In , the institution's name was changed to Eastern Montana College. Enrollment surpassed 3, in , and in that same year the College of Liberal Arts was established.
In , the University recorded its largest enrollment -- 4, In , the MUS was restructured. As a result of the reorganization, all campuses governed by the Board of Regents, including all former vocational-technical centers, were aligned with either Montana State University or the University of Montana. In the spring of the university formally launched its fifth college - the College of Health Professions and Science. The purpose of the name change was to help increase the awareness of the expanded mission of the two-year campuses across the state of Montana; which included the traditional workforce training programs career and technical education as well as transfer education opportunities.
Ronald P. Bozeman thought itself to become a front runner, but ultimately lost out to Helena. As a consolation prize, Bozeman was selected to be the home of the state college. Established in , Montana State University was the first institution founded in the state.
It is interesting to note, though, that University of Montana was founded one day later. The university has always been an open enrollment college, accepting all genders and races. Black history: In , Arthur C. The first black graduate of the University of Montana's law school in was James Dorsey , who also played for the football team and earned an undergraduate degree in psychology in UM has produced 28 Rhodes Scholars , the first in Mike Mansfield of Butte was a non-traditional student he left school at 14 to join the Navy whose wife, Maureen, helped pay for his college education at UM.
He went on to become longest-serving Senate majority leader in history, an ambassador to Japan and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree. The UM library is named in their honor and a statue of the couple is nearby. More notable is Montana Hall , built in , and a school landmark. Main Hall at UM is the oldest building on campus and opened in MSU regained the top position again in Fall saw 16, students at MSU, among them 9, Montanans and international students from 72 countries.
At the same time, enrollment at UM slumped to 11, students , among them 8, Montanans and international students. UM enrollment peaked at 15, students in Waded Cruzado is the 12th President of Montana State University, and her eight years in the position have seen a boom in enrollment, research dollars, construction, community connections and fundraising.
Facebook Twitter Email. Kristen Inbody Great Falls Tribune. Reid served for ten years and expanded both the campus and the curriculum. In , Reid extended the curriculum to civil and electrical engineering. James M. Hamilton became the third president of MSU. Hamilton wanted the college to focus on technology. He extended the curriculum to include many programs in biology, engineering, chemistry, physics, and geology. Hamilton oversaw the addition of the buildings Linfield Hall in , Hamilton Hall in , and Traphagen Hall in During the first three decades of MSC, the city of Bozeman was also growing.
The red-light district began to flourish twenty years prior to the opening of the college thanks to a miss Louisa Couselle. Even when Couselle passed away in , the district was so well established that it only grew. And while his fight took a toll on the red-light district, it also impacted his health and contributed to his resignation.
President Hamilton had Hamilton Hall constructed as a female only dormitory, adult men were allowed inside only on Sundays and only in the first-floor lobby. Teenage boys were allowed in Hamilton Hall but only as servants. While Atkinson was president of MSC, the battle against unsavory behavior continued. The Prohibition Era saw an increase in the excessive drinking performed by the students, and the Jazz Era had them dancing more than ever. He created the Septemviri, a council of seven men.
They recruited sophomore men called Fangs and women called Spurs to help them. They required freshman male students to wear beanies and freshmen women to wear sashes to help identify them from the rest. Students who failed to follow the rules were brought before the Septemviri to discuss a proper punishment. A common punishment for freshman was a late night dunking in the muck of the frog pond. The last of the red-light district was dying and the impacts of the war were felt everywhere.
In the eyes of the faculty, too many students were still heavily smoking, engaging in an activity called train hopping, and participating in secret marriages because the campus forbids students from being married. The students rebelled and hosted a four-day boycott of classes that reached national news. When President Atkinson learned about it while out of town he immediately returned and attempted to exercise control by declaring that the administration would make rules about student conduct without student input.
Atkinson resigned in and was replaced by A. Strand had the Student Union Building built to give students a place to congregate outside the dorms and downtown.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in , Montana jumped into the war-effort full throttle. The male enrollment at MSC dropped significantly and the male-centric extracurriculars dwindled down. As a result, the female population at MSC began to actively fill the void left by the men.
The nursing program grew to accommodate the war effort, while women began enrolling in degrees and programs typically dominated by the men.
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