LADY DOAK COLLEGE

 

  Lady Doak College, a premier Christian institution and the first women's college in Madurai, was founded by Miss Katie Wilcox, an American missionary with dedicatory zeal and vision. Commencing its pioneering service in the cause of women's education in and around the city of Madurai on 14th July 1948 in the Noyes Memorial Gardens, Tallakulam, Madurai, the college has completed 73 years of committed labour of love and learning. As an ecumenical Christian college whose purpose is to impart liberal education of Christian character to students of all creeds, this college strives to develop their intellectual powers, locate, identify and cultivate their interests and talents and train them to be responsible and useful citizens. Lady Doak College is a unit of the Katie Wilcox Education Association, which is a Christian Educational Trust.

In its first year, Lady Doak College had 81 students, a few books in a small library room, one hostel, a portion of the classroom building under construction and a few thatched sheds. Since that time, the college has grown in every way. In the place of temporary sheds, today, we have a well-built beautiful chapel, classrooms, lecture halls, comprehensive library, well-equipped laboratories, multimedia theatres, indoor stadium-cum-auditorium, open-air theatre, hostels, clinic, non-resident students' centre and canteens. Now the college has an enrollment of about 4850 women students served by a committed and skilled team of about 253 teaching and 144 non-teaching staff.

Academic autonomy was granted in 1978, making it one of the earliest autonomous institutions in the country. A challenging curriculum blended with relevant academic programmes, co-curricular activities, exposure programmes and a well-developed student support system has placed the college at the forefront in the field of higher education. The college currently offers 24 undergraduate, 15 postgraduate and 9 M.Phil. programmes and Madurai Kamaraj University has recognized 6 Departments as Research Centres. Besides these, 3 postgraduate diploma, 3 diploma and 2 certificate courses are also offered. The college is also one of the first few Arts and Science Colleges in the State of Tamil Nadu, which has initiated an international student exchange programme for credit transfer.

                                                   

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 Katie Wilcox (1889-1974)  

                             Katie Wilcox (July 26, 1889 – 1974) was an American missionary. She founded the Lady Doak College in Madurai, the first higher education institution exclusively for women in Madurai . She was born on July 26, 1889, and conducted missionary work in India from 1915 to 1958.From 1948 to 1958, she served at the Lady Doak College . She worked as a teacher at the Capron Hall Secondary School in Madurai, along with headmistress Sister Noyes. Wilcox also founded the OCPM School for girls and the Noyes School. After much hard work, she raised funds to build the Lady Doak College in 1948.Wilcox never married, and passed away in 1974.

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