College History Garden

 Clarks Summit University in Pennsylvania announced on July 1, 2024 that it will be closing . The institution was founded as Baptist Bible C...

Hussian College with locations in Ohio, Tennessee , Pennsylvania and California has announced that it will no longer enroll students. Hussi...

 Manor College in Jenkintown, PA has been celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2022. A post this week on the college website explores the his...

Wilkes University has a campus on the Susquehanna River and suffered substantial damage when Hurricane Agnes triggered a flood in 1972. A ne...

Inside Higher Ed posted reporting by Josh Moody, " A Crosstown Merger in Philadelphia: Saint Joseph’s University and the struggling Uni...

Reading Area Community College is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding in 197 1.  The institution was initially sponsored by the...

West Chester University is celebrating its  150th anniversary . The institution was founded as West Chester Academy in 1812 in West Chester,...

 Natalie Shilstut authored an interesting post for Bryn Mawr's Special Collections Blog on February 5, 2021, " TriCollege Librarie...

Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA announced that is is transitioning to become Moravian University . A boys' school was established in B...

 Kimberly Haas authored a fascinating article " Bryn Mawr College Marks Centennial of its Summer School for Working Women " for Hi...

Main Line Today published " Immaculata University Celebrates its Centennial Anniversary with Plans for the Future ," with report...

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College in Johnstown, PA is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding in 1994 . Visit the 25th an...

The University of Pennsylvania Archives posts a number of historical videos on YouTube .  One particularly interesting video of just under...

Penn State Schuylkill is celebrating the 85th anniversary of its founding in 1934 as Penn State College Undergraduate Center in Pottsvill...

La Roche College in Pittsburgh, PA is now La Roche University. The institution was initially founded in 1963 as a school for women by th...

Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1869.  The institution was initially known ...

The Lafayette , newspaper of Lafayette College, posted an interesting article this past week, " A historic legacy: archivist Diane Sh...

Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, PA announced this week that it will seek university status and  become Messiah University in July 2020 ....

Keystone College in La Plume, PA, near Scranton, is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1868 .  It was  founded as Keyst...

The York (PA) Daily Record published a brief historical sketch, " First freshman class seeking four-year degrees entered York College...