DePauw University Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Founded in 1837, DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, is a selective private liberal arts college with a 2002 enrollment of 2,339. The school has a Methodist heritage. It was originally known as Indiana Asbury College. It first admitted women in 1867.The DePauw Tigers compete in the NCAA Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). Every year, since 1911, DePauw University plays rival Wabash College in the Monon Bell Classic.
DePauw University is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association.
Among its faculty is mathematician Underwood Dudley, known for his humorous skeptical books, including Mathematical Cranks and The Trisectors.
DePauw is home to McKim Observatory.
Based on a "criteria for the rankings included: number of school-owned computers available, breadth of the computer science curriculum, the sophistication of campus technology, availability of school-owned digital cameras and equipment for student use, wireless Internet access on campus, and support for handheld computing," DePauw University was ranked the third most connected school in the United States by the 2004 Princeton Review.