Huron University
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| Type | Private (Closed) |
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| Established | 1883 - 2005 |
| Location | Huron, South Dakota, United States |
| Affiliations | formerly NAIA Division II |
| Nickname | Screaming Eagles |
Huron University, also known as Si Tanka University at Huron, was a private university formerly located in Huron, South Dakota. It closed on April 1, 2005.
What became Huron University was founded in 1883 as Presbyterian University of Southern Dakota, founded in Pierre while it was still in Dakota Territory. A year later the school became Pierre University, but was commonly known as Pierre College. On May 31, 1887 the University conferred its first degree which was the first degree to be awarded in the Dakota Territory.
In 1897, the University moved to Huron and became Huron College. By 1915, the school had become accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools(NCA). Two years later one of its former students won a Rhodes Scholarship and in 1932 one of its attending students also won the award. One student was George M. McCune, co-developer of the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean.
By the 1980s, the school had become seriously in debt and Midwest Educational Systems Inc., owner of Rapid City-based, for-profit business school National College, agreed to manage the school after the town of Huron agreed to take over existing debt as well as purchase the school's Fine Arts Center for $1.5m. On July 11, 1984 the deal was finalized, marking the end of the school's 100 years of Presbyterian affiliation. The new owner shifted the school's emphasis from liberal arts education to business. After three years of managing the school, Midwest Educational Systems exercised an option to buy the school for $1 and became the Higher Education Corporation of America.
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