LDS Business College

LDS Business College
Former names
 Salt Lake Academy, Salt Lake Stake Academy, Latter-day Saints' University, LDS College
Established November 15, 1886
Type Private, coeducational
Affiliation The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
President J. Lawrence Richards
Academic staff
 19 faculty, 92 adjunct faculty
Students 2,200[1]
Location Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Coordinates: 40°46′16″N 111°53′57″W / 40.771187°N 111.899177°W
Campus Urban, 10-story building, 151,582 square feet (14,082.4 m2)[2][3]
Anthem "Rise and Shine Forth"
Colors Forest Green, Gold
         
Mascot Lion[4]
Website ldsbc.edu

LDS Business College (LDSBC) is a two-year college in Salt Lake City, Utah, focused on training students in business and industry. The college is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and operates under its Church Educational System. LDSBC offers one year certificates and two-year degrees in business administration, interior design, and healthcare. The college also furnishes an Institute of Religion.

History

The Latter-day Saints' University in 1905.
Current home of the college at the Triad Center in Salt Lake City.
LDS Business College façade.

The Salt Lake Academy was founded in 1886, with high school, normal, business and college courses of study. In 1888, it was renamed the Salt Lake Stake Academy, and a year later it was again renamed, this time Latter-day Saints' University. By 1895 was offering a four-year course of study culminating in a Ph.B. degree.

Latter-day Saints never became a fully functioning university and was displaced as the preeminent LDS higher learning center by Brigham Young University in the early 20th century. The college was closely linked with Latter-day Saints High School, which counted among the graduates George W. Romney (1926) and Gordon B. Hinckley (1928).

In 1927, the name of LDS University was changed to LDS College and then to LDS Business College, as the other higher-education functions were gone. Two of the school's presidents were James E. Talmage and Bryant S. Hinckley.

For many years LDSBC was located in a former mansion along South Temple, east of the Salt Lake Temple, at 411 East South Temple. As part of the LDS Church's attempts to revitalize downtown Salt Lake City, the college moved to the Triad Center in the summer of 2006.[5]

Russell M. Nelson, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), initially took classes at LDSBC but later transferred to the University of Utah to complete his studies.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Facts & Figures - LDSBC". Ldsbc.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  2. ↑ Tiffany Erickson (2006-09-11). "New era at LDS Business College". Deseret News. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  3. ↑ "Parcel search Details". Assessor.slco.org. 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  4. ↑ "LDSBC". Campus Explorer. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "LDS Business College moves next month | The Salt Lake Tribune". Archive.sltrib.com. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  6. ↑ Holman, Marianne (April 19, 2011). "LDS Business College graduation: Goals great, greater and greatest". Church News. Retrieved 6 July 2011.

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