Kobe College

at 岡田山４-１, Nishinomiya-shi Japan

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Description

Kobe College, abbreviated to KC, is a private non-sectarian liberal arts college located in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. Chartered in 1948, it is the first women's college with university status in West Japan.HistorySince its foundation in 1875, Kobe College continues to provide a well-balanced education for women based on Christian principles. This is expressed in the school badge and color designed in 1885 by E.M. Brown, the third college president. The motif of the school badge is the honewort which expresses harmony of "body," "spirit," and "soul." The school color is dark blue which expresses "peace" and "truth."History 1873: Eliza Talcott and Julia Elizabeth Dudley, two Congregational missionaries from Rockford, the U.S.A. as members of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, opened a private school at Hanakuma-mura, Kōbe. 1875: The two missionaries founded a boarding school for young women so-called "Kōbe Home", on Yamamoto Street in Kōbe. 1879: Kōbe Home was renamed Kōbe Girls' School; the following year it was organized along a five-year (high school) curriculum, unique at that time. The school changed its name to Kōbe Eiwa-jogakkō." 1885: A one-year college division was established. 1891: A three-year curriculum in the college division initiated full-scale, higher education for women. 1894: Kōbe Eiwa-jogakkō was renamed Kobe College. 1906: A Department of Music was founded. 1909: A four-year higher education division was founded. 1919: The higher education division was granted a permit to use the term university in its Japanese name. 1920: Charlotte B. DeForest, the president of Kobe College, discussed the incorporated entity for fund raising to support to build a new campus, which is now on Okadayama. As an independent organization, the Kobe College Corporation is incorporated in Illinois, U.S.A.

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Kobe College is Nishinomiya based place and this enity listed in University category. Located at 岡田山４-１ Hyogo