College History Garden

  The Des Moines, Iowa Historical Society offers a very interesting presentation on their YouTube channel focusing on the history of Highlan...

Iowa Wesleyan University’s Board of Trustees announced its unanimous decision to close the university at the end of this academic year . The...

Southeastern Community College is celebrating its centennial this fall. The institution was founded in 1920 as Burlington Junior College in ...

Faith Baptist Bible College & Theological Seminary is celebrating the centennial of its founding this year.  The centennial web page i...

Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa announced this past week that it will change its name to Morningside University in June 2020 . You c...

KSCJ radio in Sioux City posted several short audio clips of students describing contents of a time capsule prepared as part of 125th ann...

Celeste Bott of the St. Louis Post Dispatch in " Vatterott immediately closes all campuses " and Wes Johnson of the Springfield...

Graceland University in Lamoni, IA offers The Graceland College Book of Knowledge as a fascinating historical resource that can be downl...

Dordt College announced this week that it will change its name to Dordt University in May 2019.  The college website offers a short vide...

Iowa Wesleyan University in Mt. Pleasant, IA is celebrating its 175th anniversary .  An article covering the Founders Day celebration by ...

The Denver Post reported today that Colorado Heights University will be closing .  The Denver Business Journal published an article yest...

Tim Gallagher provides a historical sketch in the Sioux City Journal, " Charles City Hall links three colleges ."  The building ...

Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa posted a press release highlighting a summer research project by two students.  The project involve...

Wilcox Library of William Penn University in Oskaloosa, IA posted several fascinating sets of photos yesterday on Fb commemorating a fire ...

Kilian Community College in Sioux Falls, SD and AIB College of Business in Des Moines, IA held their last commencements this past week.  ...

Iowa Now offers an interesting article marking the retirement of Willard Lee "Sandy" Boyd Jr.  He joined the University of Io...

Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa is celebrating its 125th anniversary.  The institution was founded in 1891 as Buena Vista Colle...

Waldorf College announced that it will be changing its name to Waldorf University on March 17, 2016 .  Waldorf is located in Forest City,...

Apologies for a delayed note...I must have been sleeping at my post last year!!  Iowa Wesleyan changed its name to Iowa Wesleyan Universi...

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