The University of Mount Union is the outgrowth of a town meeting held by forward-looking citizens of the village of Mount Union on October 4, 1846. 当时, the people gathered to hear Orville Nelson Hartshorn outline the need for a new institution in the area, where men and women could be educated with equal opportunity, where science would parallel the humanities, where laboratory and experimental subjects would receive proper emphasis, and where there would be no distinction due to race, color, 性别或位置. 10月20日, 1846, this young man organized and taught on the third floor of the “Old Carding Mill” a “select school” of six students.
The school grew rapidly under his inspired leadership and in 1849 became known as “Mount Union Seminary.”
In 1853 a “normal department” was added for the training of teachers. 1月9日, 1858, the institution was chartered and incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio as “Mount Union College.”
In September 1911, Scio University, located at Scio, Ohio, was united with Mount Union. By the articles of consolidation, the liberal arts alumni of the former institution were made alumni of the latter.
Scio was established in 1857 at Harlem Springs, Ohio, as “The Rural Seminary.” In 1867 the school was moved to New Market, where it was known variously as New Market College, 一门课程大学, 最后, 1878年的中山大学.
For many years Mount Union has claimed the distinction of being one of the first institutions to have a summer school. Started in 1870, this first summer school was actually a fourth term in the school year. Since that time, summer instruction has been offered each year at the institution.
On August 1, 2010, the institution officially became known as the University of Mount Union. The change to a “university” designation was made in an effort to better describe what Mount Union is today and more effectively communicate all that the institution has to offer. 这个决定, unanimously approved by the Board of Trustees, came after careful review of data gathered through numerous research efforts and thoughtful consideration and discussion.
从1846年到现在, the administration of the University has been under the leadership of 14 presidents: Orville Nelson Hartshorn, 1846-1887; Tamerlane Pliny Marsh, 1888-1898; Albert Birdsall Riker, 1898-1908; William Henry McMaster 1899, 1908-1938; Charles Burgess Ketcham, 1938-1953; Carl Cluster Bracy, 1954-1967; Ronald Gilbert Weber ’38, 1967-1980; G. 小本杰明·兰茨., 1980-85; Harold M. Kolenbrander, 1986-2000; John L. 小尤因., 2000-2005; Richard F. Giese, 2005-2015; W. 小理查德·梅里曼., 2015-2020; Thomas Botzman, 2020-2022; and Gregory L. 国王89年，2023年至今.