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Wayne State College

Wayne State College (WSC) is a public college in Wayne, Nebraska. It is part of the Nebraska State College System and enrolls 4,202 students. The college opened as a public normal school in 1910 after the state purchased the private Nebraska Normal College (established 1891). The State Normal College became State Normal School and Teacher's College in 1921. This was changed to Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne in 1949 and the present name was adopted in 1963.[3]

Not to be confused with Wayne State University or Wayne College.

Former names

Nebraska Normal College (1891–1909)[1]
Nebraska State Normal College (1910–1921)
Nebraska State Normal College and Teachers College (1921–1949)
Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne (1949–1963)[2]

Public college

1910 (1910)

Marysz Rames

4,202

Wayne, Nebraska
,
U.S.

Rural, 128 acres (52 ha)

    Black and gold

Wildcats

NCAA Division II – NSIC

www.wsc.edu

Professor of Political Science

Thomas M. Carsey

football player[4]

Byron Chamberlain

football player

Lamart Cooper

state senator and Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature.[5]

Greg L. Adams

state senator in the Nebraska Legislature.[6]

Charlie Janssen

journalist and political adviser. Assistant managing editor of Time, Special Assistant to President Richard Nixon, Director, U.S. Information Agency.

James Keogh

basketball player[7]

Connie Kunzmann

member of the House of Representatives; Assistant Secretary, Dept. of the Interior, 1973–1977.[8]

John H. Kyl

historian.

Hilda Neihardt

Poet Laureate of Nebraska, author of Black Elk Speaks.

John Neihardt

Democratic Senator from Wyoming 1959–1977. U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States.[9]

Gale McGee

football player[10]

Ruben Mendoza

football player[11]

Brad Ottis

Governor of Nebraska 1947–1953, Director of Federal Civil Defense Administration, Ambassador to Denmark and Finland.[12]

Val Peterson

football player and author of The Transform Diet[13]

Brett Salisbury

British Basketball League forward

Tom Sherlock

football player[14]

Kevin Swayne

Art Director for MGM

David Townsend

Cornell University professor and author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think

Brian Wansink

boxer

DaVarryl Williamson

composer

Norma Wendelburg

Wayne State College Arboretum

Official website

Official athletics website

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