Presentation College, South Dakota

{{Short description|Catholic college in Aberdeen, South Dakota, US}}

{{About||other schools of the same name|Presentation College (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

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| name = Presentation College

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| established = {{start date and age|1951}}

| founder = Presentation Sisters

| type = Private college

| religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic

| president = Paula Langteau{{cite press release |title=Langteau named Presentation College President |url=https://hubcityradio.com/langteau-named-presentation-college-president/ |access-date=27 November 2020 |work=Hub City Radio |date=1 May 2020}}

| city = Aberdeen, South Dakota (main campus)

| country = U.S.

| undergrad = {{circa}} 800

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| campus = Rural, {{convert|100|acre|ha}}

|sports_nickname = Saints

| mascot = Spirit the Saint Bernard

|athletics_affiliations = NAIA – NSAA

| endowment =

| academic_affiliations = ACCU
NAICU

| accreditation = HLC

| colors = {{color box|#215732}} {{color box|#f4b324}}
Green & Gold

| website = {{URL|http://www.presentation.edu}}

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Presentation College (PC) was a private Roman Catholic college with its main campus in Aberdeen, South Dakota and a branch campus in Fairmont, Minnesota. The college, founded in 1951 and co-educational since 1968, enrolled about 800 students at its height in 2016.{{cite web |last1=Moody |first1=Josh |title=A Look Back at College Closures and Mergers |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/business/financial-health/2023/12/21/look-back-college-closures-and-mergers-2023 |website=Inside Higher Ed |access-date=15 June 2024 |date=21 December 2023}} It took its name from the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (PBVM), the original sponsors. It grew out of their Notre Dame Junior College, founded in 1922 in Mitchell, South Dakota.{{cite web |url=http://presentation.smartcatalogiq.com/2020-2021/Catalog/The-College/Legacy |title=Legacy |work=2020–2021 Catalog |publisher=Presentation College |access-date=29 November 2020}} The college closed on October 31, 2023{{Cite web |last=Sisters |first=Presentation |title=Presentation College |url=https://www.presentationsisters.org/ministries/presentation-college/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Presentation Sisters |language=en-US}} due to financial and enrollment challenges.{{cite web |url=https://www.presentation.edu/about/announcement |title=Presentation College Online BSN programs to be offered by St. Ambrose University, all other academic programs to end after Spring and Summer 2023 |publisher=Presentation College |date=January 17, 2023| accessdate=January 17, 2023}}