of the 20th century came from the Congregational Education Society in Boston and "many individual eastern givers, especially in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York". The chapel and music building were completed in 1907; central heating was available on most of campus beginning in 1907.
Doane College was renamed Doane University in May 2016.
In 2020 the director of the Perkins library came under fire for a "Parties of the Past" exhibit of historical photographs which included two photos of students wearing blackface in 1926. The photos and then the entire exhibit was taken down by administrators who placed the library director on leave to the objection of the faculty. Doane was then named one of the "Worst Colleges for Free Speech" by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. The university later reinstated the library director.
The university has had over 70 Fulbright Scholars since the program began in 1946.
== Campuses ==
Doane's residential campus is in Crete, Nebraska. This campus is over …
