DePauw University
Founded in 1837 by the Methodist church, DePauw University is a private, selective, coeducational, residential, undergraduate College of Liberal Arts and School of Music. The University or specific degree programs are accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, University Senate of the United Methodist Church, Committee on Professional Training of the American Chemical Society, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Indiana Professional Standards Board for the State of Indiana, Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, and the National Association of Schools of Music.
Forty-two majors are offered in the College of Liberal Arts, and three degree programs are offered in the School of Music. Courses and advising successfully prepare students for professional post-graduate programs in law, medicine, business, engineering, and ministry.
DePauw has 36 major buildings on 695 acres, including a 520-acre nature park featuring The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics and the new Bartlett Reflection Center, located in Greencastle, Indiana, a 45-minute drive west of Indianapolis. Historic East College, built in 1877, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
President Brian W. Casey announced that DePauw has received the first major gift toward the University’s comprehensive athletics and recreation master plan, which was approved Friday, October 5, by the Board of Trustees. The master plan will provide a road map for the University’s investments in athletic and recreational facilities in the coming years. It calls for a series of phased improvements to the Lilly Center and athletic fields. A $5 million commitment from M. Scott and Kimberlee A. Welch represents the lead gift on the Lilly Center project and will provide for the construction of the M. Scott and Kimberlee A. Welch Fitness Center. In total, the initial phase of the plan for the Lilly Center calls for a 36,000 square-foot expansion, which will include the new 16,000 square-foot fitness center.
The North Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week interviews for the week ending on Sunday, October 1, are now available online. 
Three North Coast football players have been named as one of the 147 candidates for the 2012 National Football Foundation (NFF) National Scholar-Athlete Awards, including Denison senior Nat Kell (Columbus, OH/Upper Arlington), DePauw senior Christopher Lamping (Fort Wayne, IN/South Side) and Oberlin senior David Kalgren (Curwensville, PA/Curwensville). The trio will now be considered semifinalist for the 2012 William V. Campbell Trophy, which recognizes one individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation.
