Midland University

Midland University
Established	1883
Type	Private University
Religious affiliation	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
President	Benjamin E. Sasse
Location	Fremont, Nebraska, USA
Mascot	Warriors
Affiliations	GPAC
Website	www.midlandu.edu

Midland University, formerly Midland Lutheran College, is a private liberal arts college, located in Fremont, Nebraska, USA, and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. According to the Carnegie Foundation classification system, Midland is a professions plus arts and sciences classification.

History

Founded in 1883, Midland University is the product of college and church mergers. Midland College was established at Atchison, Kansas, by the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church on September 15, 1887. The name Midland College was selected because of its central location in the United States.

In 1919, the college moved to Fremont, Nebraska. The Fremont property had previously been called Fremont Normal School and Business College. In 1962, Midland became Midland Lutheran College after merging with Luther Junior College, a college in Wahoo, Nebraska that was founded in 1883.

In 2010, after money concerns closed nearby Dana College, Midland added new sports and programs and changed its name to Midland University.

Their athletic mascot is the Warriors.

Notable alumni

• Jim Buchanan, baseball player
• Jon Lynn Christensen, politician
• Clifton Hillegass, publisher, Creator of Cliff's Notes
• Gwen Howard, politician
• Toni Jeričević, Croatian actor and TV host
• Henry Margenau, physicist
• George E. Mendenhall, professor, Reformed theologian

External links

• Midland University