Mount Saint Vincent was founded as the Academy of Mount Saint Vincent in 1847 by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of New York. The Academy was located with the Motherhouse at McGowan’s Pass at the northeast corner of what is now Central Park. The campus moved to Riverdale, N.Y. overlooking the Hudson River in 1859. The institutional charter was amended in 1911 to change the name to the College of Mount Saint Vincent
Nazareth College in Rochester, NY changed its name to become Nazareth University. Nazareth was founded in 1924 by the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Medaille University in Buffalo, NY announced this week that it will be closing. You can read more in "Medaille University to close at the end of August," posted by Spectrum News 1 and the Medaille website offers information on teachout agreements and other resources.
Medaille University was founded in 1875 as the Institute of the Sisters of St. Joseph. It became Mount St. Joseph Normal School in 1927, Mount St. Joseph Teachers College in 1937, and Mount St. Joseph College in 1964. It was then recharted in 1968 as non-sectarian Medaille College. The college requested and received approval in May 2022 from the New York State Education Department Board of Regents for an amendment to Medaille’s charter to operate as a university.
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The current fall semester semester will be the last for classes at the college’s Over-the-Rhine campus in downtown Cincinnati and its St. Martin campus in Brown County, OH. Staff will work individually with its approximately 100 current students enrolled for the fall semester. Chatfield has arranged teach-out agreements with Cincinnati State Technical and Community College and Southern State Community College for students expected to graduate in the spring of 2023, so they can complete their degrees on time.
Chatfield recently celebrated a 50th anniversary and traces its roots to a group of women who arrived in central Ohio in 1845 with an educational mission. The women started a convent at St. Martin, OH. An Ursuline Teacher Training Institute was created in 1958 to provide a liberal arts education to women joining the Ursuline Order. Later in 1971, the public was admitted and the school was renamed Chatfield College.
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The institution was founded in 1947 as St. Macrina College by the Ukrainian Sisters of St. Basil the Great. The name changed to Manor College in 1959.
The institution held its first classes in 1951 and is affiliated with the Basilian Fathers.
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Inside Higher Ed posted reporting by Josh Moody, "A Crosstown Merger in Philadelphia: Saint Joseph’s University and the struggling University of the Sciences merged on June 1," on June 10, 2022.
Saint Joseph's College was founded in 1851 and the name changed to St. Joseph's University in 1978.
The University of the Sciences was founded as Philadelphia College of Apothecaries in 1821. The name changed to the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1822 and to Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1921. The latest name change to University of the Sciences in Philadelphia occurred in 1998.
You can read more on the Saint Joseph's website, "Saint Joseph’s University Completes Transformative Merger, Acquiring University of the Sciences Academic Programs and University City Campus."
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The institution was initially founded in 1952 by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt and offered a teacher preparation program for religious women. Lay students were admitted after 1957 and Dominican was coed after 1967.
Dominican currently enrolls 1,700 students.
MCU was in the news recently when it was announced that a proposed merger with St. Leo University would not proceed as initially announced last year.
Marymount was founded in 1968 after what had been Marymount Junior College moved to join with Loyola University. The institution was affiliated with the Religious of Sacred Heart of Mary. The name changed to Marymount College Palos Verdes in 1986 and to Marymount California University in 2013. Closure was just announced for August 2022.
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The institution was founded in 1908 by the Grey Nuns. It became coeducational in 1971 and added graduate programs after 1986. You can visit the Mission & History page to learn more about the founding and growth of D'Youville, including a short YouTube video,"Marguerite d'Youville History & Mission."
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) and the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (SPSMW) are partnering with the Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute to present “Stories from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Historic District.”
“Stories from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Historic District” can be viewed in the 2nd Floor Lobby and Education Galleries of the Swope Art Museum, from August 6th through October 4th, 2021. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. and there is no cost for admission.
St. John's was founded in 1870 by the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers). The institution became St. John's University in Brooklyn in 1933. The name changed to St. John's University in 1954 and the institution transitioned from two Brooklyn campuses to a location in Queens between 1955 & 1972. In 1971 St. John's merged with Notre Dame College of Staten Island.
