“S” is for Southern Wesleyan University

“S” is for Southern Wesleyan University. Southern Wesleyan University is a private Christian liberal arts institution. Founded in 1906 as Wesleyan Methodist Bible Institute, the university is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church, an evangelical denomination with Methodist roots in the American holiness tradition. The school was chartered as Wesleyan Methodist College in 1909 and in 1959 became Central Wesleyan College. The institution changed its name to Southern Wesleyan University in 1995. The university offers bachelor's degrees in disciplines ranging from the sciences to humanities and graduate programs in business, education, and religion. In 2000 Southern Wesleyan became the first school in the nation to offer a major in internet computing. A number of Southern Wesleyan University’s students are in non-traditional programs that offer evening and weekend classes to working adults at teaching sites across South Carolina.