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Medical Hall, which burned down in 1863. The new institution used Transylvania's campus in Lexington while perpetuating the Kentucky University name. [9] The university was reorganized into several new colleges, including the Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M) of Kentucky, publicly chartered as a department of Kentucky University as a land-grant institution under the Morrill Act. [11]
The library at Transylvania University was the beneficiary of book collectors, particularly Clara Peck, a wealthy New York sportswoman. [3] Her donations included original folios of The Birds of America by John James Audubon, a two volume edition of Hortus Sanitatis and a first edition of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
The Transylvanian Saxon University encompassed the seven seats of the Saxons (i.e. Sieben Stühle) in Transylvania (all under the high seat of Sibiu/Hermannstadt known as Hermannstädter Hauptstuhl), the later two seats of Șeica (‹See Tfd› German: Schelker Stuhl) and Mediaș (‹See Tfd› German: Mediascher Stuhl) as well as the two districts of Brașov (‹See Tfd› German: Kronstadt ...
This list of Transylvania University alumni includes alumni who are graduates or were non-matriculating students of Transylvania University. [ 1 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
American Animals is a 2018 docudrama heist film written and directed by Bart Layton.Starring Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, and Ann Dowd, it is an account of the Transylvania University book heist which took place at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 2004. [4]
The Judy Gaines Young Book Award is given annually by Transylvania University to honor the author of a book of distinction written in the Appalachian region in the previous two or three years. [1] The award was endowed in 2015 by Dr. Byron Young, a Lexington-area professor and neurologist, in honor of his late wife. [2]
Durham County. The Durham County Sheriff’s Office sent 10 employees and multiple vehicles to Western North Carolina on Tuesday to help with search and recovery efforts, as well as security needs ...
Williams was selected to replace Charles Shearer, the longest-serving president in Transylvania University history, in April 2010 [3] and assumed the office four months later. [4] One of his major goals was to expand enrollment and the campus itself, leading to the dedication of a major new Athletics Complex in the spring of 2014.