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Normandale Community College in Bloomington, MN is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding in 1968.  The anniversary web pages include events scheduled to mark the milestone and a time line of key historical events.   The institution opened as Normandale State Junior College and changed its name to Normandale Community College in 1973.

Minnesota State University Mankato is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding as Mankato State Normal School in 1868. You can visit the 150th anniversary web pages for links to events commemorating the anniversary, historical information and digital resources . The web pages for the university archives also offer an extensive set of digital collections . Mankato State Normal School became Mankato State College in 1957. The name changed again to Mankato State University in 1975 and then to Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1998. A sesquicentennial history of the institution written by William E. Lass, a professor emeritus of history,  was also released this week, Minnesota State University, Mankato 1868-2018: A Sesquicentennial History .

St. Cloud State University in Minnesota is preparing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding in 186 9.  The initial sesquicentennial page includes a short video and links to a timeline , various events or news related to the anniversary.  You can also follow a link to a post,  " SCSU AT 150: HOW IT ALL BEGAN BACK IN 1869 ," on the WJON radio site with a short historical sketch and early photographs. SCSU was founded as the Third District State Normal School at St. Cloud, MN. The name changed to St. Cloud State Teachers College in 1921 and to St. Cloud State College in 1957. The name then changed to St. Cloud State University in 1975. The University Archives created several exhib its, " From Normal to University: The St. Cloud State Campus Since 1869 ," that provide interesting information on how the campus mission and physical characteristics have changed.  You can find links to  historic individual building profiles  for many campus buildings...

The Mankato Free Press published a retrospective article March 5, 2018, " Mankato site of state's first public vo-tech ," that provides a brief historical sketch for what is now South Central College. The institution was founded in 1946 as Mankato Vocational School, the first public, post-secondary vocational-technical school in the state. The name change in 1989 to Mankato Technical College. It merged in 1992 to become Albert Lea-Mankato Technical College. Three years later it joined MN State Colleges and Universities System in 1995. Following realignment, it joined with the Faribault campus of what had formerly been MN Riverland Technical College to become South Central Technical College. The name was changed in 2005 to South Central College. South Central College serves 5,090 students and offers 45 academic programs. It also serves over 9,000 additional people through customized training and continuing education programs.

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, accrediti...