, and Top Performers on Social Mobility.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/beloit-college-3835/overall-rankings|title=Beloit College Rankings|publisher=US News|access-date=26 July 2023}} In their unique ranking based on their assessment of the college’s contribution to the public good, the Washington Monthly ranked Beloit College number 23 in the nation.{{Cite web|url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022-college-guide/liberal-arts|title=2022 Liberal Arts Colleges Rankings|publisher=Washington Monthly|access-date=26 July 2023}}

Notable alumni

Matthew Aid, military historian and author{{cite news |title=Matthew M Aid, independent researcher who wrote a history of the NSA, dies at 60|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/matthew-m-aid-independent-researcher-who-wrote-a-history-of-the-nsa-dies-at-60/2018/08/28/31f99e98-aad6-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=20 October 2020}}
Roy Chapman Andrews, naturalist, explorer, and director of the American Museum of Natural History{{cite web |title=Who Was Roy Chapman Andrews? |url=https://roychapmanandrewssociety.org/roy-chapman-andrews/ |website=Roy Chapman Andrews Society |access-date=5 February 2019}}
James Arness, actor, star of films and long-running TV series Gunsmoke{{cite web |title=James Arness |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000790/ |website=IMDb |access-date=5 February 2019}}{{better source needed|date=June 2020|reason=WP:CITEIMDB}}
Don Bolles, investigative journalist{{cite web |title=History of IRE |url=https://www.ire.org/about/history |website=ire.org |access-date=5 February 2019 |archive-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925201002/https://www.ire.org/about/history |url-status=dead }}
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, geologist, professor, University of Wisconsin president, museum director{{cite journal |last1=Chamberlin |first1=Rollin Thomas |title=Biographical Memoir of Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin 1843–1928 |journal=National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs |date=1932 |volume=15 |page=307 |url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/chamberlin-thomas-c.pdf |access-date=5 February 2019}}
Derek Carrier, former NFL tight end{{cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/players/derek-carrier/stats/|title=Derek Carrier TE Stats Summary|website=NFL.com }}
Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling, editorial cartoonist and conservationist who won two Pulitzer Prizes{{cite web |url=https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/ding/ |publisher=University of Iowa|title=Editorial Cartoons of J.N. "Ding" Darling}}
Joe Davis, sportscaster{{cite web |title=Joe Davis |url=http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/bios/on-air/joe-davis |website=FOX Sports |access-date=5 February 2019}}
Cara DeVito, American video producer, awarded a Nieman Fellowship by Harvard University
Clarence Ellis, first African-American Ph.D. recipient in computer science and pioneer in interface design{{cite web|url=https://elective.collegeboard.org/clarence-skip-ellis-computer-science-pioneer|title=Pioneers in Computer Science: Clarence "Skip" Ellis|last1=CIAMPAGLIA|first1=Dante|access-date=3 March 2023|date=7 February 2022}}
Janine P. Geske, justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court{{cite web |url=https://wicourts.gov/courts/supreme/docs/portraitsofjustice.pdf|title=Portraits of Justice|website=Wisconsin Court System}}
Zainab al-Khawaja, human rights activist{{cite web |website=Frontline Defenders |title=Case History: Zainab al Khawaja |url=https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/case-history-zainab-al-khawaja |access-date=12 February 2019}}
Stephanie Klett broadcast personality{{cite news |last1=Montgomery |first1=Austin |title=Beloiter Klett Looks Back on 8 Years Leading State Tourism |url=https://www.beloitdailynews.com/front_page_slider/20181228/beloiter_klett_looks_back_on_8_years_leading_state_tourism |access-date=12 February 2019 |website=Beloit Daily News |date=28 December 2018}}
Courtney Lyder, nursing educator{{cite web |url=https://ph.ucla.edu/faculty/lyder |title=Courtney Lyder |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219044927/https://ph.ucla.edu/faculty/lyder |archive-date=2018-12-19 |website=UCLA Fielding School of Public Health }}
Kerwin Mathews, actor{{cite web |title=Kerwin Mathews |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558663/ |website=IMDb |access-date=5 February 2019}}
Judith A. Miller, attorney and government official, member of the Beloit board of trustees{{cite web |title=Donor Stories: Judith Miller, '72 |url=https://www.beloit.edu/giving/donorstories/?story_id=275655 |publisher=Beloit College |access-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502202928/https://www.beloit.edu/giving/donorstories/?story_id=275655 |archive-date=May 2, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
Lorine Niedecker, poet{{cite web |title=Lorine Niedecker |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lorine-niedecker |website=Poetry Foundation |access-date=5 February 2019}}
Madeleine Roux, horror writer{{cite web |title=Madeleine Roux |website=U.S. Embassy in Argentina |date=2017-03-31 |url=https://ar.usembassy.gov/education-culture/los-angeles-guest-city-buenos-aires-international-book-fair/madeline-roux/ |access-date=2020-02-17}}
John Sall, one of the four founders of SAS Institute{{cite web |title=John Sall, Co-Founder & Executive Vice President |url=https://www.sas.com/en_us/company-information/leadership/john-sall.html |website=SAS Institute |access-date=5 February 2019}}
Walter A. Strong, publisher Chicago Daily News
Matt Tolmach, filmmaker, Sony Pictures Entertainment executive
James Zwerg, civil rights activist{{cite web |last1=Clay |first1=Gregory |title=Thank you, Freedom Rider |url=https://andscape.com/features/thank-you-freedom-rider/ |website=Andscape |publisher=ESPN |access-date=5 February 2019}}