俄亥俄兰开斯特校园历史

The five campuses that now make up newbb电子平台 区域高等教育 were created during the national expansion of higher education in the 1950s. The earliest campuses were in high school buildings in Portsmouth, Chillicothe, and 赞斯维尔. All were considered temporary measures responding to the GI Bill.

The 兰开斯特 campus was created, after the regional system became institutionalized. In 1956, citizens of 兰开斯特 and Fairfield County petitioned the newbb电子平台 Board of Trustees to establish a branch in 兰开斯特. The first classes were offered beginning in the fall quarter, 1956, in what is now Stanbery Administration Building on Mulberry Street in 兰开斯特. The new institution offered 16 courses and enrolled 295 students. 所有的课都在晚上上. Additional facilities were soon rented throughout the community, and the main administrative offices were housed in the 兰开斯特 High School.

The need for a permanent, unified location for the 兰开斯特 campus soon became evident. 董事会承诺提供1美元.75 million toward the project if community members could raise the rest of the cost, 大约四五十万美元. State funds could not be used to buy or improve land, so in 1965 the Fairfield County Commissioners donated forty-five acres as a campus site. This land had been the farm supporting the county home located across Granville Pike in what is now called the Clarence Miller Building. That acreage is now the northern part of the campus. 后来在1965年, an newbb电子平台 兰开斯特 Development Fund was established to raise funds to purchase additional land. 一份将近78美元的纪念礼物,000 was used to purchase sixty-five additional acres, 现在是校园的南端. By early May 1966, the drive ended with a total of $760,000.

约翰T. Brasee大厅, named for a prominent nineteenth-century 兰开斯特 attorney and newbb电子平台 雅典 graduate, 九月底开始上课, 1968, with an enrollment of 821 students in day and evening classes, 17名全职教师, 还有40名兼职教官. Brasee was one of the most distinguished citizens of nineteenth-century 兰开斯特. Born in Pennsylvania in 1800, he came to Ohio at the age of 15 and entered newbb电子平台 in 1819. He moved to 兰开斯特 to become principal of 兰开斯特 Academy in 1824. He read law and joined the 兰开斯特 bar, then known as one of the finest in the country. He served in the State Senate in 1856-57 and gradually gave up his law practice to take care of his extensive farming interests. 他死于1880年.  Portraits of Brasee and his wife are on display on the third floor of the building.

After 1970, 兰开斯特’s enrollment, curriculum, and physical needs expanded significantly. 1976年10月，赫罗德大厅开放. 建造成本约为200万美元, 赫罗德大厅现在有工业实验室, 计算机实验室, 艺术工作室. 像Brasee, Herrold Hall was funded by a local community campaign, this time intended to honor the late Gordon Herrold, long-time vice president for engineering and research of Anchor-Hocking Glass Company in 兰开斯特. Gordon Herrold was the great-great-grandson of Russell Herrold, one of two brothers who furnished the lumber for Cutler Hall on the 雅典 campus, 现在是国家的地标. 毗邻的露台, 在赫罗尔德大厅后面, 2000年由赫罗德的女儿们奉献, 纪念戈登的妻子, 露西尔·纳佐·赫罗德.

The two covered bridges spanning Fetters Run on the east side of the campus were moved here from their original sites. 红色木桥，约翰·布莱特. 1881年，奥古斯都·伯内曼(Augustus Borneman)建造了这座建筑. 它最初横跨白杨溪. The bridge was moved in 1988 using twin I-beams and two trucks. In 1975 the bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2014, the bridge was recognized with an Ohio Historical Marker.  约翰·布莱特. 1桥, an example of a rare design known as a rigid suspension bridge, 是在1999年重新竖立在菲特斯跑街的. Originally built in 1884, it also first carried travelers across Poplar Creek. 约翰·布莱特:不. 1 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Both historic bridges are heavily used each summer during the famous 兰开斯特 Festival, a twelve-day celebration of the arts with venues throughout the City of 兰开斯特. 在节日的两个星期六, very large concerts are held on the east side of Fetters Run on Festival Hill. The 兰开斯特 Festival Symphony Orchestra accompanies nationally known artists while Festival goers’ picnic in the open air.

A Master Plan was adopted for the Campus in 2003. The plan resulted in renovations for a new front door for Brasee大厅 making the north entrance the main entrance, as well as renovation and modernization of the Hannah V. 麦考利图书馆和体育馆.  Between 2015 and 2020 extensive capital projects maintained and modernized the campus.  Renovations established the Jane Johnsen Center for Learning and Student Success, 振兴瓦格纳剧院, expanded hot food service capabilities in the Bobcat Bistro, and relocated the Wilkes Gallery to the north lobby.

Directors and Deans of newbb电子平台-兰开斯特*

霍华德E. 柯克，导演，1956-1965

托马斯L. 赫尔姆斯，导演，1965-1969

Paul Mechling, 1969-1970年，临时董事

洛厄尔V. LeClair, Dir.1970-1977年任院长

爱德华·萨尔诺，1977-1978年临时院长

雷蒙德·威尔克斯，院长，1978-1994

约瑟夫·塔克，1994-1995年任临时院长

查尔斯·P. 伯德，迪恩，1995-1999

John Furlow, 1999-2000年担任临时院长

巴里·沃特金斯，院长，2000-2003年

John Furlow, 2003-2005年任临时院长

MaryAnn Janosik，院长，2005-2008

John Furlow，院长，2008-2010

詹姆斯·史密斯，院长，2010-2020

贾罗德·都铎，院长，2020-2023年

莱瓦蒂斯·麦克尼尔，临时院长，2023年至今

*The title of the chief operating officer of a regional campus was changed from director to dean in 1976 when James C. Bryant was appointed to the new position of vice provost for regional higher education at newbb电子平台. Bryant was the former assistant director of the OU-L campus; during 1972-73 he was acting director while the director was on leave.