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Blinn College

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School Notes:

• Blinn College, the Junior College District of Washington County, is located in Brenham, Texas, and serves a 13 county service area with campuses in Bryan and Schulenburg. The school was founded in 1883 by the Southern German Conference of the Methodist denomination under the name of Mission Institution. In 1889 the name was changed to Blinn Memorial College in honor of the Reverend Christian Blinn of New York who had donated a considerable sum of money to make the school possible. The institution was originally founded for the purpose of training young men for the ministry, but in the course of time, to meet the demands of the public, academic courses were added.
• After operating for five years as an institution for men only, Blinn College was made coeducational in 1888. Until 1927 the school was of academy rank. In 1927 the Board of Trustees, under leadership of President Philip Deschner, organized a junior college. In 1930 the school was merged with Southwestern University (Georgetown, Texas). In 1934, a new charter was procured by the citizens of Brenham, and a private nonsectarian junior college, under the name of Blinn College, was organized with nine regents as the board of control. In February, 1937, all connection with Southwestern University and the Methodist denominations were severed. An election held in Washington County on June 8, 1937, for the purposes of creating a public junior college district and for levying a small tax, was successful. Blinn thus became the first county-owned junior college district in Texas. The college continues to operate as one of the largest of the state's 50 public junior/community college districts.
• For both the Associate in Arts Degree (AA) and the Associate in Science Degree (AS), any area of concentration offered at Blinn may be selected. However, traditional areas of concentration for the AA degree are: Communications, Criminal Justice, English, Foreign Languages and Speech/Theater Arts. Traditional areas of concentration for AS degrees are: Agriculture, Biology, Business/Accounting, Chemistry, Computer Science, Health/Kinesiology and Mathematics.
• Blinn College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approves the courses and programs offered by Blinn College.

In the News:

• Blinn tuition set to rise next year (Brenham Banner-Press)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 07:28:08 pm
  Tuition and most fees are going up at Blinn College next year, affecting all students, but not equally so.
• New EDF directors announced (Brenham Banner-Press)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 05:43:28 pm
  The Economic Development Foundation of Brenham announced today that five directors have been elected to serve three-year terms on the board starting this month.
• LeBlanc catches three in Kingsville OT loss (Brenham Banner-Press)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 07:30:59 pm
  KINGSVILLE, Texas - Former Blinn College receiver E.J. LeBlanc caught three passes for 17 yards and had a 1-yard carry in Texas A&M-Kingsville’s 57-56 double-overtime loss to Tarleton State Saturday in an NCAA Division II playoff game.
• Landor tackles six in Baylor’s loss vs. Texas (Brenham Banner-Press)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 07:30:39 pm
  WACO, Texas - Former Blinn College safety Byron Landor recorded six tackles in Baylor’s 47-14 loss to Texas on Saturday. Brenham High School graduates Luke Poehlmann and Ahmard Howard also participated in the game for Texas but did not accumulate stats.
• Blinn board to meet (Brenham Banner-Press)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 07:28:32 pm
  A vote to increase tuition and general fees at Blinn College for the first time in several years will be the top item on the agenda when the college’s board of trustees meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Administration Building.

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