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Sesquicentennial Celebrations At Minnesota Earth Academy Mankato

Minnesota State University Mankato is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding every bit Mankato State Normal School inwards 1868.

You tin view the 150th anniversary spider web pages for links to events commemorating the anniversary, historical information in addition to digital resources. The spider web pages for the university archives besides offering an extensive ready of digital collections.
Mankato State Normal School became Mankato State College inwards 1957. The cite changed in i lawsuit to a greater extent than to Mankato State University inwards 1975 in addition to thence to Minnesota State University, Mankato inwards 1998.

 A sesquicentennial history of the establishment written past times William E. Lass, a professor emeritus of history, was besides released this week, Minnesota State University, Mankato 1868-2018: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Sesquicentennial History.

St. Cloud Dry Soil Academy Sesquicentennial Anniversary

St. Cloud State University inward Minnesota is preparing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding inward 1869.  The initial sesquicentennial page includes a brusk video as well as links to a timeline, diverse events or tidings related to the anniversary.  You tin too follow a link to a post, "SCSU AT 150: HOW information technology ALL BEGAN BACK IN 1869," on the WJON radio site alongside a brusk historical sketch as well as early on photographs.
SCSU was founded every bit the Third District State Normal School at St. Cloud, MN. The advert changed to St. Cloud State Teachers College inward 1921 as well as to St. Cloud State College inward 1957. The advert thence changed to St. Cloud State University inward 1975.
The University Archives created several exhibits, "From Normal to University: The St. Cloud State Campus Since 1869," that render interesting information on how the campus mission as well as physical characteristics convey changed.  You tin discovery links to historic private edifice profiles for many campus buildings as well as information on Faces Behind the Places exhibit that explores the people who convey St. Cloud State buildings named inward their honor.  

The Archives too has a page, "Historical Compilations as well as Histories," alongside an amazing array of links to historical resources including:

Bethel At War...Excellent Example Of A Digital History As Well As Institutional Stories

Chris Gehrz posted a description on The Pietist Schoolman weblog of spider web pages devoted to the history of Bethel University during this by century.  Bethel at War 1914-2014 provides stories from a historical perspective of a modest Midwestern college affiliated amongst the Baptist General Conference.
Bethel at War features essays, timeline, map, too data on many other references too resources.  


Alexandria Technical & Community College President Recognizes Faculty As Well As Staff Inwards Historical Sketch

Laura Urban, president of Alexandria Technical as well as Community College (ATCC) provides a brief history of the establishment inwards an article for the Alexandria, MN Echo Press on Oct 7, 2015.  ATCC began offering classes inwards 1961 as well as currently serves over 2,600 students inwards westward fundamental Minnesota.

Minnesota Colleges That Convey Closed, Merged, Or Changed Names

Minnesota Colleges That Convey Closed, Merged, Or Changed Names

This tabular array below includes institutions that accept closed, merged, or changed their names.  If you lot regime annotation a need for changing or updating information, delight notify ray01brown@gmail.com or larn out a comment below.

An index alongside links to form out pages for other states together with countries is available.

There is a College History Garden Facebook grouping or you lot tin laissez passer on the sack persuasion and follow multiple boards on Pinterest or at that spot is a board specifically devoted to Minnesota colleges.

Thanks for your involvement together with suggestions!

Bethel & Adelphia: Ii Institutions Amongst A Mutual Foundation Inwards Swedish Pietism

Chris Gehrz authored a post, "When Bethel Had H5N1 Sibling" that is available every 2nd purpose of a larger projection offering a digital history of Bethel University from 1914-2014 amongst the championship of Bethel at War: H5N1 Digital History of a Christian College inwards a Century of Warfare.  Bethel University inwards St. Paul, MN was founded every 2nd Bethel Academy in addition to had a sis institution, Adelphia College inwards Seattle, WA.  Gehrz explores Bethel's success in addition to Adelphia's closure inwards the broader context of institutions founded inwards the early on 1900's.  Bethel is affiliated amongst the Baptist General Conference that has roots inwards Swedish Pietism.

The page too includes links to other digital resources hosted past times Bethel that may move of interest.


Northwestern College (Mn)


Mila Koumpilova of the Pioneer Press writes on May 8, 2013 that Northwestern College inwards St. Paul, MN volition live on changing its advert to the University of Northwestern-St. Paul.  

 The establishment was flora inwards 1902 equally the Northwestern Bible as well as Missionary Training School.  In 1935 Northwestern Theological Seminary opened.  With a liberal arts college, seminary as well as bible school, the advert of Northwestern Colleges was adopted inwards 1944.

College Of Visual Arts (Mn)


Kevin Duchschere's March 29. 2013 article inwards the Star Tribune focuses on efforts past times alumni in addition to friends of the St. Paul College of Visual Arts (CVA) to opposite an announced closure of the institution.

Update Apr 2013...Trustees of the College of Visual Arts issued a statement on the closure of the institution on the mnartist.org spider web site.  The trustees noted that they saw no feasible options other than closure at the cease of the electrical flow academic year.


Writing Institutional History


I stumbled across a skilful weblog entry yesteryear Chris Gehrz the other 24-hour interval on his The Pietist Schoolman blog.  With the title, Between Commemoration too Criticism: The Challenge of Institutional History, Gehrz offers insightful comments on unopen to of the difficulties faced yesteryear authors of institutional history.


The post includes a link to Bethel University's digital history collection that includes Persevere, lasare, too clarion: Celebrating Bethel's 125th Anniversary written yesteryear G. William Carlson too Diana L. Magnuson.  The history was published inwards 1997.

Wisconsin Job Organisation University


A Brief History of the Wisconsin Business University, La Crosse, Wisconsin is available every bit a .pdf file.  The author, Richard Rogers, completed the paper for a history seminar course.  Rogers reviewed paper archives, institutional publications, surveyed alumni, in addition to interviewed alumni, instructors, in addition to a graddaughter of the founder.  The establishment was founded past times Frank J. Toland in addition to operated from 1892-1941.  

The Toland identify unit of measurement operated institutions inward a expose of towns across the upper Midwest, including:  Fairmont, Mankato, in addition to Winona inward Minnesota, Mason City, Oelwein, in addition to Spencer inward Iowa, in addition to both Eau Claire in addition to La Crosse inward Wisconsin.
The Murphy Library of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse offers a digitized version of a 1902 prospectus for Toland's Business Universities.  The lxxx page document includes many photographs of onetime students alongside data on their positions inward businesses.  The prospectus too offers data on instruction methods in addition to courses of study.

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