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Bowling Green State University and Mercy College of Ohio Commit to Partnership

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Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reported this morning in " Mercy of Ohio Will Join Bowling Green State University ."  You can read an announcement on the BGSU website, " BGSU, Mercy Health announce partnership to grow health care education ."  There is also an announcement on the Mercy College website, " Mercy Health and Bowling Green State Sign Letter of Intent ." Mercy College of Ohio is in the midst of a centennial for its  founding as school of nursing in 1918 by the Sisters of Mercy. Mercy College of Ohio was incorporated in 1992. BGSU was founded in 1910 as Bowling Green State Normal College. The name changed to Bowling Green State College in 1929 and then to Bowling Green State University in 1935. If you are interested in recent trends for closures, mergers,and acquisitions  access  College Closures since 2009  in the index at the right of any  College History Garden  page.  There are separate tab s for non-profit closures, fo...

Nursing Education in North Carolina: Yearbooks and other Resources from DigitalNC

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A variety of student yearbooks are now available in the North Carolina College and University Yearbooks collection at DigitalNC .  Brief descriptions of resources for three nursing and health sciences institutions were posted on the Digital North Carolina Blog along with links to the respective collections . The Cabarrus College of Health Sciences collection includes yearbooks from 1948-2005.  The institution was founded in 1942 as Cabarrus County Hospital School of Nursing.  The name changed to the Louise Harkey School of Nursing in 1992 and the current name was adopted in 1996 after expansion of academic programs.  The Mercy School of Nursing collection includes yearbooks from 1948-1998.  The Mercy Hospital School of Nursing was founded by the Sisters of Mercy.  It was acquired by Carolinas Healthcare in 1995 and ultimately closed in 2016. The Rex Hospital School of Nursing Collection includes yearbooks from 1923-1974, photographs, scrapbooks, brochur...