Pfeiffer University is a private university in Misenheimer, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Pfeiffer originated from a home school operated by Emily Prudden in the late-19th century. The school, called the Oberlin Home and School, first began on the outskirts of Hudson, North Carolina, on Lick Mountain in Caldwell County, North …
Pfeiffer University is a private university in Misenheimer, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Pfeiffer originated from a home school operated by Emily Prudden in the late-19th century. The school, called the Oberlin Home and School, first began on the outskirts of Hudson, North Carolina, on Lick Mountain in Caldwell County, North Carolina. University archivist Jonathan Hutchinson said in 2013, "Our accepted founding date is 1885," referring to the date Prudden's first school began, "but Emily probably started the school in about 1898." The school was called Oberlin, after John Frederick Oberlin, a French priest noted for his social improvement in the Alsace Region of France. The school was later endowed by Mrs. Mary P. Mitchell, and the name was changed to the Mitchell School.
Former names: Oberlin Home and School (1885–1903) · Ebenezer Mitchell Home and School (1903–1928) · Mitchell Junior College (1928–1935) · Pfeiffer Junior College (1935–1954) · Pfeiffer College (1954–1996)
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