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Jonathan Edwards College (informally JE) is a residential college at Yale University. It is named for theologian and minister Jonathan Edwards, a 1720 graduate of Yale College. JE's residential quadrangle was the first to be completed in Yale's residential college system, and was opened to undergraduates in 1933.
About Us. Welcome to the official website for JE, Yale’s oldest residential college. Below is information about college history, college activities, and the people who work to make JE the unique, exciting place that it is.
History. In 1931, University administration borrowed a housing idea from Oxford and Cambridge, the two leading British Universities. The result was a development plan that forever changed the face of Yale College: the Residential College System.
On behalf of the upper-level students, alumni, fellows, and staff of Jonathan Edwards College, we welcome you to a place that will shelter and uphold you for four years and become a part of your character for life. Congratulations on being placed in the best college at Yale!
9 de ago. de 2019 · Known For: One of America’s greatest theologians, intellectual leader and revival preacher of the 18th-century Great Awakening, and pioneer in the Reformed Church. Parents: Rev. Timothy and Esther Edwards. Born: October 5, 1703, East Windsor, Connecticut. Died: March 22, 1758, Princeton, New Jersey.
3 de jul. de 2019 · In 1758, Edwards was hired as the president of the College of New Jersey which is now called Princeton University. Unfortunately, he only served for two years in that position before he died after he had an adverse reaction to a smallpox vaccination.
1 de may. de 2014 · By Amy Athey McDonald. May 1, 2014. In 1716, a 13-year-old Connecticut native named Jonathan Edwards entered Yale College, where he passionately studied contemporary issues in theology and philosophy, wrote about the natural world and metaphysics, and engaged with Enlightenment thinking.
