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Keystone College Celebrates 150Th Anniversary

Keystone College inwards La Plume, PA, close Scranton, is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding inwards 1868.  It was founded every minute Keystone Academy too hence rechartered every minute Scranton-Keystone Junior College inwards 1934. The refer changed to Keystone Junior College inwards 1944 too to Keystone College inwards 1995.

The 150th Anniversary spider web pages offering an extensive array of resources including a schedule of events, historical images too information, too an splendid brusk YouTube video, "Keystone College Past too Present."


The Times-Tribune of Scranton every minute good published "Keystone College celebrates 150 years of changes," past times Sarah Hofius Hall that includes an historical sketch of institutional changes.

Digital Repository At St. Francis University

The Margaret M. Tobin Center for Archives together with Special Collections of the Saint Francis University Library announced that it at in i lawsuit offers the Saint Francis University digital repository.  Historic photographs, campus publications, together with pupil inquiry papers are included inward the digital collection. Users tin flame lead to browse past times championship or purpose the search box to operate into search words.   Three images from the collection documenting a tragic Oct 30, 1942 burn on the campus that destroyed the historic Old Main are inserted below inward the Google Slides presentation.


The establishment is located inward Loretto, PA together with was founded every bit St. Francis Academy inward 1847.  The advert changed to St. Francis College inward 1920 together with to St. Francis University inward 2001.  Visit the academy spider web site for more information well-nigh the history together with traditions.

You tin flame likewise discovery a digital version of The Stewards of the Vision Saint Francis College 1947-1997, an institutional history of the college published for the Sesquicentennial celebration inward 1997.

Student Life For Women Studying To Larn Doctors

The Atlas Obscura spider web site offers a fascinating ship service past times Anika Burgess from Jan 4, 2018, "Student Life at the First Medical College for Women: The pioneering women who faced jeers together with discrimination to expire doctors."  Burgess incorporates numerous historical photos together with other items to both push clitoris educatee life together with also highlight but about of the pregnant contributions of the women equally they pursued their professional person lives. 

 The medical establishment was founded inward 1850 equally the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania.  It was renamed equally the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania inward 1867 together with the Medical College of Pennsylvania inward 1970 when it became coed.  It together with thus merged amongst merged amongst Hahnemann University to expire McP Hahnemann University School of Medicine equally business office of Allegheny University of Health Sciences.  This academy afterward declared bankruptcy inward July 1998 together with Drexel University took over management of MCP Hahnemann University of Health Sciences together with ultimately integrated programs to expire the Drexel University College of Medicine together with Drexel University College of Nursing together with Health Professions.
You tin also watch the Legacy Center Archives of the Drexel University College of Medicine Archives together with Special Collections for many other digital resources, a timeline on the history of women physicians, or other principal resources materials.

Desales Academy Makes Plans For Golden Anniversary

Jennifer Glose reported on September 14, 2015 for Lehigh Valley Business on plans for recognizing DeSales University's golden anniversary.  The establishment was founded inward 1964 every mo Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales.  It became co-ed inward 1970 too began to educate graduate programs.  The elevate of DeSales University was adopted inward 2001.

An interesting video too timeline are likewise available on the university's website.


Old Due West At Dickinson College Is Featured

Amy Kehm's Midstate Memories segment September 8, 2015 on the Harrisburg, PA ABC-27 News featured an interview alongside Dickinson College Archivist, Jim Gerencser.  The segment runs for four minutes together with focuses on Dickinson's historic Old West.  A break of former images of the edifice are included.  Gerencser provides interesting details on the building's history together with describes a diversity of educatee traditions that take away Old West.

Dickinson College is located inward Carlisle, PA together with was founded inward 1773.

Have Yous Always Wondered Near College Life Inward The 1940'S?

Bryn Mawr has an absolutely wonderful documentary created equally an introduction to life together with traditions of the college.  The cinema was produced past times Helen Grayson inwards 1948.  There is an interesting introductory department linking the founding of the establishment to the influence of early on Quaker settlers inwards Pennsylvania.  Grayson likewise successfully explores the powerful acquit on of a liberal arts education.

Delaware Valley College Volition Adopt Novel Cite Inward 2015


Delaware Valley College inwards Doylestown, PA volition be changing it's advert Delaware Valley University in Apr 2014.

The independent establishment was founded inwards 1896 every minute the National Farm School. It became the National Farm School together with Junior College inwards 1946, the National Agricultural College inwards 1948 together with and thence Delaware Valley College inwards 1960.

The early on history of Delaware Valley is fascinating alongside the founding yesteryear Joseph Krauskopf, a rabbi who was a tireless advocate for social justice.  Krauskopf purchased a 100-acre farm together with arranged for the structure of a pocket-size classroom building, initially employing 2 faculty members together with enrolling half dozen students.

100 Years Of Technical Education: Pennsylvania College Of Technology Scientific Discipline Together With Predecessor Institutions

The Pennsylvania College of Technology (PCT) hosts a an interesting ready of spider web pages equally business office of a 2014 centennial honoring 100 years of technology scientific discipline education inwards Williamsport, PA.  There are divide pages for Williamsport High School, Williamsport Technical Institute [founded inwards 1941], Williamsport Area Community College [founded inwards 1965], too the Pennsylvania College of Technology [founded inwards 1989].

The page besides includes links to .pdfs of iv books published equally business office of a centennial series:  Where You There [2009], amongst a retrospective of photographs; Legacy of Leaders [2012], a history of PCT too the predecessor institutions; Marketing amongst a Mission [2013] focusing on promotional too marketing images; and, Working Class [2014] that focuses on a century of practical technical education.
Pennsylvania Colleges That Accept Closed, Merged, Or Changed Names

Pennsylvania Colleges That Accept Closed, Merged, Or Changed Names

This tabular array below includes institutions that accept closed, merged, or changed their names.  If y'all banknote a ask for changing or updating information, delight notify ray01brown@gmail.com or larn out a comment below.

An index alongside links to course of pedagogy pages for other states in addition to countries is available.

There is a College History Garden Facebook grouping or y'all tin ship away sentiment and follow multiple boards on Pinterest or at that topographic point is a board specifically devoted to Pennsylvania colleges.

Thanks for your involvement in addition to suggestions!

Then As Well As Directly Inward Patch College, Pa

Newsworks posted an article this calendar week past times Lindsay Lazarski accompanied past times 34 images contrasting changes inward State College, PA since Penn State's founding unopen to 160 years ago every 2nd Farmer's High School.

For Resources Relating To The History Of Women Inwards Higher Education...Checkout The Greenfield Digital Center

I would encourage everyone to banking concern gibe out the website of the The Albert M. Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women's Education.  The Center's mission disceptation indicates that it serves as an online locus of scholarship on the history of women’s higher education.  The site includes access to teaching modules, digital exhibits, together with a main rootage collection of posters, intelligence articles, together with other items.

 Among the digital exhibits, 2 of involvement were A Purposeful Vision: Margaret Bailey Speer together with Yenching University and At School, At Work, At Play: Gender Complexities at the First Southern Coeducational Institution.

The commencement of these exhibits explores the life of Speer primarily through her letters starting amongst her youth, together with therefore moves through her years at Bryn Maur, her xviii years of service inwards China, together with concludes amongst her render to the United States.  She commencement traveled to Yenching University inwards 1925 at the historic catamenia of 25 together with her insights built through her go together with many contacts are fascinating to read.

The experiences of women inwards diverse aspects of life at Berea College render the substance of the minute exhibit, developed equally a collaborative projection of an English linguistic communication shape at the establishment inwards 2012.
 

Valley Forge Christian College Becomes Academy Of Valley Forge

Valley Forge Christian College volition drib dead the University of Valley Forge on September 16, 2014.  The establishment is located inwards Phoenixville, PA as well as is affiliated amongst the Assemblies of God.  It grew from the Marantha Bible School founded inwards 1932 as well as was initially chartered inwards 1939 inwards Green Lane, PA.  

 Over time, a divulge of schools consolidated into what was known equally the Eastern Bible Institute:  Beulah Heights of North Bergen, NJ, which began inwards 1912, Metropolitan Bible Institute of Suffern, NY, New England Bible Institute of Framingham, MA, as well as Pine Crest Bible Institute of Salisbury Center, NY.  The cite was changed to Northeast Bible Institute inwards 1967 as well as Northeast Bible College inwards 1975.  The establishment moved to the site of the erstwhile Valley Forge General Hospital inwards Phoenixville, PA the next twelvemonth as well as the cite of the college was officially changed to Valley Forge Christian College.

Gwynedd Mercy Academy (Pa)

Eric Devlin reports inward the September 11, 2013 consequence of The Times Herald on Gwynedd-Mercy College's announced refer change to popular off Gwynedd Mercy University.

The establishment was founded inward 1948 equally Gwynedd-Mercy Junior College too adopted the refer of Gwynedd-Mercy College inward 1963.

Bates Total For The Report Of Nursing History


The Barbara Bates Center for the Study of Nursing History provides a multifariousness resources including a Nursing History & Healthcare page.  Patricia D'Antonio's interesting article includes a multifariousness of charts as well as a

Transcripts are likewise available through the pump for the next nursing schools:
  • Chestnut Hill Hospital School of Nursing
  • Lankenau Hospital School of Nursing
  • Mercy-Douglass Hospital School of Nursing
  • St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing. Lancaster, PA.
  • Temple University Health System – Episcopal Hospital School of Nursing & Perfusion Science 

Penn Hall Preparatory Schoolhouse Too Junior College

The Penn Hall Alumnae Association maintains a spider web site alongside brief history of the establishment as well as links to photographs as well as other items.  Penn Hall Preparatory School inwards Chambersburg, PA, was founded inwards 1906 as well as a junior college was added inwards 1927.  The establishment ultimately unopen inwards 1973.

Changing Course: Reinventing Colleges, Avoiding Closure

There is a sure ebb together with current inwards the issue of articles calling for pregnant changes or highlighting the fiscal stress of pocket-size colleges or universities.  We for certain seem to hold upward inwards i of those periods where a novel article or spider web log posting seems to surface every few days.  In a recent example, Nathan Harder writing for the The American Interest predicts, "In 50 years, if non much sooner, one-half of the some 4,500 colleges together with universities at i time operating inwards the USA volition bring ceased to exist."

 I found Changing Course: Reinventing Colleges, Avoiding Closure to offering a timely together with interesting pick of instance studies together with essays edited past times Alice W. Brown together with Sandra L. Ballard.  Intended equally a wake-up call, readers tin for certain create goodness from the experiences of the diverse authors involved amongst institutions that either unopen or close closed.

The majority was published inwards 2011 equally purpose of the Jossey-Bass New Directions for Higher Education series.  Chapters include:
  1. Case Study of a College that Closed: Saint Mary's College, Alice W. Brown
  2. Bradford College: Requiem for a College, Arthur Levine
  3. A College that Reinvented Itself: The Wilson College Story, Mary-Linda Merriam Armacost
  4. Case Study of Reinvention: College of Charleston, Alice W. Brown
  5. Reinventing Black Colleges inwards Postethnic America: The Case of Knoxville College, Barbara R. Hatton
  6. Antioch College: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Celebrated History together with an Uncertain Future, Elizabeth R. Hayford
  7. Advice to Presidents of Struggling Colleges, Michael J. Puglisi

Civil Nation Of War Impacts Colleges


Michael David Cohen comments on the Civil War as well as the deport upon on colleges for the New York Times.  South Carolina College (Columbia, SC), Pennsylvania College (Gettysburg, PA), Wesleyan Female College (Macon, GA), Columbian College (D.C.), as well as Corona Female College (Corinth, MS) are mentioned.
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