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Campus News
Annual Celebration A Big Success The 15th Annual Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work featured over 100 Wabash Students. (See Photos)
The Liberal Arts - Prepares You For Anything
Billy Whited '06 majored in Art at Wabash and now...(Read More)
“¡REVOLUCIÓN!:” AN ARTFUL COLLABORATION
"...one of the very best things about teaching at a liberal arts college"... (Read More)
Professor Amanda Ingram is the chair of the Biology Department. (Read More)
Fabian House '16 is the new student member of the board of directors of the National Association of Wabash Men (Read More)
Sports News
First Home Varsity Lacrosse Game - Feb 21, 2015Join other Wabash fans for this historic game. (See The Schedule)
Road Trip! Get ready for Football 2015. Join other Wabash football fans for the opening game at Hampden-Sydney. This travel information should answer your questions.
U.S. News has again singled out Wabash College as one of the best private liberal arts colleges in the nation. The annual U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges of 2014 features just two Indiana private liberal arts schools. Wabash was 57th on the list. Four North Coast Athletic Conference schools, Oberlin, Kenyon, Denison and DePauw, also made the list. The recent news complements with The Princeton Review and Fiske Guide to College singling out Wabash College for excellence and value. “The rankings allow you to compare at a glance the relative quality of institutions based on such widely accepted indicators of excellence as freshman retention, graduation rates, and the strength of the faculty,” the publication reported today on how it compiles the rankings. “And as you check out the data for colleges already on your short list, you may discover unfamiliar schools with similar metrics, and thus broaden your options.”
President Gregory Hess spoke of Wabash tradition and new goals in
Thursday’s Chapel talk, the first day of the 2013-2014 school year.
The new President and Sphinx Club broke with recent tradition and
hosted a packed Chapel on the first day of classes. Hess delivered a
talk titled, “Why I am Thankful for Wabash College.” During his remarks
he suggested a new mojo to go along with the great mission statement,
Gentleman’s Rule, and the College’s great motto. President Hess delivers his first Chapel Talk“I want us to move from “A to The and from But to And,” Hess said. “And by that I want us to be The Liberal Arts College for Men, not just A Liberal Arts College for Men.
“I want us to move from ‘We’re a liberal arts college, but it’s for men,’ to ‘We’re a liberal arts college, and it’s for men.’ That’s what I mean by ‘From A to The and from But to And.’ ”
And then he delivered the words that rang with students and,
certainly, alumni alike. “As long as I am President, I will never
apologize for Wabash being a liberal arts college for men. I’ll ask you
never to do so as well. It is what makes us distinctive, and it is what
makes us great. We need to demonstrate and educate others about how best
to educate men.”
He began his Chapel Talk with words from poet e.e.cummings about
being thankful. He outlined three themes that he would emphasize
throughout the year: The value of a liberal arts education; Our need to
continue to expand Wabash’s Academic footprint; and, Enhancing the
leadership capabilities of our young men.
He said he would not take the time to introduce himself and talk
about how he got to Wabash because he thinks he should “tell the story about Wabash College and not be the story of Wabash College.”
He praised the College Mission Statement to To Educate Men to Think
Critically, Act Responsibly, Lead Effectively, and Live Humanely. He
called it “the most elegant, succinct, informative, and parsimonious as
that of any liberal arts college that I know.” The president then drew
laughs when he said it could only be better if it were a haiku.
He saluted the Gentleman’s Rule, and compared the expectations of the
“lifting our collective sights” to Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream
Speech” and President Obama’s words at Wednesday’s 50th Celebration of
King’s speech.
He talked about students, staff, and faculty he met during his two
months on the job and how “this place drips with commitment to our very
unique purpose.”
Hess’s entire Chapel Talk will be here and on the Wabash YouTube Channel shortly.
