Айова штатындағы Морнингсайд Университетінің тарихы

Methodist college in Sioux City, Iowa, US

Morningside University is a private university affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Sioux City, Iowa. Founded in 1894 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, Morningside University has 21 buildings on a campus in Sioux City (area population 143,157 in 2008). The Morningside College Historic District, which includes most of the campus, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Morningside College officially became Morningside University on June 1, 2021.

A group of Sioux City business leaders and Methodist ministers established the University of the Northwest in 1889 to provide educational, cultural and economic growth in the community. The location of the campus was the northern section of the farm of Edwin C. Peters, the founder of the suburb of Morningside. The university was plagued with financial problems, and it became a victim of the financial Panic of 1893. It closed in 1894, the same year that the Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated Morningside College and took over the campus. Charles City College in Charles City, Iowa, was a German Methodist college that was absorbed into Morningside College in 1914.

Part of the campus has been set aside in 1997 as a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Roadman Hall was built in the mid twentieth century. It houses about 150 students. The dormitory is named after Earl Roadman, president of the college from 1936 to 1956. In 2005, two apartment style dormitories opened for upperclassmen, the Waitt and Poppen Halls. Lags Hall, a third apartment style facility, was added in 2007.

In 2005, the Hickman Johnson Furrow Library was renovated and a central campus green space and new maintenance facilities were built for $26 million. The first addition came in the form of the central campus Hilker Green Space. Work began in the summer of 2006 and it opened in late summer of 2007. The space is designed as a split level area featuring the grand two level Lieder Family Fountain. Walkways and a 10 feet (3 m) access path cut through the upper lawn making their way by Lewis Hall connecting the Hickman Johnson Furrow Learning and Olsen Student Centers. Near Eppley Auditorium, the Buhler Outdoor Performance Center was built. A softball complex was added in Fall 2005.