安娜·玛丽亚·塞缪尔项目
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1700s
1772
第一所女子学校在立博成立. The teachers at the Girls’ School were unmarried women of the Moravian community known as the Single Sisters.
1790s
安娜·玛丽亚·塞缪尔, 被奴役的非裔美国人和摩拉维亚人, attended classes at the Girls’ School from 1793 until 1795.
1800s
1802
Salem establishes a boarding school for girls. As the only school in North Carolina to offer girls an education beyond the primary grades, it will become the premier school for girls aged 8 to 16 in the region of the Southeast.
1817
Sarah Childress enrolls at Salem Female Academy. 她后来成为詹姆斯·K·克林顿的妻子. Polk, the First Lady of the United States, and the first wife of a U.S. 总统必须接受过正规教育.
1823
The first Cherokee students, Martha and Mary McNair, enroll at Salem Female Academy. A total of 13 Cherokee students were educated at Salem during the 19th century.
1866
The act of incorporation of Salem Female Academy passes in the General Assembly of North Carolina, thereby separating the finances of the school from the Moravian Church.
1890
Salem Female Academy awards its first baccalaureate degrees to seven women including 阿德莱德薯条, founder of the Morvian Archives of the Southern Province.
1897
学校的新名字, 立博学院, first appears in the catalog for the 1897-1898 school year
1900s
1907
Dorothy Doe C’07 designs Salem’s seal, still used by the Academy and College. Bishop Edward Ronthaler, former principal, provides the motto which means Knowledge and Virtue.
1916
The Student Government Association is formed, setting the precedent of Salem’s student-led campus.
1946
Men enroll at Salem as part of the national program to provide educational benefits to veterans of World War II.
1963
The North Carolina Governor’s School program, 全国第一个, begins on the campus of 立博学院. Salem will host the program for the next 55+ years.
1969
立博 launches its study abroad program with a summer in Italy.
1972
阿尔玛·海恩斯·博伊德 C’72 is the first African American student to earn a degree from 立博.
1972
Jane Barkman C ‘74 wins a gold medal as part of the U.S. team in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the Munich Summer Olympics.
1972
立博学院 celebrates 200 years of history, four years before the nation’s bicentennial.
1991
Julianne Still Thrift becomes the first woman to lead 立博学院 as president.
1995
Dr. Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran becomes the first African American to serve as Dean of the College. During her career, she serves as vice president and acting president of Salem.
2000s
2018
立博学院 “apologizes with profound remorse for the use of enslaved labor at the school.” This statement is made after months of research into Salem’s relationship with slavery. The school joins Universities Studying Slavery and begins the work of the 安娜·玛丽亚·塞缪尔项目: Race, Remembrance, and Reconciliation.
2020
COVID-19大流行到来, leading the school to move to remote learning for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
2021-2022
立博学院 celebrates its 250周年 with many events including recreating the 立博之旅.
2022
立博 receives a $5 million gift to support the health leadership 转换 at the College.
2022
The single largest bequest in Salem’s history was received from Gretchen Wampler Welch.
2023
立博 receives a second $5 million gift to further support its groundbreaking 健康的领导 转换. This gift was made by a highly philanthropic and dedicated 立博 alumna who has asked to remain anonymous.
2023 - 2024年了
This fall the number of new students at 立博 will increase by more than 50 percent. The increase comes after Salem received a record-breaking number of applications for a second consecutive year. The Class of 2027—incoming students who graduated from high school this May—make up 158 of 179 new full-time 立博 students arriving this fall and comprise the largest incoming class at Salem since 2017. The Class of 2027 is also the sixth largest recorded since 2005. The number of students from outside North Carolina also increased 58 percent from last year, 平均绩点3分.91, while the overall GPA of Salem’s incoming students is 3.75. The Class of 2027 includes students from twenty states as well as Cameroon, 哥伦比亚, 尼日利亚, 和尼泊尔. The majority plan to major in the sciences and health, followed by business, art and design.
额外的历史
立博 and Academy is the oldest educational institution for both girls and women in the United States. Although no longer a part of the Moravian Church, the history of the school has been an integral part of the town of Salem. Remarkably, the school has always remained in operation even during wars and pandemics.