Lamar University is a comprehensive university offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees; located in Beaumont, Texas, and a member of The Texas State University System. As of Fall 2009, the university had 13,994 students, the highest enrollment in the university’s 85-year history.
Lamar University started on September 17, 1923 as South Park Junior College, operating on the unused third floor of the new South Park High School (now South ...
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Lamar University is a comprehensive university offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees; located in Beaumont, Texas, and a member of The Texas State University System. As of Fall 2009, the university had 13,994 students, the highest enrollment in the university’s 85-year history.
Lamar University started on September 17, 1923 as South Park Junior College, operating on the unused third floor of the new South Park High School (now South Park Middle School). South Park Junior College became the first college in Texas to receive Texas Department of Education approval during the first year of operation, and became fully accredited in 1925.
In about 1932, recognizing that the junior college was now serving the region, the college renamed itself Lamar College, after Mirabeau B. Lamar. The next year, the separation of the college from South Park High School began with construction of new facilities. By 1942, the college was completely independent of the South Park school district,...
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