Keystone College Celebrates 150th Anniversary

Keystone College in La Plume, PA, near Scranton, is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1868.  It was founded as Keystone Academy and then rechartered as Scranton-Keystone Junior College in 1934. The name changed to Keystone Junior College in 1944 and to Keystone College in 1995.

The 150th Anniversary web pages offer an extensive array of resources including a schedule of events, historical images and information, and an excellent short YouTube video, "Keystone College Past and Present."


The Times-Tribune of Scranton also published "Keystone College celebrates 150 years of changes," by Sarah Hofius Hall that includes an historical sketch of institutional changes.

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