College History Garden

  The Brookings Register posted a series of interesting articles reflecting on changes at South Dakota State University as the institution ...

Mount Marty College was founded in 1936 as Mount Marty Junior College by the Sisters of St. Benedict of Sacred Heart in Yankton, SD. The n...

Alia Wong, staff writer for The Atlantic covering education and families authored an interesting article posted June 12, 2019, " The...

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

Kilian Community College, a non-profit institution in Sioux Falls, SD, announced that it will be closing at the end of the spring semeste...

Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD announced on August 21, 2015 that it will become Augustana University on September 1, 2015 .  August...

This table below includes institutions that have closed, merged, or changed their names.  If you note a need for changing or updating inform...

Columbus College was initially founded in Chamberlain, SD in 1909 as a Catholic boarding school and college.  The institution moved to Sio...

The Sioux City Journal posted an article by John Quinlan on June 5, 2011 that describes current activity on the former campus of Yankton C...

Roger Kasa's article from June 2010 includes a brief historical sketch for Dakota Bible College. The institution opened in Huron, South...

Randy Dockendorf's article, " Yankton College's Spirit Lives On ," was published in the December 12, 2009 issue of the Ya...

An article on the PrairieBusiness website covers the lingering impact of three institutions that have closed in the state: Wessington Spring...

Christy Olsen Field of the Norwegian American Weekly offers a brief historical sketch for Augustana College  for Norwegian American Wee...

The author of the Northern Valley Beacon offers commentary on a proposal by South Dakota state representative, Mark Kirkeby, R-Rapid City,...