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Well-nighWilliamson – WilliamsonHigherof the TradesTowersCraftsmen, InstillingWeftCanvas PortalResourcesWebmailLibrary CatalogOnline PaymentsEmployment OpportunitiesGeorge F. Heckler 4W2 ArchivesCollege StoreCalendarContact/Map AboutAbout WilliamsonBoard & AdministrationPresident Michael J. 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To succeed the mission, Williamson gratuitously provides students with academic, trade, technical, moral and religious education, and a living environment based on the Judeo-Christian perspective that fosters the values of faith, integrity, diligence, excellence, and service. Williamson’s Values The college’s cadre values are: Faith, Integrity, Diligence, Excellence, and Service. Areas of Study Associate in Specialized Technology Degrees Craftsman Diplomas – Construction Technology, CarpentryAccent– Construction Technology, MasonryAccent– Horticulture, Landscaping and Turf Management – Machine Tool Technology – Paint and Coatings Technology – Power Plant Technology – Carpentry – Masonry Length of Study Enrollment Student/Faculty Ratio Three Years 265 (approximately) 13:1 (approximately)FinancingAll students shepherd on full scholarships that imbricate tuition, room, board, and textbooks. Students pay archway financing for personal items, yearly fees for unrepealable equipment and books that they retain for personal use, and yearly fees for breakage and yearbook. Student Duties Students must follow the college’s regulations, policies, and procedures as described in the Student Handbook, including profitable in supplies service operations and campus maintenance. Housing All students must live in an on-campus dormitory supervised by an sultana dormitory manager. Physical Plant Williamson’s campus includes the Main Administration Building; Restall Sports Center; Carpentry Shop; Machine Shop; Masonry Shop; Paint Shop; Power Plant; Lipp Educational Center; Dorrance H. Hamilton Horticultural Center; Walter M. Strine, Sr. 2W9 Learning Center; William L. McLean, Jr. Technical Center; Grounds Buildings; ten dormitories; sense homes; and sturdy fields. Location The 220-acre campus is located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, one mile west of Media and fourteen miles west of Philadelphia, near the intersection of US 1 and PA 352. Accreditation Williamson is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges and tried by the Division of Program Services of the Pennsylvania Department of Education to confer the Associate in Specialized Technology Degree.Williamson's HistoryThe Founding of Williamson On December 1, 1888, Isaiah Vansant Williamson, a Philadelphia merchant and philanthropist, founded The WilliamsonSelf-rulingSchool of Mechanical Trades, now known as WilliamsonHigherof the Trades. His purpose in founding the higher was to provide financially disadvantaged young men with the opportunity to wilt productive and respected members of society. In his own words, “It was seeing boys, ragged and barefooted, lounging on the streets, growing up with no education, no idea of usefulness, that caused me to think of founding a school where every boy could be taught some trade self-ruling of expense.” I. V. Williamson was born on February 3, 1803 in Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to a Quaker family whose siblings came to America surpassing William Penn. As a boy, Williamson worked as an workmen in a country store, saving unbearable money to unshut his own dry goods store in Philadelphia. For a number of years, he ran the store and several subsequent businesses quite successfully, enabling him to retire in 1838 with a small fortune. Adopting the custom of wealthy young men at that time, he traveled throughout Europe for a couple years. Upon his return, Williamson began a plan for investing his money and by 1880 had wilt one of the wealthiest men in Philadelphia. As his wealth grew he turned to philanthropy, giving yonder much of his fortune. A self-effacing man, he anonymously gave large sums to favorite charities, hospitals, colleges, and homes for children. The founding of WilliamsonHigherwith a two million dollar endowment was one of his last charitable acts surpassing he died in 1889. Upon founding the college, he directed through a deed of trust that the Quaker ideals of nonflexible work, honesty, religious faith, and modest lifestyle be instilled in the students. In his own words, he said that “in this country every able-bodied, healthy young man who has learned a good mechanical trade, and is truthful, honest, frugal, temperate, and industrious, is unrepealable to succeed in life, and to wilt a useful and respected member of society.” Although some of the original rules have since been well-timed to the times, the higher remains defended to the values upon which it was founded. The College’s History The 220-acre campus, located in Middletown Township, Delaware County, PA, was purchased in 1889. Frank Furness, one of the most prominent architects of the day, was employed to diamond the buildings. Williamson opened in 1891 and it offered three-year programs in bricklaying, carpentry, machine shop, and pattern-making. With the first graduation in 1894, it became a significant pioneer in America’s vocational education movement. For increasingly well-nigh Williamson’s history, visit our Archives page. In 1957, when a fire destroyed all but one of the shop buildings, it looked like Williamson might be forced to close, but the higher was saved when theWorkbenchof Trustees entered into try-on with the Trustees of the Rodman Wanamaker estate, creating The John WanamakerSelf-rulingSchool of Artisans, now an integral part of Williamson. The try-on funded the construction of four new shop buildings and a unstipulated education building, and provided an endowment that covered an increase in the number of scholarships offered. Until 1961, students were of upper school age and Williamson’s curriculum emphasized the trades. However, due to the rise of secondary education and the significant advances of technology, the WilliamsonWorkbenchof Trustees decided to convert the school to a post-secondary institution. Programs were upgraded and in 1972 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania granted the Williamson the validity to ribbon the Associate in Specialized Technology Degree. On July 1, 2015 The WilliamsonSelf-rulingSchool of Mechanical Trades officially reverted its name to WilliamsonHigherof the Trades. The higher currently offers Craftsman Diplomas in Carpentry and Masonry and Associate in Specialized Technology Degrees in Construction Technology (with an accent on carpentry or masonry); Horticulture, Landscaping and Turf Management; Machine Tool Technology; Paint and Coatings Technology; and Power Plant Technology. Begun in the 19th century, Williamson still provides a free, quality trade and technical education to qualified young men and continues to upgrade its programs to meet the current challenges of up-and-coming technology.Williamson's VisionWilliamson’s Vision Williamson develops the unshortened student, spiritually, socially, and professionally, emphasizing academic, trade, technical, and moral education in a structured polity based on Judeo-Christian principles, without charging for tuition, room, or board. Why Williamson Matters Researchers from Tufts University’s Institute for Applied Research in YouthMinutiaerecently terminated a three-year study of weft minutiae at Williamson, funded through a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation. In the video above, Tufts University Researcher, Dr. Richard Lerner summarizes the results of the study and expounds upon why Williamson matters for the future of American society.Well-nighWilliamsonBoard & AdministrationPolityand Public Safety Consumer Information President Michael J. 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