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Washburn University, located in Topeka, Kansas, provides broadly-based liberal arts and professional education through more than 200 certificate, associate, baccalaureate, master’s and juris doctor programs through the College of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Law, Business, Nursing and Applied Studies. Washburn University was established in February 1865 as Lincoln College by a charter issued by the State of Kansas and the General Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches of Kansas on land donated by abolitionist John Ritchie. The school was renamed Washburn College in 1868 after receiving a $25,000 donation from Ichabod Washburn, a church deacon and industrialist who resided in Worcester, Massachusetts. Washburn’s mascot honors the school’s early benefactor, Ichabod Washburn. The original design of the studious-looking, tuxedo-clad figure was created in 1938 by Bradbury Thompson (ba ‘34), who became an internationally acclaimed graphic artist. The men's athletic teams use the Ichabods nickname; the school's women's teams are known as Lady Blues. Washburn is a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Associationand The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II. Formerly a municipal university, the university's primary funding was moved from city property tax to county sales tax sources in 1999, with the school retaining status as a municipal subdivision of the state. Washburn is governed by its own nine-member Board of Regents. In 2005 the Washburn Lady Blues won the NCAA division II national basketball championship, defeating Seattle Pacific University 70-53. The 2004-05 team set the school record for wins, going 35-2 on the year.
Campus attractions Notable graduates Institutional Partnerships with Washburn Study abroad summer/short term programs Washburn sponsors summer/short term language programs in Austria, England, France, Ireland, Japan and Spain. Study abroad semester programs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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