21 August 2023
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Students are back at Washburn University for the start of the 2023 fall semester.
Monday, Aug. 21 is the first full day of classes at Washburn University. The university is bringing in the new school year with a week long “Weeks of Welcome” celebration.
Activities during Weeks of Welcome include:
Move in Day
Fraternity and Sorority luncheon
First Year Experience open house
Friday Fun Fest
Campus Classroom tours
Grocery Bingo
WU Bash
Rock the Rec
University Convocation
The five colleges at the University, include:
College Of Arts & Sciences
School Of Applied Studies
School Of Business
School Of Law
School Of Nursing
With over 140 areas of study,
Registered nursing/registered nursing
Health and medical administrative services
Psychology
Finance
Health and physical education/fitness
Mass communication/media studies
Social work
Business administration and management
Multi-/interdisciplinary studies
Criminal justice/law enforcement administration
Marketing/marketing management
Accounting
Political science and government
Elementary education and teaching
Computer and information sciences
Mental and social health services and allied professions
Speech communication and rhetoric
Biology/biological sciences
and more
Washburn University is a public institution with just under 7,000 students and 1,000 faculty and staff involved in more than 140 academic programs.
Washburn University was established in Topeka, Kansas, in February 1865 as “Lincoln College”. The land on which the college stood was donated by John Ritchie. The institution was renamed “Washburn College” in 1868, after Ichabod Washburn pledged $25,000 to the school. Washburn was a church deacon, abolitionist, and industrialist who lived in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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