Iowa Wesleyan University

This article is about the former Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. For a list of other colleges and universities with names including "Wesleyan", see Wesleyan University (disambiguation).
Iowa Wesleyan University
"Old Main" on the Iowa Wesleyan campus
Former names
Mount Pleasant Literary Institute (1842–1843)
Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute (1843–1855)
Iowa Wesleyan College (1912–2015)
MottoLearning in Community: An Academic Vision
TypePrivate college
Active1842–2023
Religious affiliation
United Methodist Church
Location
Mount Pleasant
,
Iowa
,
United States
CampusRural
ColorsPurple & White
   
NicknameTigers
Sporting affiliations
NAIA – Continental
NAIA – NSAA (football)
NAIA – HAAC (wrestling)
MascotWesley the Tiger
Websitewww.iw.edu

Iowa Wesleyan University was a private university in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. It was Iowa's first co-educational institution of higher learning and the oldest of its type west of the Mississippi River. The institution was affiliated with the United Methodist Church.[1] It closed at the end of the 2022–23 academic year due to financial challenges.

Two campus buildings, Old Main and the Harlan-Lincoln House, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The latter, the former summer home of Robert Todd Lincoln, is now a museum featuring various artifacts from the Harlan and Lincoln families.

  1. ^ "Iowa Wesleyan University history". Iowa Wesleyan University marketing office. 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.