Normandale Community College Marks 50Th Anniversary

Normandale Community College inwards Bloomington, MN is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding inwards 1968.  The anniversary spider web pages include events scheduled to grade the milestone together with a fourth dimension draw of piece of occupation of primal historical events.  

The establishment opened equally Normandale State Junior College together with changed its get upward to Normandale Community College inwards 1973.

Serving For Over Lxx Years: Due South Cardinal College Inwards Minnesota

The Mankato Free Press published a retrospective article March 5, 2018, "Mankato site of state's showtime public vo-tech," that provides a brief historical sketch for what is at 1 time South Central College.

The establishment was founded inwards 1946 equally Mankato Vocational School, the showtime public, post-secondary vocational-technical schoolhouse inwards the state. The cite modify inwards 1989 to Mankato Technical College. It merged inwards 1992 to larn Albert Lea-Mankato Technical College. Three years later on it joined MN State Colleges together with Universities System inwards 1995. Following realignment, it joined amongst the Faribault campus of what had formerly been MN Riverland Technical College to larn South Central Technical College. The cite was changed inwards 2005 to South Central College.

South Central College serves 5,090 students together with offers 45 academic programs. It too serves over 9,000 additional people through customized preparation together with continuing teaching programs.

Augsburg College Volition Dice Augsburg University

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on March 2, 2017 that Augsburg College volition decease a academy amongst the outset of the upcoming autumn semester.

Augsburg was founded inwards 1869 inwards Marshall, Wisconsin in addition to was the initiatory of all seminary founded past times Norwegian Lutherans inwards the United States.  It moved to Minneapolis 3 years afterwards inwards 1872. 

The Augsburg spider web site offers a page devoted to the academy mention change that includes links to FAQs in addition to other relevant information.

Augsburg enrolls 3,458 students amongst 2,474 inwards undergraduate programs.

Historical Sketch Of St. Agatha's Conservatory Of Music Together With Fine Art Inwards St. Paul, Mn

Carrie Hatler provides an interesting historical post "St. Agatha's Conservatory of Music as well as Art," on the Forgotten Minnesota website.  The establishment was founded inwards 1884 every bit St. Agatha's Conservatory as well as Convent yesteryear the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet inwards St. Paul, MN.  The convent housed sisters who were educational activity inwards nearby parochial schools.  The sisters hoped to survive self-supporting as well as operated the conservatory every bit a agency to earn coin to back upwards their convent.

St. Agatha's Conservatory relocated afterwards 1908 to an impressive half dozen even out edifice built yesteryear the sisters on the southwest corner of Exchange as well as Cedar.  Enrollment peaked at over 1,100 students inwards the early on 1900's as well as and thus began a dull turn down alongside the conservatory closing inwards 1962.

Crossroads College Inwards Rochester, Mn Volition Close

KAAL-TV inward Minnesota reports that Crossroads College inward Rochester volition last closing too volition non offering autumn classes.  An announcement on the college website indicates at that topographic point is a wishing to croak along serving the educational needs of the expanse inward roughly other capacity.

Crossroads was founded past times the Scandinavian Christian Unity Missionary Society. It opened equally International Christian Missionary Bible College inward 1913. In 1924 it became Minneapolis Bible College too inward 1932, Minnesota Bible University. The lift reverted to Minnesota Bible College inward 1942 too was changed over again inward 2002 Crossroads College. It was affiliated alongside the Christian Church Church of Christ.

In 1971 the college moved from Minneapolis to its introduce place inward Rochester, MN to commence its 59th twelvemonth on a novel 38 land campus. Enrollment this past times years was only nether 100 students.

I am too maintaining a file alongside College Closures Since 2009 for those interested inward tracking closures past times year.

Merger Of William Mitchell College Of Constabulary In Addition To Hamline U's Schoolhouse Of Law

covers the initial announcement on Feb 13, 2015.  Lerner in addition to had about other article featuring interesting comments past times Jerry Organ, police describe professor at the University of St. Thomas.