Moravian College Transitioning to become Moravian University

Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA announced that is is transitioning to become Moravian University.

A boys' school was established in Bethlehem in July 1742, and another in nearby Nazareth in 1743. These schools merged in 1759 to form Nazareth Hall, an institution which survived until 1929. In 1807 a men's college and theological seminary was established as an extension of Nazareth Hall. That institution, Moravian College and Theological Seminary, moved to Bethlehem in 1858 and was chartered to grant baccalaureate degrees in 1863,

A school for girls was also established in 1742 in Germantown, PA and soon moved to Bethlehem. It was moved to Nazareth in 1745 before returning to Bethlehem again in 1749. The Bethlehem Female Seminary was chartered to grant baccalaureate degrees in 1863, and in 1913 became Moravian Seminary and College for Women.  

In 1954, after two centuries of separate development and growth, the women's and the men's institutions were combined to form a single coeducational college.

You can also visit the web pages of the Moravian archives to view an online exhibit, "Moravian Through the Mail," to see a number of different view of the campus and buildings.