George Wythe University

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George Wythe College (GWC) was organized in 1992 as a subsidiary of the Institute for Constitutional Education with Donald N. Sills as president. The school opened that fall as a Utah branch of Coral Ridge Baptist University (CRBU). Over the next several years the school awarded bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees across a range of subjects, including finance,{{cite web |url=http://www.secinfo.com/dUgwf.9c4.htm |title=Whitehall Ltd Inc - 8-K - For 9/12/96 |access-date=September 10, 2008 |publisher= |date= }} youth and family counseling,{{cite web |url=http://www.familycci.com/who_are_we.html |title=Family Coaching and Consulting |access-date=September 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724160758/http://www.familycci.com/who_are_we.html |archive-date=July 24, 2008 }} history,{{cite web |url=http://www.gwc.edu/Cat_MA_History.html |title=MASTER OF ARTS, HISTORY |author= |last= |first= |date= |year= |publisher= |location= |pages= |language= |doi= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010415215835/http://www.gwc.edu/Cat_MA_History.html |archive-date=April 15, 2001 |quote=}} Near Eastern Studies,{{cite web |url=http://www.einarerickson.com/content/view/10/28/ |title=Ancient Mormon Doctrine Scholar |access-date=September 10, 2008 |publisher= |date= }} and education.{{cite web |url=http://www.gwc.edu/Cat_PHD_Educ.html |title=DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, EDUCATION |author= |last= |first= |date= |year= |publisher= |location= |pages= |language= |doi= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010426191351/http://www.gwc.edu/Cat_PHD_Educ.html |archive-date=April 26, 2001 |quote=Recommended for professional educators: public, home and private.}} In 1997 a steering committee formalized the school's comprehensive academic program, integrating the methodology, motto and mission into a cohesive liberal arts model which it called the Five Pillars of Statesmanship.{{cite web|url=http://www.gw.edu/pdf/gwc_history.pdf |title=The First Fifteen Years |pages = 22–23 |access-date=April 1, 2009 |last=Brooks |first=Shanon }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} In 1999, George Wythe Foundation was created to commence fundraising efforts,{{cite web|url=http://www.gw.edu/pdf/gwc_history.pdf |title=The First Fifteen Years |page = 36 |access-date=April 1, 2009 |last=Brooks |first=Shanon }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} and by 2000 the college expanded its faculty and administration to include 13 employees plus support staff.{{cite web|url=http://www.gw.edu/pdf/gwc_history.pdf |title=The First Fifteen Years |page = 27 |access-date=April 1, 2009 |last=Brooks |first=Shanon }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

In January 2002, the college became independent from CRBU through a transfer of ownership to George Wythe Foundation. At this time the school realigned its policies and narrowed its degree programs to the four specific degrees that most closely matched its mission, namely: B.A in Statesmanship; M.A. degrees in Political Economy and Education; and a Ph.D in Constitutional Law. This notably reduced the religious emphasis that existed previously.

In 2006 a master plan was presented for reorganizing under a university model with multiple colleges on several campuses.{{cite journal |url=http://newsletter.gw.edu/archive/CampusNews/82|title=The Case for a Renaissance, Part II|journal=The Statesman|date= September 2008|publisher=George Wythe University }} In August 2008 the school announced the designation of "university" status granted by the State of Utah, and the Board decision to formally adopt the change, as it broke ground on its second campus in Monticello, Utah. At this same groundbreaking ceremony it was also announced that the school's leadership would assume new titles under the university model, with head administrator Shanon Brooks being named university president and chief academic Oliver DeMille receiving the title of chancellor.{{cite web |url=http://www.sjrnews.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home&widget=full_story&content_instance_id=184849&open=& |title=Private college comes of age as George Wythe moves from college to university |access-date=September 23, 2008 |quote=The George Wythe Foundation Board of Trustees and the state of Utah recently authorized George Wythe College to transition to George Wythe University. |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716080747/http://www.sjrnews.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home&widget=full_story&content_instance_id=184849&open=& |url-status=dead }} Temporary remote headquarters were set up in a local historical monument known as the Hyland Hotel{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/UT/San+Juan/state.html|title=National Register of Historical Places - UTAH (UT), San Juan County|website=www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com}} and classes were held with 19 students.{{cite web |url=http://www.sjrnews.com/pages/full_story?page_label=2008_archives&widget=full_story&content_instance_id=20375&open=& |title=George Wythe College making presence felt |access-date=July 23, 2008 |quote=A visit with Dr. Shanon Brooks, a team of architects, and donors Thursday morning revealed a beehive of activity at their headquarters in Monticello in what used to be the Hyland Hotel. School officials have invited interested educators, donors, and community members to come in and make suggestions. |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716080400/http://www.sjrnews.com/pages/full_story?page_label=2008_archives&widget=full_story&content_instance_id=20375&open=& |url-status=dead }} Intentions for a third campus were announced for Alberta, Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.sjrnews.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home&widget=full_story&content_instance_id=184849&open=&|title=Private college comes of age as George Wythe moves from college to university|access-date=July 23, 2008|archive-date=July 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716080747/http://www.sjrnews.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home&widget=full_story&content_instance_id=184849&open=&|url-status=dead}}

In February 2009 the school announced plans to offer live online classes. This announcement coincided with the resignation of Brooks as president, the appointment of Andrew Groft as the university's interim president,{{cite web |url=http://news.gw.edu/?p=30|title=GWU Press Release|date=March 3, 2009|publisher=George Wythe University}} and the cancellation of the chancellor model incident to the retirement of DeMille, due to health problems.

In April 2012, the Board of Trustees announced a feasibility study rejecting Monticello as a viable campus site and returned the donated land.{{cite web |url=http://news.gw.edu/?p=329 |title= |website=news.gw.edu |access-date=May 25, 2012}}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}

In October 2015, the new administration announced that it had been looking at options for being acquired, which it intended to complete by August 2016.

• Jim Hillyer, elected Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada for Lethbridge in the 2011 general election

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