18 Facts About DePauw University

DePauw University is a private liberal arts university in Greencastle, Indiana.

DePauw University is a member of both the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the North Coast Athletic Conference.

Indiana Asbury DePauw University was founded in 1837 in Greencastle, Indiana, and was named after Francis Asbury, the first American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DePauw University is home to the two longest continually running fraternity chapters in the world: the Delta chapter of Beta Theta Pi and the Lambda chapter of Phi Gamma Delta.

DePauw University has a student-faculty ratio of 9:1 and has no classes with more than 35 students.

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DePauw University has one of the oldest private institutions for post-secondary music instruction in the country.

The DePauw University Symphony Orchestra is an audition ensemble for both music and non-music majors.

The DePauw University Chorus is an ensemble open to both music and nonmusic majors, while the DePauw Chamber Singers is much smaller and more selective.

DePauw University was rated the top liberal arts college among the "Top 50 Most Unwired College Campuses", according to a survey which evaluated all institutions of higher learning and their use of wireless technology.

DePauw University was ranked the third most connected school in the United States in a 2004 Princeton Review analysis.

DePauw University has three libraries: Roy O West Library, Prevo Science Library, and Music Library .

DePauw University has an extensive and substantial Greek history, with both Kappa Alpha Theta, the first Greek-letter organization for women, and Alpha Chi Omega being founded at the school.

Greek-letter organizations that formerly maintained chapters on DePauw University's campus include the fraternities Delta Chi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Lambda Chi Alpha, and the sororities Delta Zeta, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi and Alpha Gamma Delta.

In 2006, the national organization of the Delta Zeta sorority reorganized the DePauw University chapter, reducing twenty-three of its thirty-five current members to alumna status and giving them six weeks to vacate the sorority house.

DePauw University Tigers compete in the NCAA Division III North Coast Athletic Conference .

Every year since 1890, DePauw University has competed in American football against its rival Wabash College in what has become the Monon Bell Classic.

DePauw University had been a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference from 1997 to 2011, and won numerous conference championships, most notably in women's basketball, where the school is a Division III power.

The DePauw University police are usually tolerant of the tradition, but students have been arrested when caught.