Ball Patch Academy Celebrates Centennial

Ball State University is celebrating the centennial anniversary of its founding.  The 100th anniversary spider web pages offer links to a diverseness of resources including a curt video, "From Normal to Extraordinary," an updated centennial history, together with links to diverse planned events.

Frank C. Ball together with his brothers purchased the terra firma together with buildings that previously served every 2d Muncie Normal Institute together with later, Muncie National Institute, 2 of several attempts to supply higher didactics inward the urban heart inward the belatedly 1800's together with early on 1900's. They donated the holding to the terra firma of Indiana which together with then opened the Indiana State Normal School Eastern Division inward 1918.

In recognition of the Ball family’s generosity, the Indiana General Assembly changed the school's nurture to Ball Teachers College inward 1922, together with then Ball State Teachers College inward 1929, together with to Ball State University inward 1965.

You should every 2d good regard visiting the university's Archives & Special Collections spider web page for links to an amazing array of digital resources together with inquiry guides.

Eleutherian College: Fascinating Indiana Historical Site

Historic Eleutherian College, Inc. posted a link to a recent YouTube video interview from History inward Your Own Backyard, "Eleutherian College, Lancaster, Indiana."  The video runs for around 12 minutes as well as includes an interview amongst David Hardin of Historic Eleutherian.  There are too a set out of internal as well as external views of the college edifice as well as surrounding grounds.  Hardin provides historical background on the founding of the college as well as the activities of the grouping dedicated to restoration of the property.

Eleutherian College was founded past times abolitionists inward 1848, to serve every bit an educational establishment for students regardless of race, gender, economic science or religion. The electrical flow two-story building, constructed inward 1853, is located inward Lancaster, IN. 

For to a greater extent than information, visit: www.EleutherianCollege.org or call (812) 866-6846.  Eleutherian College has too been featured inward several previous posts:

• Eleutherian College (IN) featuring a brochure as well as information on Historic Eleutherian College, Inc.
• Eleutherian College (IN) highlighting the @EleutherianCollege Facebook page as well as an before YouTube video amongst history of the institution
• Underground Railroad & Eleutherian College (IN)

Tool Permits Tardily Comparing Of 2 Photographs

James Brosher posted, "IU's Old Crescent: 1949 vs. 2018," on the Indiana University IU Photography blog.  Brosher describes his role of a drone to replicate, every bit closely every bit possible, an before campus photograph.  He thence used the JuxtaposeJS tool available from the Knight Lab spider web site.  Viewers tin thence role a slider on the JuxtaposeJS image for slowly comparing of the to a greater extent than recent photograph amongst the ane taken nearly lxx years earlier.

Saint Joseph's College Inwards Rennselaer, Inwards Volition Endure Suspending Operations

Update:  nwi.com published "St. Joseph's alumni come upwardly out swinging," on March 21, 2017 amongst coverage past times Al Hamnik of alums coming together in addition to raising coin inwards back upwardly of the college.

Update:  JConline published "Saint Joseph's considers innovation to preserve programs," amongst reporting past times Meghan Holden on Feb 28, 2017.  Holden indicates that majors inwards concern education, education, in addition to biological scientific discipline amongst 8 faculty members powerfulness survive a possibility.

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Saint Joseph’s College inwards Indiana has decided to temporarily closed its Rensselaer campus starting inwards May. The trustees are planning at this fourth dimension to proceed operating a nursing programme inwards Lafayette.  The institution's spider web site includes a FAQ amongst data that is currently available.

Saint Joseph's has been struggling financially for a piece in addition to the institution's president, Robert Pastoor was sent a missive of the alphabet inwards slow January, 2017 indicating that $20 1000000 was needed for the schoolhouse to rest open.

You tin dismiss notice a twosome of articles inwards the regional media from before today

• "Board of Trustees votes to temporarily closed Saint Joseph's College," from WLFI-TV, the CBS affiliate inwards Lafayette.
• "Saint Joseph's College to suspend operations," from the Lafayette Journal & Courier

Saint Joseph's College was opened inwards 1891.  It operated briefly equally a tike seminary from 1925-1931.  Collegiate programs were added over again in addition to a amount baccalaureate programme was operating past times the halt of the decade.  A instant campus was opened inwards Calumet, IN afterward 1951 in addition to evolved to larn what is directly Calumet College of Saint Joseph.