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Blinn College
Blinn College is a public junior college in Brenham, Texas, with additional campuses in Bryan, Schulenburg, Sealy, and Waller. Brenham is Blinn's original and main campus, with housing and athletics.
Blinn was founded in 1883 as Mission Institute by local minister Carl Urbantke with an original class of three ministerial students. It was affiliated with the Southern German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and became coeducational in 1888. In 1889, the institute's name was changed to Blinn Memorial College in honor of the Reverend Christian Blinn, who had donated a considerable sum of money to make the school possible. Blinn was a wealthy minister and immigrant from Germany, who funded several German Methodist efforts, including the building of the Blinn Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church in New York City.
In 1927, the board of trustees, under leadership of President Philip Deschner, organized a junior college. In 1930, Blinn merged with Southwestern University of Georgetown. In 1934, a new charter was procured by the citizens of Brenham, and a private, nonsectarian junior college was organized as Blinn College, with nine regents as the board of control. In February 1937, all connections with Southwestern University and the Methodist denominations were severed.
On June 8, 1937, voters in Washington County levied a property tax for the creation of a public junior college district. Blinn thus became the first county-owned junior college district in Texas. The college continues to operate as one of the largest of some 50 public community college districts in Texas. After some early struggles (including the campus nearly closing in 1946 due to fiscal issues), the college began to grow and do well under the leadership of Dr. Thomas Morris Spencer, one of the early public junior college pioneers in Texas. When he left the college in 1957, it was on a firm fiscal footing.
Blinn has six campuses in Brenham, Bryan (Villa Maria Road), RELLIS (SH 47 in Bryan, shared with Texas A&M University), Schulenberg, Sealy, and Waller.
The Bryan campus was established in 1970, and by the early 1980s, a third campus opened in College Station. In 1997, the Villa Maria Road campus opened in Bryan, consolidating the programs that were located in the Townshire Shopping Center in Bryan and the Woodstone Center in College Station. The third Brazos County site, located in the former Bryan post office, continues to house the dental hygiene, radiologic technology, and workforce education programs. The original three buildings on the Bryan campuses were expanded to six, and in 2002, the former Schulman Theater was purchased and converted to classroom space, known as the College Park Campus (CPC). The Schulenburg campus opened in 1997 and the Sealy campus opened in 2005.
In 2015, Blinn announced that it would cancel expansion plans at the Villa Maria campus and open new facilities at the Texas A&M RELLIS Campus, instead. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Blinn College educational building took place on March 31, 2017. In 2022, Blinn opened a new $32 million administration building at RELLIS, incorporating 19 new classrooms in addition to offices for student enrollment.
In 2023, Blinn opened the Waller campus in the former Waller High School.
Blinn College
Blinn College is a public junior college in Brenham, Texas, with additional campuses in Bryan, Schulenburg, Sealy, and Waller. Brenham is Blinn's original and main campus, with housing and athletics.
Blinn was founded in 1883 as Mission Institute by local minister Carl Urbantke with an original class of three ministerial students. It was affiliated with the Southern German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and became coeducational in 1888. In 1889, the institute's name was changed to Blinn Memorial College in honor of the Reverend Christian Blinn, who had donated a considerable sum of money to make the school possible. Blinn was a wealthy minister and immigrant from Germany, who funded several German Methodist efforts, including the building of the Blinn Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church in New York City.
In 1927, the board of trustees, under leadership of President Philip Deschner, organized a junior college. In 1930, Blinn merged with Southwestern University of Georgetown. In 1934, a new charter was procured by the citizens of Brenham, and a private, nonsectarian junior college was organized as Blinn College, with nine regents as the board of control. In February 1937, all connections with Southwestern University and the Methodist denominations were severed.
On June 8, 1937, voters in Washington County levied a property tax for the creation of a public junior college district. Blinn thus became the first county-owned junior college district in Texas. The college continues to operate as one of the largest of some 50 public community college districts in Texas. After some early struggles (including the campus nearly closing in 1946 due to fiscal issues), the college began to grow and do well under the leadership of Dr. Thomas Morris Spencer, one of the early public junior college pioneers in Texas. When he left the college in 1957, it was on a firm fiscal footing.
Blinn has six campuses in Brenham, Bryan (Villa Maria Road), RELLIS (SH 47 in Bryan, shared with Texas A&M University), Schulenberg, Sealy, and Waller.
The Bryan campus was established in 1970, and by the early 1980s, a third campus opened in College Station. In 1997, the Villa Maria Road campus opened in Bryan, consolidating the programs that were located in the Townshire Shopping Center in Bryan and the Woodstone Center in College Station. The third Brazos County site, located in the former Bryan post office, continues to house the dental hygiene, radiologic technology, and workforce education programs. The original three buildings on the Bryan campuses were expanded to six, and in 2002, the former Schulman Theater was purchased and converted to classroom space, known as the College Park Campus (CPC). The Schulenburg campus opened in 1997 and the Sealy campus opened in 2005.
In 2015, Blinn announced that it would cancel expansion plans at the Villa Maria campus and open new facilities at the Texas A&M RELLIS Campus, instead. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Blinn College educational building took place on March 31, 2017. In 2022, Blinn opened a new $32 million administration building at RELLIS, incorporating 19 new classrooms in addition to offices for student enrollment.
In 2023, Blinn opened the Waller campus in the former Waller High School.