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Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ and the City of Appleton were founded together 175 years ago on the banks of the Fox River.   

In 1847, Boston merchant Amos A. Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ pledged $10,000 to endow a school in the Wisconsin Territory. On January 15, 1847, the territory granted a charter to Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ Institute, a name that was changed to Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ when classes first began on November 12, 1849. 

Notably, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ was one of the first co-educational colleges in the country. From the time that preparatory classes began in 1849, both men and women were enrolled.  

Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ today is what it has been for much of its history—an undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences with a Conservatory of Music. It honors the vision of its founders and builds on the heritage of more than a century and a half of excellence in undergraduate education.