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The University of Central Lancashire is preparing to celebrate the 190th anniversary of its founding in 1828. You can visit the institution's web site for links to information on individuals who played key roles, separate pages devoted to each of seven historical periods, planned anniversary events, and ways to share stories or get involved.  A short YouTube video provides a " Timeline of UCLan's 190th History ."

Jenny Barker-Devine, associate professor of history, and students in her digital history class are featured by Illinois College in " Students bring new app to Jacksonville community ."  The post indicates that the class worked with the Clio app and website to identify key historical sites on the campus and in the community of Jacksonville, IL where the Illinois College is located. You can enter " Jacksonville, IL " in the  Clio  search window to bring up four different tours:   Downtown Jacksonville Illinios This is a short walking tour made possible by the work of students at Illinois College.   Walldog Murals During the summer of 2006, Jacksonville Main Street hosted a group of professional sign painters called Letterheads to conceive and execute heritage-based art projects throughout Jacksonville's historic central business district. The result was...   Looking For Lincoln: Jacksonville The companion tour for "Looking for Lincoln's" wayside

The Daily Messenger of Canandaigua, NY reports in " FLCC to mark 50 years with time capsule, art exhibit, book release ," that Finger Lakes Community College will be celebrating its 50th anniversary on Februar y 1st.  The college will host an event from 2:00 to 6:30 p.m. with a time capsule, availability of a new commemorative history book, and a gallery exhibit with works by art faculty members and their students. The college began offering non-credit classes in 1967 and admitted its first freshman class on February 1, 1968 .  It was initially known as Community College of the Finger Lakes.  The name changed to Finger Lakes Community College in 1992.  Classes are offered at seven locations with the main campus in Canandaigua, NY. ThisBold Decision: The Story of Finger Lakes Community College , the 124 page college history, will go on sale for $18 and will be available online and in the FLCC bookstore . Copies will be sold in Canandaigua at the Chamber of Commerce, 113 S. Ma

The Margaret M. Tobin Center for Archives and Special Collections of the Saint Francis University Library announced that it now offers the Saint Francis University digital repository .  Historic photographs, campus publications, and student research papers are included in the digital collection . Users can choose to browse by title or use the search box to enter search words.   Three images from the collection documenting a tragic October 30, 1942 fire on the campus that destroyed the historic Old Main are inserted below in the Google Slides presentation. The institution is located in Loretto, PA and was founded as St. Francis Academy in 1847.  The name changed to St. Francis College in 1920 and to St. Francis University in 2001.  Visit the university web site for more information about the history and traditions . You can also find a digital version of  The Stewards of the Vision Saint Francis College 1947-1997 , an institutional  history of the college published for the Sesquicenten

The U.S. Bureau of Education organized an extensive study of black colleges and universities that is available at no charge as a .pdf, " Survey of Negro Colleges and Universities, Bulletin 1928, No. 7 ," on the ERIC website.   Dr. Arthur J. Klen, chief of the Division of Higher Education, served as the director for the survey with cooperation of seventy-nine higher education institutions, nineteen state departments, and several church foundations or educational boards.  Data gathering included visits to the institutions and the report presents a detailed picture of life on the campuses through text and tables.  The survey certainly serves as an authoritative source of information on black higher education in the 1920s.

Warner Pacific College in Portland, OR announced that it has become Warner Pacific University .  The institution was founded in 1937 in Spokane, WA as Pacific Bible College.  The school moved to Portland in 1940 and became Warner Pacific College in 1959.  It is affiliated with the Church of God (Anderson, IN).  Visit the WPU web site for an historical sketch and timeline of key dates in the institution's history .

The Archivist's Nook blog of The Catholic University of America offers an interesting post, " Theological College--First 100 Years ," by Shane MacDonald.  MacDonald provides a brief historical sketch of the early history of the institution's seminary.  The seminary, founded in 1917, was initially known as Sulpician Seminary.  The name changed to Theological College in the 1940s.  The CUA web site includes information on the centennial and there is an excellent short YouTube video, " The History of TC ," with many historical images.

Julia Kilgore of the t he Indiana University Archives authored an interesting post, " Sincerely Yours: a day in the life of a new student ," using letters of a new student who came to the campus in 1890 with an interest in studying history.  I encourage readers to visit   Blogging Hoosier History  and scan through some of their other posts.    The IU Archives also maintains  an active and effective social media presence through Twitter [ @IUBArchives] , the Indiana University Archives page on Facebook  , or on Instagram . I've found other college and university archives are also creatively using social media and really enjoy following their posts or tweets to discover new resources related to institutional history.  For those on Twitter , I've created a public list that may be helpful, Archives and Spec Coll , where you can view tweets from a variety of institutional archives in one place.  Pinterest can also be a useful source of historical images related to instit

The Atlas Obscura web site offers a fascinating post by Anika Burgess from January 4, 2018, " Student Life at the First Medical College for Women: The pioneering women who faced jeers and discrimination to become doctors ."  Burgess incorporates numerous historical photos and other items to both describe student life and also highlight some of the significant contributions of the women as they pursued their professional lives.  The medical institution was founded in 1850 as the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania.  It was renamed as the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1867 and the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1970 when it became coed.  It then merged with merged with Hahnemann University to become McP Hahnemann University School of Medicine as part of Allegheny University of Health Sciences.  This university later declared bankruptcy in July 1998 and Drexel University took over management of MCP Hahnemann University of Health Sciences and ultimately i