Former name | Emory College (1836-1915) |
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Motto | Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam (Latin) |
Motto in English | The wise heart seeks knowledge[1] |
Type | Private |
Established | 1836[2] |
Affiliation | United Methodist Church[3][4] |
Endowment | $7.31 billion (2018)[5] |
President | Gregory Fenves[6] |
Students | 15,451 (Fall 2018)[7] |
Undergraduates | 8,079 (Fall 2018)[7] |
Postgraduates | 7,372 (Fall 2018)[7] |
Location | , , United States 33°47′28″N 84°19′24″W / 33.79111°N 84.32333°W |
Campus | Suburban 631 acres (2.55 km2) |
Newspaper | The Emory Wheel[8] |
Colors | Blue [9] |
Nickname | Eagles |
Affiliations | |
Website | www |
Emory University is a private university in Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia.[17] The university was started by the Methodist Episcopal Church as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia. It was named after Methodist bishop John Emory.[18] The college moved to Druid Hills after Asa Griggs Candler, a wealthy businessperson from the slave owning Magruder family, offered it money and land there.[19][20]
Among Protestant denominations, Methodists take first place in hospitals and colleges. Some of their one hundred colleges and universities have all but severed ties with the denominations, but others remain definitely Methodist: Syracuse, Boston, Emory, Duke, Drew, Denver, and Southern Methodist. The church operates 360 schools and institutions overseas. Methodists established Goodwill Industries in 1907 to help handicapped persons help themselves by repairing and selling old furniture and clothes. The United Methodist Church runs seventy-two hospitals in the United States.[permanent dead link]
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A faithful supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS), Candler offered a gift of $1 million when the MECS expressed interest in expanding Emory College into a university and relocating it to Atlanta. Altogether, he gave $7 million to Emory, a staggering sum for the time.