Friday, January 31, 2020

Mount Marty College Adopts New Name

Mount Marty College was founded in 1936 as Mount Marty Junior College by the Sisters of St. Benedict of Sacred Heart in Yankton, SD. The name changed to Mount Marty College in 1948 and it will become Mount Marty University in 2020.
You can read more about the name change in reporting by John Nguyen for South Dakota Public Broadcasting, "Mount Marty College Announces Name Change To A University," or Rob Nielsen for the Yankton Daily Press & Democrat, "A New U: MMC To Rename Itself Mount Marty University July 1."
You can learn more about Mount Marty's history and traditions by visiting the institutional web site.


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