大学事件年表
拥有超过125年的历史, 沃拉沃拉学院, now University, 已经看到了它的审判份额, tragedy, and celebrations. Here, listed in chronological order, is just a sampling of events that have shaped who we are. Sources include Terrie Aamodt’s “A Bold Venture : a History of 沃拉沃拉学院” (1992) and “60 Years of Progress : the Anniversary History of 沃拉沃拉学院” (1952).
1892 | December 7 | 沃拉沃拉学院 holds its first class, enrollment 103 |
1896 | May 18 | First graduation, three graduates |
1897 | April 25 | 第一棵山白蜡树 planted on campus |
1899 | August | College Bakery opens |
1901 | March 31 | WWC成立 |
1902 | Nov/Dec | Typhoid epidemic in College Place; three students die |
1903 | January | Smallpox epidemic in College Place |
1909 | April 22 | Jubilee Program celebrates paying off the college debt |
May 24 | First baccalaureate degree issued | |
August 6 | Artesian well 钻井工人罢工供水 | |
1910 | October 13 | The laundry and boiler room at the back of North Hall (old 行政大楼) catch fire; a wind shift saves the residence hall section |
1911 | October | New power plant replaces one destroyed in 1910 fire |
1913 | January 27 | University of Washington grants accreditation to the preparatory department of WWC for one year |
March 28 | 书院书院书院教会(1st Village Hall) opens | |
Autumn | WWC入学人数达到 400 students | |
1914 | March 9 | 制作扫帚业务 discontinued |
May | 大学协会 成立(ASWWU的前身) | |
Sept. 9 | Bachelor of Music degree instituted | |
1915 | May | Western Collegian (the first yearbook) is published |
1916 | February | Snow storm leaves 48 inches of snow in 54 hours |
September | Collegian (a monthly magazine) is first published | |
1917 | May | Mountain Ash (the renamed yearbook) is first published |
11名大学生 graduate—a new record | ||
May 24 | 校友会成立 | |
1918 | November 3 | Flu epidemic; college closes for about a week |
1919 | January 18 | 书院书院书院教会(the first Village Hall) burns |
January 28 | 大火烧毁了四楼 旧的广告大楼 | |
1920 | April | WWC church opens (the second and current Village Hall) |
1922 | Spring | ASWWC replaces 大学协会 |
1924 | Science Building (Bowers Hall) completed | |
1925 | February 5 | 大学生变成了 weekly paper |
1926 | January 21 | College enrollment reaches 500 students |
1927 | April 28 | OPS is established |
Fall | 约翰逊音乐学院 completed | |
1928 | Fall | AGA is established |
1931 | Mar. 31-Apr.1 | 大学校园洪水泛滥 covers a few streets in 4-5 ft of water (second photo) (film) |
April 22 | First accreditation report denies accreditation to WWC | |
1933 | July 1 | Fire destroys most of Rachel Oakes Preston House (women’s residence hall) |
October 17 | WWC admitted to the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of Seventh-day Adventists by the Board of Regents (denominational accreditation) | |
1934 | Autumn | Conard Hall completed |
1935 | January 15 | WWC receives senior college accreditation from the University of Washington |
April 3 | WWC receives four-year accreditation from the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools | |
1936 | 1936 | 康纳德大厅专用 |
July 15 | 6.0 earthquake rattles windows at WWC | |
1938 | August 4 | Fire in the West Hall basement |
1939 | Spring | Columbia Auditorium opens (second photo) |
1940 | Dec. 12 | Men’s residence hall quarantined because of influenza epidemic |
1942 | Martin Airfield 是建在大学广场的吗 | |
1944 | May 11 | 彼得森纪念图书馆 is inhabited |
1945 | Dec. 24 | 大学城 is incorporated |
1947 | Summer | 护理学院于 波特兰疗养院 |
September | Sittner Hall它虽未完工,却已被占用 | |
1948 | Autumn | 生物学硕士获批准 |
1950 | June | 教育硕士获批准 |
1954 | August | 海事站财产 is purchased at Rosario Beach, near Anacortes, Washington |
Autumn | First Mask is published | |
1957 | October | Over 100 residence hall students are incapacitated by the flu |
1958 | 自助餐厅(后来命名为 Kellogg Hall) is built | |
October | College drills a new artesian well to replace 1909 well | |
1959 | January | Enrollment raises above 1400 for first time |
1962 | October 20 | College Church (now University Church) holds first service (建设视频) |
1963 | April 25 | KGTS-FM 第一次上电视 |
1964 | 沃拉沃拉山谷学院 (WWVA)在当前位置打开 | |
April 29 | Kretschmar Hall officially named, dedicated November 1st | |
1965 | August 22 | Smith Hall dedicated |
Nov. 14 | 学院面包店关门 | |
1966 | West Hall, College Bakery, old swimming pool, 旧学院/普通建筑 and the academy annex all removed during the school year | |
February 27 | 音乐系搬进了 Fine Arts Center,献给12月4日 | |
1967 | June 2 | 生命科学大楼(Rigby Hall) is dedicated |
1969 | Alumni Gym (冬季教育中心或WEC) is opened | |
1970 | October | 高层女生宿舍(Foreman Hall) opens |
October 3 | Biology Lodge near Tollgate, Oregon burns | |
1971 | October 11 | Engineering Department is accredited by the Engineers’ Council for Professional Development |
1972 | April | 董事会批准购买 Hallmark Apartments去年9月开业 |
December | College is reaccredited for ten years | |
1973 | May 17 | OPS停止运作 |
1974 | January 13 | Clyde and Mary Harris Art Gallery opens |
Autumn | Harris Pine Mills 在大学广场开业 | |
1975 | January 8 | Fire in a building adjacent to Foreman Hall damages the residence hall building |
1976 | October | Enrollment tops 2000 for first time |
1977 | 健康科学办事处开放 | |
1978 | Nursing Residence Hall, Portland Campus (Howard Hanson Hall) opens | |
Spring | OPS reinstated | |
March 23 | Columbia Auditorium 被大火烧毁 | |
Autumn | Classes begin in Industrial Technology Center (now Canaday Technology Center or CTC) (second photo) | |
1980 | April | Sociology and Social Work department is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. |
1981 | 哈夫斯塔德校友中心开放. | |
September 4 | College laundry closes (second photo) | |
1988 | January | First Master of Social Work classes taught |
1994 | Nov. 3 | 林德格伦化学部 (Rigby) dedication |
1996 | August 20 | New College Store ribbon cutting |
1997 | School of Social Work and Sociology opens campus in Missoula, Montana | |
April 27 | Chan Shun Pavilion dedicated | |
2001 | School of Social Work and Sociology opens campus in Billings, Montana | |
May | Lindgren Hall (Rosario) opens | |
2003 | Autumn | 原行政大楼 demolished (second photo) (third photo) |
Sept. 16 | 山景公寓 official opening | |
2004 | August 22 | 罗杰斯基督复临学校 (新)剪彩 |
Dec. 17 | 罗杰斯小学 demolished | |
2007 | April 28 | 新馆盛大开幕 行政大楼 (second photo) |
September 1 | 沃拉沃拉学院 officially becomes 沃拉沃拉大学 | |
2008 | Summer | Soccer field Completed |
2009 | Summer | The Hebbel-Janke Softball Complex (女子)完成 & 10月4日 |
2010 | March | 快线扩建完成 |
November | Nursing, Health, PE, and Social Work remodeling of WEC finished | |
2011 | November 3 | Atlas Opens |
2015 | Master of Arts in Media Ministry (changed to Cinema, Religion, and Worldview in 2018) established | |
2015-2016 | June - December | College Avenue reconstruction project; 之前(2015年一般校区) - 之后(一般校园2016) and 之前(College Place 2014) - 之后(College Place 2016) |
2017 | 鲍尔斯大厅改造; 之前(鲍尔斯大厅2017), 翻新(Bowers Hall 2017), Ribbon Ceremony (Bowers Hall 2017), and After (Bowers Hall 2018) | |
2017 | Move of Counseling and Testing Center and University Health Care and remodel of the 大学书店 | |
2020 | March 13 | Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, campus closes and all classes and tests go online for the end of Winter quarter and all Spring quarter. Graduation 2020 is held online for the first time in history! |
June | First doctorate degree offered: Doctor of Social Work | |
2021 | August | 新井开始了 drilled |