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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 ...

Dordt College announced this week that it will change its name to Dordt University in May 2019.  The college website offers a short video with president  Erik Hoekstra and a page of frequently asked questions . The institution located in Sioux Center, Iowa and affiliated with the  Christian Reformed Church was founded in 1953 as  Midwest Christian Junior College . The name changed to Dordt College in 1956. WNAX radio offers a short audio segment reporting on the name change .