Edgewood traces its roots to St. Regina Academy founded by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa. The college was founded in 1927 as a junior college for women with a two-year liberal arts curriculum. The first baccalaureate degree was awarded in 1942.
East Texas A&M University (ETAMU) unveiled its new name on the stone signs at the campus’s main entrance. East Texas A&M, formerly known as Texas A&M University-Commerce, adopted its new name on November 7, 2024, following a vote by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.
The institution was founded in Cooper, TX in 1889 as East Texas Normal College. It moved to Commerce, TX in 1894. The name changed to East Texas State Normal College in 1917, to East Texas State Teachers College in 1923, to East Texas State College in 1957, to East Texas State University in 1965, and to Texas A&M-Commerce in 1996.
WXXI public radio provided interesting reporting on January 20, 2025 in "Marist College officially becomes "Marist University," with reporting by Jesse King.
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
Wiley was founded in 1873 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
Union College will become Union Adventist University as of May 2024 after a vote by the institution's Board of Trustees on October 2, 2023.
Union is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and has a rich culture of faith-based values aligned with the church’s mission to serve the world.
Union was founded in 1891 and is located in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, GA changed its name to Emmanuel University.
The institution was founded as Franklin Springs Institute in 1919. It closed briefly between 1931-1933 due to depression and then reopened as a high school and junior college. The name was changed in 1939 to Emmanuel College.
Nazareth College in Rochester, NY changed its name to become Nazareth University. Nazareth was founded in 1924 by the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Olivet is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and was founded in 1844. The name was changed briefly to Olivet Institute in 1847 and back to Olivet College in 1859.
Unity College announced in late February that it is changing its name to Unity Environmental University.
Dr. Melik Peter Khoury, President of Unity said. “This name better reflects who we are today as a multi-faceted institution that is committed to creating a better, more equitable world for future generations.”
The name change has recently been approved by the Maine Department of Education and the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).
The institution was founded as the Unity Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1966. The name changed to Unity College the following year in 1967.
In 2018, Nyack College announced the intention to sell its 107-acre campus in Nyack and then moved its academic programs to its Lower Manhattan campus.
You can read more in "Nyack College changes its name after 50 years," with reporting by Michael Gryboski.
Westminster was founded as the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute, a preparatory school. It began offering college classes in 1897 as Sheldon Jackson College. It adopted a new name as Westminster College in 1902.
The institution was founded in 1933 as Union County Junior College. It merged with Union County Technical Institute in Scotch Plains and was renamed Union County College in 1983.
You can click on the Index to Institutions by State that have closed, merged, or changed their names link at the right to find a file with a list of institutional changes for New Jersey or other states.
The institution held its first classes in 1951 and is affiliated with the Basilian Fathers.
You can click on the Index to Institutions by State that have closed, merged, or changed their names link at the right to find a file with a list of institutional changes for New York or other states.
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.
