History
The university was founded in 1858 as the Missionary Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and Susquehanna Female College. The two merged in 1873. Founder Benjamin Kurtz was the first president. The institute officially became Susquehanna University in 1895. In 1903 the board approved SU’s colors, orange and maroon.
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