1908: The New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair opens to meet growing demand for professionally trained teachers: 187 students on a 25-acre campus.
1910: First graduating class numbers 45, including William O. Trapp, who will go on to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1929.
1914: Russ Hall, the college’s first dormitory, opens.
1927: The school becomes Montclair State Teachers College, offering a four-year BA for secondary-school teachers.
1927-32: Part-time, extension and summer courses are added to meet teachers’ professional needs.
1932: Montclair State is authorized to offer master's degree.
1937: Montclair State is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
1940s-50s: Enrollment soars.
1947-54: Veterans and families occupy war-surplus buildings on campus.
1952: The nation’s first educational television programs are broadcast from campus.
1958: The school merges with Panzer School of Physical Education to become Montclair State College.
1966: Montclair State becomes a multi-purpose institution, admitting its first liberal-arts students.
1969-70: The college reorganizes along a university model with separate schools headed by their own deans.
1972: Richardson Hall is dedicated.
1973: Montclair State has 7,500 full-time undergraduates and 6,000 part-time and graduate students.
1983: The campus covers 219 acres.
1989: A $35-million building program is launched and the Red Hawk mascot adopted.
1992: Montclair State has 13,700 students.
1994: Montclair State College becomes Montclair State University.
1999: Montclair State adopts a doctorate program in Pedagogy.
2003: Doctorates in Environmental Management are offered at Montclair State.
2005: Montclair State implements a doctorate program in Audiology.
2006: The 270,000-square foot University Hall is dedicated, MSU numbers 17,000 students and 486 acres (including 240 acres at the New Jersey School of Conservation in Stokes State Forest). |
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