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Augustus Storrs Hall...Honoring An Of Import Someone At The Academy Of Connecticut

The University of Connecticut Archives as well as Special Collections maintains an interesting blog.  One of their posts from before this twelvemonth caught my attending this morning.  The "Augustus Storrs Hall" postal service alongside the edifice honoring the mortal who donated province for an agricultural college inward 1880. Augustus Storrs Hall was built inward 1906 as well as was the get-go brick edifice on campus. It was initially a men’s dormitory alongside 66 two-man rooms merely inside 2 years each room held 3 students. In 1952 it was renovated for offices as well as classrooms. It is straight off habitation to the School of Nursing.

UConn was founded every bit Storrs Agricultural School inward 1881. The advert changed to Storrs Agricultural College 1893, to Connecticut Agricultural College inward 1899, to Connecticut State College inward 1933, as well as lastly to the University of Connecticut inward 1939.

A sampling of other to a greater extent than recent posts includes: "Brien McMahon Hall" as well as "Alfred Gordon Gulley Hall."

College as well as academy archives are a bang-up source of ideas as well as information for those researching history of institutions. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 publish likewise actively postal service images as well as links to historical information. I hold a Twitter list, "Archives as well as Spec Coll," for those who powerfulness live interested as well as volition relish whatever suggestions if you lot know of archives or exceptional collections alongside Twitter accounts. It alone takes a few minutes to scan recent posts using the list.

Augustus Storrs Hall...Honoring An Of Import Someone At The Academy Of Connecticut

The University of Connecticut Archives as well as Special Collections maintains an interesting blog.  One of their posts from before this twelvemonth caught my attending this morning.  The "Augustus Storrs Hall" postal service alongside the edifice honoring the mortal who donated province for an agricultural college inward 1880. Augustus Storrs Hall was built inward 1906 as well as was the get-go brick edifice on campus. It was initially a men’s dormitory alongside 66 two-man rooms merely inside 2 years each room held 3 students. In 1952 it was renovated for offices as well as classrooms. It is straight off habitation to the School of Nursing.

UConn was founded every bit Storrs Agricultural School inward 1881. The advert changed to Storrs Agricultural College 1893, to Connecticut Agricultural College inward 1899, to Connecticut State College inward 1933, as well as lastly to the University of Connecticut inward 1939.

A sampling of other to a greater extent than recent posts includes: "Brien McMahon Hall" as well as "Alfred Gordon Gulley Hall."

College as well as academy archives are a bang-up source of ideas as well as information for those researching history of institutions. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 publish likewise actively postal service images as well as links to historical information. I hold a Twitter list, "Archives as well as Spec Coll," for those who powerfulness live interested as well as volition relish whatever suggestions if you lot know of archives or exceptional collections alongside Twitter accounts. It alone takes a few minutes to scan recent posts using the list.

Education That Liberates As Well As Ennobles: A History Of Manchester Community College (Ct)

The Hartford Courant features an article on a novel history of Manchester Community College.  Education that Liberates as well as Ennobles: H5N1 History of an American Community College was written past times Susan Plese a MCC faculty fellow member who started didactics at the establishment 6 years later it was founded inwards 1963.

Connecticut Colleges That Accept Closed, Merged, Or Changed Names

Connecticut Colleges That Accept Closed, Merged, Or Changed Names

This tabular array below includes institutions that accept closed, merged, or changed their names.  If you lot banking concern complaint a postulate for changing or updating information, delight notify ray01brown@gmail.com or teach out a comment below.

An index amongst links to classify pages for other states too countries is available.

There is a College History Garden Facebook grouping or you lot tin stance and follow multiple boards on Pinterest or at that spot is a board specifically devoted to Connecticut colleges.

Thanks for your involvement too suggestions!

Litchfield Police Pull Schoolhouse (Ct)

The Litchfield Law School [1784-1833] was the bit establishment inward the USA to offering a formal curriculum inward law.  The Litchfield Historical Society offers a history of the school in addition to a list of over 1,100 students.  Students included Aaron Burr, Levi Woodbury, John Pierce Brace in addition to John C. Calhoun.


The Harvard Law School Library has digitized a fascinating collection of notebooks of students who attended Litchfield.
The Yale Law School Library every bit good offers links to additional resources. 
"To Learn in addition to Make Respectable Hereafter: The Litchfield Law School inward Cultural Context" past times Andrew M. Siegel is available from the NYU Law Review. 


Butler In Addition To Sawyer Schools (Ct)

William Weir writes inward the Hartford Courant most closures of Butler Business School inward Bridgeport, CT together with 2 campuses of Sawyers Schools located inward Hartford together with Hamden.

Linda Conner Lambeck's article for the Connecticut Post at ctpost.com, "Butler Business School closes, students stunned," focuses on the ship upon for students enrolled at Butler.
Butler Business School was founded every bit Brown's Business College inward 1900 together with was renamed Gutchess College 10 years later. In 1917, Ernest M. Butler, who had been associated amongst Butler Business School inward New Haven, purchased the school. Three generations of the Butler identify unit of measurement managed the schoolhouse until 1999, when it was sold to Academic Enterprises, Inc.

Ethyl M. Sawyer founded the Sawyer School inward 1916 amongst the offset Sawyer School located inward downtown Los Angeles, CA.  International Industries, Inc., acquired Sawyer inward 1967, together with created The Sawyer Schools as a subsidiary organization.  A branch campus inward Providence, RI began performance inward September 1969. Then inward 1975, Academic Enterprises, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation, acquired The Sawyer School.  A main campus was thence established inward Pawtucket, RI together with inward 1990, The Pelham Educational Group, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Academic Enterprises, d/b/a The Sawyer School was formed every bit a Connecticut corporation.  The Hamden together with Hartford branches of Sawyer were opened inward 1994.

Change Tin Hold Upwards Hard...Particularly When It Involves A Name

A publish of institutions convey changed names inwards recent years.  Many of the advert changes are causes for celebration equally the The Hartford Business Journal reported for the University of Saint Joseph (West Hartford, CT).  


However, it manifestly isn't e'er as well as then easy.  There convey been an unusual flurry of articles inwards recent days indicating that changing institutional names is oftentimes a to a greater extent than hard process.  

Christopher O'Donnell reports for the Miami Herald-Tribune on problems facing the president of the State College of Florida.  O'Donnell reports that community members are yet angry over the president's treatment of a 2008 alter inwards advert from Manatee Community College.

   

And an investigative study yesteryear Shaun Sutner of the Worcester News Telegram flora that despite initial promises of minimal cost, the tab for a advert alter as well as related marketing displace at Worcester State University may hit $600,000.

A grouping of Georgia students have started a petition campaign for consideration of other options for the advert of the establishment that volition termination from the announced merger of Georgia Health Sciences University as well as Augusta State College.

A Houston Chronicle article reports on a marketing displace at UTHealth to address concerns that a 2010 advert alter from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center hasn't been equally effective equally people mightiness convey hoped.

Changing names tin too hold out a hard procedure inwards other countries...extensive opposition has erupted in Nigeria at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), 1 of Nigeria's virtually prestigious universities, protesting a conclusion yesteryear President Goodluck Jonathan to rename the academy afterward deceased politician, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola.

Finally, the BBC reports that inwards the United Kingdom, hundreds of people convey signed petitions protesting the Royal Agricultural College's proposed alter to run the Royal Agricultural University.



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