Morningside College

1501 Morningside Ave, Sioux city, IA 51106-1751 -  View Map

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• Founded in 1894 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, Morningside College is a private, four-year, co-educational institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Morningside has 19 buildings on a 68-acre campus in a scenic, secure residential area of Sioux City, Iowa (population 140,000). The Morningside Historic District, which includes Grace United Methodist Church and most of the campus, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
• Morningside College has been preparing students for both personal and professional success for more than 110 years. The Morningside experience provides an education which develops the whole person through an emphasis on critical thinking, effective communication, cultural understanding, practical wisdom, spiritual discernment, and ethical action.
• The campus of Morningside College is located at 1501 Morningside Avenue in Sioux City, Iowa; off of Interstate Hwy 29, 90 miles north of Omaha, Neb., and 75 miles south of Sioux Falls, S.D.
• Morningside was designated one of the Midwest's "Best Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor's" in the U.S.News & World Report's 2005 and 2006 college rankings and has been designated a "Best Midwestern College" by The Princeton Review since 2003.
• Morningside is accredited by Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Board of Nursing, National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, National Association of Schools of Music, and University Senate of the United Methodist Church.
• Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.

In the News:

• Students win first place at Midwest psychology convention (Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune)
  posted on July 20, 2011 at 08:56:30 pm
  SIOUX CITY -- Morningside College faculty members recently took students to the Great Plains Students' Psychology Convention at Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., and three of their student...
• Graduates from Morningside (Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune)
  posted on June 22, 2011 at 02:42:49 pm
  SIOUX CITY - Several area students were among the 255 students who received bachelor degrees from Morningside College during the college's 113th spring commencement exercises held Saturday, May 14....
• Longtime Morningside administrator Poppen dies (Sioux City Journal)
  posted on June 19, 2011 at 02:00:10 am
  SIOUX CITY -- A former Sioux Cityan well-known for his work at Morningside College and with several local charitable foundations has died.
• COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Brandt joins Morningside basketball team (Sioux City Journal)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 08:37:02 pm
  SIOUX CITY -- Anna Brandt, a 5-4 guard from Lake Park, Iowa, will enroll at Morningside College this fall and play for the Mustangs' women's basketball team, Morningside coach Jamie Sale said Tuesday.
• COLLEGE TRACK: Morningside announces women's team recruits (Sioux City Journal)
  posted on June 3, 2011 at 07:50:13 pm
  SIOUX CITY -- Morningside College track and field and cross country coach Dave Nash has announced 14 women's recruits who will join the Mustangs this fall.

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