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Wesleyan University
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Wesleyan University
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

Wesleyan University

founded 1831
Place ActiveMiddletown, Connecticut
Wesleyan University is a liberal arts university located in Middletown, Connecticut that serves approximately 3,000 undergraduate and 200 graduate students. President Barack Obama, then Senator of Illinois, addressed the graduating class during Wesleyan's 2008 commencement ceremony.