| 1886 |
- State Normal School for Colored Persons formed
- John Henry Jackson named first president
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| 1887 |
Recitation Hall (now Jackson Hall) completed |
| 1897 |
Library consisted of 400 books and 650 pamphlets |
| 1898 |
- James Edward Givens named president
- Board of Trustees purchases 265 acres adjacent to original 29-acre campus
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| 1890 |
Morrill Land Grant Act added departments of agriculture, mechanics and domestic economy |
| 1900 |
- James Shelton Hathaway named president
- 152 students enrolled
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| 1902 |
- Name changed to Kentucky Normal Industrial Institute
- Kentucky Legislature increased annual state support to $5,000 and allotted $15,000 for construction of a female dormitory
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| 1903 |
111 female students, 89 male students from 45 of Kentucky’s then-119 counties |
| 1907 |
John Henry Jackson began a second term as president |
| 1908 |
State appropriated $40,000 for construction and improvements |
| 1909 |
- Hume Hall and original Trades Building added
- First athletic teams organized
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| 1910 |
- Jackson resigned, Albert Ernest Meyzeenk filled in, then Ernest E. Reed
- Hathaway started second term as president
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| 1911 |
First summer session held |
| 1912 |
- Green Pinckney Russell named president
- Staff of 10, 300 students and $11,000 annual budget
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| 1917 |
Enrollment reached 830, including students in the high school program |
| 1920 |
Russell Memorial Hall built |
| 1921 |
$7,500 received from Veteran’s Bureau for World War I veterans’ scholarships |
| 1922 |
Legislature approved $42,000 for capital construction |
| 1923 |
Francis Marion Wood named president |
| 1924 |
G.P. Russell began his second term as president, earning $3,600 annually |
| 1926 |
- Name changed to Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons
- Three female students died in a dorm fire
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| 1928 |
$184,145.66 allocated for a new women’s dorm |
| 1929 |
- G.P. Russell resigned, James A. Bond served as interim president
- Rufus B. Atwood named president
- High school program phased out
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| 1931 |
- Bell Gymnasium completed at a cost of $32,000
- Bachelor’s programs in Agriculture and Health and Physical Education were added
- Departments of English, Modern Languages, Home Economics, History and Government, Sociology and Economics, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics added
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| 1935 |
Atwood Hall (men’s dorm) completed |
| 1936 |
Music Education program added |
| 1938 |
Name changed to Kentucky State College for Negroes |
| 1939 |
- 29 student scholarships awarded, totaling $2,485.75
- Library contained 12,000 books and periodicals
- Mildred Chandler Hall (women’s dorm) completed
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| 1940 |
E.E. Underwood Refectory, first student dining facility, completed |
| 1949 |
McCullin Hall completed |
| 1952 |
Name changed to Kentucky State College |
| 1954 |
Rosenwald Laboratory School Building completed |
| 1956 |
Accreditation received from the National Council on Accreditation of Teacher Education
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| 1957 |
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the commencement speaker |
| 1958 |
KSU became one of the first 14 black colleges to be granted full membership to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| 1960 |
Fire destroyed Bell Gymnasium |
| 1961 |
Agriculture department eliminated |
| 1962 |
Carl McClellan Hill named president |
| 1963 |
Board of Regents approved a $9 million expansion plan |
| 1964 |
- Enrollment reached 1226
- Combs and Hunter Halls completed (dorms)
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| 1968 |
Carver Hall completed |
| 1969 |
Athletic Complex built |
| 1970 |
- KSC had 1600 students
- Fieldhouse, Shauntee Hall completed
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| 1972 |
Name changed to Kentucky State University |
| 1973 |
Jackson Hall added to National Register of Historic Places |
| 1974 |
12 students were awarded the first Master’s of Public Administration degrees by KSU |
| 1975 |
- William A. Butts named president
- Federal Financial Aid allocation reached $1.2 million
- Pre-Law curriculum added
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| 1977 |
Gov. Julian Carroll committed $10 million for improvements to KSU |
| 1978 |
KSU received its first large, private grant from the W.K. Kellogg foundation, $406,000 |
| 1982 |
Raymond Burse named president |
| 1983 |
Whitney Young College of Leadership Studies opened |
| 1989 |
Mary Smith named interim president |
| 1990 |
John T. Wolfe, Jr. is president |
| 1991 |
Mary Smith named president |
| 1998 |
George W. Reid named president |
| 2002 |
Dr. Paul Bibbins named short-term interim president |
| 2003 |
William H. Turner named long-term interim president |
| 2004 |
Dr. Mary Evans Sias named president |
