1886
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- State Normal School for Colored Persons formed
- John Henry Jackson named first president
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1887 |
- Recitation Hall (now Jackson Hall) completed
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1897
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- Library consisted of 400 books and 650 pamphlets
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1898
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- James Edward Givens named president
- Board of Trustees purchases 265 acres adjacent to original 29-acre campus
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1890
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- Morrill Land Grant Act added departments of agriculture, mechanics and domestic economy
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1900
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- James Shelton Hathaway named president
- 152 students enrolled
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1902
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- 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
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- 111 female students, 89 male students from 45 of Kentucky’s then-119 counties
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1907
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- John Henry Jackson began a second term as president
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1908
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- State appropriated $40,000 for construction and improvements
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1909
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- Hume Hall and original Trades Building added
- First athletic teams organized
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1910
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- Jackson resigned, Albert Ernest Meyzeenk filled in, then Ernest E. Reed
- Hathaway started second term as president
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1911
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- First summer session held
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1912
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- Green Pinckney Russell named president
- Staff of 10, 300 students and $11,000 annual budget
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1917
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- Enrollment reached 830, including students in the high school program
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1920
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- Russell Memorial Hall built
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1921
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- $7,500 received from Veteran’s Bureau for World War I veterans’ scholarships
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1922
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- Legislature approved $42,000 for capital construction
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1923
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- Francis Marion Wood named president
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1924
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- G.P. Russell began his second term as president, earning $3,600 annually
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1926
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- Name changed to Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons
- Three female students died in a dorm fire
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1928
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- $184,145.66 allocated for a new women’s dorm
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1929
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- 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
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- 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
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- Atwood Hall (men’s dorm) completed
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1936
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- Music Education program added
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1938
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- Name changed to Kentucky State College for Negroes
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1939
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- 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
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- E.E. Underwood Refectory, first student dining facility, completed
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1949
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1952
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- Name changed to Kentucky State College
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1954
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- Rosenwald Laboratory School Building completed
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1956
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- Accreditation received from the National Council on Accreditation of Teacher Education
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1957
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- Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the commencement speaker
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1958
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- KSU became one of the first 14 black colleges to be granted full membership to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
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1960
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- Fire destroyed Bell Gymnasium
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1961
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- Agriculture department eliminated
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1962
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- Carl McClellan Hill named president
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1963
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- Board of Regents approved a $9 million expansion plan
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1964
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- Enrollment reached 1,226
- Combs and Hunter Halls completed (dorms)
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1968
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1969
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1970
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- KSC had 1,600 students
- Fieldhouse, Shauntee Hall completed
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1972
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- Name changed to Kentucky State University
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1973
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- Jackson Hall added to National Register of Historic Places
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1974
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- 12 students were awarded the first Master’s of Public Administration degrees by KSU
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1975
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- William A. Butts named president
- Federal Financial Aid allocation reached $1.2 million
- Pre-Law curriculum added
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1977
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- Gov. Julian Carroll committed $10 million for improvements to KSU
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1978
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- KSU received its first large, private grant from the W.K. Kellogg foundation, $406,000
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1982
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- Raymond Burse named president
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1983
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- Whitney Young College of Leadership Studies opened
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1989
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- Mary Smith named interim president
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1990
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- John T. Wolfe Jr. is president
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1991
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- Mary Smith named president
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1998
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- George W. Reid named president
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2002
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- Dr. Paul Bibbins named short-term interim president
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2003
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- William H. Turner named long-term interim president
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2004
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- Dr. Mary Evans Sias named president
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