Lakeland College (WI)

Lakeland College in Sheboygan, WI offers an interesting timeline developed for the institution's sesquisentennial in 2012.  It was founded by German immigrants and was known as Missionshaus until 1956 when the name was changed to Lakeland College.  

Lakeland's Old Main was dedicated in 1888 and is still an important campus building and symbol of the institution.

Washington State Student Achievement Council

The Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC) maintains transcripts for some institutions that no longer operate in the state.  Scroll down the page for the section on closed degree granting institutions.

The WSAC has transcripts for the following closed schools:

• Behavioral Physiology Institutes
• Crown College - degree program students only
• Henry Cogswell College
• Maple Valley College, aka Pacific Western College or Renton College
• Northwest Aviation College
• Prometheus College
• Rainier College

The site also offers contact information for transcripts of :  Northwest Baptist Seminary (Tacoma), Kaplan College-Renton, and Puget Sound Christian College, Everett.

Alderson-Broaddus University (WV)

The State Journal in West Virginia reported April 20, 2013 that Alderson-Broaddus College will change its name to Alderson-Broaddus University, effective July 1st.

Broaddus College and Alderson College, two institutions with similar traditions as Baptist liberal arts institutions merged in 1932 to become Alderson-Broaddus College.

Broaddus College was founded in Winchester, Virginia in 1871 by Edward Jefferson Willis, a Baptist minister who named the new college after Rev. William Francis Ferguson Broaddus. The institution later moved across the Alleghenies to Clarksburg, West Virginia, in 1876. The college was moved again to  Philippi, West Virginia in 1901.

Alderson Academy and Junior College, was founded in Alderson, West Virginia in 1901 by Emma Alderson.

A historical sketch written by Kim Smucker is available at the West Virginia Encyclopedia (e-WV).

WBOY-TV offers a video segment on the name change featuring images of the campus and interviews with administrators.

Royal Agricultural University (UK)

BBC News reported on April 18, 2013 that the Royal Agricultural College had been granted university status.  

The institution is located in Cirencester, Gloucestershir.  It was found in 1845 and claims to be the first agricultural college in the English speaking world.  A brief historical sketch with a number of interesting  images is available on their web site.

Midland University Considers Purchase of Dana College Property (NE)

An April 4, 2013 article by Leslie Reed of the Omaha World Herald indicates that Midland University of Fremont, NE extended an offer to purchase the campus of the former Dana College in Blair, NE.

An article by Brett Ellis in the April 6, 2013 Fremont Tribune also covered the possible purchase.  

There no longer appear to be plans for a possible reopening of the institution as the Renewable Nations Institute cited in a March 2012 post on this blog.

UPDATE, June 14, 2013

An article in the Fremont Tribune reports that Midland University announced it will be closing on the purchase of the former Dana College campus July 19, 2013. 

Anderson Normal University (IN)

Stephen T. Jackson authored a March 2012 article for The Herald Bulletin in Anderson, IN on Anderson Normal University.  The institution opened in 1896 and closed in 1914.

Jackson's article includes a list of faculty and also has notes on a couple of other institutions founded in the city.  The Anderson Business College was formed in 1904 by the purchase and consolidation of the Bliss Business University and the Anderson Business School. It was later operated as a branch of the Indiana Business College, now Harrison College.

Another institution was founded in 1917 as the Anderson Bible Training School and changed its name to Anderson College and Theological Seminary, then Anderson College and finally Anderson University.

Saint Mary's College (NC)

The Heritage: The Education of Women at St. Mary's College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1842-1982 by Martha Stoops covers the history from the founding in 1842 through 1982.  Stoops crafted an exceptional institutional history that is packed with details of student and faculty life.  The institution in Raleigh, NC discontinued the college program in 1998 and continues as a college preparatory boarding and day school.  A timeline of key historical events is available from the St. Mary's website.

Alice Brown's "Case Study of a College that Closed: Saint Mary's College," in Changing Course: Reinventing Colleges, Avoiding Closure also includes a chapter devoted to Saint Mary's.