Wingate University was founded by Baptists in 1896 as Wingate School, an independent, co-educational institution and became a four-year college in 1977. In 1996, Wingate College became Wingate University.

Today, Wingate University is a private comprehensive university with more than 2,500 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, North Carolina. The university offers 34 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sports administration, and doctorates in pharmacy and education.

Wingate student athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports, and the University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past five years.

The University is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Wingate University is located in Wingate

Wingate, North Carolina

Wingate is a town in Union County, North Carolina and a suburb of the city of Charlotte. The population was 2,406 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wingate is located at ....

, Union County

Union County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 123,677 people, 43,390 households, and 34,278 families residing in the county. The population density was 194 people per square mile . There were 45,695 housing units at an average density of 72 per square mile...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 on a 400 acres (1.6 km²) campus 30 miles east of Charlotte

CHARLOTTE

- CHARLOTTE :CHARLOTTE is an American blues-based hard rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1986. Currently, they are signed to indie label, Eonian Records, under which they released their debut cd, Medusa Groove, in 2010. Notable Charlotte songs include 'Siren', 'Little Devils',...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

. A high percentage of students (85%) live on campus all four years.

W'International

Wingate University has offered an international study-tour program called W'International since 1978. After attending a one-hour seminar once a week during the regular semester, students travel to their chosen destination with the faculty member after classes end.

Athletics

In addition to academics, Wingate student-athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports. These sports include: baseball, softball, mens and women's basketball, mens cross country (Jayce Watson), and women's cross country, mens and women's golf, mens and women's soccer, mens and women's swimming, mens and women's tennis, mens and women's track & field, football, and lacrosse. Wingate's mascot is the Bulldog. David Sherwood ('85) is the current Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information and Game Operations, as well as a gentleman, scholar and Mr. Baseball doppelganger at Sidearm Sports.

In more recent athletic news, the Wingate University men's swimming team placed fifth in the 2011 NCAA Division II national championship meet and took home two national championship wins. The men's program is only completing its sixth year. Numerous members of the men's team have earned All-American recognition.

Additionally, Wingate University was awarded the NCAA Division II Community Engagement Award of Excellence in 2011, recognizing its long-running Union County Special Olympics Swimming venue.

Wingate University was also recently ranked third among NCAA Division II Academic All-America producing schools for having 34 Academic All-American athletes since January 2000.

Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Athletic Excellence Award for the past five years. The South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award is presented annually to the member athletic department that earns the highest overall finish based on final regular season standings. Points are based on final tournament standings in the sports of men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s golf and women’s golf. The trophy is presented at the SAC Annual Business Meeting at the conclusion of each year.

Wingate's president, Dr. Jerry McGee, was an NCAA football referee for over 20 years and has helped officiate three bowl games that decided the Division I national champion.

Wingate also offers several intramural leagues and tournaments during the school year. Intramural leagues are formed in flag football, basketball, floor hockey, volleyball and soccer. Tournaments are held in billiards, racquetball, sand volleyball and softball.

Notable Alumni

Anthony Dean Griffey

Anthony Dean Griffey

Anthony Dean Griffey is an American operatic tenor. With his lyric tenor voice, Griffey has become a regular presence on the stages of opera houses around the world....

, four-time Grammy Award winning singer w/ Metropolitan Opera

Allen Thomas, Director of Conditioning, Chicago White Sox

Lorinza Harrington

Lorinza Harrington

Lorinza "Junior" Harrington Jr is an American professional basketball player. He recently joined the Polish club Trefl Sopot for the 2010-11 season.-Pro career:...

, NBA player

Patrik Bass, senior books editor, Essence Magazine

Edward Walker, interior designer from “Trading Spaces”

Jamie Hayes, NASCAR driver

Ann Hancock, assistant women’s basketball coach, East Carolina University

Eric Powell, Mississippi state senator

Theresa Zoro, publicist, Random House Publishing

Jesse Helms

Jesse Helms

Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. was a five-term Republican United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001...

, former Republican Senator

Joe Aranyosi, CEO JRM Sports

Fight song

Vic’try Wingate! Vic’try Wingate!

Hear the mighty call.

We will ever join together as bulldogs

one and all (Go Bulldogs!)

Vic’try Wingate! Vic’try Wingate!

Colors gold and blue.

Wingate has vic’try spirit,

brave and true! (Fight!)

Alma Mater

In the land of Carolina

‘Neath the sky so blue

Stands our noble Alma Mater

Glorious to view.

Lift the chorus, speed it onward,

Loud the praise relate,

Hail to thee our Alma Mater

Hail, all Hail, Wingate.

Far and wide her sons and daughters

Bear the gold and blue,

Proudly rally ‘round her banner,

Hail! Wingate to you.

Lift the chorus, speed it onward,

Loud the praise relate,

Hail to thee our Alma Mater

Hail, all Hail, Wingate.

External links

• Wingate University is listed eighth among Best Value colleges and universities in the South based on quality and net cost according to the recently released ranking of the nation’s top schools in U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 Best Colleges. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/regional-universities-south/best-value
• http://www.wingate.edu/

Related information

Wingate University was founded by Baptists in 1896 as Wingate School, an independent, co-educational institution and became a four-year college in 1977. In 1996, Wingate College became Wingate University.

Today, Wingate University is a private comprehensive university with more than 2,500 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, North Carolina. The university offers 34 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sports administration, and doctorates in pharmacy and education.

Wingate student athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports, and the University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past five years.

The University is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Wingate University is located in Wingate

Wingate, North Carolina

Wingate is a town in Union County, North Carolina and a suburb of the city of Charlotte. The population was 2,406 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wingate is located at ....

, Union County

Union County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 123,677 people, 43,390 households, and 34,278 families residing in the county. The population density was 194 people per square mile . There were 45,695 housing units at an average density of 72 per square mile...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 on a 400 acres (1.6 km²) campus 30 miles east of Charlotte

CHARLOTTE

- CHARLOTTE :CHARLOTTE is an American blues-based hard rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1986. Currently, they are signed to indie label, Eonian Records, under which they released their debut cd, Medusa Groove, in 2010. Notable Charlotte songs include 'Siren', 'Little Devils',...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

. A high percentage of students (85%) live on campus all four years.

W'International

Wingate University has offered an international study-tour program called W'International since 1978. After attending a one-hour seminar once a week during the regular semester, students travel to their chosen destination with the faculty member after classes end.

Athletics

In addition to academics, Wingate student-athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports. These sports include: baseball, softball, mens and women's basketball, mens cross country (Jayce Watson), and women's cross country, mens and women's golf, mens and women's soccer, mens and women's swimming, mens and women's tennis, mens and women's track & field, football, and lacrosse. Wingate's mascot is the Bulldog. David Sherwood ('85) is the current Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information and Game Operations, as well as a gentleman, scholar and Mr. Baseball doppelganger at Sidearm Sports.

In more recent athletic news, the Wingate University men's swimming team placed fifth in the 2011 NCAA Division II national championship meet and took home two national championship wins. The men's program is only completing its sixth year. Numerous members of the men's team have earned All-American recognition.

Additionally, Wingate University was awarded the NCAA Division II Community Engagement Award of Excellence in 2011, recognizing its long-running Union County Special Olympics Swimming venue.

Wingate University was also recently ranked third among NCAA Division II Academic All-America producing schools for having 34 Academic All-American athletes since January 2000.

Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Athletic Excellence Award for the past five years. The South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award is presented annually to the member athletic department that earns the highest overall finish based on final regular season standings. Points are based on final tournament standings in the sports of men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s golf and women’s golf. The trophy is presented at the SAC Annual Business Meeting at the conclusion of each year.

Wingate's president, Dr. Jerry McGee, was an NCAA football referee for over 20 years and has helped officiate three bowl games that decided the Division I national champion.

Wingate also offers several intramural leagues and tournaments during the school year. Intramural leagues are formed in flag football, basketball, floor hockey, volleyball and soccer. Tournaments are held in billiards, racquetball, sand volleyball and softball.

Notable Alumni

Anthony Dean Griffey

Anthony Dean Griffey

Anthony Dean Griffey is an American operatic tenor. With his lyric tenor voice, Griffey has become a regular presence on the stages of opera houses around the world....

, four-time Grammy Award winning singer w/ Metropolitan Opera

Allen Thomas, Director of Conditioning, Chicago White Sox

Lorinza Harrington

Lorinza Harrington

Lorinza "Junior" Harrington Jr is an American professional basketball player. He recently joined the Polish club Trefl Sopot for the 2010-11 season.-Pro career:...

, NBA player

Patrik Bass, senior books editor, Essence Magazine

Edward Walker, interior designer from “Trading Spaces”

Jamie Hayes, NASCAR driver

Ann Hancock, assistant women’s basketball coach, East Carolina University

Eric Powell, Mississippi state senator

Theresa Zoro, publicist, Random House Publishing

Jesse Helms

Jesse Helms

Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. was a five-term Republican United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001...

, former Republican Senator

Joe Aranyosi, CEO JRM Sports

Fight song

Vic’try Wingate! Vic’try Wingate!

Hear the mighty call.

We will ever join together as bulldogs

one and all (Go Bulldogs!)

Vic’try Wingate! Vic’try Wingate!

Colors gold and blue.

Wingate has vic’try spirit,

brave and true! (Fight!)

Alma Mater

In the land of Carolina

‘Neath the sky so blue

Stands our noble Alma Mater

Glorious to view.

Lift the chorus, speed it onward,

Loud the praise relate,

Hail to thee our Alma Mater

Hail, all Hail, Wingate.

Far and wide her sons and daughters

Bear the gold and blue,

Proudly rally ‘round her banner,

Hail! Wingate to you.

Lift the chorus, speed it onward,

Loud the praise relate,

Hail to thee our Alma Mater

Hail, all Hail, Wingate.

External links

• Wingate University is listed eighth among Best Value colleges and universities in the South based on quality and net cost according to the recently released ranking of the nation’s top schools in U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 Best Colleges. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/regional-universities-south/best-value
• http://www.wingate.edu/

Related information

Wingate University was founded by Baptists in 1896 as Wingate School, an independent, co-educational institution and became a four-year college in 1977. In 1996, Wingate College became Wingate University.

Today, Wingate University is a private comprehensive university with more than 2,500 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, North Carolina. The university offers 34 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sports administration, and doctorates in pharmacy and education.

Wingate student athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports, and the University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past five years.

The University is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Wingate University is located in Wingate

Wingate, North Carolina

Wingate is a town in Union County, North Carolina and a suburb of the city of Charlotte. The population was 2,406 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wingate is located at ....

, Union County

Union County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 123,677 people, 43,390 households, and 34,278 families residing in the county. The population density was 194 people per square mile . There were 45,695 housing units at an average density of 72 per square mile...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 on a 400 acres (1.6 km²) campus 30 miles east of Charlotte

CHARLOTTE

- CHARLOTTE :CHARLOTTE is an American blues-based hard rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1986. Currently, they are signed to indie label, Eonian Records, under which they released their debut cd, Medusa Groove, in 2010. Notable Charlotte songs include 'Siren', 'Little Devils',...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

. A high percentage of students (85%) live on campus all four years.

W'International

Wingate University has offered an international study-tour program called W'International since 1978. After attending a one-hour seminar once a week during the regular semester, students travel to their chosen destination with the faculty member after classes end.

Athletics

In addition to academics, Wingate student-athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports. These sports include: baseball, softball, mens and women's basketball, mens cross country (Jayce Watson), and women's cross country, mens and women's golf, mens and women's soccer, mens and women's swimming, mens and women's tennis, mens and women's track & field, football, and lacrosse. Wingate's mascot is the Bulldog. David Sherwood ('85) is the current Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information and Game Operations, as well as a gentleman, scholar and Mr. Baseball doppelganger at Sidearm Sports.

In more recent athletic news, the Wingate University men's swimming team placed fifth in the 2011 NCAA Division II national championship meet and took home two national championship wins. The men's program is only completing its sixth year. Numerous members of the men's team have earned All-American recognition.

Additionally, Wingate University was awarded the NCAA Division II Community Engagement Award of Excellence in 2011, recognizing its long-running Union County Special Olympics Swimming venue.

Wingate University was also recently ranked third among NCAA Division II Academic All-America producing schools for having 34 Academic All-American athletes since January 2000.

Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Athletic Excellence Award for the past five years. The South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award is presented annually to the member athletic department that earns the highest overall finish based on final regular season standings. Points are based on final tournament standings in the sports of men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s golf and women’s golf. The trophy is presented at the SAC Annual Business Meeting at the conclusion of each year.

Wingate's president, Dr. Jerry McGee, was an NCAA football referee for over 20 years and has helped officiate three bowl games that decided the Division I national champion.

Wingate also offers several intramural leagues and tournaments during the school year. Intramural leagues are formed in flag football, basketball, floor hockey, volleyball and soccer. Tournaments are held in billiards, racquetball, sand volleyball and softball.

Notable Alumni

Anthony Dean Griffey

Anthony Dean Griffey

Anthony Dean Griffey is an American operatic tenor. With his lyric tenor voice, Griffey has become a regular presence on the stages of opera houses around the world....

, four-time Grammy Award winning singer w/ Metropolitan Opera

Allen Thomas, Director of Conditioning, Chicago White Sox

Lorinza Harrington

Lorinza Harrington

Lorinza "Junior" Harrington Jr is an American professional basketball player. He recently joined the Polish club Trefl Sopot for the 2010-11 season.-Pro career:...

, NBA player

Patrik Bass, senior books editor, Essence Magazine

Edward Walker, interior designer from “Trading Spaces”

Jamie Hayes, NASCAR driver

Ann Hancock, assistant women’s basketball coach, East Carolina University

Eric Powell, Mississippi state senator

Theresa Zoro, publicist, Random House Publishing

Jesse Helms

Jesse Helms

Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. was a five-term Republican United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001...

, former Republican Senator

Joe Aranyosi, CEO JRM Sports

Fight song

Vic’try Wingate! Vic’try Wingate!

Hear the mighty call.

We will ever join together as bulldogs

one and all (Go Bulldogs!)

Vic’try Wingate! Vic’try Wingate!

Colors gold and blue.

Wingate has vic’try spirit,

brave and true! (Fight!)

Alma Mater

In the land of Carolina

‘Neath the sky so blue

Stands our noble Alma Mater

Glorious to view.

Lift the chorus, speed it onward,

Loud the praise relate,

Hail to thee our Alma Mater

Hail, all Hail, Wingate.

Far and wide her sons and daughters

Bear the gold and blue,

Proudly rally ‘round her banner,

Hail! Wingate to you.

Lift the chorus, speed it onward,

Loud the praise relate,

Hail to thee our Alma Mater

Hail, all Hail, Wingate.

External links

• Wingate University is listed eighth among Best Value colleges and universities in the South based on quality and net cost according to the recently released ranking of the nation’s top schools in U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 Best Colleges. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/regional-universities-south/best-value
• http://www.wingate.edu/