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This Year At UND
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1883
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UND is founded.
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1884
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The University first opened its doors for the reception of students. During the first year, 79 students were enrolled. Most were from Grand Forks and its immediate vicinity. The campus consisted of one building, four professors, 79 students and 200 books.
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1885
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The University charged no fees except $3.50 per week for board in Old Main, which lacked a furnace and storm windows.
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1887
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 Davis Hall
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1888
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The Dakota Student newspaper was founded. Today, the student-operated newspaper is published nearly every Tuesday and Friday during the academic year.
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1889
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 The First Graduating Class
The first class graduated from UND in 1889. It was made up of six women and two men. This class later met following commencement and formed the Alumni Association. |
1892
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UND’s first football team was introduced.
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1893
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 The Cottage
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1895
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The University awarded its first master’s degree to Harrison Bronson, who became a North Dakota Supreme Court judge and later donated the land where Engelstad Arena and University Village now stand.
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1899
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Harry C. “Babe” Loomis became UND’s first paid coach when he received $200 to coach the football team for six weeks. His team won all six games under his leadership, giving up only five points and scoring 179.
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1900
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UND’s first full scholarship was donated by E.H. Thursby of Towner, N.D.
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1901
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The College of Mines and Engineering, known today as the School of Engineering and Mines, was approved by Earle J. Babcock, who later became in-formally known as the “dean of lignite.”
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1903
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 Oxford House
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1904
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The very first Dacotah annual was produced.
UND celebrated it's first Founder’s Day which also happened to be the University’s 21st birthday.
This year was the first football rivalry between NDSU and UND. At that time, NDSU was called the Agriculture College. The AC beat UND 12-4. |
1906
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UND’s president was paid a salary of $3,000 per year.
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1907
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The UND School of Medicine was the first school in the University to be formally accredited.
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1908
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The University seal, bearing a sun on the horizon, a tree on the plain, a plow, an anvil and an American Indian, along with the school motto, Lux et Lex (Light and Law), was selected by a committee of faculty and students..
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1909
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Alfred Dean was the first to graduate from UND’s medical school. At that time the medical school’s total annual budget was about $6,500
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1910
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UND’s fees were $12.50 per semester, with an additional $5 in the schools of law, medicine and engineering.
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1900
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A crowd of 250 people came to the campus on a cold winter night to witness wireless communication in Morse code with the town of Grafton, 40 miles to the north.
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1913
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Prior to becoming Phi Delta Theta, the fraternity was better known as the Varsity Bachelors Club.
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1914
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The school of medicine graduated its first woman, Solveig Sigrid Gislason.
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1917
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For a few years before 1917, black and gold became UND’s unofficial school colors. Protests from influential friends and alumni restored the original green and pink.
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1918
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UND’s campus closed in October and November due to a national flu epidemic.
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1919
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Organized hazing was used in when sophomores, armed with paddles, marched freshmen through downtown Grand Forks and invaded movie houses to stage impromptu acts.
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1920
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Trains stopped at UND’s depot six times a day to take students to various places such as Fargo for football games.
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1924
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Campus cleanup was a day in which the University would “dress up” the campus. Classes were dismissed; aprons and overalls were donned and, armed with rakes, everyone pitched in to clean up every vestige of dirt. After a few hours of hard labor, workers were treated to coffee, doughnuts and a dance.
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1926
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Marked the first publication of the Alumni Review.
The first radio broadcasts of UND athletic contests were aired on the University’s station, KFJM, during the basketball season. |
1927
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The graduate school was first organized as a division of UND.
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1929
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 Memorial Stadium
The stock market crash brought about the Dirty Thirties and hard times for students. Many were out of jobs and places to live. The University converted railroad cabooses into makeshift dorms, known as “Camp Depression.” |
1930
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UND athletic teams, known as “The Flickertails,” was changed to “the Sioux.”
Movies in town cost 15 cents for a triple feature. |
1935
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 Old Main
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1936
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 Fritz Pollard
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1937
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Former United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited campus.
 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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1941
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UND women spent approximately $105 a year on clothing. Male students spent about $75.
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1944
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Enrollment at UND was 504 students during the spring semester. Of the 504 students, 375 were women. The low number of men enrolled was due in part to the mobilization of male students in 1942 for WWII.
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1946
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The first day of the fall term of was memorable. WWII had ended and enrollment soared to nearly 3,000 students.
A varsity hockey team was formed. The following year, Don Norman took over the coaching and intercollegiate play began. |
1950
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Thomas Clifford was 29 years old when he was named dean of UND’s business school. He remains the youngest dean in the University’s history.
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1951
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UND hired its first full-time uniformed armed security officers. The hiring was in response to a fire in Woodward Hall in 1949.
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1954
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Coffee breaks were often taken at the Student Union between classes when nickel-a-cup coffee was the norm.
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1956
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Many UND students were caught off guard when a Navy helicopter landed on the Student Union lawn. The occupants were on a Navy air-recruiting mission.
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1958
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 Chester Fritz
 1958 Computer
Campus administrators sent a survey to faculty to determine if there was interest in having one computer on campus. Just one department replied in the affirmative: the business department, then housed in the law school. |
1959
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The Fighting Sioux hockey team won its first national hockey championship.
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1962
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Marked UND’s first official Spring Break. In 1961, after students began raising havoc throughout campus with mud fights, blocking traffic and throwing fellow classmates into the English Coulee, UND officials decided students needed a weeklong spring vacation.
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1963
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Former United States President John F. Kennedy became a member of the UND Alumni Association when he accepted an Honorary Doctor of Laws.
 President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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1964
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UND’s “Sioux Company” was formed in hopes to support students involved with the Army.
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1965
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UND men’s hockey clinched the WCHA Championship, after defeating the University of Minnesota Gophers.
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1967
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When construction began on Gamble Hall, most thought the Oxford House, the former president’s home, would be torn down. Instead, a successful drive began to restore the historic home.
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1968
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The aviation program was founded as an academic department within the College of Business and Public Administration. It offered the nation's first four-year degree that combined an undergraduate business degree with in-depth aviation education.
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1969
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The sudden appearance of beards and long hair on campus disturbed some North Dakotans.
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1970
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The UND fraternity Kappa Sigma attempted to break the 369-hour teeter-tottering world record to help raise money for the new Winter Sports Arena.
The largest demonstration in the school’s history took place when between 1,500-2,000 students gathered to protest killings at Kent State University. Protests, marches and rallies against the Vietnam War also also occurred. |
1973
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The North Dakota State Legislature approved turning the medical school into a four-year degree granting school.
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1976
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Robert Arusell received the first four-year medical degree from UND.
The last Dacotah annual was produced.
The breakup of Bell and AT&T allowed the installation of the first fax machines on campus around this time. |
1977
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Every fall since 1977, The North Dakota Supreme Court has held a one-day session in the Baker Moot Court Room in the UND School of Law. The Court’s annual visit invariably packs the courtroom with fascinated UND law students.
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1978
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The UND Foundation was incorporated to replace the Alumni Association Development Fund.
UND students helped sandbag during widespread flooding of the English Coulee in 1979. |
1980
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A period of growth began for the University with rising enrollments and full accreditation of professional schools and programs. The widespread use of computers and technology provided the biggest change on campus.
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1981
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The UND basketball and hockey teams both achieved the most wins in a season during the 1981-82 academic year, when the basketball team finished with a 27-5 record and the hockey team posted a 35-12 mark. These records have since been broken.
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1983
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The UND School of Engineering and Mines was ranked 13th among engineering schools nationwide.
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1986
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Former United States President Ronald Reagan visited campus. Crowds packed the Hyslop Sports Center to hear him speak.
 President Ronald Wilson Reagan
Studio One, UND’s live news show,made its debut on Feb. 9, 1987. After only four months on the air, the program received a first place award for special programming from the North Dakota Press Women’s Association. |
1994
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 Nickel Trophy
 IBM AS/400
IBM donated the AS/400 computer system to UND. The system was valued at nearly $700,000. It gave students and faculty an opportunity to better understand the construction and use of computer technology. |
1996
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The UND School of Medicine’s name was changed to the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
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1997
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The spring semester was cut a month short due to the violent floodwaters of the Red River, which caused massive campus flooding.
The UND women's basketball team won three division II national championships in 1997, 1998, and 1999 and was runner-up in 2001. |
1999
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Dr. Charles Kupchella was named the 10th president.
In November a groundbreaking was held for Ralph Engelstad Arena. The $104 million facility opened in 2001. |
2000
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Bennet Brien, ’84, ’88, developed the new UND athletic logo. His artwork is also displayed outside the North Dakota capitol in Bismarck.
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2001
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The UND football team moved to its new home in the Alerus Center. Outdoor games at Memorial Stadium are now a thing of the past.
On Dec. 8, the UND Fighting Sioux football team claimed its first national title, capturing the NCAA Division II National Football Championship with a 17-14 victory over Grand Valley State University of Michigan.
Former United States President Bill Clinton rarely invited championship teams into the Oval Office. As 2001 NCAA division I champions, the UND hockey team had the privilege of being the first NCAA champions to visit with the president in his office. |
2002
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Marked the first year UND’s Athletic Hall of Fame began inducting teams rather than individuals.
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2004
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2004-05 academic year has been marked as UND’s highest enrollment, with 13,187 students attending the university.
In August the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center opened adjacent to Ralph Engelstad Arena. “The Betty” is used for UND basketball and volleyball games. |
2005
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The School of Medicine and Health Sciences was selected to be among a small group of medical schools to develop best practices for medical education. North Dakota has about 1,500 physicians, nearly half are UND alumni.
Studio One, the University’s live news and information show, received 49 awards during the 2005-06 school year. Studio One is broadcast to 3.5 million households in the United States and Canada. |
2006
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The Princeton Review ranked UND one of the best colleges in the United States. The Review said UND "offers students an outstanding undergraduate education."
UND announced it would be moving its entire athletic program to Division I.
UND’s program in occupational therapy celebrated its 50th anniversary, graduating 32 students with Master of Occupational Therapy degrees. The class included the first 10 students who had completed an online transitional Master of Occupational Therapy for Practitioners degree.
The Dakota Venture Group (DVG), established in 2006, is a UND student-run venture capital investment fund. DVG is one of only a few student managed venture capital funds in the United States.
The UND Student Wellness Center opened in October. The state-of-the-art $20 million facility is second only to its neighbor, Ralph Engelstad Arena, as the single-largest structure ever built at UND. |
2007
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On Jan. 25th, UND’s 10th president, Charles Kupchella, announced his plans for retirement. He will step down as president of the University in July of 2008.
In May, the largest gift ever given to the UND Foundation in support of the University of North Dakota was announced at a news conference. The $20 million gift from the Engelstad Family Foundation of Las Vegas, Nev., will fund student scholarships, endowed faculty positions and special projects of the University. It is the second-largest gift ever to benefit UND, behind only the $104 million Ralph Engelstad Arena.
UND was ranked ninth in a list of the top 25 undergraduate entrepreneurial programs in the country by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review. |
2008
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In February, UND celebrates its 125th anniversary.
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