In fact, Western Reserve was to first university in Ohio and west of the Appalachian Mountains to enroll (1832) and graduate (1836) an African American student, John Sykes Fayette.
事實上，西部儲備學院是在俄亥俄州和阿巴拉契亞山脈以西的第一所大學（1832年正式註冊）, 它也是畢業第一位非洲裔美國學生(1836年)約翰賽克斯費耶特(John Sykes Fayette) 的大學。