The history of our Portland Campus
Although 韦斯特布鲁克大学 has always been located in the same geographic place, the neighborhood where it is located has been part of three different municipalities over the years: Westbrook (1831–1870), -迪尔岭(1871 - 1898), 波特兰(1899年至今). The college itself has had five name changes — 韦斯特布鲁克神学院, 威斯布鲁克大专, 韦斯特布鲁克大学, the 韦斯特布鲁克大学 Campus of the University of New England, and the Portland Campus of the University of New England.
韦斯特布鲁克神学院
韦斯特布鲁克神学院, a co-ed boarding school that existed for 91 years, had its beginnings in September 1830, when the Kennebec Association of Universalists resolved that a school that would promote "piety and morality" be established at Steven's Plains in Westbrook. 的适用, whose belief in salvation for all people differed from the Calvinist belief in salvation for those who had been divinely selected, wanted their young people to have an educational environment that would not conflict with or refute their religious beliefs.
The charter for 韦斯特布鲁克神学院 was signed by Governor Daniel Smith on March 4, 1831. The campus's original eight acres were a gift to the Association from Zachariah Stevens (Steven's Plains and the present Stevens Avenue were named for him) and Oliver Buckley. Three years passed before the first class was held on June 9, 1834 in the newly constructed Seminary Building, 也就是现在的校友堂.
Tuition was three dollars for "common English studies" and four dollars and a half for "languages and branches of the mathematics.“男女学生都有, who were "admitted to equal privileges," boarded in neighboring homes for a dollar and a quarter a week. 为了便于比较, it is interesting to note that Lowell mill workers, many of whom were the same age as the seminary students, 获得了1美元.60 a week, which was considered a good wage.
Although it was founded by the Universalists and its first principal was Steven's Plains Universalist, 韦斯特布鲁克神学院 did not teach any sectarian doctrine. However, students were required to attend daily devotional exercises and services. After All Soul's (Ludcke) was built, students who did not have written parental permission to attend another church were obliged to attend services there. This regulation continued until the 1930s.
Strict rules governed the students' behavior in and out of class. A late 19th-century catalog states that the Seminary is "not a suitable one for those who are idle, 任性的, 或者厌恶学习." In 1886, female students informed the Seminary president that for one week they would disregard all rules that they thought were too restrictive. One of the rules that they ignored was the one that required them to be escorted or chaperoned if they walked to Morrill's Corner.
到19世纪90年代, the Seminary offered four courses of study: a three-year English course and four-year programs titled scientific, 女士的经典, 和准备. Young women who completed the 女士的经典 or the scientific course received either a Lauriate of Arts or a Lauriate of 科学, degrees that seemed to be unique to Westbrook. In the last part of the 19th century, the Seminary added chemistry and physics labs to 校友 Hall and promoted a serious interest in athletics that lead to the construction of McArthur Gym in 1900.
专科学校
In 1941, 威斯布鲁克大专 women enjoyed equestrianism.
When Clarence Quimby became Seminary president in 1914, he attempted to convince the trustees and 教师 that they should concentrate on women's two-year college education. Unable implement his plan, he left in 1920. 五年内, 然而, cost of co-ed education and competition from other prep schools convinced the trustees to authorize the Seminary to add a two-year women's college curriculum. The last co-ed seminary class graduated in the spring of 1925.
Gradually, 大专 added courses of study to its curriculum. By 1936, three years after it dropped its preparatory program, 该机构有11个项目, seven of which prepared young women to transfer as juniors to four-year colleges or universities. 威斯布鲁克大专's career-oriented two-year programs increased its enrollment from 27 in 1933 to 370 in 1947.
Because Goddard and Hersey could not house all the students, 大专 purchased buildings on College Street and Stevens Avenue for senior students who were supervised by either house mothers or 教师 who lived in these small home-like residences. Several of these houses also contained classrooms.
在1960年代, 大专, with the assistance of major grants and federal money, constructed six buildings - Linnell, Ginn, MacDougal, 亚历山大, 凯特, 和科尔曼. 尽管它们体型庞大, the dormitories were easier and less costly to maintain than the numerous smaller houses. They also permitted more regulated supervision of the resident students.
1970年代
During the seventies, the Art Gallery was the only new building on campus. 校园本身, 然而, increased in size when the college exchanged property on Stevens Avenue for 25 acres of woods and fields.
Two major academic changes occurred in the 70s. Looking toward the future, the trustees legally changed the institution's name to 韦斯特布鲁克大学. Federal legislation mandated that federal funds could not be granted to colleges that practiced gender discrimination so 韦斯特布鲁克大学 returned to co-education.
The first 韦斯特布鲁克大学 male students enrolled in the 1973 fall semester. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the College continued to build upon the 1970s decisions. Westbrook made a firm commitment to four-year programs that combined liberal arts with professional education. 新的约瑟芬S. Abplanalp '45 Library opened in 1986, contributing to the College's academic strength, while the new Beverly Burpee Finley '44 Recreation Center was completed in 1989, providing sports and leisure opportunities.
A Larger, More Diverse Institution
Despite new programs and buildings, the College in the late 1980s and early 1990s found itself caught in national trends of enrollments that especially hit small colleges hard. By the mid-1990s, College trustees began looking at other institutions for a possible merger.
7月31日, 1996, 韦斯特布鲁克大学 and the University of New England in Biddeford merged, 创建一个更大的, more diverse institution of higher learning. The merger took place under the original 1831 韦斯特布鲁克大学 charter. 当文件被签署时, the combined institutions became 韦斯特布鲁克大学, and 韦斯特布鲁克大学 changed its name to the University of New England.
Interprofessional 健康 科学s Education
Today the 韦斯特布鲁克大学 Campus, now known as the Portland Campus, is home to two of the University’s premier 大学.
The recently renamed 韦斯特布鲁克大学 of 健康的职业 is a model for interdisciplinary health and wellness. 多于1,000名学生, 教师, and professional staff working in graduate programs in Social Work, 医师助理, 药店, 职业治疗, 物理治疗, 与护士麻醉, and with undergraduate students in Nursing and Dental Hygiene, the WCHP honors the academic legacy of 韦斯特布鲁克大学.
2013年秋天, the UNE College of 口腔医学 unveiled a state-of-the-art Oral 健康 Center as it welcomed its inaugural class of dental students on the Portland Campus. As 缅因州唯一的牙科学校, the College of 口腔医学 is meeting the need in Maine, 整个新英格兰, 牙科护理人员.
世界卫生组织也是世界卫生组织的所在地 Interprofessional Simulation and Innovation Center, which employs high-tech patient simulators that are integrated with computer programs in real time so these "patients" can actually respond to students’ actions and can even hold "discussions" surrounding their care. The Interprofessional Simulation and Innovation Center is also training health professionals from the region's healthcare institutions as well.
另外, the Portland Campus boasts three important Portland 文化 institutions: UNE's 全球人文中心 brings to campus some of the leading thinkers of our time to engage with UNE students and members of the surrounding community; the Maine Women Writers Collection, a pre-eminent special collection of literary, 文化, and social history sources by and about Maine women, was designated a national Literary Landmark and continues to host local women's studies programs and national conferences; and the Art Gallery, 于1998年4月重新开放, offers a series of ongoing exhibitions of art and photography and houses a distinguished permanent collection.