[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 174 (Friday, October 26, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE

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                      HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 26, 2018

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate Bloomfield 
College located in the Township of Bloomfield, New Jersey, on the 
occasion of its 150th Anniversary.
  For 150 years, Bloomfield College has been helping students write 
their own stories. With its beginnings as the German Theological School 
founded by the Presbytery of Newark in 1868, the College has evolved to 
become one of New Jersey's best private colleges, serving a diverse 
population and preparing students for success in a multicultural and 
global society.
  Originally located on the grounds of First German Presbyterian Church 
in Newark, New Jersey, the school moved to the former Bloomfield 
Academy on Franklin Street in Bloomfield in 1872, which was renamed 
Seibert Hall in honor of the school's first president, Reverend George 
Seibert. The hall served as a dormitory, classrooms, faculty housing, 
and library.
  In 1909, the New Jersey Legislature authorized the school to grant 
the Bachelor of Arts degree in addition to a Bachelor of Divinity. In 
1913, the German Theological Seminary changed its name to Bloomfield 
Theological Seminary.
  Over the years, as the local population began to reflect greater 
diversity, students came to the college not only to study theology, but 
to gain a solid liberal arts education. In post-World War I years, the 
college received approval for a four-year program and the school's name 
was again changed to Bloomfield College and Seminary. In 1961, the 
school simply became known as Bloomfield College.
  Today, Bloomfield College is on the cutting edge of innovation in 
higher education, offering over 60 majors and concentrations in seven 
academic divisions. Bloomfield is an institution where over 2,000 bold 
and courageous students from all corners of the globe can come to find 
themselves.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and our colleagues join me in 
congratulating Bloomfield College, on the occasion of its 150th 
Anniversary.

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