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Wentworth Military Academy and College was a private two-year military college and high school in Lexington, Missouri, one of six military junior colleges in the United States. The institution was founded in 1880 and closed in 2017.
Wentworth became part of the Missouri State Conference with Kemper, Missouri Military Academy, Chillicothe Business College, Rockhurst College and St. Paul’s College. Wentworth sponsored junior college, high school and junior high teams in most sports—including, basketball, baseball, and track. Later these included more individual sports ...
Stephen G. Wentworth originally founded the Wentworth Male Academy in 1880 in Lexington, in honor of his son after he died in 1879 and in 1882 it was renamed the Wentworth Military Academy. At the time of the founding of the Wentworth Male Academy, Lexington was already home to three women's colleges but no established men's colleges. Benjamin Lewis Hobson and Sanford Sellers were ...
The Wentworth Military Academy Museum is dedicated to preserving our history for alumni and faculty. Be a part of the effort to preserve Wentworth Military Academy’s History through the wma museum and by joining the 1880 Sustaining Member’s Society today.
17 de dic. de 2016 · Established by Stephen Wentworth in 1880, Wentworth Military Academy and College in Lexington continues to provide a military structured education. Pictured is the current Administration Building, which once provided rooms for students, faculty and the mess hall. Courtesy of Jeremy P. Ämick.
94% of full-time undergrad Wentworth Military Academy & Junior College received financial aid in the form of grants, scholarships, fellowships from the institution or from Federal, State or local government agencies. This aid averaged $11,868 per student during the 2019/2020 school year. Grant and scholarship aid does not need to be paid back.
17 de jul. de 2017 · KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri military academy and college that dated to 1880 before abruptly shuttering at the end of May can’t afford to pay its faculty as previously promised, according to ...
