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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

The Alabama Baptist newspaper posted, " The Alabama Baptist and women: Contributions of early Alabama Baptist women chronicled, praised ," on December 13, 2017.  The article by Elizabeth Wells includes sketches of two Baptist institutions, Judson Female Institute founded in 1838 (now, Judson College) and Howard College founded in 1841 (now, Samford University).   Both Judson and Samford offer additional historical information on their respective websites.

The Fort Smith Times Record published a historical sketch of what is now the University of Arkansas Fort Smith on December 24, 2017, " UAFS has decades of history, stories to tell ."  The article by Thomas Saccente is part of a series of articles coinciding with the bicentennial of the founding of Fort Smith.  Saccente included comments by Billy Higgins co-author of an institutional history, along with Stephen Husarik and Henry Rinne, of The First 85 Years 1928-2012 .  UAFS was founded in 1928 as Fort Smith Junior Co llege.  It  became Westark Junior College in 1966. The name changed to Westark Community College in 1972 and to Westark College in 1998. Westark was then absorbed by University of Arkansas system and known as University of Arkansas at Fort Smith in 2002.

nwi.com posted an interesting article on December 17, 2017 covering presentations by six history students who conducted projects in the Valparaiso University archives, " VU's initial archivist was on the lecture circuit first ."  The student projects included research into lantern slides, photographs, scrapbooks, campus speakers, and the papers of the architect responsible for a number of VU's buildings. The nwi.com page also offered a link suggesting an earlier article by Joyce Russell from March 29, 1917, " Fires helped shape the future of the Valparaiso University campus ."  Russell's article is fascinating and she includes a timeline with more than a dozen campus fires since 1879.

Minnesota Public Radio offered details surrounding the closure of McNally Smith College of Music in a post on December 15, 2107, " McNally Smith president says financing failure forced music school's closure ."  The reporting by Solvejg Wastvedt includes an audio clip of an interview with President Harry Chalmiers. McNally Smith College of Music was founded in 1985 and the small for-profit institution was located in St. Paul, MN. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune published reporting on the closure by Liz Sawyer on December 16, 2017 in " Emotions run high as McNally Smith College of Music graduates final class ." If you are interested in recent trends for closures and mergers,  access  College Closures since 2009  in the index at the right of any  College History Garden  page.  There are separate tabs for non-profit and for-profit closures.  Each tab includes basic information for each institution, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the I

Murphy Givens, retired editor of Corpus Christi's The Caller Times authored two fascinating articles this past week on Bay View College.  Bay View opened in 1894 and ultimately closed one hundred years ago in 1917.  The articles reflect Givens' talent as a story teller as he weaves together information about the founding of the institution and its importance to the region. The first article, " Bay View College opened in hard times ," was published on December 12, 2017.  It was followed on December 15, 2017 by " Portland's Bay View College closed 100 years ago ."

An advertisement for Polytechnic Business College of Oakland, CA was printed in The Carson City (Nevada) Daily Appeal  on this date one hundred years ago, December 5, 1917.  The building image actually appears to be Polytechnic College of Engineering.  Both institutions were founded in 1898 and occupied buildings one block apart in Oakland.  The Polytechnic College of Engineering was located at 13th and Madison Streets, while the Polytechnic Business College was on 12th and Harrison Streets.  Willis E. Gibson and H.C. Ingram were listed as owners of the institutions. Five days later, The Daily Appeal also printed an advertisement for the Polytechnic College of Engineering, on December 10, 1917 . Advertisements with a brief description and two photographs of classrooms from the Polytechnic College of Engineering were included in the 1941 Polk's Guide to Oakland, found on the Oakland Wiki project. Consider leaving a comment below if you know when these institutions closed or can p

The Queens, NY Times Ledger published an article by Annabelle Blair, " Bramson ORT college closed after 40 years ," on December 1, 2017.  Blair's reporting provides an update following the institution's announcement initial announcement back in February 2017. Bramson ORT was founded in 1942 as the Bramson ORT Training Center with a mission to serve immigrants and refugees arriving as a result of World War II.  It was operated by the  World Organization for Educational Resources and Technological Training , a global network of over 800 institutions.  Bramson ORT changed its name to Bramson ORT Technical Institute in 1979 and again in 1996 to become Bramson ORT College.