Western Connecticut State University (also referred to as Western or WestConn, or abbreviated WCSU) is a public university located in the city of Danbury, in the U.S. state Connecticut. Founded in 1903, WestConn has an arts and sciences curriculum, a business school, and several professional programs including elementary and secondary education, nursing, music performance, and social work. It is also home to The Jane Goodall Center for Excellence in Environmental Studies.
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—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.”
—Allan Bloom (1930–1992)