Missituk University
Missituk University is a prestigious research university located in the town of New Jerusalem, Massachusetts. It's one of the few educational institutions in the United States of America to offer magical studies as part of the curriculum.
The University was named Missituk after the Missituk River Valley of Massachusetts. Through nearly three centuries and eighteen presidents, Missituk has taken the path less traveled, a small New England college that became a leader in higher education.
Missituk prides itself on being a vibrant residential college. Students often report that they experience campus life as a mosaic of closely connected “neighborhoods.” This may be the most apt metaphor for Missituk’s residential system.
Missituk University was the third college in New England and the seventh in America — and the only one that welcomed students of all religious persuasions. A commitment to diversity and intellectual freedom remains a hallmark of the University to this day.
Originally established as Missituk Liberal College founded in 1690, it would not become a recognized university until 1765 when it was invigorated via the assets of Jeremiah Orne, a local seafaring merchant and purveyor of rare texts and artifacts. It was at this time the University moved to its present location on New Jerusalem’s College Hill in 1770.
Over the years the University grew steadily, adding graduate courses in the 1880s, a women’s college in 1889 (renamed Pembroke College in 1928), a graduate school in 1927, and a medical education program in 1953 (now the Missituk School of Medicine). The men’s and women’s undergraduate colleges merged in 1942. While facilities and programs expanded, Missituk chose to keep its enrollment relatively small, with an undergraduate student-faculty ratio of about 10 to 1. The main campus covers nearly 140 acres, all of it within a 10-minute walk of its hub, the College Green.
Missituk’s unique curriculum, designed and implemented in 1953, provides students the opportunity to become architects of their educational experience. Undergraduates must pass 30 courses, demonstrate competency in writing, and complete the requirements for a concentration, or major, in order to receive a bachelor’s degree from Missituk. The curriculum does not require distribution or core courses outside the concentration.
Newspaper Files
As part of its service to the community, the University Library has kept systematic files of both the New Jerusalem Journal and the New Jerusalem Advertiser (along with its two predecessors) in bound volumes in its basement archives. Portions of this collection were ruined during the flood of 1888, including the Journal for the years 1845-1848 and 1864-1868. The Advertiser's volumes for the years 1851-1863 are also missing, as are the New Jerusalem Bulletin's editions for the years 1823-1826, and the Missituk Valley Gleaner's editions from the years 1830-1831. Complete numbers for the Journal and the Advertiser exist at their respective newspaper offices, as any University librarian will promptly say. The missing Bulletin and Gleaner volumes are not known to exist, but they can be located in hand-made wooden storage boxes resting undisturbed, uncatalogued, and unknown in the crowded, dingy basement of the New Jerusalem Historical Society.Structure
Missituk University is divided into four main educational departments: Liberal Studies, Sciences, Medicine, and Business and Law.
Assets
Missituk University's most important asset is the Orne Library. It contains over 400,000 books, including the entire Orne collection, and also houses an extensive collection of artifacts from past research expeditions.
"Ex Ignorantia Ad Sapientiam; Ex Luce Ad Tenebras"
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Missituk Campus Map
Founding Date
1765
Type
Educational, University
Alternative Names
Old Misty
Demonym
Mistics
Location
Controlled Territories
- Athletics Track and Field - 378 S West St
- Axton Field House - 378 S West St
- Charles Tyner Science Annex - Missituk Campus
- Copley Memorial Bell Tower - Missituk Campus
- Dorothy Upman Hall - Missituk Campus
- East Dormitory - Missituk Campus
- Eli Hall - 309 W College St
- Faculty/Graduate Residence - Missituk Campus
- Hoyt Administration Building - 333 W College St
- Jonathan Edwards Hall - 270 S West St
- Laundry and Steam Plant - 611 W College Street
- Liberal Arts Building - Missituk Campus
- Locksley Hall - Missituk Campus
- Madigan Field
- Madigan Stadium
- Missituk Players’ Hall - 604 Crane St
- Missituk University Garage - 334 S Parsonage St
- Packer House - 319 W Pitman St
- President's House - Missituk Campus
- School of Medicine - 676 W College Street
- Science Hall - Missituk Campus
- St. Mary's Teaching Hospital - 450 S West St
- Statue of Dean Halsey - Missituk Campus
- The Quad - Bounded by West, Church, Garrison, and College Streets
- The Tabularium - 215 W High St
- University Bookstore - 143 W College Street
- University Exhibit Museum - 687 W College St
- University Library - Missituk Campus
- West Dormitory - Missituk Campus
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