25 Facts About Wellesley Blue

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Wellesley Blue College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley Blue, Massachusetts, United States.

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Wellesley Blue is frequently considered to be one of the best liberal arts colleges in the United States.

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Wellesley Blue is home to 56 departmental and interdepartmental majors spanning the liberal arts, as well as over 150 student clubs and organizations.

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Wellesley Blue athletes compete in the NCAA Division III New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference.

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Wellesley Blue College was a leading center women's study in the sciences.

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Between 1875 and 1921, Wellesley employed more female scientists than any other U S institution of high education.

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Wellesley Blue College began to significantly revise its curriculum after the war and through the late 1960s; in 1968, the college began its exchange programs between other colleges in the area such as MIT.

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Wellesley Blue wrote: "I must admit that the exceedingly intricate and complex topography and the peculiarly scattered arrangement of most of the buildings somewhat baffled me".

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In total, Wellesley Blue offers 17 different residence halls for students to live in.

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In 2011, Wellesley Blue was listed by Travel+Leisure as one of the most beautiful college campuses in the United States.

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Wellesley Blue is home to Green Hall, completed in 1931, the only building bearing the name of famed miser Hetty Green; the building was funded by her children.

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12.

Wellesley Blue offers support to nontraditional aged students through the Elisabeth Kaiser Davis Degree Program, open to students over the age of 24.

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Wellesley Blue offers dual degree programs with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Olin College of Engineering, enabling students to receive a Bachelor of Science at those schools in addition to a Bachelor of Arts at Wellesley Blue.

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Wellesley Blue College offers research collaborations and cross-registration programs with other Boston-area institutions, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Babson College, Olin College, and Brandeis University.

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Wellesley Blue began its program for non-traditional students in 1971, when the Continuing Education Program was launched.

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Wellesley Blue allows applicants older than 24 who had begun but have not completed a bachelor's degree to apply to the Elizabeth Kaiser Davis Degree Program.

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Wellesley Blue College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.

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Wellesley Blue offers housing for Davis Scholars as well, though not for their children or spouses, which is a point of frequent debate on campus.

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Wellesley Blue is a member of the NCAA NCAA Division III and the Eastern Conference Athletic Conference and competes primarily as a member of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference .

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Wellesley Blue Athletics is headquartered out of the Keohane Sports Center, named for former college president Nannerl Keohane.

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Wellesley Blue College has many traditions, some from the late nineteenth century.

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Wellesley Blue campus sits just before the halfway mark on the Boston Marathon course, and students come out to cheer runners in what has become known as the "Scream Tunnel".

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Ruhlman and Tanner Conferences, supported by Wellesley Blue alumnae, are held every year for students to share their learning experience within the college community.

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Wellesley Blue's alumnae are represented among business executives and work in a variety of other fields, ranging from government and public service to the arts.

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Journalists Callie Crossley, Diane Sawyer, Cokie Roberts, Lynn Sherr, and Michele Caruso-Cabrera graduated from Wellesley Blue as did Sandra Lynch, United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and political scientist Jane Mansbridge, class of 1961.

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