Oklahoma State University has taken another major step to enhance health in Oklahoma by...
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Oklahoma State University recently named Jack Henneha as its new director of University...
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Oklahoma State University has unveiled a visionary new strategy to become the nation’s...
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Hundreds of Cowboy faithful packed Gallagher-Iba Arena on Friday, Aug. 26, to celebrate...
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Oklahoma State University is preparing to welcome its largest, most diverse freshman...
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Oklahoma State University-Tulsa has named Craig Freeman interim vice provost and dean of...
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The Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents announced the election of Regent Jarold Callahan to...
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Oklahoma State University named Dr. Jeanette Mendez as provost and senior vice president...
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Family and Children’s Services and the Oklahoma State University Center for Health...
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On April 23, a Remembrance Garden was opened to once again bring significance to the...
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The Center for First-generation Student Success has named Oklahoma State University a...
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Jacie Hoyt was introduced as Oklahoma State’s women’s basketball coach March 20. She came...
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The Oklahoma State University Coaches vs. Cancer organization March 12 announced the...
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Fifty years ago, Oklahoma was dealing with a physician shortage so state leaders came...
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Oklahoma State University celebrated an aviation milestone Feb. 26 with the grand opening...
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The Unmanned Systems Research Institute (USRI) at Oklahoma State University announced in...
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The Harold Hamm Foundation and Continental Resources announced Dec. 15 a combined $50...
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President Kayse Shrum last walked across the stage in 1998 and now she was the one giving...
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Oklahoma State University’s Student Veteran Success Center has been on campus to help...
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Oklahoma State University is joining the streaming generation.
Friday marks the launch...
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Leaders from across government, academia, health care and philanthropy came together Oct...
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OSU President Emeritus Burns Hargis is creating a legacy of leadership with the OSU...
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The Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology (OSUIT) commemorated 75 years in...
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At the OSU DISCOVERY Building in Oklahoma City’s Innovation District, Oklahoma State...
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The grand opening celebration for the Michael and Anne Greenwood School of Music was a...
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The Oklahoma State University Museum of Art has achieved accreditation by the American...
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Dr. Johnny Stephens was named president of the OSU-Tulsa campus on Aug. 31. Stephens will...
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Chad Weiberg took over the Oklahoma State athletic department from longtime Athletic...
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Dr. Kayse Shrum, a 1998 graduate of Oklahoma State University’s Center for Health...
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Dr. Scott Newman was named president of the OSU-Oklahoma City campus on May 20.
Newman...
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Dr. Pamela Fry announced her retirement as president of Oklahoma State University-Tulsa...
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As part of a growing public-private partnership, Baker Hughes donated its research and...
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Oklahoma State University unveils a statue of the “ultimate Cowboy,” OSU alumnus Boone...
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After almost 13 years of service, OSU President Burns Hargis announced his plans to...
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In a year full of challenges and unknowns, Oklahoma State University increased its...
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To protect students, the Stillwater community and tens of thousands of alumni, the...
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In summer 2020, the Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents unanimously voted to remove the...
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Oklahoma State University announced a safe return to campus in fall 2020 with the Cowboys...
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Oklahoma State University lived up to its land-grant mission during the pandemic, serving...
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Oklahoma State University moved all classes online in March 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Oklahoma State University and alumni Kayleen and Larry Ferguson announced a $50 million...
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The Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents approved creating the College of Education and...
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Oklahoma State University’s Unmanned Systems Research Institute opens a new research and...
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Oklahoma State University opened The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts. A cutting-...
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Oklahoma State University came together to honor the legendary Boone Pickens, the...
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Oklahoma State unveils a single new logo for all campuses, colleges, departments and...
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A nearly $200 million endowment for OSU’s Center for Wellness and Recovery was awarded as...
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OSU dedicated a life-size sculpture of Nancy Randolph Davis, its first African American...
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Students, faculty and staff joined numerous visitors in April to dedicate the new Spears...
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The Cowboy family marked the 10th anniversary of OSU President Burns Hargis and First...
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Carlos A. Risco, DVM, Dipl. ACT, was named dean of the OSU Center for Veterinary Health...
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OSU students gained widespread attention with numerous national achievements in the 2017...
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The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities named Oklahoma State University the...
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OSU was named one of 11 Diversity Champions in the nation by Insight Into Diversity...
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A new music education building will be named the Michael and Anne Greenwood School of...
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Following a national search, Oklahoma State University selected Leon Jones, a 22-year...
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Walking on campus while reading or texting on a smartphone is routine these days among...
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Oklahoma State University, the City of Stillwater, and American Airlines invited the...
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OSU’s plans for a performing arts center received a major boost with a $25 million gift...
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OSU received the Institutional Excellence Award for 2016 from the National Association of...
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OSU celebrated the opening of the Charles and Linda Cline Equine Teaching Center on...
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Oklahoma State University joined the City of Stillwater and American Airlines to announce...
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With a growing state and national reputation bolstered by increased research funding, OSU...
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Four people were killed and nearly 50 injured when a car plowed through a crowd near the...
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On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, American Airlines delivered a retired MD-80 passenger...
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The O’Colly, OSU’s student-run newspaper, had been named the Oklahoma Press Association's...
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In recognition of its legacy of serving the state and the nation, Oklahoma State...
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On August 21, 2015, Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis welcomed leaders of...
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Commencement ceremonies in May of 2015 set a university record for the number of...
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Tulsa’s skyline became a little brighter as OSU-Tulsa hosted a dedication and lights-on...
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By 2014, virtually all of OSU's bus fleet had transferred from diesel to cleaner burning...
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After offering a peek preview the previous October, the Oklahoma State University Museum...
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Oklahoma State University's five campuses have saved more than $30.7 million through...
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The College of Engineering Architecture and Technology received $70 million from Dolese,...
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Pete's Pet Posse, OSU's Pet Therapy Program, was established as a wellness program in...
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KOSU initiated its first live broadcast from its new studios in the Hart Building on...
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The OSU/A&M Board of Regents approved the hiring of a Chief Wellness Officer to...
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OSU achieved record enrollment numbers for the 2013-2014 academic year with nearly 26,000...
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Following an extensive $65 million renovation project, the Student Union was ranked as...
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Five years after its launch and nearly two years ahead of schedule, the Branding Success...
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OSU and AAA Oklahoma launch AppCenter in the Henry Bellmon Research Center, where a team...
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OSU begins receiving 67 percent of its energy needs from its 26-turbine Cowboy Wind Farm...
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In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, OSU hosted its first TED event with TEDxOSTATEU...
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OSU earned the inaugural Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award in 2012, 2013 and...
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The first former OSU baseball player to be named head coach, Josh Holliday, took over on...
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Proving its leadership in innovation, OSU launched the web-based OStateTV in 2012, as a...
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The OSU Student Union reopened in 2012, following a $63 million dollar renovation project...
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Fans rushed the field and tore down the goal posts after Oklahoma State University...
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Cowgirls head basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna as well as...
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Dr. Bill R. Path became the fourth president of OSU Institute of Technology in November...
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Members of the Bellmon family joined OSU administrators to dedicate the Henry Bellmon...
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The Center for Family Resilience conducts research and outreach to help improve the...
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Blake Jackson, an agribusiness junior from Hartshorne, became the first OSU student to be...
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President Burns Hargis and his wife Ann joined others on campus to welcome in the...
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The Cowboys posted 10 regular season wins in 2010 for the first time ever, won a share of...
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OSU Residential Life celebrated its 100th anniversary since the opening of the first...
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Oklahoma State University publically launched its ambitious $1 billion Branding Success...
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Extensive renovation on the OSU Student Union began in the fall of 2009, requiring that...
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A program started in February 2009 to get more OSU employees moving toward better health...
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Oklahoma State University opened four renovated or expanded buildings for the start of...
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The OSU Helmerich Research Center is a state-of-the-art research, development, testing...
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OSU celebrated the grand opening of the OSU University Multispectral Laboratories in...
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Texas oil and ranching alumni Malone and Amy Mitchell gifted OSU $57.2 million dollars,...
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OSU alum T. Boone Pickens makes a $100 million challenge gift to endow faculty positions...
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Burns Hargis was named the 18th president of Oklahoma State University in December of...
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Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Director Bob Blackburn joined Oklahoma State...
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Oklahoma State University – Okmulgee officially changed its name to OSU Institute of...
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Governor Brad Henry and more than 20 other dignitaries broke ground Thursday, July 26,...
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In July of 2007, OSU initiated a comprehensive energy initiative in partnership with...
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In an effort to honor a key supporter, the Oklahoma Food and Agricultural Products...
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A crowd of nearly 25,000 listened to President George W. Bush deliver the commencement...
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Capping off the "Next Level Campaign" which he had started in 2003, T. Boone Pickens gave...
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Golf coach Mike Holder was name athletic director at OSU in 2005 and soon began...
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Following an 83-73 victory over Iowa State, the basketball court inside Gallagher-Iba...
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The Colvin Center was named one of the six best collegiate sports centers in the United...
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Following a period of input from alums and the campus community, OSU unveiled a new...
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ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center was completed in 2005, near historic Old Central, where...
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Home to sock hops, car demolitions, homecoming celebrations, bake sales, dining halls and...
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The College of Business Administration is officially renamed the Spears School of...
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The College of Veterinary Medicine was renamed the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences...
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With a strong backing from students, the $23 million dollar renovation of the Colvin...
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ConocoPhillips announces a $7.5 million gift on May 12, 2003, including support for the...
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In March of 2003, alumnus T. Boone Pickens announces a $20 million donation for the...
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A major renovation was begun on Boone Pickens Stadium in 2003 with a $70 million gift...
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CBS SportsLine.com rated Gallagher-Iba Arena as "The Rowdiest Arena in the Country" in...
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The former president of Texas Tech University, Dr. David Schmidly, became the 17th...
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BOB, OSU’s Big Orange Bus, begins providing transportation for faculty, staff and...
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Located in the newly renovated Gallagher-Iba complex, Heritage Hall was built to focus on...
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The OSU Center for Health Sciences was created by the Oklahoma Legislature in May 2001....
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Two OSU basketball players, six staff members, a pilot and co-pilot died in a plane crash...
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The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, one of the most prestigious scholarship...
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OSU President James Halligan was joined by Lou Watkins, chairwoman for the OSU Board of...
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2000 – Oklahoma Agriculture Experiment Station wheat breeders introduce a new OSU-...
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Students have a wealth of choices to meet their housing needs thanks to considerable...
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The size of Gallagher-Iba Arena almost doubled with a major expansion that was completed...
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The outside Garden Terrace (pictured) became the foundation of an addition to the Student...
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Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist, poet and painter N. Scott Momaday (pictured) was the...
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The Oklahoma Legislature approved a bill in May 1998 establishing OSU-Tulsa on the site...
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The Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers at OSU-Tulsa was established to recognize...
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The Student Guide to America's 100 Best College Buys chose Oklahoma State as America's...
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Hydro native Blaine Greteman became the first OSU student to be named a Rhodes Scholar on...
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The "Raise the Roof" campaign is launched in September of 1997 to expand Gallagher-Iba...
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Internet Life magazine declared OSU Oklahoma's premier computer university by naming it...
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The Oklahoma Food and Agricultural Products Research and Technology Center (FAPC), a part...
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Patti Campbell became OSU's first female spirit rider to actually ride the horse in the...
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The Cowboys fielded some shining stars for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
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A trip to the University of Florida's "Gator Growl" in 1995 gave a group of students,...
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After the Big 8 Conference was dismantled in 1995, OSU was among several universities...
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A 9.8 million top-to-bottom renovation of Willard Hall began in 1995 to make the former...
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OSU's student-run newspaper celebrated its centennial with special editions recounting...
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John Smith, in his second year at the helm of the Cowboy program, led OSU to its 30th...
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OSU welcomed Dr. James Halligan as its 16th president on August 1, 1994, following his...
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Karsten Creek is named for Karsten Solheim, founder of Ping and a friend of OSU golf. The...
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Did he call it? A capacity crowd thought all was lost as the Missouri Tigers went ahead...
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The College of Home Economics was renamed the College of Human Environmental Sciences to...
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Former students, family members, and colleagues gathered in the Seretean Center for the...
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Four-star U.S. Army General Norman Schwarzkopf (ret.) spoke at an OSU sponsored forum in...
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By 1991, laser research for the military had already topped $10 million at OSU, which...
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Former President Jimmy Carter joined other dignitaries to lead the dedication and ribbon...
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Twenty years after Coach Iba retired from OSU, a player he coached back in the 1950s,...
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President George H. Bush became the second U.S. President to address an Oklahoma State...
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Former presidents joined the current administration, faculty, staff and students in front...
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In the 1989-1990 school year, the Daily O'Collegian was one of the most honored college...
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Phase one of the Noble Research Center for Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources ...
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Under the leadership of James Boggs, vice president for academic affairs and research,...
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No school had ever had four students named the best in their sport until 1988. That year...
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Amanda Geller Carter was a senior majoring in ag communications when she became the first...
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OSU running back Barry Sanders put together what has been called the greatest individual...
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Dr. John R. Campbell became OSU's 15th president on August 1, 1988.
Formerly the dean of...
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The Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Tulsa officially became a...
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The renovation of Gallagher Hall was completed on schedule and the general reaction from...
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Brian Watts was the 1987 NCAA individual champion as the OSU golf team won its sixth...
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The Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine established a new Equine Center, and...
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A campus wellness program was officially launched in 1987, and the late OSU physician...
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OSU's baseball program became a national powerhouse during the 1980s.
Under head coach...
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The OSU Foundation was created in 1961 for the purpose of securing donations from the...
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Thurman Thomas led the Big Eight in rushing and scoring his sophomore year and again in...
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For the first time, the OSU Foundation awarded more than $1 million in scholarships...
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Scott Verplank won the NCAA individual golf championship and the Fred Haskins Award for...
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In 1985, President Ronald Reagan made the decision that the first civilian in space would...
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Starting in January of 1986, a morning agriculture news and information program called...
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Robin Ventura was a baseball All-American in 1985 and again in '87 and '88 at OSU. He was...
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Under the leadership of Smith L. Holt, the College of Arts and Sciences pioneered...
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Originally named the 21st Century Center, the facility was renamed the Noble Research...
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Oklahoma State University hosted the Oklahoma Special Olympics for the first time in 1985...
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Hazel J. Scott was appointed to the newly created position of assistant vice president...
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“OSU Groundbreaker 21, complete groundbreaking function.” With that directive, the...
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Thanks to a generous $1 million-dollar gift from Floyd M. "Pete' and Helen L. "Pat"...
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Featuring eye-catching array of hugh satellite dishes, the OSU Telecommunications Center...
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Pete Incaviglia, a baseball All-American in 1983, 1984 and 1985, set the all-time...
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Robert E. Klabenes was appointed the third director of Oklahoma State Tech (now known as...
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The Flying Aggies again earned the designation as the nation’s top collegiate flying club...
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Located next to Bennett Hall on the northeast corner of campus, Allie P. Reynolds Stadium...
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T. Boone Pickens gives $1 million for the School of Geology on April 13, 1982. For the...
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OSU was one of four universities in Oklahoma to start offering courses at the newly...
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On Oct. 5, 1981, Oklahoma Governor George Nigh publicly announced a $15 million...
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F.M. "Pete" and Helen L. "Pat" Bartlett give the first $1 million donation in the OSU...
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The Boren Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, named in honor of then U.S. Senator David...
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The first issue of "Oklahoma Economic Research" was published by the College of Business...
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OSU has had an amateur radio club since the 1920s. Broadcast central is usually a closet...
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The OSU Development Foundation's name is officially changed to the OSU Foundation. The...
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The Heritage Society is formed to recognize estate gifts. The Greater University Fund is...
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Natural gas compression training started at the OSU Technical Branch in Okmulgee, often...
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The National Association of College and University Residence Halls honored OSU repeatedly...
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OSU's third national golfing championship came in dominating fashion as the Cowboys...
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The Residence Hall Food Services program was selected as the nation's best in 1978 and...
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A new Family Study Center, for the purpose of encouraging and conducting family-related...
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OSU named its main library in honor of Edmon Low in 1977.
Low, who served as director of...
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Dr. Lawrence L. Boger, the former provost and vice president of academic affairs at...
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Carolyn Savage, OSU class of 1953, became the university's first female regent. She...
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The Student Union celebrated turning 25 in 1976, and years later it continues to serve as...
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The main campus enrollment at OSU became the largest in the state, with a total of 21,129...
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The football team, under coach Jim Stanley and led by All-American Terry Miller, defeated...
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A new student Health Center opened on the OSU campus in 1976. One story in height with a...
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The Communications Building gained a new three-story wing with an attached annex that was...
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The first national crown for Mike Holder and the second for the OSU golf program came at...
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The OSU Foundation began the President's Distinguished Scholars program in 1975 to...
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When America celebrated its 200th birthday in 1976, engineering student Bryan Burns of...
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In partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, the...
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Oklahoma Gardening, a weekly half-hour show featuring growing tips and ideas from OSU,...
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An F3 tornado struck OSU campus in Stillwater and the surrounding area on June 13.
The...
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Oklahoma State University was selected to be the national headquarters for Angel Flight,...
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The National Safety Council presented OSU with an "Award of Honor," the highest award of...
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OSU students were first treated to the brazen public exhibition of the human anatomy in...
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President Richard Nixon became the first incumbent president to visit OSU's campus and...
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In 1973 Patrice Latimer was the first African-American president of OSU’s Student...
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A former All-American golfer for OSU, Mike Holder, took over the OSU coaching post on...
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Old Central officially became the Oklahoma Museum for Higher Education under the...
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Hoping to make incoming freshman and transfer students feel more welcomed, OSU started...
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Although students of American Indian heritage had participated in the Ittanaha Club for...
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A symbol of Oklahoma State University's international programs around the world as well...
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During the late 1960s and early 1970s, unrest was common on U.S. campuses and OSU was no...
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Minnesota senator and former vice president Hubert Humphrey visited OSU to conduct a...
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Under the direction of Steve Hiney, Varsity Revue staged its first performance in the New...
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The Athletics Expansion Program was launched in 1971 and chaired by former football coach...
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KOSU-FM went from 500 watts to 100,000 watts and became the first station in Oklahoma...
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Dr. Howard J. Shipp Jr. became the first African American counselor at OSU in 1971, and...
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One of the Southwest's finest theater-music facilities, the Seretean Center for the...
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"The Will Rogers Papers," one of the volumes in the Will Rogers Series produced by OSU,...
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The Chi Omega Clock was given to the university as a gift from the Chi Omega sorority. It...
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Henry P. Iba, known as "Mr. Basketball" retired in 1970 with plenty for OSU fans to...
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The last wing of the Agricultural Hall, on the corner of Farm Road and Monroe, was...
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Alumnus Bud Seretean announces his $500,000 gift, the largest donation to OSU to that...
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For seventy years, the Library Building (Williams Hall) had graced the OSU campus as the...
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In spring of 1965 students approved an additional fee to help construct a physical...
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Dr. Earl D. Mitchell became the university's first tenured black professor in 1969 after...
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The First Black Heritage Week was held in 1968 and honored Dr. Melvin B. Tolson Sr., the...
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OSU began its relationship with NASA in 1968 when the space agency selected the...
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The Afro-American Society, now known as the African American Student Association, was...
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Although it had grown slowly but steadily in the level of private support provided to the...
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Educational Television Services became the forerunner of a pacesetting telecommunications...
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Governor Dewey Bartlett appointed Herman E. Duncan to the Board of Regents for Oklahoma A...
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In the spring of 1967 a crowd gathered on the library lawn to protest some administrative...
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Athletic fundraising, which started with the OSU Educational Foundation in 1959, is...
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Lela O'Toole, home economics dean, was named by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson as the...
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Dr. Robert B. Kamm, OSU’s former dean of Arts and Sciences, was chosen to serve as the...
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Willham Hall opened in 1966. Considered a state-of-the-art facility at the time, the two...
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With leadership from Dean Melvin Lohmann (pictured), the College of Engineering,...
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A style show (pictured) was among the first activities organized to celebrate Mom’s...
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Ground was broken to start construction on a new building for the College of Business on...
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Henry P. Iba was named the coach of the USA Olympic basketball team for the Summer...
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The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education designated the Division of Home Economics...
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With the addition of Wentz Hall in 1964, the cluster of buildings on the southwest side...
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Winning the U.S. National Golf Championship at the Wichita Country Club culminated a long...
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Wayne W. Miller became the second director of Oklahoma State University School of...
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The OSU Interfraternity Council, the governing body of the fraternities, won the national...
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What is now known as the Willham House, at 1600 N. Washington St., was first used as a...
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The Oklahoma State University Development Foundation is officially created on January 7,...
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Drs. Edward A. and Mary M. Grula, bacteriology professors at OSU, announced they had...
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Kappa Kappa Psi, the national band fraternity for men, was founded at Oklahoma A&M...
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The eleventh annual convention of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)...
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In his third trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, coach Toby Greene lead...
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Only two other FM stations were on the air in Oklahoma on December 29, 1955, when KAMC...
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By 1959, most of the World War II era hutments were removed from Veterans Village and...
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The Shadow Lake Eight, a legendary dance band established at OSU, was a big hit at...
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The new Chemistry-Physics Building, soon renamed the Physical Sciences Building, was...
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President Oliver Willham put together a committee in 1958 to explore the possibilities of...
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Charley Lester appeared as the first Pistol Pete in the annual homecoming events of 1958.
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Former Oklahoma A&M great Myron Roderick took over the reigns in 1957 and returned...
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The first historically black fraternity to colonize at OSU in 1958, the Epsilon Epsilon...
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Ab Justice became OSU’s first official All-American golfer in 1958, his senior year. A...
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In 1958, the College of Business began offering its first doctorate in economics and...
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Science Hall, also known as the Chemistry Building, became the first home of the newly...
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The Bennett Memorial Chapel was dedicated on December 14, 1957 to honor Oklahoma A&M ...
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Frank B. ""Pistol Pete"" Eaton rode in the October 1957 homecoming parade to spur support...
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Robert L. "Bob" McCulloh (pictured) was chosen the winner in a 1957 contest to compose a...
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OSU geography professor Robert Fite developed an experimental mobile chemistry project in...
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Former U.S. President Harry Truman visited campus in 1957 to express his appreciation for...
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A legislative bill to rename Oklahoma A&M College to Oklahoma State University of...
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In 1957, track standout Orlando Hazley became the first African American to letter in any...
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The 1957 closed circuit transmission of the OAMC vs. University of Kansas basketball game...
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A self-contained, water moderated nuclear reactor was installed on the OSU campus in 1957...
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The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority was established in April of 1956 and...
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After a decade of research, Herbert L. "Cyclone" Jones and Ruben D. Kelly, electrical...
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By the mid-1950s, the plan laid out by President Henry Bennett had taken shape. The...
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The mathematics department at Oklahoma A&M College developed and installed the...
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In 1955, Dr. June Iben became the first female to graduate from the School of Veterinary...
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Female students were allowed to march with their male counterparts in the Aggie Band for...
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A second ROTC marching band was started in 1955, exclusively for Air Force ROTC members....
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When the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education called for formal desegregation in...
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Lake Carl Blackwell was deeded to Oklahoma A&M College in 1954. Its 3,000 surface...
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The OAMC Aggies won their first national championship in men’s cross country running at...
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Huey Jefferson Battle made Oklahoma history and broke down many barriers when he became...
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The decade of 1945-54 was proclaimed as the "Golden Decade of Aggie Sports," with 687...
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His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia, visited the campus on June 18...
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Clarence H. McElroy, class of 1906 and "Grand Old Man of the Campus" retired after forty-...
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As the first president to come up through the ranks of faculty at the university, Oliver...
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Earl Moeller became the NCAA individual champion in men's golf in the tournament played...
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A conference on electromagnetic relays was held under the direction of Charles F. Cameron...
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Standing tall and stately in the heart of the OSU campus, the Edmon Low Library is one of...
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The Classroom building opened for classes in 1952. Built at an estimated cost of $850,000...
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Minnie Lou Ottinger, from Hydro, became the first woman on an Oklahoma A&M College...
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Dr. Oliver S. Willham took the helm January 18, 1952, as the first Oklahoma A&M ...
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The first memorial service for Dr. Henry Bennett and his wife Vera was held at the U.S....
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Near the end of a six-month multi-country trip abroad for the Point Four program, a plane...
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In 1951 a new wing was added to the home economics building. Home Economics West was...
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Joe Buck became Oklahoma A&M College's first baseball All-American, when he was...
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Known as the "Yankee Rifle," Allie P. Reynolds, class of 1939, was selected the 1951...
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Twenty-six students with the first graduating class from the School of Veterinary...
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Oklahoma A&M College ventured into television with half-hour programs presented from...
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A new men's dormitory, named after Henry G. Bennett, was completed to house 1,100...
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The unofficial opening of the Student Union was September 9, 1950. The event was marked...
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A year after the May 1950 groundbreaking, construction of the new library was progressing...
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U.S. President Harry S. Truman named Oklahoma A&M College President Henry G. Bennett...
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The first campus radio station, KVRO, went on the air in the spring of 1949.
The so-...
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When construction of Bennett Hall began in early 1949, plans called for it to be one of...
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A residence hall for 460 women, Stout Hall, was opened in 1949. The construction of the...
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Oklahoma A&M College's military department, headed by Colonel Pete T. Hefner, Jr.,...
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In 1949, Nancy Randolph Davis became the first black student to enroll At OSU, then...
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The Oklahoma A&M College School of Technical Training, now known as OSU Institute of...
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Art Griffith became the first Aggie to ever serve as the head coach of an Olympic team....
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For the second time in history, Oklahoma A&M College's crop judging team placed first...
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A club for student pilots, the Flying Aggies, was established under the leadership of...
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The Aggies 1948 livestock judging team earned the national championship and help provide...
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In 1948, Edith Ricks Lindly (1909-1972) became the first woman to earn a doctorate at...
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The School of Veterinary Medicine, the 17th in the United States, opened its doors on...
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Though the idea of a student union had been discussed since the 1920s, President Henry...
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A Shorthorn steer, that was born and bred at Oklahoma A&M College, was declared the...
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Professional golfer and coach Labron Harris was hired by Henry Iba in 1947 as golf coach...
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Once dubbed "America's best college band" by Downbeat magazine, James H. "Jimmie" Baker...
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As Oklahoma A&M College entered the postwar period, various programs to help veterans...
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The board of regents approve a course of study leading to the doctor of philosophy degree...
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Following dogged work by Oklahoma A&M College President Dr. Henry Bennett and his...
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Before Germany surrendered on May 8 and Japan on August 14, the college had earned the...
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The mid-1940s were a golden era for sports at Oklahoma A&M College. In a 90-day...
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An offensive and defensive star for the Aggies, Robert D. "Bob" Fenimore, the "Blonde...
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Robert A. "Bob" Kurland was named a basketball All-American in 1944, and he repeated in...
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Oklahoma A&M College's internationally known "Flying Farmers," encouraged and...
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On July 11, Oklahoma voters approved a separate constitutional board of regents for...
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The residence halls on campus were used to house armed services personnel, but plenty of...
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Bonnie E. Emerson, class of 1945, was the first woman to be elected president of the...
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Cooperative Extension Service agent Edd Roberts joined Oklahoma A&M College's Harley...
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North of Stillwater, an airport was constructed that could accommodate most of the large...
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Over 6,000 alumni and former students of OAMC served in the armed forces during World War...
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A naval radar program brought former students as well as men from throughout the nation...
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The administration quickly geared the college toward the war effort. Courses to prepare...
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With the dawn of the 1940s, Oklahoma A&M College looked to a brighter future. The...
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Oklahoma A&M College had intiated defense efforts in the late 1930s as the situation...
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Edmon Low, who would later be honored for his foresight in library management and use of...
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The Redskin annual was dedicated to the late Will Rogers who had visited the campus in...
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Called the "largest college dormitory in the Southwest" when it opened in 1939, Cordell...
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Located north of Theta Pond, Willard Hall opened in 1939 to house 415 women.
The new...
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The doctor of education degree (Ed.D.) was established at Oklahoma A&M College in...
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When the new Engineering Building opened in January 1939, all departments in the School...
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President Henry Bennett convinced the state legislature that a building was necessary to...
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Oklahoma A&M College used radio as another form of extension education, broadcasting...
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Merle A. Rousey became Oklahoma A&M College's first basketball All-American in 1937....
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(Photo) Daisy Purdy, the first head of HRAD, meets with Bill Stone (from left), Melvin...
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The School of Technical Training was established on the Stillwater campus and quickly...
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The nation's first collegiate fire training school was built on the southeastern corner...
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By the end of the 1930s, the worst of the Great Depression seemed all but over and...
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The Oklahoma A&M Cowboy Quartet was among the most notable of the many student groups...
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In the late morning of November 13, 1936, the campus was shaken by a natural gas...
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Doel Reed, the head of the art department, was recognized as one of America's "most...
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In 1934, J. K. Long, with the music department, wrote a new pep song titled "Ride 'Em...
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C.E. Sanborn, who served 25 years as head of the Department of Entomology, retired and...
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After Henry Iba became athletic director, he also agreed to coach the baseball team....
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The university's world-renowned fire service training program began under the leadership...
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When Murray Hall opened in the fall of 1934, it brought a degree of opulence to the...
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Clemon “Pinky” Norcross gathered 11 musical mates, most from the old Jan Price Band, to...
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The supervisory staff of the Oklahoma State Vocational Education Department was moved in...
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Gerald A. Hale (pictured) worked with students and his colleague, Holger G. Thuesen, to...
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Blue Key, which started as a men's leadership and service fraternity, was installed at...
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D. Terry Martin (pictured) was the head of the Speech Department at the time that a...
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Jack VanBebber (pictured) and Robert E. Pearce (see additional photo) became the first...
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Peyton Glass Jr., designated the "Cowboy Flyer," set a world record in the 100-yard dash...
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The Tiger Tavern cafeteria on campus expanded its dining services to be able to serve 500...
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Coming to Stillwater in 1931 as fire chief, John Raymond "J. Ray" Pence would develop a...
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Comedian and humanitarian Will Rogers, known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son," visited campus...
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Oklahoma A&M College graduated its largest class in history at the time, which...
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Following Oklahoma A&M College's 1930 football victory over the OU Sooners, Aggie...
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While the orange and black colors from the Princeton Tiger influence of the college's...
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Cotton was king in 1930s Oklahoma, where farmers were especially thankful to the Oklahoma...
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The first capital building appropriation secured by Henry G. Bennett was the funding for...
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President Henry G. Bennett cemented his place in OSU history when he unveiled his 25-year...
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Pointing to accidental injuries and deaths on other campuses related to horseplay, 1929...
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Oklahoma A&M College's 1929 livestock judging team (pictured) became the first...
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By the 1920s, physical education had become a requirement for women for the first two...
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The Great Depression, which followed the 1929 stock market crash, was a shock after the...
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Varsity Revue was established in 1929, inviting all students to compete in a talent show...
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The campus newspaper reported that yo-yos had taken too much time away from cigarettes....
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The college publicly announced the creation of an extraordinary series of student...
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In 1928, the Women's Building was renamed Maud Gardiner Hall in honor of the first...
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Lynn O. "Pappy" Waldorf took over as football coach in 1928 and won four state...
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The NCAA sponsored its first national tournament in 1928. Head coach Ed Gallagher's...
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From 1928 to 1950, Julia E. Stout served as Oklahoma A&M College's first full-time...
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Dr. Henry G. Bennett became president of Oklahoma A. and M. College on July 1, 1928, and...
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A piece of ceiling plaster fell in Old Central and hit Raymond E. Bivert on the head...
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The faculty had increased 45 percent from 1923 - 1926 and most instructors now held...
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Whitehurst Hall was dedicated in 1926 and still serves today as the administration...
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The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture banned automobiles on campus in an attempt to "...
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The first radio broadcast from Oklahoma A&M College was heard during the noon hour on...
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Increased student demand for on-campus housing led to the construction of Jessie Thatcher...
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Oklahoma A&M College was admitted to the Missouri Valley Conference in 1924.
Other...
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Say, did you catch that latest joke in the "Aggievator?" It's bound to "set the tongues...
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The college's semi-weekly newspaper "The Orange and Black" was renamed the "O'Collegian...
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The first campus facility completed during Bradford Knapp's tenure as president, the...
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Oklahoma A&M College became only the second land grant institution in the nation to...
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The College Building, the first permanent building on campus, was officially designated...
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When students saw Frank B. Eaton, a gun-totin' U.S. deputy marshal, riding at the head of...
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The dean of home economics from 1923 to 1950, Nora A. Talbot, believed that vision...
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Ferne E. King was the first woman appointed to the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture,...
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Wrestler Robert "Bobby" Pearce became Oklahoma A&M College's first All-American in...
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Following much political turmoil, Dr. Bradford Knapp was hired in 1923 to lead the...
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Soon after winning election, Governor John Walton planned to help his Farmer-Labor...
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Dick Tracy cartoonist Chester Gould contributed artwork while he was a business student...
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The first building on campus to be used exclusively as a library opened in 1921 to...
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Officials in the School of Home Economics started adopting infants in 1921 so students...
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The first departments began occupying the new Home Economics Building in January of 1921...
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Dr. James B. Eskridge brought excellent credentials in higher education to his position...
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The Oklahoma A&M College Alumni Association became a self-governed association...
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Students (many in uniform) could always grab a hamburger or get candy and cigarettes at...
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The new Science Hall dramatically expanded the scope and capabilities of the chemistry...
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Alumnus Dr. Clarence H. McElroy returned to Oklahoma A&M College to serve as an...
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Some of the early coaching heroics of Edward C. Gallagher in wrestling and Henry P. Iba...
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While residence halls were available on campus by 1918, many students still lived in town...
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By 1918, the college pointed with pride to sixteen brick buildings including separate...
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From 1917 to 1952, thousands of students, faculty, staff and others attended numerous...
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When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, the college was quick to offer its expertise...
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The Harvest Carnival became the ""Tiger Roundup"" in 1916 to reflect the school mascot...
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After years of disuse, the Central Building bell rang again to call the freshman and...
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Jeff Campbell was the first student to receive a degree in business or “commerce and...
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From its beginning the university had programs for military drill because military...
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Often called "Oklahoma A&M's John Philip Sousa," Bohumil Makovsky was a prominent...
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The college president’s wife, Ada Cantwell (pictured), is credited for organizing women...
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Maude A. Spear became the first female to graduate from Oklahoma A&M College with an...
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While formal records aren’t available, the first “vigorous discussions” on the subject of...
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Although the facilities were sparse and the equipment was often makeshift, the Tigers of...
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James W. Cantwell became the college's seventh president, serving from 1915-1921. He...
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The first women's dorm on campus, the Women's Building (now known as the Bartlett Center...
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Dr. Lowery L. Lewis was appointed dean of both the School of Veterinary Medicine and the...
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Nell Foster of Gage became the first woman graduate of the School of Agriculture in 1914...
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1914 – Congress passes the Smith-Lever Act, officially creating the Cooperative Extension...
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A requirement for all freshmen attending Oklahoma A&M College to wear small caps,...
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The university recognized the School of Education as a separate administrative unit at...
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The May Carnival, highlighted with a parade, a carnival and dances, also helped raise...
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Starting in 1913, freshmen began placing their class colors in a tree outside Old Central...
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As anticipated when the college was first founded, Stillwater benefitted from the...
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Work started in 1911 and by September of 1912 the various departments were able to occupy...
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The Women's Building (now the Bartlett Center) and the Men's Dormitory (later named...
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Although secret societies were banned from campus in the early 1910s, certain groups...
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The encampment school (pictured on campus) was an out-of-doors cross between a camp...
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Literary societies were popular on campus during the early years.
Open to both men and...
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Considered one of Oklahoma A&M College's greatest early educators and the father of...
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Students lobbied hard to be able to publish an annual wrap up of college happenings by...
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The college and various railroad lines began partnering to outfit several train cars with...
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The college now offered several organized schools of study-engineering, commerce and...
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The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture replaced the Oklahoma A&M College Board of...
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Edward C. “Ed” Gallagher, dubbed “fastest man in the Southwest,” captained the football...
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The monthly College Paper, printed in a literary-magazine format, was replaced by the...
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The college’s sixth president was John H. Connell, the former editor of Farm and Ranch...
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By 1907, the lawn in front of Morrill Hall had become a popular place. The student body...
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A. C. Hartenbower, class of 1905, became the first person from Oklahoma A&M College...
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The evidence of a growing college campus was obvious from the number of buildings in this...
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Starting in 1907, W.D. Bentley (pictured) and W.M. Bamberge led early extension efforts...
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Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry when Oklahoma A&M College students set out...
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The completion of Morrill Hall, in 1906, prepared the college for the first decades of...
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The first Oklahoma A&M College Band was organized in 1905 by an A&M student. Its...
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The front of the Civil Engineering and Gymnasium Building (pictured) included space for...
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A new dairy building, replacing the outdated facility in the College Barn, was approved...
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Extra space was added to the Library Building for offices and classrooms with an addition...
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A brick walk system was constructed that connected all permanent buildings on campus with...
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Room and board in the homes of Stillwater families cost $2.25 - $3 per week. There were...
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In 1902, the "farmers and blacksmiths" from the small college on the prairie in Payne...
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Whether pulling a wagon or a plow, early agriculture was structured around the horse, and...
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The first all-college football team took the field in the fall of 1901. Although it lost...
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Women were the first to play basketball on campus, which was one of the most popular...
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A Young Men's Christian Association was formed on campus in 1900, followed quickly by a...
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Track became the first organized sport on campus and won the first trophy a couple of...
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The spires and turrets of the stately new Library Building added an almost fairytale...
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By the turn of the twentieth century, the campus was beginning to take shape. The first...
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President Angelo Scott was instrumental in establishing the College Paper as the...
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OSU's colors were the first chosen in the late 1890's.The selection of orange and black...
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Angelo C. Scott, the first classroom teacher of journalism at the Oklahoma A & M...
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Engineering courses were offered for the first time, and a contract was approved for the...
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Georgina M. Holt became the first business teacher at the college in 1898, teaching...
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Oklahoma A&M College initiated a series of short courses to offer specialized...
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The class of 1897 won distinction for not only being the smallest class ever to graduate...
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With no dorms, students lived in town, so a boardwalk was constructed to connect Old...
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As early as 1896, Dr. Lowery Lamon (L. L.) Lewis, who had recently been appointed...
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The citizens of Stillwater packed the assembly hall of the College Building (Old Central...
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George E. Morrow was a leader and ardent promoter of agriculture, who was known for his...
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When the college moved into its first permanent building in 1894, only a major in...
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The fourth academic year at Oklahoma A&M College, began in September with 144...
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Students and faculty formed the College Club, an interdisciplinary educational forum for...
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The first student publication actually set in type, The Oklahoma A&M College Mirror,...
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Edmund D. Murdaugh, the third president for the college, managed to establish the first...
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The first permanent structure on campus, the College Building or (Old) Central Building,...
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Though he was only president of the college for four months, Henry E. Alvord, managed to...
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Many Oklahoma A&M College students joined 100,000 homesteaders for the land run on...
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Theta Pond (pictured) was called the Horse Pond or College Pond at the turn of the...
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While many of the students in this 1893-94 senior preparatory class looked quite young,...
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Due to a provision of the Morrill Act, beginning in 1893 all students were required to ...
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The Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College became the official name of the...
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The development of extracurricular opportunities for students began with the Star...
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Four wood-frame buildings were completed in 1892 using federal funds for the experiment...
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The first faculty meeting was held on March 17, 1892 and its major accomplishment was the...
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Robert J. Barker served as the first president of the Oklahoma A. and M. College from...
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The minutes show that 23 ladies and 22 gentlemen enrolled in the first classes at...
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The 200-acre tract was cleared of tall grass prairie grasses and plowed using teams of...
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The first director of the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station on campus, James C....
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Four homesteaders were paid varying sums from $50 - $1,200 to transferred portions of...
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The political "discussion" over a site for the college continued for six more months...
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The history of Oklahoma State University (formerly Oklahoma A&M College) is a journey...
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