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The Ohio Channel website, a service of Ohio's public broadcasting stations, offers a number of short videos in a Remarkable Ohio collection highlighting sites where Ohio historical markers "...identify, commemorate and honor the important people, places and events that have contributed to the state's rich history." You can follow each of the links below to learn more about the respective institutions: Antioch College Baldwin University Findlay College Ohio Northern University Otterbein College Starling Medical College The Ohio State University Western Reserve College and Academy Wilmington College & Marble Hall

The Education Corporation of America headquarter in Birmingham, AL  announced today that it will close more than 75 sites  that enroll roughly 20,000 students.  The company began the process of notifying students and employees.  The sites include those operating as Brightwood College, Brightwood Career Institute, Ecotech Institute, Golf Academy of America and Virginia College. You can read more at Inside Higher Ed  in an article that was posted earlier today, " Large For-Profit Chain to Close ."  WSFA-TV in Montgomery, AL posted a short video with an article, " Virginia College closing in Montgomery, nationwide ." KCRA-TV in Sacramento, CA posted " Brightwood College closing Modesto, Sacramento campuses " on its website. Thirty-two sites are listed for Brightwood College in eight states on the  IPEDS College Navigator  site and twenty-seven sites in eleven states are listed for Virginia Colleges. Brightwood College Sites Virginia ...

Harrison College abruptly closed last week.  Harrison was headquartered in Indianapolis and offered programs through ten sites in Indiana: Anderson, Columbus, Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis (3), Lafayette, and Terre Haute.  Two additional sites in Morrisville, NC and Grove City, OH will also close. The history of Harrison College is traced to Marion, IN and Marion Business College that began operation in the 1890s.  Marion Business College served as the initial institution in 1902 for what later became known as Indiana Business College.  Logansport Business College was purchased and Kokomo Business College was begun in 1902. IBC grew in the early 20th century to include other schools that operated under their respective names or collectively as IBC: Municie Business College, Anderson Business College, Columbus Business College, Richmond Business College, Lafayette Business College, Crawfordsville Business College, Washington Business Colle...

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...

SCRIPPS College of Communications at Ohio University  in Athens, OH posted, " COMS seniors holdhistorical virtual, walking tours of campus ," last spring with information on a class project that involved students matching alumni memories with historical images from the Ohio UniversityArchives  and Special Collections and other campus information.  Students then used the website Histoypin.org to create virtual walkingtours of the campus .

I gave a shout-out in early 2018 to the archives at Indiana University for their active and effective use of social media, " Day in the Life of a College Student in 1890s.. ."   Today, I'll feature Ohio University Archives and Special Collections and University Libraries .  They are  currently hosting an exhibit, " Women at Ohio University, 150 Years of Life and History , " and sent a tweet this morning linking to a diary of Maggie Boyd in the archives , the first OU woman graduate. The archives also maintains a Pinterest board,  @MaggieBoyd1873's World , with links to institutional publications, photographs, slide shows, research, and other items related to Maggie Boyd and her time at the institution. The archives also used Twitter to publish entries from Maggie's senior diary using  @MaggieBoyd1873 . You can also read directly from  images of Maggie's diary through the digital archives .