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About GWUGeorge Wythe University is a co-educational, liberal arts university with undergraduate and graduate programs designed to produce leaders who possess the foundation and characteristics required for statesmanship. Within this scope is a focus on protecting liberty, inspiring moral ethics, strengthing free-enterprise, limiting government, healing society, and creating strong families and communities in order to make the world a better place. The University is named after George Wythe (pronounced "with"). As the personal mentor to Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Henry Clay, John Marshall, and many other notable founders of the United States, George Wythe was known as America's "Teacher of Liberty." A statesman in his own right, Wythe signed the Declaration of Independence, served in the First Continental Congress and was a Virginia delegate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He also helped to develop the Bill of Rights. While teaching at the College of William and Mary, he became the first scholar to make American Constitutional Law the subject of regular instruction. We have revived the principles of leadership education used by George Wythe to train some of the most influential leaders in history. The process is principle-centered and built upon the classics of Western Civilization in literature, history, science, the arts, and philosophy. It is grounded in the self-discipline and temperance that come from a belief in God and natural law, and crowned in the wisdom gained through real-world application under the guidance of a committed mentor. This was the education that Thomas Jefferson and others received under the tutelage of George Wythe. Today, students with the desire, determination, and character may experience this rigorous and exciting educational challenge at George Wythe University--laying the foundation for a rich, satisfying life of contribution, service and leadership. |
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Who was George Wythe?
His success is evident in the contribution of his graduates: he taught two United States Presidents, two Supreme Court Justices and over thirty Governors, Senators, Congressmen, Ambassadors and Judges. His methods were simple: students read the classics and were required to orally discuss what they had learned and how it applied to personal life and world events.
Perhaps his student Thomas
Jefferson said it best:
