Japan Study Colleges

Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, Ohio
1,850 students
Number of Waseda Placements: 5
TOEFL Minimum: 550 Paper / 213 CBT / 80 IBT

Academic Calendar
Fall Semester: late August - late December
Spring Semester: early January - early May

Orientation Programs
International Students: 1.5 days
New Students: 3 days

Course Catalogue
http://catalog.owu.edu
Note: Some of the courses listed in the catalog are offered each semester; others are offered less frequently.

OWU Websites for International Students
- General information
- Housing and Student Organizations

Campus Highlights
Ohio Wesleyan enrolls about 1,850, representing 43 states and 47 countries. The student body is 51% female, 49% male. The University is strongly committed to racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity, enrollment consisting of 8% U.S. students of color and 10% international students.

The new science buildings house scanning electron microscope and scanning and transmission electron microscopes. The science center also includes its own green house. OWU also has two observatories.

Gray Chapel in University Hall houses the impressive 4,500-pipe organ. OWU also is known for the Woltemade Center for Economics, Business, and Entrepreneurship and its Geographic Information Systems (GIS) computer laboratory. The Fine Art department has a prominent regional gallery and newly renovated studios.

Ohio Wesleyan owns the Strand movie theater (http://www.thestrandtheatre.net/modules/news/), located a few blocks from campus in the city of Delaware.

Community and Volunteer Opportunities
During spring break, Waseda students can join Spring Mission Trips where they build houses in poor communities of the U.S. and around the world.

OWU actively recruits students who are engaged in their own education, community, and the world around them. With over 85 clubs and student organizations (http://service.owu.edu/), there are countless opportunities for students to become involved in the leadership of an organization.

Off-campus Study Opportunities
Waseda students are eligible to apply for the spring semester New York Arts program (http://www.newyorkartsprogram.org/). Students live in New York City and work in apprenticeships with artists in the visual arts, performing arts, and the literary, publishing, film, and communication arts. The program requires excellent English-language skills and extensive experience in the arts.

Waseda students are eligible to apply for internships through OWU’S Woltemade Center for Economics and Business

Surrounding area
Ohio Wesleyan is located 20 minutes north of Columbus in the city of Delaware, Ohio, a vibrant community of 26,000 and seat of one of the fastest-growing counties in the country.

OWU Mission Statement
Ohio Wesleyan’s charter provides that “the University is forever to be conducted on the most liberal principles, accessible to all religious denominations, and designed for the benefit of our citizens in general.” In the spirit of its heritage, the University defines itself as a community of teachers and students devoted to the free pursuit of truth. It develops, in its students, qualities of intellect and character that will be useful no matter what they choose to do in later life. To view the entire mission statement, click here (http://www.owu.edu/about.html).

Famous Alumni

• Branch Rickey ’04, named ESPN’s Most Influential Sports Figure of the 20th Century
• Sherwood Rowland ’48, the 1995 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
• Norman Vincent Peale ’20, self-help author of The Power of Positive Thinking
• Ezra Vogel ’50, Harvard professor of Japanese and Chinese Studies
• Charles Warren Fairbanks 1872, Vice President under Theodore Roosevelt
• Robert E. Lee ’39, Pulitzer Prize (Auntie Mame and Inherit the Wind)
• Fred Baron ’76, Oscar-winning film producer (Moulin Rouge)