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450+ Faculty
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40+ Departments and Programs
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5,000+ Undergraduate Students
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2,200+ Graduate Students
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47 Undergraduate Majors
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57 Undergraduate Minors
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25 Combined BA/MA Programs
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36 Master’s Programs
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20 Doctoral Programs
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10 Graduate Certificate Programs
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Founded By An Act oF congress
Washington died before his vision was carried out. The Reverend luther Rice and
three friends took up the effort; President James Monroe and 32 members of the
U.S. Congress also became involved. On February 9, 1821, Monroe signed the Act
of Congress that created the Columbian College in the District of Columbia.
Columbian College opened its doors with three faculty members, one tutor, and
30 students in a single building located between 14th and 15th Streets, NW—a
neighborhood now known as Columbia Heights. Its curriculum included English,
latin, and Greek, as well as mathematics, chemistry, astronomy, reading, writing,
navigation, and political law. The first graduates received degrees in December 1824.
Becoming A university
The Civil War transformed Washington, D.C., into a growing urban center. During
the war, most students left to join the Confederacy, and the college’s buildings
were used as a hospital and barracks. Walt Whitman was among the volunteers
helping to treat the wounded on the campus.
In 1873, Columbian College changed its name to Columbian University and
moved to a location at 15th and l Streets, NW. Shortly thereafter, it began offering
professional and doctoral degrees and admitted its first women. In 1904, Columbian
University became The George Washington University under an agreement with
the George Washington Memorial Association. The University began the move to
its present location in Foggy Bottom in 1912.
the vision continues
The University underwent a building boom in the 1930s through the 1960s,
adding lisner Auditorium and numerous other structures. In 1991, GW opened a
Northern Virginia campus in Ashburn devoted to graduate study and cutting-edge
research. Five years later, the University purchased the Mount Vernon College for
Women in the city’s Foxhall neighborhood. The Mount Vernon College later
became coeducational and fully integrated into the GW community as the Mount
Vernon Campus. Both campuses are home to several Columbian College programs.
Today, the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences has come full circle, completing
the cycle of vision and opportunity first advanced by our nation’s founding father.
The College represents the full breadth and depth of a strong liberal arts education, a
foundation upon which the dreams of the next generation of leaders are built.
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