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Oregon Public Broadcasting posted an excellent article by April Baer on November 1, 2018, " Oregon Art Schools PNCA And OCAC Vote To Merge ."  Baer reports that the "...governing boards for Oregon College of Art and Craft and Pacific Northwest College of Art will spend the next month working on a memorandum of understanding..." to guide a merger of the two institutions. OCAC was founded as the Arts and Crafts Society in 1907 . The name changed to the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts in 1978 and the BFA program was added in 1994.  The name changed to Oregon College of Art and Craft in 1996.  OCAC enrolls 143 students. PNCA opened in 1909 as the School of the Portland Art Association . It soon became known as the Museum Art School. The first BFA awarded in 1969 and the name changed to Pacific Northwest College of Art in 1981.  PNCA's last enrollment reported to IPEDS was 512 students. You can also read about the two institutions in an article by Douglas Perry o...

The Board of Trustees for Marylhurst University announced this past week on May 17, 2018 that the institution will close.  The Marylhurst website includes links to additional information regarding the decision and a variety of resources for students, staff, or faculty .   Marylhurst University was founded in 1859 by the  Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary   as St. Mary's Academy in Portland, Oregon.  The institution became St. Mary's Academy and College in 1893.  The name changed to Marylhurst College in 1930 after move to Marylhurst, OR.  The name changed to Marylhurst Education Center in 1974, to Marylhurst College for Lifelong Learning in 1980, to Marylhurst College in 1992, and finally to Marylhurst University in 1998. You can also read more about Marylhurst and the decision in an article by Sam Stites, reporter for the Lake Oswego Review , " Marylhurst University to Close ." Oregon Public Broadcasting also published an article, " Ma...

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 Corvallis (OR) Gazette-Times published a feature article highlighting Oregon State University campus architecture, " John Bennes played key role in building design at OSU ."  The article by James Day is accompanied by links that include a gallery with photos of building designed by Bennes and an article with details of a Bennes Walking Tour . Bennes, who lived from 1867-1943, designed more than 35 campus buildings.  Twenty-four of these buildings are in the OSU National Historic District .  The web page for the historic district includes photographs and descriptions of buildings.

Warner Pacific College in Portland, OR announced that it has become Warner Pacific University .  The institution was founded in 1937 in Spokane, WA as Pacific Bible College.  The school moved to Portland in 1940 and became Warner Pacific College in 1959.  It is affiliated with the Church of God (Anderson, IN).  Visit the WPU web site for an historical sketch and timeline of key dates in the institution's history .