Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences will become part of Rockhurst University

Lily Lieberman reported in the Kansas City Business Journal on July 31, 2019 that Rockhurst University will absorb Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences, "Local university will absorb Saint Luke's nursing school."

Lieberman notes that the process requires approval from the Higher Learning Commission and officials at both institutions anticipate approval in 2020. Saint Luke's programs will move to the Rockhurst campus in 2022 following a complete renovation of Sedgwick Hall that was built in 1914.

Saint Luke's was founded by Saint Luke's Hospital as a diploma school of nursing in 1903 and offered a three-year program.  It was known as Saint Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing until 2010 when the name changed to Saint Luke’s College of Health Sciences.  The last reported IPEDS enrollment was 665 students in programs ranging from associate's degrees through post-master's level certificates.

Rockhurst University was founded in 1914.  It enrolls 3,145 students in a variety of undergraduate and graduates programs.

You can learn more about the plans through statements on "The Future of Nursing at Rockhurst University" or "The Future of Health Sciences Education in Kansas City" on the Saint Luke's website.

If you are interested in recent trends for closures, mergers,and acquisitions access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the right of any College History Garden page. There are separate tabs for non-profit closures, for-profit closures, and one for mergers and acquisitions. Each tab includes basic information for the institutions, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the IPEDS unitid.

Bowling Green State University and Mercy College of Ohio Commit to Partnership

Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reported this morning in "Mercy of Ohio Will Join Bowling Green State University."  You can read an announcement on the BGSU website, "BGSU, Mercy Health announce partnership to grow health care education."  There is also an announcement on the Mercy College website, "Mercy Health and Bowling Green State Sign Letter of Intent."

Mercy College of Ohio is in the midst of a centennial for its founding as school of nursing in 1918 by the Sisters of Mercy. Mercy College of Ohio was incorporated in 1992.

BGSU was founded in 1910 as Bowling Green State Normal College. The name changed to Bowling Green State College in 1929 and then to Bowling Green State University in 1935.

If you are interested in recent trends for closures, mergers,and acquisitions access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the right of any College History Garden page.  There are separate tabs for non-profit closures, for-profit closures, and one for mergers and acquisitions.  Each tab includes basic information for the institutions, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the IPEDS unitid.

Nursing Education in North Carolina: Yearbooks and other Resources from DigitalNC

A variety of student yearbooks are now available in the North Carolina College and University Yearbooks collection at DigitalNC.  Brief descriptions of resources for three nursing and health sciences institutions were posted on the Digital North Carolina Blog along with links to the respective collections.

The Cabarrus College of Health Sciences collection includes yearbooks from 1948-2005.  The institution was founded in 1942 as Cabarrus County Hospital School of Nursing.  The name changed to the Louise Harkey School of Nursing in 1992 and the current name was adopted in 1996 after expansion of academic programs.

 The Mercy School of Nursing collection includes yearbooks from 1948-1998.  The Mercy Hospital School of Nursing was founded by the Sisters of Mercy.  It was acquired by Carolinas Healthcare in 1995 and ultimately closed in 2016.

The Rex Hospital School of Nursing Collection includes yearbooks from 1923-1974, photographs, scrapbooks, brochures, programs, and other items.  Rex Hospital School of Nursing operated in Raleigh from 1894-1974.

Our Lady of the Lake College will change Name

WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge, LA reports that Our Lady of the Lake College will change its name to become Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University.  A posting on the college web site is available with more information.

The institution was founded in 1923 as a nursing school by the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady.  The name was changed in 1989 to become Our Lady of the Lake College of Nursing and Allied Health and in 1995 to Our Lady of the Lake College.

Abington Memorial Hospital School of Nursing will close to become part of Thomas Jefferson University's Jefferson College of Nursing

Linda Finarelli reported on December 16, 2015 that the Abington Memorial Hospital Dixon School of Nursing will be closing and will transition to become a second branch of the Jefferson College of Nursing of Thomas Jefferson University.  The Abington Memorial Hospital School of Nursing opened on May 15, 1914 and was located in Abington, PA until 1993 when it moved to Willow Grove, PA.

Regis College is Featured by The Boston Globe

Regis College is featured in The Boston Globe with an interesting article written by Steve Maas on April 26, 2015.  Maas focuses on the revival of the institution since 2001 when the financial situation was dire and closing looked like a real possibility.  A key message in the article is a sharp contrast with recent actions taken by the Sweet Briar College board, "While outsiders questioned whether Regis, with an endowment of just $32 million, could survive, its trustees, alumni, and staff committed to keeping the doors open." 

Regis, located in Weston, MA,  was founded in 1927 by by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston to provide education to young women.  The institution has added graduate programs and began admitting males over the past decade.

North Carolina Nursing History

Appalachian State University hosts a number of pages devoted to North Carolina Nursing History.  The site includes essays on nursing education, oral histories, timeline, bibliographies, and links to other resources.

Bates Center for the Study of Nursing History

The Barbara Bates Center for the Study of Nursing History provides a variety resources including a Nursing History & Healthcare page.  Patricia D'Antonio's interesting article includes a variety of charts and a

lengthy list of references, To Degree or not to Degree: Women, Nursing and Baccalaureate Education in Twentieth-Century America.

Transcripts are also available through the center for the following nursing schools:

• Chestnut Hill Hospital School of Nursing
• Lankenau Hospital School of Nursing
• Mercy-Douglass Hospital School of Nursing
• St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing. Lancaster, PA.
• Temple University Health System – Episcopal Hospital School of Nursing & Perfusion Science 

Education of Nurses & Doctors in Houston and the State of Texas

The John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center of the Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library offers links to a variety of other resources related to medical education.

Virginia Nursing History

The Virginia Nursing History site offers lists of nursing schools. Each entry includes the location, opening and closing dates. The material was originally compiled in 2001 by the Joint History Committee of the Virginia Nurses' Association and the Virginia League for Nursing. The site is part of the Virginia Nursing Archives at Virginia Commonwealth University's Tompkins-McCaw Library, and is maintained by Special Collections and Archives.