Berea ) is a city in Cuyahoga County in the U.S. state of Ohio and is a western suburb of Cleveland. The population was 19,093 at the 2010 census. Berea is home to Baldwin Wallace University,as well as the training facility for the Cleveland Browns and the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds. Also near Berea is the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Baldwin Wallace University (BW) is a private university in Berea,Ohio. It was founded in 1845 as Baldwin Institute by Methodist businessman John Baldwin. The school merged with nearby German Wallace College in 1913 to become Baldwin-Wallace College.
The Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music is part of the Baldwin Wallace University,in Berea,Ohio. The main building is Kulas Hall. The Conservatory is home to the Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival,the oldest collegiate Bach Festival in the United States. The nationally renowned Music Theatre program,directed by Victoria Bussert,draws hundreds of auditioners each year. The instrumental programs have produced extremely successful musicians;several BW alumni presently play with the Cleveland Orchestra.
A Bach festival is a music festival held to celebrate the memory of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Various locations throughout the world hold festivals dedicated to Bach. A notable example is the Bachfest Leipzig,held each year in the city of Leipzig,where the composer worked as Thomaskantor for the last 27 years of his life.
John Lowden Knight was a professor,university administrator,and a Methodist theologian. He was President of Nebraska Wesleyan University,Lincoln,Nebraska;the fourth president of Baldwin-Wallace College,Berea,Ohio;and the eighth president of the Wesley Theological Seminary,in Washington,D.C..
Neal Malicky served as the sixth president of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea,Ohio from 1981 to 1999. Malicky was succeeded by Mark H. Collier in 1999. A building on the north side of BW's campus bears Malicky's name. The Neal Malicky Center for the Social Sciences was named in his honor in 2001.
Mark H. Collier was an American religious scholar and academic administrator who served as the seventh president of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea,Ohio,from 1999 to 2006.
Alfred Bryan Bonds was a public servant,educator,and college administrator. He served as the fifth president of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea,Ohio,from 1955 to 1981. He succeeded Rev. John Lowden Knight. A building bears his name on the BW campus and serves as the universities' administration building.
Arthur Louis Breslich was a professor,university administrator,and a German Methodist theologian. He was President of German Wallace College,Berea,Ohio;and the first president of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea.
Louis C. Wright was the third president of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea,Ohio,serving from 1934 to 1948. Baldwin-Wallace College became Baldwin Wallace University in 2012.
Frederick Dominic Rossini was an American thermodynamicist noted for his work in chemical thermodynamics.
(Charles) Albert Riemenschneider was an American musician and Bach musicologist.
The history of Baldwin Wallace University dates back to 1828,when co-founder John Baldwin settled in present-day Berea,Ohio. His founding eventually established Baldwin–Wallace College. This founding of present-day Baldwin Wallace University began when Baldwin Institute was established in 1845. With the help of James Wallace,Baldwin Institute began offering college courses. Eventually,in 1863,a resolution established a separate school from Baldwin University to serve the booming local German population called German Wallace College. Originally part of Baldwin Institute,German Wallace College was established just down the road. As a result of financial hardships the schools merged in 1913,forming Baldwin-Wallace College. In 2010,several buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places combining the former Lyceum Village Square and German Wallace College to form the BW South Campus Historic District. In 2012,Baldwin-Wallace College became Baldwin Wallace University and established the BW North Campus Historic District. The Conservatory is home to the Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival,the oldest collegiate Bach Festival and the second-oldest Bach festival in the United States honoring Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Baldwin-Wallace College South Campus Historic District is an area of land on the south end of the Baldwin Wallace University campus. When the district was established,the school was Baldwin-Wallace College. BW is a four-year private,coeducation,liberal arts college in Berea,Ohio,United States. The school was founded in 1845 as Baldwin Institute by Methodists settlers. Eventually the school merged with nearby German Wallace College in 1913 to become Baldwin-Wallace College,which adopted the present name in 2012. Several buildings since its founding have been established on the National Register of Historic Places,establishing this area as the Baldwin-Wallace College South Campus Historic District.
Robert C. Helmer is an American academic who became the ninth president of Baldwin Wallace University in Berea,Ohio,on July 1,2012. He serves as the first president of Baldwin Wallace University after the school became a university in 2012. Helmer became president after Richard Durst who served since 2006.
John Wheeler was an American educator,the second principal of Baldwin Institute and the first president of Baldwin University in Berea,Ohio. Baldwin College would eventually merge with nearby German Wallace College to become Baldwin–Wallace College. Wheeler has a building named after him on the Baldwin Wallace University campus.
Baldwin-Wallace College North Campus Historic District is an area of land on the north end of the Baldwin Wallace University campus. BW is a four-year private,coeducation,liberal arts college in Berea,Ohio,United States. The school was founded in 1845 as Baldwin Institute by Methodists settlers. Eventually the school merged with nearby German Wallace College in 1913 to become Baldwin-Wallace College,which changed its name to "Baldwin Wallace University" in 2012. Several buildings since its founding have been established on the National Register of Historic Places,establishing this area as the Baldwin-Wallace College North Campus Historic District. This area is the second historic district added to the campus which includes the BW's South Campus Historic district
James N. Hilvert Jr. is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea,Ohio,a position he had held since the 2017 season. Hilvert served as the head football coach at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills,Kentucky for 2007 to 2014.
