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{{Short description|Public university in Castleton, Vermont, US}}
{{Short description|Public university in Castleton, Vermont, US}}
{{About|the former independent university in Castleton, Vermont|the current university in the same location|Vermont State University}}
{{About|the former independent university in Castleton, Vermont|the current university in the same location|Vermont State University}}
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{{Infobox university
  | name                  = Castleton University
  | name                  = Castleton University
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  | established            = {{start date and age|1787}}
  | established            = {{start date and age|1787}}
  | closed                = July 2023
  | closed                = July 2023
  | top_free              = [[ Vermont State University]]
  | top_free              = [[Vermont State University]]
  | type                  = [[Public university]]
  | type                  = [[Public university]]
  | endowment              = $7.86 million<ref>As of December 31, 2015. {{cite web |title=2015 Performance Indicators Executive Summary |publisher=VSC |url=http://www.vsc.edu/about-vsc/VSC_Office_of_the_Chancellor/VSC-2016-Performance-Indicators-WEB.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010044952/http://www.vsc.edu/about-vsc/VSC_Office_of_the_Chancellor/VSC-2016-Performance-Indicators-WEB.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-10 }}</ref>
  | endowment              = $7.86 million<ref>As of December 31, 2015. {{cite web |title=2015 Performance Indicators Executive Summary |publisher=VSC |url=http://www.vsc.edu/about-vsc/VSC_Office_of_the_Chancellor/VSC-2016-Performance-Indicators-WEB.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010044952/http://www.vsc.edu/about-vsc/VSC_Office_of_the_Chancellor/VSC-2016-Performance-Indicators-WEB.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-10 }}</ref>
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  | postgrad              = 576 (2020){{r|facts|profile}}
  | postgrad              = 576 (2020){{r|facts|profile}}
  | city                  = [[Castleton, Vermont|Castleton]]
  | city                  = [[Castleton, Vermont|Castleton]]
  | state                  = [[Vermont]]
  | state                  = Vermont
  | country                = U.S.
  | country                = U.S.
  | campus                = Rural [[college town]], {{convert|165|acre|ha}}
  | campus                = Rural [[college town]]|campus_size= {{convert|165|acre|ha}}
  | sporting_affiliations  = [[NCAA Division III]] – [[Little East Conference]]
  | sporting_affiliations  = [[NCAA Division III]] – [[Little East Conference]]
  | sports_nickname        = [[Castleton Spartans|Spartans]]
  | sports_nickname        = [[Castleton Spartans|Spartans]]
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'''Castleton University''' was a [[public university]] in [[Castleton, Vermont]].
'''Castleton University''' was a [[public university]] in [[Castleton, Vermont]], United States. In July 2023, Castleton University was dissolved and the campus was merged with [[Northern Vermont University]] and [[Vermont Technical College]] to form [[Vermont State University]], of which it now serves as a branch campus. At the time of its closure, Castleton had an enrollment of 2000 students and offered more than 30 undergraduate programs, as well as master's degrees. It was accredited by the [[New England Commission of Higher Education]].


In July 2023, Castleton University merged with [[Northern Vermont University]] and [[Vermont Technical College]] to form [[Vermont State University]], of which it now serves as a branch campus.
==History==
 
Castleton University traced its history to the "Rutland County Grammar School", chartered by the [[Vermont General Assembly]] on October 15, 1787.<ref name="History">{{cite web |year=2010 |title=A Brief History of Castleton |url=http://www.castleton.edu/about-castleton/our-campus/ |access-date=April 25, 2017 |publisher=Castleton State College}}</ref> The Grammar School was a regional school, preparing young men for college through instruction in traditional academic subjects such as Latin and Greek. The institution frequently changed its name during the 19th century. At various times it was known as "Castleton Academy", "Castleton Academy and Female Seminary", "Vermont Classical High School" (1828–1830), and "Castleton Seminary" (1830–1876).{{sfn|Peffer|2012|pp=317–318}}
At the time of its closure, Castleton had an enrollment of 2000 students and offered more than 30 undergraduate programs, as well as master's degrees. It was accredited by the [[New England Commission of Higher Education]].


==History==
In 1947, the Normal School became "Castleton Teachers College". With increased enrollment from men, intercollegiate athletics began in the 1950s.<ref name="History" /> In 1962, the institution became "Castleton State College" when it joined other state-supported colleges in becoming a part of the [[Vermont State Colleges]], a consortium of colleges governed by a common board of trustees, chancellor, and [[Council of Presidents]], each college having its own president and deans.<ref name="VSCManual">''Vermont State Colleges Manual of Policies and Procedures, Section A: Statute and By-Laws''. Vermont State Colleges (2003). pgs. 4, 21.</ref> In 1979, the board of trustees proposed a name change to "Southern Vermont State College"; the proposal was never acted on.{{Sfn|Peffer|2012|pp=238-239}} On July 23, 2015, the Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change the name of the institution to "Castleton University".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crawford |first=Logan |date=July 23, 2015 |title=CSC becomes Castleton University |url=http://www.wcax.com/story/29617172/csc-becomes-castleton-university |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724164222/http://www.wcax.com/story/29617172/csc-becomes-castleton-university |archive-date=July 24, 2015 |access-date=July 24, 2015 |work=[[WCAX]] |location=[[Burlington, Vermont]]}}</ref>
Castleton University traced its history to the "Rutland County Grammar School", chartered by the [[Vermont General Assembly]] on October 15, 1787.<ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://www.castleton.edu/about-castleton/our-campus/|title=A Brief History of Castleton|year=2010|publisher=Castleton State College|access-date=2017-04-25}}</ref> The Grammar School was a regional school, preparing young men for college through instruction in traditional academic subjects such as Latin and Greek. The institution frequently changed its name during the 19th century. At various times it was known as "Castleton Academy", "Castleton Academy and Female Seminary", "Vermont Classical High School" (1828–1830), and "Castleton Seminary" (1830–1876).{{sfn|Peffer|2012|pp=317–318}}


=== Early History ===
In 1823, instruction in "the solid branches of female education" began for "young Ladies and Misses". By the time of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the majority of the students attending Castleton were young women.{{sfn|Peffer|2012|pp=20, 42}}
In 1823, instruction in "the solid branches of female education" began for "young Ladies and Misses". By the time of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the majority of the students attending Castleton were young women.{{sfn|Peffer|2012|pp=20, 42}}


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The first female principal was [[Harriet Newell Haskell]] (1862–1867). She had attended the Seminary as a child, took classes at [[Middlebury College]] without being permitted to matriculate, and then attended [[Mount Holyoke Female Seminary]], which was not yet a college but offered a college-level curriculum for women. Although Haskell was in her 20s when she served as principal, the school flourished under her administration. With her departure to be principal of [[Monticello Seminary|Monticello Ladies Seminary]] in [[Godfrey, Illinois]], Castleton Seminary went into decline.{{sfn|Peffer|2012|pp=36-45}}
The first female principal was [[Harriet Newell Haskell]] (1862–1867). She had attended the Seminary as a child, took classes at [[Middlebury College]] without being permitted to matriculate, and then attended [[Mount Holyoke Female Seminary]], which was not yet a college but offered a college-level curriculum for women. Although Haskell was in her 20s when she served as principal, the school flourished under her administration. With her departure to be principal of [[Monticello Seminary|Monticello Ladies Seminary]] in [[Godfrey, Illinois]], Castleton Seminary went into decline.{{sfn|Peffer|2012|pp=36-45}}


The school began its transition from seminary to college in 1867, when the "State Normal School at Castleton" was founded as one of three state [[normal schools]] chartered by Vermont.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catalog.castleton.edu/content.php?catoid=4&navoid=148|title=About the College - Castleton State College - Acalog ACMS™|website=catalog.castleton.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref> Normal schools educated students for teaching careers. For 30 years the Normal School property and grounds were privately owned by [[Abel E. Leavenworth]] and his son Philip. In 1912, the State of Vermont purchased the property, and the name of the school changed slightly to "Castleton Normal School" in 1920.<ref name="Duffy">{{cite book |editor1=John Duffy |editor2=Samuel H |editor3=Ralph Orth|title=The Vermont Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTBCXqOou0YC&q=caroline+woodruff+castleton&pg=PA78|year=2003|publisher=University Press of New England|location=Burlington, Vt.|page=78|isbn=9781584650867 }}</ref>
=== From seminary to college ===
 
The school began its transition from seminary to college in 1867, when the "State Normal School at Castleton" was founded as one of three state [[normal schools]] chartered by Vermont.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catalog.castleton.edu/content.php?catoid=4&navoid=148|title=About the College - Castleton State College - Acalog ACMS™|website=catalog.castleton.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref> Normal schools educated students for teaching careers. For 30 years the Normal School property and grounds were privately owned by [[Abel E. Leavenworth]] and his son Philip. In 1912, the State of Vermont purchased the property, and the name of the school changed slightly to "Castleton Normal School" in 1920.<ref name="Duffy">{{cite book |editor1=John Duffy |editor2=Samuel H |editor3=Ralph Orth|title=The Vermont Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTBCXqOou0YC&q=caroline+woodruff+castleton&pg=PA78|year=2003|publisher=University Press of New England|location=Burlington, Vermont|page=78|isbn=9781584650867 }}</ref>
In the 1920s and 1930s, under the direction of [[Caroline S. Woodruff]], the college experienced dramatic growth in students and its stature. Woodruff modernized the school's curriculum, incorporating the theories of Vermont educator-philosopher [[John Dewey]], especially his precepts of "learning by doing" and "learning by teaching". She hired staff with advanced degrees, and broadened her students' exposure to the world by bringing people such as [[Helen Keller]], [[Robert Frost]], and [[Norman Rockwell]] to Castleton. Woodruff was the first and only Vermonter to become president of the [[National Education Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.castleton.edu/academics/catalog1112.pdf|title=Undergraduate Catalog 2011&ndash;12|date=2011|publisher=Castleton State College|page=5|access-date=2017-04-25}}</ref>


In 1947, the Normal School became "Castleton Teachers College". With increased enrollment from men, intercollegiate athletics began in the 1950s.<ref name=History/> In 1962, the institution became "Castleton State College" when it joined other state-supported colleges in becoming a part of the [[Vermont State Colleges]], a consortium of colleges governed by a common board of trustees, chancellor, and [[Council of Presidents]], each college having its own president and deans.<ref name=VSCManual>''Vermont State Colleges Manual of Policies and Procedures, Section A: Statute and By-Laws''. Vermont State Colleges (2003). pgs. 4, 21.</ref> In 1979, the board of trustees proposed a name change to "Southern Vermont State College"; the proposal was never acted on.{{Sfn|Peffer|2012|pp=238-239}} On July 23, 2015, the Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change the name of the institution to "Castleton University".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wcax.com/story/29617172/csc-becomes-castleton-university|title=CSC becomes Castleton University|last=Crawford|first=Logan|date=July 23, 2015|work=[[WCAX]]|location=[[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington, Vt.]]|access-date=2015-07-24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724164222/http://www.wcax.com/story/29617172/csc-becomes-castleton-university|archive-date=July 24, 2015}}</ref>
In the 1920s and 1930s, under the direction of [[Caroline S. Woodruff]], the college experienced dramatic growth in students and its stature. Woodruff modernized the school's curriculum, incorporating the theories of Vermont educator-philosopher [[John Dewey]], especially his precepts of "learning by doing" and "learning by teaching". She hired staff with advanced degrees, and broadened her students' exposure to the world by bringing people such as [[Helen Keller]], [[Robert Frost]], and [[Norman Rockwell]] to Castleton. Woodruff was the first and only Vermonter to become president of the [[National Education Association]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Undergraduate Catalog 2011&ndash;12 |url=http://www.castleton.edu/academics/catalog1112.pdf |access-date=April 25, 2017 |publisher=Castleton State College |page=5}}</ref>


=== Closure ===
[[file:Castleton state college Woodruff Hall.jpg|Woodruff Hall|thumb]]
[[file:Castleton state college Woodruff Hall.jpg|Woodruff Hall|thumb]]
By 2020 the Vermont State Colleges were in poor financial shape. That year, Vermont State Colleges Chancellor [[Jeb Spaulding]] proposed closing Northern Vermont University, closing Vermont Technical College's Randolph campus, and laying off almost 500 employees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duffort |first=Lola |date=2020-04-17 |title=Vermont State Colleges chancellor to recommend closing three campuses |url=https://vtdigger.org/2020/04/17/vermont-state-colleges-chancellor-to-recommend-closing-three-campuses/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=VTDigger |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Sabataso, Jim (January 14, 2021). "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/707011916/ Report Offers Another VSC Plan]". ''Rutland Daily Herald''. p. A3.</ref> Even with the proposal, Spaulding told trustees, the system needed an immediate infusion of $25{{nbsp}}million to keep operating.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duffort |first=Lola |date=April 21, 2020 |title=Vermont State Colleges need $25 million now — even if three campuses close |url=https://vtdigger.org/2020/04/21/vermont-state-colleges-need-25-million-now-even-without-campus-closures/|access-date=March 14, 2025 |website=VTDigger |language=en-US}}</ref>
By 2020 the Vermont State Colleges were in poor financial shape. That year, Vermont State Colleges Chancellor [[Jeb Spaulding]] proposed closing Northern Vermont University, closing Vermont Technical College's Randolph campus, and laying off almost 500 employees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duffort |first=Lola |date=April 17, 2020 |title=Vermont State Colleges chancellor to recommend closing three campuses |url=https://vtdigger.org/2020/04/17/vermont-state-colleges-chancellor-to-recommend-closing-three-campuses/ |access-date=July 22, 2022 |website=VTDigger |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Sabataso, Jim (January 14, 2021). "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/707011916/ Report Offers Another VSC Plan]". ''Rutland Daily Herald''. p. A3.</ref> Even with the proposal, Spaulding told trustees, the system needed an immediate infusion of $25{{nbsp}}million to keep operating.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duffort |first=Lola |date=April 21, 2020 |title=Vermont State Colleges need $25 million now — even if three campuses close |url=https://vtdigger.org/2020/04/21/vermont-state-colleges-need-25-million-now-even-without-campus-closures/|access-date=March 14, 2025 |website=VTDigger |language=en-US}}</ref>


Spaulding withdrew the proposal amid fierce opposition and the state appropriated additional funds to keep all campuses and colleges operating, but lawmakers asked the colleges to come up with plan to address their financial situation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bakuli |first=Ethan |title=After backlash, Vermont State Colleges chancellor withdraws proposal to close three campuses |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2020/04/22/vermont-state-colleges-closing-chancellor-withdraws-proposal-three-campuses-vtc-nvu/3003467001/ |access-date=July 22, 2022 |website=Burlington Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref> The Vermont State Colleges System formed a committee that recommended merging three of the system's four-year colleges into a single institution with multiple campuses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bakuli |first=Ethan |title=VSC Will Freeze Tuition |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/699102751 |access-date=December 10, 2020 |website=Burlington Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref> The proposal was projected to save the system $25{{nbsp}}million over five years.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 22, 2021|title=Three Vermont Schools Merge to Stay Afloat During Pandemic |url= https://thecollegepost.com/vermont-schools-merger/ |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=The College Post |language=en-US}}</ref> The new, consolidated, "Vermont State University" opened in July, 2023 and Castleton as an independent academic institution ceased to exist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bauer-Wolf |first=Jeremy |date=October 3, 2023 |title=Vermont State University looks to eliminate 10 programs, up to 33 full-time faculty |url=https://www.highereddive.com/news/vermont-state-university-looks-to-eliminate-10-programs-up-to-33-full-time/695525/|access-date=March 14, 2025 |website=Higher Ed Dive|language=en-US}}</ref>
Spaulding withdrew the proposal amid fierce opposition and the state appropriated additional funds to keep all campuses and colleges operating, but lawmakers asked the colleges to come up with plan to address their financial situation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bakuli |first=Ethan |title=After backlash, Vermont State Colleges chancellor withdraws proposal to close three campuses |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2020/04/22/vermont-state-colleges-closing-chancellor-withdraws-proposal-three-campuses-vtc-nvu/3003467001/ |access-date=July 22, 2022 |website=Burlington Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref> The Vermont State Colleges System formed a committee that recommended merging three of the system's four-year colleges into a single institution with multiple campuses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bakuli |first=Ethan |title=VSC Will Freeze Tuition |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/699102751 |access-date=December 10, 2020 |website=Burlington Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref> The proposal was projected to save the system $25{{nbsp}}million over five years.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 22, 2021|title=Three Vermont Schools Merge to Stay Afloat During Pandemic |url= https://thecollegepost.com/vermont-schools-merger/ |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=The College Post |language=en-US}}</ref> The new, consolidated, "Vermont State University" opened in July, 2023 and Castleton as an independent academic institution ceased to exist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bauer-Wolf |first=Jeremy |date=October 3, 2023 |title=Vermont State University looks to eliminate 10 programs, up to 33 full-time faculty |url=https://www.highereddive.com/news/vermont-state-university-looks-to-eliminate-10-programs-up-to-33-full-time/695525/|access-date=March 14, 2025 |website=Higher Ed Dive|language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Athletics==
==Athletics==
{{Main|Castleton Spartans}}
{{Main|Castleton Spartans}}
The Castleton Spartans compete in 28 [[NCAA Division III]] varsity sports (14 men's 14 women's).
The Castleton Spartans compete in 28 [[NCAA Division III]] varsity sports (14 men's 14 women's).


==Notable alumni==
==Notable faculty and alumni==
 
=== Notable faculty ===
 
* [[Pei-heng Chiang]], professor of political science<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 8, 2008 |title=Pei-heng Chiang |url=https://www.rutlandherald.com/obituaries/pei-heng-chiang/article_0ec95076-d70b-5c49-a2f6-432ee59736b6.html |access-date=October 29, 2025 |website=Rutland Herald |language=en}}</ref>
 
=== Notable alumni ===
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*[[Chad Bentz]], baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easterncollegiatefootball.com/sports/fball/2010-11/news/CST_Bentz|title=Former MLB Pitcher, Castleton's Bentz blooming at Vermont|author=Rutland Herald|date=September 16, 2010|accessdate=December 1, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Chad Bentz]], baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easterncollegiatefootball.com/sports/fball/2010-11/news/CST_Bentz|title=Former MLB Pitcher, Castleton's Bentz blooming at Vermont|work=Rutland Herald|date=September 16, 2010|accessdate=December 1, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Arthur P. Carpenter]], US Marshal for Vermont<ref>{{cite book |last=Carleton |first=Hiram |date=1903 |title=Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont |volume=II |url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland00compgoog |location=New York, NY |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland00compgoog/page/n163 105] |via=[[Internet Archive]] |ref={{sfnRef|Carleton}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=October 23, 1937 |title=Brattleboro Judge Dead at Age of 70 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51706644/brattleboro-judge/ |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |location=Boston, MA |page=6 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |ref={{sfnRef|"Brattleboro Judge Dead at Age of 70"}}}}</ref>
*[[Arthur P. Carpenter]], US Marshal for Vermont<ref>{{cite book |last=Carleton |first=Hiram |date=1903 |title=Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont |volume=II |url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland00compgoog |location=New York, NY |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland00compgoog/page/n163 105] |via=[[Internet Archive]] |ref={{sfnRef|Carleton}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=October 23, 1937 |title=Brattleboro Judge Dead at Age of 70 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51706644/brattleboro-judge/ |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |location=Boston, MA |page=6 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |ref={{sfnRef|"Brattleboro Judge Dead at Age of 70"}}}}</ref>
*[[William Carris]], Vermont State Senator<ref name="PVS">{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/65181/bill-carris#.U9Pz7_ldWFk|title=Bill Carris' Biography|work=[[Project Vote Smart]]|accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[William Carris]], Vermont State Senator<ref name="PVS">{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/65181/bill-carris#.U9Pz7_ldWFk|title=Bill Carris' Biography|work=[[Project Vote Smart]]|accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref>

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Castleton University was a public university in Castleton, Vermont, United States. In July 2023, Castleton University was dissolved and the campus was merged with Northern Vermont University and Vermont Technical College to form Vermont State University, of which it now serves as a branch campus. At the time of its closure, Castleton had an enrollment of 2000 students and offered more than 30 undergraduate programs, as well as master's degrees. It was accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.

History

Castleton University traced its history to the "Rutland County Grammar School", chartered by the Vermont General Assembly on October 15, 1787.[1] The Grammar School was a regional school, preparing young men for college through instruction in traditional academic subjects such as Latin and Greek. The institution frequently changed its name during the 19th century. At various times it was known as "Castleton Academy", "Castleton Academy and Female Seminary", "Vermont Classical High School" (1828–1830), and "Castleton Seminary" (1830–1876).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

In 1947, the Normal School became "Castleton Teachers College". With increased enrollment from men, intercollegiate athletics began in the 1950s.[1] In 1962, the institution became "Castleton State College" when it joined other state-supported colleges in becoming a part of the Vermont State Colleges, a consortium of colleges governed by a common board of trustees, chancellor, and Council of Presidents, each college having its own president and deans.[2] In 1979, the board of trustees proposed a name change to "Southern Vermont State College"; the proposal was never acted on.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". On July 23, 2015, the Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change the name of the institution to "Castleton University".[3]

Early History

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In 1829, a three-story brick building costing US$30,000 was constructed on a small hill south of the village. Principal Solomon Foot (1826–1829), who would go on to be President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate during the Civil War, was the driving force in this expansion of the school. The Seminary Building (eventually known as the Old Seminary Building) was the most impressive structure in the village, but expensive to maintain and often too large for the school's struggling enrollment.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Castleton Medical College (1818–1862) was also located in the village. It graduated 1400 students, more than any other medical school in New England at the time. Although Castleton Medical College and Castleton Seminary were separate institutions, they often shared faculty. Today the former medical college building, known as the Old Chapel, is the oldest building on the campus.[4]

The first female principal was Harriet Newell Haskell (1862–1867). She had attended the Seminary as a child, took classes at Middlebury College without being permitted to matriculate, and then attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which was not yet a college but offered a college-level curriculum for women. Although Haskell was in her 20s when she served as principal, the school flourished under her administration. With her departure to be principal of Monticello Ladies Seminary in Godfrey, Illinois, Castleton Seminary went into decline.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

From seminary to college

The school began its transition from seminary to college in 1867, when the "State Normal School at Castleton" was founded as one of three state normal schools chartered by Vermont.[5] Normal schools educated students for teaching careers. For 30 years the Normal School property and grounds were privately owned by Abel E. Leavenworth and his son Philip. In 1912, the State of Vermont purchased the property, and the name of the school changed slightly to "Castleton Normal School" in 1920.[6]

In the 1920s and 1930s, under the direction of Caroline S. Woodruff, the college experienced dramatic growth in students and its stature. Woodruff modernized the school's curriculum, incorporating the theories of Vermont educator-philosopher John Dewey, especially his precepts of "learning by doing" and "learning by teaching". She hired staff with advanced degrees, and broadened her students' exposure to the world by bringing people such as Helen Keller, Robert Frost, and Norman Rockwell to Castleton. Woodruff was the first and only Vermonter to become president of the National Education Association.[7]

Closure

File:Castleton state college Woodruff Hall.jpg
Woodruff Hall

By 2020 the Vermont State Colleges were in poor financial shape. That year, Vermont State Colleges Chancellor Jeb Spaulding proposed closing Northern Vermont University, closing Vermont Technical College's Randolph campus, and laying off almost 500 employees.[8][9] Even with the proposal, Spaulding told trustees, the system needed an immediate infusion of $25Script error: No such module "String".million to keep operating.[10]

Spaulding withdrew the proposal amid fierce opposition and the state appropriated additional funds to keep all campuses and colleges operating, but lawmakers asked the colleges to come up with plan to address their financial situation.[11] The Vermont State Colleges System formed a committee that recommended merging three of the system's four-year colleges into a single institution with multiple campuses.[12] The proposal was projected to save the system $25Script error: No such module "String".million over five years.[13] The new, consolidated, "Vermont State University" opened in July, 2023 and Castleton as an independent academic institution ceased to exist.[14]

Athletics

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The Castleton Spartans compete in 28 NCAA Division III varsity sports (14 men's 14 women's).

Notable faculty and alumni

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

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See also

References

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  4. ↑ Waite, Frederick Clayton. The First Medical College in Vermont: Castleton 1818–1862. Vermont Historical Society (1949).
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  27. ↑ Friedman, Lilli (June 27, 2014). "Summer Stars: Twiddle", Relix. Retrieved June 12, 2016.

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Further reading

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External links

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