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Dartmouth in Hanover, NH is preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding in 1769. The anniversary web page provides information on scheduled events, a short YouTube video, " Dartmouth 250: Honoring Our Past, Inspiring Our Future ," and other resources. A new book, Dartmouth Undying: A Celebration of Place and Possibility , edited by David Shribman and Jim Collins is available now for pre-order. There will also be a “Hindsight is 20/19,” 26-episode podcast series celebrating Dartmouth’s history. Library staffers and students identified 25 tangible pieces, one per decade, central to the institution's history and will begin offering podcast episodes on each item in January 2019. You can read more about the series in an article by Florida Huff, " New podcast series uses artifacts to highlight College history ," from for The Dartmouth newspaper or in a post written by Charlotte Albright, " Hindsight Is 20/19: Podcast Series Tells Story of ...

Saddleback College in Mission Viejo is beginning a yearlong celebration marking the 50th anniversary of its founding . The Saddleback Community College District was initially approved in 1967 and the first classes were held in the fall of 1968. Enrollment in the first year reached 1,500 students with staff of 34 full-time instructors and 30 part-time teaching faculty, along with 26 other employees. Today, over 27,000 students are served by approximately 1,300 faculty and staff. The college website offers a variety of historical resources that include, Making History, the First Years of Saddleback College , compiled by Lynn Wells and Julie Brady-Jenner and published in 2001. The college library maintains an archive of transcripts and videos from oral interviews documenting institutional history. You can read more in an article from The Orange County Register, " Saddleback College celebrates its golden anniversary — and the school’s first homecoming queen returns for the occasio...

Montana State University has been celebrating the 125th anniversary of its founding this year.  Earlier in October there was a book signing for Democracy by Degrees: The 125th Anniversary History of Montana State University , written by history professor Robert Rydell.  You can purchase the book by following a link to the university bookstore .  Rydell, earlier collaborated in 1993 on In the People’s Interest: A Centennial History of Montana State University , with colleagues and fellow historians Jeffrey Safford and Pierce Mullen.    The Agricultural College of the State of Montana at Bozeman was founded in 1893. The name changed to College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts in 1913, to Montana State College in 1935, and, to Montana State University in 1965. You can access the Montana State University archives for more resources that include historical photographs like this 1912 image of Montana Hall.

Ball State University is celebrating the centennial anniversary of its founding.  The 100th anniversary web pages  offer links to a variety of resources including a short video, " From Normal to Extraordinary ," an updated centennial history , and links to various planned events. Frank C. Ball and his brothers purchased the land and buildings that previously served as Muncie Normal Institute and later, Muncie National Institute , two of several attempts to provide higher education in the city in the late 1800's and early 1900's. They donated the property to the state of Indiana which then opened the Indiana State Normal School Eastern Division in 1918. In recognition of the Ball family’s generosity, the Indiana General Assembly changed the school's name to Ball Teachers College in 1922, then Ball State Teachers College in 1929, and to Ball State University in 1965 . You should also consider visiting the university's Archives & Special Collections web pag...

Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA was founded in 1947 and held its first classes the following year.  A history of the institution, " Tumbleweeds to Roses " covers the period from inception to 1963 and is available for viewing or download on the college website. A webpage created for OCC's 70th anniversary includes links to a variety of other information on the history of the college and the stories of students, faculty, and staff. The 70th anniversary pages include a link to a short four-minute video, " Tumbleweeds to Roses ," that includes a number of historical images.  You can also find Orange Slices , over 140 columns chronicling OCC’s history and many of its more remarkable and significant characters.  The columns were written by OCC’s long-time Director of Marketing and Public Relations – Jim Carnett between 2004 and 2008.

Graceland University in Lamoni, IA offers The Graceland College Book of Knowledge as a fascinating historical resource that can be downloaded as a .pdf from their website.  While the book hasn't been updated since its publication, I think the format serves as an interesting model for others anticipating a similar project at another institution.  It is also a testament to the difficulty in preserving and maintaining history of small colleges when resources are limited....and as a result, the book reflects a special labor of love. David Goehner is the author of the work published in 1997 and was an outgrowth of centennial preparations a few years earlier.  Goehner found a three-ring binder in his office when he started at Graceland that included mimeographed pages of historical information initially compiled by a Lambda Delta Sigma Society during the 1940 academic year.  The work of this student group and then been updated by college librarian Cleo Hawthorne Moon in ...

I just finished reading In Shades of Sepia: The Story of Jubilee College as Told Through Letters and Other Documents  and enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about the institution.  Sue Swanson is the author and she  focuses the early part of her book on Philander Chase and his family as they  founded Jubilee College during his service as the first Episcopal Bishop of Illinois.   She begins with Chase's early life, including the time where he  previously served as the founder of Kenyon College in Ohio.  Chapters are also devoted to what life was like at Jubilee, brief sketches for students and faculty, and descriptions of various buildings associated with the college.   Actual c onstruction on the college began in 1839 and expanded to include  a dozen or more structures on a 3,500-acre tract of land. Jubilee College was comprised of a theological seminary, a college, a classical preparatory school for boys, and a “seminary” for gi...

The arts and culture magazine, Pasatiempo , published " O brothers, where art thou? A brief history of the College of Santa Fe " written by Jennifer Levin on May 4, 2018.  Levin's historical sketch is one of the articles in the series,  Remembering the College of Santa Fe.  Titles below are linked to the respective articles: Tales from the teacher's lounge: Faculty tell the CSF story He ain't heavy, he's a brother Workshopping their voices: The creative writing program You ought to be in pictures: The film program A regional modernist: Architect Philippe Register Class notes: Where are the CSF alumni now? Playing on: The contemporary music program Art's School Drawing on the talent pool: The visual arts program Built with brotherly love: The College of Santa Fe campus and buildings All the world was a stage: The theater program A feast for the eyes: The Visual Arts Center and its collections Those with interest in the history of the college should also rea...

Oregon State University is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1868 as Oregon State Agricultural College.  At the time, an existing private institution founded by Methodists ten years earlier, Corvallis College, was designated as Oregon's land grant institution.   KLCC public radio's web site offers a short audio clip and corresponding transcript, " Oregon State University: 150 Years of Growth and Change ," of an interview by Tiffany Eckert as she walks around the OSU campus with Larry Landis, archivist and author of A School for the People: A Photographic History of Oregon State University . The Peoples School: A History of Oregon State University , written by William G. Robbins, was published in 2017 and is also available from Oregon State University Press.

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, ...

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 coll...

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.

The Telegraph of Alton, IL published an article this week commemorating the closure of Shurtleff College, " Shurtleff College, opened in 1827, closed 60 years ago ."  The author, Tom Emery, provides an interesting historical sketch.  The instit ution  evolved from Rock Spring Academy or Rock Springs Seminary in Rock Springs, IL which closed in 1831 and moved to Alton. It was initially known as Alton Seminary or Alton College before the name changed to Shurtleff College in 1836. Classes were suspended after 1956, though institution didn't officially close for several years permitting several students to complete degree requirements. The campus was taken over by Southern Illinois University and for use as an offsite center until SIU-Edwardsville opened in 1972. Part of the Shurleff campus site is now used by SIU Dental School. Shurtleff College is considered by some to be the first college in Illinois and the first founded between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi River....