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About William Jewell College

William Jewell College is a private, four-year liberal arts college in Liberty, which is a city in Clay County, of which county seat is, situated in the US state of Missouri, having a population of nearly 30 000 inhabitants, during the 2007 census estimate. William Jewell College was established in 1849, being funded by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention and other civic leaders, including Robert S. James, father of the infamous Frank and Jesse James and Baptist Minister.

The college currently has an enrollment of little over 1000 undergraduate students, and it is, perhaps, best known for its distinctive Oxbridge Honors Program, in which Oxbridge majors take tutorials in their major, study abroad in Oxford or Cambridge, and take comprehensive exams during their senior year.

Athletics

Jewell's athletic teams are known as the cardinals, who compete in NCAA Division II, the Heart of America Conference of the NAIA, and Division I (for basketball), in various sports, for both men and women, including in basketball, football, softball, cross country, tennis and golf. The Cardinal are, perhaps, best known for their football teams, which lead the NAIA in total wins.

Notable Alumni

Among the most resonant names, on the list of notable alumni from William Jewell College, there are: Robin Carnahan - Missouri Secretary of State, Tom Carnahan - ounder of Wind Capital Group, builder of wind farms, Zel Fischer - Missouri Supreme Court Judge, Donald Marolf - astrophysicist, and Terry Teachout - drama critic for the Wall Street Journal, the music critic of Commentary, and the author of ''Sightings'', a column about the arts in America, among others.