1867: Theological department organized.1862: Blackburn Academy organized (on campus grade school and high school).
1857: Blackburn Theological Seminary chartered.1837: Land deeded to trustees by Gideon Blackburn.Site for the campus purchased by citizens. 1835: Government land for the college obtained by Gideon Blackburn.Today our students carry on this tradition by staffing mission critical jobs as plumbers, carpenters, painters, landscapers, cooks, servers, administrators, computer technicians, janitors, graphic artists, security officers, assistant coaches, tutors and teaching assistants.Īt Blackburn, students are fully vested in every aspect of their college experience, whether it’s success in the classroom, managing or staffing their campus job or in governing the life of the institution. In fact, Blackburn enjoys the distinction of being the only college campus in the United States to have been largely built by its students. Over the years, our students have built Blackburn – literally brick by brick. Since 1913, Blackburn’s student managed Work Program has made the dream of a college education affordable for thousands of first generation students by keeping the cost of our private liberal arts education within their reach. The result is a unique living laboratory for learning where the boundaries between job and classroom are blurred, and mentoring from faculty and staff knows no clock. Our unique campus culture is the byproduct of the purposeful melding of our nationally acclaimed student-managed Work Program and rigorous liberal arts academic curriculum. There is no other college or university in the United States quite like Blackburn College.
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