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The photographs in the "Virginia Carter Castleman, Class of 1899" online exhibit were taken by Castleman, who was a graduate of the library school at Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry. The images provide some insight into student life at Drexel and the unique perspective of an independent woman at the turn of the 20th century.

Drexel Facts & Firsts

Established in 1919, Drexel's co-operative education program is one of the oldest, largest and most successful. More than 1,500 companies in 27 states and 12 countries participate in the program.

Founded in 1850, the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania (later known as The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania and The Medical College of Pennsylvania) was the first medical school for women in the world.

In 1983/84 Drexel became the first university to require all students to have microcomputers.

In 2000, Drexel became the first major university to implement a fully wireless campus.

In 2002, the University launched DrexelOne Mobile, the first wireless Web portal service for students.

The College of Nursing and Health Professionals was the first in Pennsylvania to offer a co-operative education program for nursing students.

The School of Public Health is one of only two such schools in Pennsylvania.

The Math Forum at Drexel, is the Internet's leading mathematics learning community, and was ranked by Scientific American as one the Internet's top five sites for mathematics in its annual Sci/Tech Web Site Awards.

The Drexel University College of Medicine is the nation's largest private medical school.

Athletics has eight NCAA Division I sports for men and eight for women, making Drexel one of the few colleges or universities in the nation that enjoys total parity between men's and women's athletics.

Drexel has been a pioneer in the e-Learning industry, offering degrees online since 1996.