Curious. When did your school start

[kuntryboimike]

you gotta admit. liberty as young as it is, and grown as fast as it has. with close to 15,000 fans per game. a very decent team. thats pretty impressive. what about yalls schools.

[∞∞∞]

School began as the Norfolk Division of William & Mary in 1930 and played football immediately with the "Braves" nickname, accumulating a record of 62-19-4 in 11 years until football was discontinued. ODU even played Miami in 1932, losing 6-2 in what is regarded as the predecessor to the Orange Bowl. After a 69 year hiatus, ODU restarted football at the exact same venue where the the Braves played for 5 years, 74 year old Foreman Field.

[CatMom]

Start what? When it was founded or football?

[kuntryboimike]

school

[bobbythekidd]

school

The school has had six different names: 1906–First District A & M.
1924–Georgia Normal School.
1929–South Georgia Teachers College.
1934–Teachers College.
1959–Georgia Southern College.
1990–Georgia Southern University.

[CatMom]

Texas State

1899 Established by Legislature
1903 Southwest Texas State Normal School
1918 Southwest Texas State Normal College
1923 Southwest Texas State Teachers College
1959 Southwest Texas State College
1969 Southwest Texas State University
2003 Texas State University

Football started 1904 with no coach, record 5-1
Mascot adopted - 1920

Fall 2009 Enrollment 30,816
5th largest U in Texas, # 50 nationwide

[TribeNomad]

1690

[ASUG8]

1899 - Watauga Academy
1903 - Appalachian Training School for Teachers
1925 - Appalachian Normal School
1929 - Appalachian State Teachers College
1967 - Appalachian State University

* all from Wiki, so who knows if it's true.....

[TribeFanInNC]

1690

Correction: 1693

[UAalum72]

New York State Normal School, May 7, 1844 - March 13, 1890 - the fourth state normal school and the first outside Massachusetts
New York State Normal College, March 13, 1890 - April 30, 1914
New York State College for Teachers, April 30, 1914 - September 1, 1959
State University of NY established by state legislature - 1948; NYSCT completes transfer to SUNY system April 1, 1949
State University of New York College of Education at Albany, September 1, 1959 - October 16, 1961
State University of New York College at Albany, October 16, 1961 - August, 1962
State University of New York at Albany, August 1962 - Fall 1986
University at Albany, SUNY, Fall 1986 -

[Catattack]

February 16, 1893

[SouthDakotaGrizzly]

UM was founded in 1893, same as MSU.

Originally, UM was known as "the State University of Montana" and MSU was the Agricultural College and then Montana State College.

[youngterrier]

1851....or was it 1854?

[GOKATS]

South Dakota Grizzly was close................

MSU was originally founded in 1893 as the Agricultural College of the State of Montana Land (a land grant college), later renamed Montana College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts, became commonly known as Montana State College in the 1920's and became Montana State University in 1965.

[dgreco]

1863 as Bryant and Stratton Business College
1949 Bryant College
2004 Bryant University

[ngineer]

Lehigh University--1865

[clenz]

The University of Northern Iowa was founded as a result of two influential forces of the nineteenth century. First, Iowa wanted to care for orphans of its Civil War veterans, and secondly, Iowa needed a public teacher training institution. In 1876, when Iowa no longer needed an orphan home, legislators Edward G. Miller and H.C. Hemenway started the Iowa State Normal School. [1]

The school’s first building opened in 1869 and was known as Central Hall. The building contained classrooms, common areas, and a living facility for most of the students. It was also a home to the college’s first principal, James Cleland Gilchrist. The building was the heart and soul of the school, allowing students to study courses of two-year, three-year, and four-year degrees. In 1965, a fire destroyed Central Hall, and school faculty and Cedar Falls citizens donated over $5000 to start building Gilchrist Hall. [1]

The school has been known under the following names:

Iowa State Normal School, 1896-1909
Iowa State Teachers College, 1934-1961
State College of Iowa, 1961-1967
University of Northern Iowa, 1967-present




Why we don't have names during some periods listed i have no idea..I got that from Wiki so I wonder if someone put dates in wrong

[ur2K]

Richmond's been around since 1840

[bobbythekidd]

Why we don't have names during some periods listed i have no idea..I got that from Wiki so I wonder if someone put dates in wrong

You need to work on your research skills.

Institutional Names

UNI is a statutory rather than a chartered institution. For the legislation that established UNI, see Iowa Acts and Joint Resolutions Ref K 345.12 I65 v. 16 1876.

* 1876-1909 Iowa State Normal School
* 1909-1961 Iowa State Teachers College
* 1961-1967 State College of Iowa
* 1967-present University of Northern Iowa

Presidents

UNI has had nine chief executive officers.

* 1876-1886 James Cleland Gilchrist
* 1886-1928 Homer Horatio Seerley
* 1928-1940 Orval Ray Latham
* 1940-1950 Malcolm Poyer Price
* 1951-1970 James William Maucker
* 1970-1983 John Joseph Kamerick
* 1983-1995 Constantine William Curris
* 1995-2006 Robert D. Koob
* 2006-present Benjamin J. Allen

[Fact]

1842

[Fresno St. Alum]

Fresno St. 1911. Football started in 1921

[Col Hogan]

1863 under the provisions of the Federal Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act

1863 - Massachusetts Agricultural College
1931 - Massachusetts State College
1947 - University of Massachusetts

[jcmanson]

I didn't see it posted, but Liberty - 1971

[Screamin_Eagle174]

EWU was established in 1882 by a $10,000 grant from expressman Benjamin Pierce Cheney, and was originally known as Benjamin P. Cheney Academy to honor its founder. In 1889 the school was renamed State Normal School and in 1937 to Eastern Washington College of Education. The campus grew quickly in size following World War II. The school became Eastern Washington State College. During this era, Eastern added various graduate and undergraduate degree programs. In 1977, the school's name was changed for the final time to Eastern Washington University by the Washington state legislature.

[JMUpurplehazed]

JMU - 1908-various names-James Madison University around '72.