Keystone College

Keystone College
Motto Progress Through Effort
Type Private, 4-year, Co-Educational
Established 1868
Endowment $8 million[1]
President Dr. David Coppola
Undergraduates 1,773
Location La Plume and Factoryville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Campus Residential Area
270 acres (1.1 km²)
Sports 14 men's and women's teams
Nickname Giants
Website Keystone College
One College Green
La Plume, PA 18440

Keystone College is a small private liberal arts and sciences college located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Its official mailing address is La Plume, Pennsylvania in Lackawanna County; however, much of the campus is in Factoryville, Pennsylvania in Wyoming County. The school was founded in 1868.

Enrolling just under 1,700 students, Keystone offers 40 associate and baccalaureate degree programs in business, communications, education, fine arts, natural science and mathematics, and social sciences.

Keystone College is located about 12 miles (18 km) from Scranton, 110 miles (175 km) from New York City and 115 miles (185 km) from Philadelphia.

History

Keystone Academy was founded in 1868 by Dr. John Howard Harris. The Academy was originally chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1868, with instruction beginning the following year in the local Baptist church in Factoryville. At the time it was chartered, Keystone Academy was the only high school between Binghamton, New York and Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1934, Keystone Academy was rechartered as Scranton-Keystone Junior College. In 1944, the name of the College was shortened to Keystone Junior College. The current name Keystone College was adopted in 1995. In 1998, the College received formal approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to offer baccalaureate degree programs. In 2014, Keystone received approval to offer master's degrees.

Presidents of the College

Chairperson of the Board of Trustees

Campus

Sickler Hall

Keystone College is located on a 270 acre (1.1 km²) tract at the gateway to the Endless Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The campus is 15 miles northwest of Scranton, on U.S. Routes 6 and 11 and is spread over both Lackawanna and Wyoming counties.

Woodlands Campus

Keystone's 170-acre Woodlands Campus features approximately seven miles of hiking trails that are open seven days a week from dawn until dusk.

Academic Buildings

Administration/Non-Academic Buildings

Athletic Facilities

Residence Halls

Publications

The Key is the student newspaper, which is published during the fall and spring semesters.

Athletics

Keystone's 22 teams compete in the Colonial States Athletic Conference as a Division III school under the NCAA. Teams are known as the Giants, named after the baseball team that alumnus Christy Mathewson played for.

Men's teams

Women's teams

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ As of June 30, 2011. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2011 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2010 to FY 2011" (PDF). National Association of College and University Business Officers. June 30, 2011. p. 22. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.keystone.edu/news/publications/pdfs/the_key/TheKeyMarch2013.pdf

External links

Coordinates: 41°33′32″N 75°46′30″W / 41.559°N 75.775°W / 41.559; -75.775

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