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Wheeling Jesuit University is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic university in the United States. Located in Wheeling, West Virginia, it was founded as Wheeling College in 1954 by the Society of Jesus (also known as the Jesuits). Today, Wheeling Jesuit University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Approximately 1,173 undergraduate students attend the university.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=America's Best Colleges 2008: Wheeling Jesuit University: At a glance )〕 WJU competes in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as a member of the Mountain East Conference (MEC). ==History== The seeds of WJU's founding were planted as early as the 19th century. Bishop Richard Whelan, leader of the Diocese of Wheeling, lobbied the Society of Jesus to establish a university in the burgeoning city. Over a century later, Whelan's original vision came to fruition. After a donor, Sara Tracy, left her estate to the diocese, it was able to purchase land from the neighboring Mt. De Chantal Visitation Academy.〔"Home in a New Land: The Uncanny Jesuit Journey to Wheeling." In Wheeling Winter 2009: 32–33. Print.〕 Wheeling Jesuit University, then Wheeling College, was founded through a partnership of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston with the Maryland Society of Jesus. Ground was broken on November 24, 1953, and the college was officially incorporated on September 25, 1954, but didn't open to students for another year on September 26, 1955. The establishment of the college required $2.75 million in start-up costs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=E-WV: Wheeling Jesuit University )〕 Overcoming the difficulties of temporary facilities and a faculty of just twelve Jesuit priests and four lay professors, the school grew considerably. For the 1987–1988 school year, the university became Wheeling Jesuit College, and in July 1996, gained university status.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wheeling Jesuit University – the 1980s )〕 In March 2013, the university announced the selection of Fr. James Fleming as its tenth president. Fleming took office effective July 1, 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rev. James Fleming, SJ, Ph.D., is Appointed the Tenth President of Wheeling Jesuit University )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wheeling Jesuit University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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