Mills College at Northeastern University
Mills College at Northeastern University in Oakland, California is part of Northeastern University's global university system. Mills College was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California; it was relocated to Oakland in 1871 and became the first women's college west of the Rockies. In 2022, it merged with Northeastern University.
Mills College at Northeastern University
Eadweard Muybridge photograph of Mills Seminary, circa 1873, featuring Mills Hall
Mills Hall viewed from across Holmgren Meadow on the Mills College at Northeastern University campus
Holmgren Meadow and Rothwell Center on the Mills College at Northeastern campus
Northeastern University is a private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1898, it was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association as an all-male institute before being incorporated as Northeastern College in 1916, gaining university status in 1922. With more than 38,000 students, Northeastern is the largest university in Massachusetts by enrollment.
The Huntington Avenue YMCA c. 1920, site of the Evening Institute for Younger Men.
Northeastern's historic Ell Hall on Huntington Avenue.
Robert J. Shillman Hall, constructed in 1995.
Completed in 2002, the Behrakis Health Sciences Center houses the Bouvé College of Health Sciences.
