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{{Short description|Private liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio, US}}
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 | name                   = The College of Wooster
 | former_names           = University of Wooster (1866–1915)
 | motto                  = ''Ex Uno Fonte / Independent Minds, Working Together''<ref name="Mission and Vision">{{Cite web|url=https://wooster.edu/about/mission-and-vision/|title=Mission and Vision|access-date=October 7, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007140742/https://wooster.edu/about/mission-and-vision/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | established            = {{start date and age|1866}}
 | type                   = [[Private college|Private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]]
 | accreditation          = [[Higher Learning Commission]]
 | academic_affiliation   = [[Annapolis Group]]
 | endowment              = $437 million (2024)<ref>As of December 31, 2024. {{cite web |url=https://livewooster.sharepoint.com/sites/BusinessOffice/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FBusinessOffice%2FShared%20Documents%2FFinancial%20Statements%2F2024%20College%20of%20Wooster%20Audited%20Financial%20Statements%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FBusinessOffice%2FShared%20Documents%2FFinancial%20Statements&p=true&ga=1</ref>
 | president              = [[Anne E. McCall]]
 | city                   = [[Wooster, Ohio]]
 | postalcode             = 44691
 | country                = U.S.
 | faculty                = 202 (fall 2023)<ref name="nces">{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/institution-profile/206589 |title=Institution Data Profile - The College of Wooster |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=January 23, 2025 }}</ref>
 | students               = 1,876 (fall 2023)<ref name="nces" />
 | campus                 = Suburban, {{cvt|240|acre}}<ref name=Facts>{{cite web |url=https://wooster.edu/about/facts/ |title=Fast Facts |publisher=College of Wooster |year=2019 |access-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704205629/https://wooster.edu/about/facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | language               = [[English language|English]]
 | colors                 = {{Color box|#FFC815|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|black|border=darkgray}} Gold & black
 | sports_nickname        = Fighting Scots
 | mascot                 = Scottie Dog
 | athletics_affiliations = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]] — [[North Coast Athletic Conference|NCAC]]
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  | built = 1900
  | architect = Lansing C. Holden
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The '''College of Wooster''' is a [[Private college|private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in [[Wooster, Ohio]], United States. Founded in 1866 by the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian Church]] as the University of Wooster, it has been officially non-sectarian since 1969. From its creation, the college has been a [[coeducation|co-educational]] institution. It enrolls about 1,900 students and is a member of the [[Five Colleges of Ohio]], [[Great Lakes Colleges Association]], and [[Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities]].

==History==
[[File:University of Wooster, Ohio, c1867.jpg|thumb|left|University of Wooster, lithograph, c. 1867]]

Founded as the '''University of Wooster''' in 1866 by the Presbyterian Synod of Ohio, the institution opened its doors in 1870 with a faculty of five and a student body of thirty men and four women.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Locher|first=Paul|date=June 2, 2008|title=Quinby turns new focus to Wooster University|url=https://www.the-daily-record.com/article/20080602/NEWS/306029624|access-date=October 14, 2020|website=The Daily Record|language=en|archive-date=October 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015221817/https://www.the-daily-record.com/article/20080602/NEWS/306029624|url-status=live}}</ref> Ephraim Quinby, a Wooster citizen, donated the first {{convert|20|acre||abbr=}}, a large oak grove situated on a hilltop overlooking the town.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gasbarre|first=Ann|date=December 13, 2019|title=Bits and Pieces: Daily Record will soon mark a century|url=https://www.dispatch.com/lifestyle/20191213/bits-and-pieces-daily-record-will-soon-mark-century|access-date=October 14, 2020|website=The Columbus Dispatch|language=en|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730212421/https://www.dispatch.com/lifestyle/20191213/bits-and-pieces-daily-record-will-soon-mark-century|url-status=live}}</ref> After being founded with the intent to make Wooster open to everyone, the university's first Ph.D. was granted to a woman, Annie B. Irish, in 1882. The first black student, Clarence Allen, began his studies later in the same decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wooster.edu/About-Wooster/History-Traditions|title=Official website: Our history & traditions|access-date=August 27, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826055604/http://www.wooster.edu/About-Wooster/History-Traditions|archive-date=August 26, 2011}}</ref>

The university gradually began to define itself as a liberal arts institution. In 1915, after a bitter dispute between the faculty and the trustees, the institution was renamed The College of Wooster reflecting a dedication to the education of undergraduate students in the liberal arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://wooster.edu/about/ |access-date=October 19, 2022 |website=The College of Wooster |language=en-US}}</ref> The college developed under the presidency of [[Charles F. Wishart]], 1919-1944. During the [[Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy]] in the 1920s, prominent Presbyterian layman and former United States Secretary of State [[William Jennings Bryan]] attacked the college for its teaching of evolution. The subject had been taught at the college for several decades and defended by president Wishart. Bryan called for the general assembly of the church to cut off funding to the college. In 1923, Wishart defeated Bryan for the position of [[Moderator of the General Assembly]], largely on the evolution issue, and the college continued to teach evolution.<ref>{{cite journal |last =Tait |first = L. Gordon |title =Evolution: Wishart, Wooster, and William Jennings Bryan |journal =Journal of Presbyterian History|volume =62 |issue = 4 |pages =310–314 |date =1984 |jstor = 23328648 |ref= none}}</ref> Wishart was followed by [[Howard F. Lowry]], who served from 1944 until his death in 1967.<ref>{{cite|title= Howard F. Lowry, Educator, Writer|journal= New York Times|date= 5 July 1967|last=New York Times|first=}}</ref> He was followed by [[J. Garber Drushal]], who served until 1977.

On November 10, 2015, the college named [[Sarah Bolton (physicist)|Sarah Bolton]] as its twelfth president and first female president. Bolton left the college at the end of the 2021–2022 academic year to assume the presidency of [[Whitman College]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=melanderson |date=January 12, 2022 |title=Sarah Bolton named next president of Whitman College, will leave Wooster at end of academic year |url=https://wooster.edu/2022/01/11/sarah-bolton-to-step-down-as-wooster-president-at-end-of-21-22-academic-year/ |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=The College of Wooster |language=en-US}}</ref> Anne E. McCall was inaugurated on October 28, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=cpaynich |date=October 31, 2023 |title=Anne E. McCall inaugurated as 13th President of The College of Wooster |url=https://wooster.edu/2023/10/31/anne-mccall-inaugurated-as-13th-president-of-the-college-of-wooster/ |access-date=September 5, 2024 |website=The College of Wooster |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Scottish heritage===
Wooster's school colors are black and old gold and its mascot is the 'Fighting [[Scottish ethnicity|Scot]]'. Early Wooster teams were known as the Presbyterians or unofficially as the 'Presbyterian Steamroller.' In 1939, a large donation from alumnus Birt Babcock funded the purchase of kilts for the marching band, in the yellow-and-black [[Clan MacLeod|MacLeod]] tartan (MacLeod of Lewis), which had no particular significance, except that it matched the school colors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://admissions.wooster.edu/traditions/kilts.php |title=Admissions & Financial Aid - College of Wooster |publisher=Admissions.wooster.edu |date=April 28, 2010 |access-date=July 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509172602/http://admissions.wooster.edu/traditions/kilts.php |archive-date=May 9, 2008 }}</ref> [[Scotland|Scottish]] culture became an important part of the school's heritage; today, the [[American football|football]] games feature a Scottish [[pipe band]] with Highland dancers in addition to a traditional marching band, with all three groups clad in the MacLeod tartan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scot Band |url=https://wooster.edu/academics/areas/scot-band/ |access-date=October 19, 2022 |website=The College of Wooster |language=en-US}}</ref> The college offers the "Scottish Arts Scholarship" for students who perform as pipers, drummers, or Scottish dancers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scottish Arts Scholarship|url=http://www.wooster.edu/admissions/scholarships/scottish/|website=www.wooster.edu|publisher=The College of Wooster|access-date=October 22, 2014|archive-date=October 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022075527/http://www.wooster.edu/admissions/scholarships/scottish/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:COWkaukehall.jpg|alt=Large academic building with an arch|thumb|Kauke Hall, an iconic building on the college's campus]]

===Presidents===
Wooster has had fifteen presidents from 1870 to 2024, including interim presidents.<ref>{{cite|last= College of Wooster |title=Past Presidents|year=2024|url=https://wooster.edu/past-presidents/ }}</ref>
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* [[Anne E. McCall]] 2023-
* [[Wayne P. Webster]] 2022-2023
* [[Sarah R. Bolton]] 2016-2022
* [[Georgia Nugent]] 2015-2016
* [[Grant Cornwell Jr]] 2007-2015
* [[Raleigh Stanton Hales Jr.]] 1995-2007
* [[Henry Jefferson Copeland]] 1977-1995
* [[J. Garber Drushal]] 1967-1977
* [[Howard Foster Lowry]] 1944-1967
* [[Charles Frederick Wishart]] 1919-1944
* [[John Campbell White (Reverend)|John Campbell White]] 1915-1919
* [[Louis Edward Holden]] 1899-1915
* [[Sylvester Fithian Scovel]] 1883-1899
* [[Archibald Alexander Edward Taylor]] 1873-1883
* [[Willis Lord]] 1870 -1873
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==Organization and administration==
The College of Wooster Board of Trustees named [[Anne McCall|Anne E. McCall]] to be the 13th president of the College of Wooster on December 8, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=cpaynich |date=December 8, 2022 |title=Anne E. McCall named 13th president of The College of Wooster |url=https://wooster.edu/2022/12/08/anne-e-mccall-named-13th-president-of-the-college-of-wooster/ |access-date=December 9, 2022 |website=The College of Wooster |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidential Announcement |url=https://wooster.edu/presidential-announcement/ |access-date=December 9, 2022 |website=The College of Wooster |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Academics==
{{Infobox US university ranking
| Forbes = 250
| THE_WSJ = 143
| USNWR_LA = 77
| Wamo_LA = 103
}}

Wooster's most popular majors, by 2024 graduates, were:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=wooster&s=all&id=206589#programs |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=U.S. Dept of Education |title=College of Wooster |access-date=July 31, 2025}}</ref>
::Political Science 41
::Psychology 34
::Biology 31
::Computer Science 23
::Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 22
::Neuroscience 19
::Communication 18
::History 16
::Business Economics 15
::Philosophy 13
[[File:University Library, University of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. - DPLA - 03fa9e60bc157dbf150af0c4e24314d8 (page 1).jpg|alt=Drawing of students studying in an old library with columns|thumb|1911 depiction of the Timken Library, then known as the University Library]]

===Libraries===
The College of Wooster Libraries consists of three branches (Andrews Library, Flo K. Gault Library, and Timken Science Library) and a music library located at the Scheide Music Center. Andrews Library, the largest library in the system, houses more than 850,000 volumes and can accommodate over 500 readers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrews Library - College of Wooster Campus Tour |url=http://www3.wooster.edu/admissions/campustour/library.php |publisher=Wooster.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909181328/http://www.wooster.edu/admissions/campustour/library.php |archive-date=September 9, 2006 }}</ref> Andrews Library houses the college's Special Collections, media library and the student writing center. The Timken Science Library in Frick Hall, the oldest branch in the system, served as the original academic library for the college from 1900 to 1962. After three decades as an art museum, the building reopened as the science library in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=What is OhioLINK |url=http://www.ohiolink.edu/about/what-is-ol.html |publisher=Ohiolink.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206205827/http://www.ohiolink.edu/about/what-is-ol.html |archive-date=February 6, 2012 }}</ref>

===Art Museum===
The College of Wooster Art Museum was established in the 1930s. The current museum was established at the Ebert Art Center in 1997. The museum houses two small galleries, the Charlene Derge Sussel Art Gallery and the Burton D. Morgan Gallery, as well as storage for the college's permanent art collection. The museum's encyclopedic collection spans from ancient to contemporary art. Permanent collections include the John Taylor Arms Print Collection—which represents works by [[Edward Hopper]], [[Winslow Homer]], [[Isabel Bishop]], [[Martin Lewis (artist)|Martin Lewis]], [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], [[Albrecht Dürer]], [[Käthe Kollwitz]] and [[Félix Bracquemond]]—the William C. Mithoefer Collection of African Art, Middle Eastern pottery and Chinese decorative art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The College of Wooster Art Museum |url=https://artinamericaguide.com/listings/the-college-of-wooster-art-museum/ |website=Art in America Guide}}</ref>

==Student life==

===Residential life===
[[File:College of Wooster Bornhuetter Hall.jpg|alt=Modern Residential building|thumb|Bornhuetter Hall, one of the college's residence halls]]
The College of Wooster is a residential campus and has 16 residence halls, which house 16 to 270 students each, and 30 program houses. 97% of the student body live in the residence halls on campus.[https://wooster.edu/about/fast-facts/]<ref>{{cite web|title=Residences|url=http://www.wooster.edu/students/reslife/residences/|website=www.wooster.edu|publisher=The College of Wooster|access-date=October 22, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104105228/http://www.wooster.edu/students/reslife/residences|archive-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref> The residence halls include Andrews Hall, Armington Hall, Babcock Hall, Bissman Hall, Bornhuetter Hall, Brush Hall, Compton Hall, Douglass Hall, Gault Manor, Gault Schoolhouse, Holden Hall, Kenarden Lodge, Luce Hall, Stevenson Hall, and Wagner Hall.<ref>{{cite web|title=Halls|url=http://www.wooster.edu/students/reslife/residences/halls/|website=www.wooster.edu|publisher=The College of Wooster|access-date=October 21, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020124652/http://www.wooster.edu/students/reslife/residences/halls/|archive-date=October 20, 2014}}</ref>

===International presence===
Elias Compton, former dean of the college, founded the Wooster in India program during the 1930s, which established a sister school relationship with [[Ewing Christian College]] in [[Allahabad, India]]. Over a forty-year time span, Wooster sent several former students to serve as Head Resident at Ewing while Ewing faculty were brought to Wooster as Ewing Fellows; a plaque with the names of Ewing Fellows hangs in Babcock Hall.<ref>{{cite web |title=International Education Week {{pipe}} Cosmos |date=October 2008 |volume=22 |issue=3 |url=http://www3.wooster.edu/oisa/COSMOS/2008-09/november.pdf |publisher=Wooster.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209072013/http://www.wooster.edu/oisa/COSMOS/2008-09/november.pdf |archive-date=December 9, 2008 }}</ref> The Wooster in India program helped build this unique bond between Wooster and India that enhanced the exchange of students, ideas and cultures.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Thewoostervoice.com |title=International Insight |url=http://thewoostervoice.com/2009/08/international-insight-3/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208232922/http://thewoostervoice.com/2009/08/international-insight-3/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 8, 2015 }}</ref> This international presence affected the entire campus, establishing a tradition which continues to influence the college. Today, 15% of the student body is international in origin, representing 59 countries.<ref name=Facts/> The college offers majors in Cultural Area Studies and International Relations, instruction in seven foreign languages and opportunities to study abroad in 60 countries. Sixty-nine percent of Wooster students are from outside of Ohio.<ref name=Facts/>
* Scot Center: In early 2012, the Scot Center,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wooster.edu/About-Wooster/rec_center |title=The Scot Center - College of Wooster |publisher=Wooster.edu |access-date=July 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620190658/http://www.wooster.edu/About-Wooster/rec_center |archive-date=June 20, 2012 }}</ref> a {{convert|123000|sqft|m2|adj=on}}  $30 million recreation facility, opened its doors.  It includes four multipurpose sport courts (for intramural basketball, volleyball and tennis), a 200-meter indoor track, a new fitness center, batting cages for baseball and softball, expanded locker rooms, coaches' offices and meeting facilities. The building also boasts a {{convert|20,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} solar roof, the largest of any college facility in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wooster.edu/News-and-Events/News-Releases/2010/September/Largest-Solar-Roof |title=Scot Center's Solar Roof Will Be Largest at Any College in U.S. - College of Wooster |publisher=Wooster.edu |date=September 20, 2010 |access-date=June 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324093221/http://www.wooster.edu/News-and-Events/News-Releases/2010/September/Largest-Solar-Roof |archive-date=March 24, 2012 }}</ref> The Scot Center is the first phase of a master plan to create a Campus Center.
* Babcock Residence Hall: Babcock Hall houses 60% domestic and 40% international students who desire to experience this cross-cultural living environment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Babcock Hall - College of Wooster |url=http://www.wooster.edu/en/Student-Life/Residence-Life/Residences/Halls/Babcock-Hall.aspx |publisher=Wooster.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003101821/http://www.wooster.edu/en/Student-Life/Residence-Life/Residences/Halls/Babcock-Hall.aspx |archive-date=October 3, 2009 }}</ref> Babcock Hall offers cross-cultural programming that includes regular hall meetings with student speakers and cultural activities; celebrations of holidays from around the world; and discussions of international and diversity-related issues led by faculty and invited speakers.
* Luce Residence Hall: Luce Hall houses six language suites (Chinese, Classics, French, German, Spanish, and Russian) providing students with a living/learning environment focusing on developing foreign language skills. The building features submarine-inspired architectural details, like a winding floorplan and porthole windows.

===Performing arts===
[[File:College of Wooster Freedlander Theatre.jpg|thumb|Freedlander Theatre is the main auditorium on campus.]]
Wooster is the home of the [[Ohio Light Opera]], an enterprise founded within the college in 1979, but not part of the college curriculum. It is the only professional company in the United States entirely devoted to [[operetta]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daigle |first=Steven A. |title=Mission |url=https://ohiolightopera.org/about/mission/ |access-date=September 1, 2022 |website=The Ohio Light Opera}}</ref> OLO performs the entire [[Gilbert & Sullivan]] repertoire, but also regularly revives rarely performed continental works of the 19th and early 20th centuries.  Over the years, the company has produced eighty different operettas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ohiolightopera.org/ |title=Home - The Ohio Light Opera |access-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118002458/https://ohiolightopera.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Wooster's performing ensembles include the Wooster Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1915 by Daniel Parmelee, then Professor of Violin at the college. The orchestra currently is the second-oldest orchestra in continuous performance in the state of Ohio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wooster.edu/Academics/Areas-of-Study/Music/Ensembles/Orchestra |title=Wooster Symphony Orchestra - College of Wooster |access-date=November 3, 2010 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525193416/http://www.wooster.edu/Academics/Areas-of-Study/Music/Ensembles/Orchestra |archive-date=May 25, 2010 }}</ref> Additional ensembles include the Scot Symphonic and Marching Bands, the Wooster Chorus, and the Wooster Jazz Ensemble.

Wooster has an active on-campus [[pipe band]]. Officially called the College of Wooster Pipe Band, members perform at many official on-campus events such as commencement, sports games (football, basketball, swim meets, and sometimes lacrosse games) and many spontaneous student-run events. During the spring season, they perform and compete at a grade 3 level, having won prizes at the Scots wi' Shotts event in Cleveland hosted by the local Lochaber Pipe Band.  The Pipe Band also placed first in the grade 3 contest at the 2009 Toronto Indoor Highland Games, as the only American band competing.

The college's department of Theatre and Dance produces two dance concerts per year, a fall concert in the round, and a spring concert in a more formal proscenium setting.  Additionally, the college produces at least two plays each academic year.  Further plays are produced by student groups and seniors pursuing their Independent Study projects.  In 2007, Wooster's theatre production of 'Nocturne' was invited to perform at the Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival in Washington, D.C. Wooster's production was one of four shows chosen from a field of approximately 400 entries.
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===Greek life, honor and professional societies===
{{Main|List of College of Wooster fraternities and sororities}}
The College of Wooster has hosted numerous fraternities, sororities and honor societies since its establishment. These number more than 80 Greek named chapters, including defunct groups, with approximately 30 active today.<ref>For reference, see any edition of the [https://openworks.wooster.edu/index/ Wooster Index yearbook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110092426/https://openworks.wooster.edu/index/ |date=January 10, 2021}}, which has regularly featured fraternities, sororities and honor societies during its 147 years of publication. Website accessed January 7, 2021.</ref> The most visible are the college's Greek [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|Academic and Social]] chapters. However, the Greek System includes [[Honor society|Honor Societies]] and [[Professional fraternities and sororities|Professional Fraternities]], along with Greek-aligned clubs and sections which adopted those terms when the words "fraternity" and "sorority" were discouraged.

There are currently twelve active academic and social Greek groups at the College of Wooster: six sororities, five fraternities and one co-educational group. Sometimes called clubs and sections, these groups are not affiliated with national Greek organizations, and approximately 15% of the student body participates. Wooster's twelve Greek chapters are self-governed under an Inter-Greek Council. Noted by date of founding, social chapters include:

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====Women's sororities====
* {{lang|grc|ΠΚ}} – Pi Kappa (local), 1918, "Peanuts"<ref>[https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/pi/ "Peanuts" Wooster portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112014851/https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/pi/ |date=January 12, 2021}}, accessed December 25, 2020.</ref>
* {{lang|grc|ΖΦΓ}} – Zeta Phi Gamma (local), 1928–19xx, 1988, "Imps"<ref>[https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/zeta/ "Imps" or "Zeta's" Wooster portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112093509/https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/zeta/ |date=January 12, 2021}}, accessed December 25, 2020. Noted in the 1938 yearbook as the "Imps", these being the successor to ΚΑΘ.</ref>
* {{lang|grc|ΚΕΖ}} – Kappa Epsilon Zeta (local), 1943–~1980, 2013, "Keys"<ref>[https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/kappaepsilonzeta/ "Keys" Wooster portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111135254/https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/kappaepsilonzeta/ |date=January 11, 2021}}, accessed December 25, 2020.</ref><ref>Prior to becoming Keys in 1948 the group existed as two separate clubs, named the "Darts" and the "Arrows" which had both formed in about 1943. Hence, without a national predecessor, this group originated in 1943.</ref>
* {{lang|grc|ΕΚΟ}} – Epsilon Kappa Omicron (local), 1943, "Echo"<ref>[https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/epsilon/ "Echo's" Wooster portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111113615/https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/epsilon/ |date=January 11, 2021}}, accessed December 25, 2020.</ref><ref>Originally part of ΠΚ, they broke away in 1943.</ref>
* {{lang|grc|ΑΓΦ}} – Alpha Gamma Phi (local), 1983, "Alpha Gamm"<ref>[https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/alpha/ "Alpha Gam's" Wooster portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111124442/https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/alpha/ |date=January 11, 2021}}, accessed December 25, 2020.</ref><ref>Originally part of ΠΚ, they broke away in 1983.</ref>
* {{lang|grc|ΔΘΨ}} – Delta Theta Psi (local), 1992, "Theta"<ref>[https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/theta/ "Theta's" Wooster portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111135302/https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/theta/ |date=January 11, 2021}}, accessed December 25, 2020.</ref>
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====Men's fraternities====
* {{lang|grc|ΒΚΦ}} – Beta Kappa Phi, 1914 (local), First (I) Section<ref>[https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/beta/ "Beta Kappa's" Wooster portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111103919/https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/beta/ |date=January 11, 2021}}, accessed December 25, 2020.</ref>
* {{lang|grc|ΦΣΑ}} – Phi Sigma Alpha, 1916 (local), Sixth (VI) Section<ref>[https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/honorary/phi-sigma/index.php The "Sigs" Wooster portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110022654/https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/honorary/phi-sigma/index.php |date=January 10, 2021}}, accessed December 28, 2020. Historically, they resided in Sixth (VI) Section of Kenarden.</ref>
* {{lang|grc|ΜΟΗ}} – Men of Harambee, 1989 (local)(inactive), New Eighth (VIII) Section<ref>[https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/harambee/index.php "MOH's" Wooster portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111124454/https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/harambee/index.php |date=January 11, 2021}}, accessed December 25, 2020.</ref><ref>Formed by students [https://thewoostervoice.spaces.wooster.edu/2019/10/25/college-honors-30th-anniversary-of-galpin-takeover/ in the aftermath of the Galpin Takeover] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109160206/https://thewoostervoice.spaces.wooster.edu/2019/10/25/college-honors-30th-anniversary-of-galpin-takeover/ |date=January 9, 2021}} from a group named simply, "Harambee" that had formed in 1969. Accessed December 29, 2020.</ref>
* {{lang|grc|ΞΧΨ}} – Xi Chi Psi, 1991 (local)<ref>[https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/xi/ "Zee Chi's" Wooster portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112083146/https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/xi/ |date=January 12, 2021}}, accessed December 25, 2020. This group was briefly known as Theta Upsilon Gamma.</ref>
* {{lang|grc|ΔΧΔ}} – Delta Chi Delta, 2017 (local)<ref>[https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/delta-chi/ "Delta Chi's" Wooster portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111140839/https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/delta-chi/ |date=January 11, 2021}}, accessed December 25, 2020.</ref>

====Co-ed fraternities====
* {{lang|grc|ΗΠ}} – Eta Pi, 1983 - Inactive (local)<ref>[https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/eta-pi/ Eta Pi's Wooster portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111103047/https://wooster.edu/campus/orgs/greek/eta-pi/ |date=January 11, 2021}}, accessed December 25, 2020.</ref>
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At least eighteen [[honor societies]] are active at the college, including {{lang|grc|ΦΒΚ}} – [[Phi Beta Kappa]], which arrived in 1926.

===Student organizations===
The college has a wide variety of student-run media. ''The Wooster Voice'' is the weekly student newspaper with a newly launched website, and has been published weekly since 1883 (see [[list of college newspapers]]), while WOO 91, which was at [[WCWS-FM]] until 2019, is the college's online radio station that streams from iHeartRadio.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 3, 2023 |title=The Wooster Voice – The College of Wooster's student-run newspaper since 1883. |url=https://thewoostervoice.spaces.wooster.edu/ |access-date=November 6, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=WOO91 - Wooster's Sound Alternative |url=https://sites.google.com/view/woo91-woosters-sound-alternati/home |access-date=November 6, 2023 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rbr.com/college-of-wooster-wcws-emf/ |title=EMF Successfully Woos A School For Its Silent FM |date=January 2, 2020 |access-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116145651/https://www.rbr.com/college-of-wooster-wcws-emf/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The college also has a successful [[Ultimate (sport)|Ultimate Frisbee]] program. The Women's team, Betty Gone Wild, won USAUltimate's D-III College Championship Sectionals in 2014 and 2015. Also in 2014 and 2015, they came in second at USAUltimate's D-III College Championship Regionals. They attended the National College Championship in 2014 and came in 15th place.

The college is well known for its [[Moot Court]] team as part of the American Moot Court Association, ranked second in the nation in 2017 by the ACMA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.acmamootcourt.org/top-programs-in-intercollegiate-moot-court|title=Top Programs in Intercollegiate Moot Court|website=www.acmamootcourt.org|access-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030040802/http://www.acmamootcourt.org/top-programs-in-intercollegiate-moot-court|archive-date=October 30, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition to the teams regional championships, the college routinely qualifies teams to the Moot Court Nationals tournament and was the 2008 National Champion. In 2017, Wooster qualified five teams to the nationals tournament and had teams finish 12th, 16th, and 18th in oral argument, 13th and 14th in oration, and third in appellate brief writing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.acmamootcourt.org/results|title=Results|website=www.acmamootcourt.org|access-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030040835/http://www.acmamootcourt.org/results|archive-date=October 30, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Athletics==
{{main|Wooster Fighting Scots}}
[[file:Wooster_athletics_icon.png|thumb|120px|Wooster athletics logo]]
Wooster teams are named the ''Fighting Scots''. Wooster's athletic history dates back to its first baseball team, in 1880, which played only one game, losing 12–2 to [[Kenyon College]]. The football program was established in 1889; over its first two seasons, the team won all seven games it played, by a total score of 306–4.  Included was a 64–0 victory at [[Ohio State University|Ohio State]] on November 1, 1890, in the Buckeyes' first-ever home football game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=12442 |title=Site of First Ohio State Home Football Game / The Ohio State University First Football Team 1890 Marker |publisher=Hmdb.org |access-date=July 17, 2010 |archive-date=October 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020221618/http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=12442 |url-status=live }}</ref>  Shortly thereafter, intercollegiate sports were banned by the College President.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://athletics.wooster.edu/fb/archives/history.php |title=Athletics - College of Wooster |publisher=Athletics.wooster.edu |access-date=July 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602063939/http://athletics.wooster.edu/fb/archives/history.php |archive-date=June 2, 2008 }}</ref>

Sports sponsored include baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. They compete in the [[North Coast Athletic Conference]] of [[NCAA Division III]].

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of College of Wooster people}}
* [[J.C. Chandor]], filmmaker
* [[Martha Chase]], geneticist
* [[Arthur Holly Compton]], [[Nobel Prize]]-winning physicist and chancellor of [[Washington University in St. Louis]]
* [[John Dean]], White House Counsel for U.S. President Richard Nixon and participant in the [[Watergate scandal]]
* [[John Exter]], economist, member of the [[Federal Reserve Board of Governors|Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System]], and founder of the [[Central Bank of Sri Lanka]]
* [[Stanley Gault]], businessman
* [[Duncan Jones]], film director, producer, and screenwriter; son of [[David Bowie]]
* [[Donald Kohn]], former vice chairman of the [[Federal Reserve Board of Governors|Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System]]
* [[Norman Morrison]], anti-war activist who self-immolated in front of the Pentagon in protest of the Vietnam War
* [[Lamont Paris]], college basketball coach
* [[William P. Richardson (law school dean)|William P. Richardson]], co-founder and first dean of [[Brooklyn Law School]]
* [[George E. Goodfellow]],  first civilian [[Trauma surgery|trauma surgeon]] and naturalist
* [[S. Robson Walton]], billionaire heir to the fortune of [[Walmart]]
* [[Susanne Woods]], provost of [[Wheaton College (Massachusetts)|Wheaton College]] and associate dean of faculty at [[Brown University]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* James R. Blackwood, ''The House on College Avenue: the Comptons at Wooster, 1891-1913'' (Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press,  1968).
* Lucy Lilian Notestein, ''Wooster of the Middle West'' (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press,  1971).

==External links==
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* [https://woosterathletics.com/ Athletics website]
* [http://www.woosterteams.com The College of Wooster Athletic Teams], records, players, and data, 1889–2017
* [http://www.woosterhalloffame.com The College of Wooster Athletic Hall of Fame], 1886–
* {{Cite Collier's|wstitle=Wooster University |short=x}}

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