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Western Oregon University was founded in 1856 as Monmouth University. [8] In 1865, it merged with another private institution, Bethel College , in Bethel and became Christian College . In 1882, the Oregon State Legislature approved the college's bid to become a state-supported teacher training (or " normal ") school, Oregon State Normal School .
This map was created to help visitors navigate around the Western Oregon University campus while Monmouth Avenue N is closed through September from Jackson Street to Stadium Drive.
Merged with Western Oregon University to form, in turn, Christian College in 1865, Oregon State Normal School in 1882, Oregon Normal School in 1911, and Oregon College of Education in 1939, which is Western Oregon University today. [42] Blue Mountain University: La Grande: 1873 1885 [43] Cascade Christian College: Portland: 1918 1969
Monmouth was settled in 1853 by a group of pioneers who allocated 640 acres (2.6 km 2) to build both a city and a "college under the auspices of the Christian Church", and proceeds from the sale of these lands were used to found Monmouth University, currently known as Western Oregon University. [6]
This was Peatross and Marlowe's first season coaching the Western Oregon’s women’s basketball team. The team finished 10-19 overall and 3-15 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
Western Oregon is a geographical term that is generally taken to mean the part of the U.S. state of Oregon within 120 miles (190 km) of the state’s coastal region, on the west side of the crest of the Cascade Range. [1]
The Valsetz Dining Hall at Western Oregon University (WOU) in Monmouth, east of Valsetz, was built in 1970 and rededicated in 1991 in tribute to the former community. [9] Between 1926 and 1931, WOU, then known as the Oregon Normal School, sent 16 to 20 student teachers for six-week sessions in the Valsetz elementary school. [9]
The Western Oregon Wolves (also WOU Wolves) are the athletic teams that represent Western Oregon University, located in Monmouth, Oregon, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) since the 2001–02 academic year.