In 1965, Nora Hagen donated a considerable amount of land in Sherman Township to Glen Oaks.

Soon afterward, Glen Oaks was approved by the state as a credible institution authorized to provide college courses to students.

Hagen, who gives her name to many sites at Glen Oaks, was one of the last surviving members of her immediate family and decided that the newly conceived college should receive those 120 acres (486,000 m²).

She did so, commemorating the event in the following statements: "This farm of 120 acres [486,000 m²] with the farmhouse and other buildings has been in the Henry B. Hagen family name for 90 years.

5 November 1965, Nora C. Hagen, The Last Survivor Dr. David Devier retired as the college's president on June 30, 2024.