Beaver College

Now (checked 2026)

Status
Merged / renamed

Now known as
Arcadia University

What happened
Beaver College was renamed Arcadia University in 2001 (name change announced November 2000, formalized July 2001) — this predates the directory's ~2014 offline window, but the institutional identity in the archived record (Beaver College) is therefore obsolete. The metals/jewelry program continued through and after the rename. As of the current (2025-26) catalog, Metals and Jewelry remains one of eight Art BFA concentrations (alongside Ceramics, Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, 2D Animation), anchored by FA 205 Metals and Jewelry I, with a metals/jewelry studio in Murphy Hall. The archived faculty member Myra Mimlitsch Gray taught 1986–1989 (under Beaver College) and later joined SUNY New Paltz; current department leadership is chair Karen E. Misher. No closure or merger of the program itself was found — only the institution-wide rename and ordinary leadership turnover.

Link
www.arcadia.edu/majors-and-programs/art-bfa-major/course-of-study/