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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.
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