[4] The 112-acre campus was auctioned on January 14, 2013, in Dallas, Texas; the primary purchasers were a local school district and an office supply company.

[8] One of Lon Morris' presidents was John E. Fellers, a Christian writer and Methodist minister, primarily in the Houston area, but also in Alexandria and Shreveport, Louisiana.

[9] In 2009, the campus of Lon Morris grew to the west, with a gift from the city of Jacksonville of a municipal activity center (formerly a Texas National Guard armory), a rodeo arena, and land surrounding both.

In 2009, football was added as a varsity sport in an attempt to increase revenue,[11] but this effort was unsuccessful and all athletics programs were disbanded in 2012.

[13] In March 2010, the college acquired a downtown Jacksonville building that originally had housed the city post office for many decades.

Lon Morris announced it would use the acquired property for its new hospitality administration program, for which classes would start in the fall of 2010.

On May 5, 2012, the board of trustees had asked Bridge Point Consulting Company to make recommendations on how to proceed with a planned restructuring of the school.