Hey, what's up,
YOUniversity TV watchers,

I'm Nicole Erin and today
we're at William Jewell College

and I'm walking the quad
just like students do here

on their first and last
day on campus,

completing a full circle
of their time here.

Come join us on
our campus tour.

William Jewell College
is in Liberty, Missouri,

two blocks from
the town square.

Kansas City is so close,
its beautiful skyline

is visible from campus.

Can you describe Missouri for
people who don't know much

about it and what it's
like to live here?

Missouri's a pretty
happenin' place.

We're really close
to Kansas City

and that has a lot of
neat stuff going on.

You've got the Power & Light
District which is bringing a lot

of culture and sport into
the downtown Kansas City area.

The William Jewell campus
is nestled among 200 acres

of lush rolling hills in western
Missouri, 20 minutes north

of downtown Kansas City,
home of the world class

Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art.

Not only is Jewell Hall
the oldest building on campus,

but it's also the highest
point in Clay County

and it's listed on the National
Register of Historic Places.

During the Civil War this
building was used as a hospital

for Union troops and when
the soldiers passed through here

they left their mark on
the side of the building.

Approximately 1,200 students
attend William Jewell.

Fifty-eight percent are female
and forty-two percent male.

Seventy-five percent
of the classes have less

than 20 students,
and the student to teacher ratio

is 11:1.

I think we have very
inquisitive students,

students that are excited to
talk about and grapple with

real world questions so
they're really excited about

the new knowledge
that they're learning.

They're just really good kids,
they're kids who want to make

a difference in the world,
who believe that it's important

to get involved in
the community,

believe that it's important
to make a difference.

The average incoming Jewell
student has a GPA of 3.7,

a mid-range ACT score
between 23 and 28,

or over 1200 on the SAT.

All students will pay $24,500
a year in tuition and fees.

Typical room and board
runs less than $7,000,

bringing the total cost
to about $31,000.

Jewell has a generous
financial aid program.

The college offers 60 majors,
preprofessional programs,

and the opportunity to craft
a self-designed major.

Just a few of the
students' favorites are

Business Administration,
Nursing, Music, Biology,

Education, and Psychology.

Jewell has one of the country's
only undergraduate majors

in Non-Profit Leadership.

William Jewell was also
the first college to allow

students to turn their core
curriculum into a second major

by adding three
experiential components.

Jewell students can
graduate with a double

or triple major
in four years.

Although I am--I got my major
is in Business, I also feel like

I have a minor in different
sciences, Theology,

Philosophy, Psychology,
just because of all

the general education
classes we've had to take.

The idea of a student coming out
of William Jewell and having

a grasp of the idea that life
is rich because of all these

variety of things,
that to me is a key

to a great liberal
arts education.

There are 78 full-time faculty
members at William Jewell.

Fifty-one have tenure
and 88 percent

have the highest degree
in their field.

All the faculty on campus,
they make it a point to

you know, make sure they're
involved personally with you,

you know, outside the classroom,
and they often encourage you,

you know, come and visit
them in the classrooms.

You know, they have an open door
policy so even if it doesn't

pertain to, you know,
something in class,

just come in and chat with them,
you know, they'd love nothing

more than that.

The William Jewell Cardinal
teams compete

in the Heart of America
Conference

of the NAIA Division I.

William Jewell offers
a living-learning experience

with six on-campus
residence halls.

Fraternity Row includes four
state of the art residences

and a brand new sorority complex
for the college's Greek women.

Jewell is a campus
with a rich history.

This chapel is named after
John Gano who was

George Washington's chaplain
for the Continental Army.

The chapel houses
Washington's sword

and a painting depicting his
baptism by John Gano.

WJC offers 38 nationally
affiliated and 33 campus-wide

organizations from political
and service organizations

to the student newspaper.

Well, we have great different
kinds of activities from

Student Senate to
Greek organizations,

to Amnesty International,
so it's really easy for someone

to get involved and also to
relate those activities to their

education and their liberal arts
education that's here at Jewell.

The Oxbridge Honors Program
is the only program in America

offering students
a major using

a British tutorial-based
instruction method.

The Oxbridge majors even get to
spend an entire junior year at

either Oxford or Cambridge
Universities in England.

Attention: A phony British
accent is not necessary

to participate in
this program.

No actual British accents
were harmed in the making

of this college video tour.

Thank you.

If you're enticed by
the prospect of designing

your own major or studying
abroad, great internship

and research opportunities,
then what better place to start

your journey than
William Jewell College.

Well, that's it for us.

I hope you enjoyed this
tour as much as I did.

But don't run off too
quickly because

I've got one more
thing for you.

This beautiful view.