About Dakota Wesleyan University

Dakota Wesleyan University (DWU) is a private academic world in Mitchell, South Dakota. It was founded in 1885 and is affiliated in the expose of the United Methodist Church. The student body averages slightly fewer than 800 students. The campus of the college circles is listed upon the National Register of Historic Places.

Mitchell is a city in, and the county chair of, Davison County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 15,254 at the 2010 census making it the sixth most populous city in South Dakota.

Mitchell is the principal city of the Mitchell Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes whatever of Davison and Hanson counties.