Keystone Academy history

1870 – Ground broken on the current site for Keystone Academy’s first building, Harris Hall, named after John Howard Harris, first president of Keystone.

1936 – First associate degree awarded to A. Llewellyn Baer.

1973 – Keystone College Observatory officially dedicated and opened to the public.

1998 – The College received formal approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to offer baccalaureate degree programs.

2000 – Keystone College Observatory re-dedicated as the Thomas G. Cupillari ’60 Observatory in honor of the founding director.

2005 – 103.5 WKCV-FM, Keystone’s student-run radio station began on-air broadcasting and has since advanced with web-streaming royalty rights so the station can broadcast over the Internet and can be heard by anyone, anywhere, with an internet connection.

2007 – Keystone is a charter member to the President’s Climate Commitment, an innovative commitment to the environment initiated by select college presidents nationwide.

2014 – The College receives formal approval from the United States Department of Education and the Pennsylvania Department of Education offer master’s degree programs.

2017 – Keystone renames the School of Arts and Sciences to the Turock School of Arts and Sciences in honor of Keystone alumni Betty J. Turock, Ph.D. ’53, David L. Turock, Ph.D. ’77, and the late Frank Turock ’52.

2018 – Keystone introduces the Juvenile Justice Institute to help at-rich children cope with trauma and stress of daily life,

2019 – To make college more affordable and accessible, Keystone College resets its tuition price.