Timeline

Historic image of Sisters and students standing outside Boniface Hall at the 쮸떴쑹틔 College Town Campus

Timeline of the 쮸떴쑹틔

1959&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;겐농깎 Benedictine Sisters of the Annunciation open the doors to 쮸떴쑹틔 College, offering 4-year undergraduate degrees in nursing and education. Mother Edane Volk serves as the college�셲 first president.

1963&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;Sister Anne Burns becomes the second president of the college, articulating a vision for "education in the professions with a strong liberal-arts base."

1965&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;Father Arno Gustin, who had served as president of Saint John's University in Minnesota, is selected as the third president.

1968 �� The heart of north campus is completed, featuring four buildings designed by world-famous architect Marcel Breuer.

1969&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 College achieves full accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

1970&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김; Dr. Harold Miller becomes fourth president of 쮸떴쑹틔 College. Under his leadership, the college becomes fully coeducational, inaugurates an athletics program, and achieves impressive financial health.

1978&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;Sister Thomas Welder is inaugurated as the fifth president of the college and serves in this capacity for 31 years.

1983&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 College offers its first graduate program in nursing.

1986&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 College achieves university status and is renamed the 쮸떴쑹틔.

The University experienced outstanding growth in enrollment, program offerings, and campus development through the 1980s & 1990s.

1999&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;겐농깎 university grants its first honorary degree.

2001&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;Sister Thomas unveils a vision of the 쮸떴쑹틔 as America's Leadership University.

2004 �� 쮸떴쑹틔 President Sister Thomas receives North Dakota�셲 highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award.

2006&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 Athletics moves from NAIA to NCAA Division II.

2006&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;A doctoral degree, Physical Therapy, is awarded for the first time.

2009&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;Monsignor James Shea is inaugurated as the sixth president of the 쮸떴쑹틔.

2010&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;Enrollment at the university reaches 3,000.

2010&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;겐농깎 쮸떴쑹틔 opens its first international campus, Rome, Italy.

2010&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 launches Bishop Paul A. Zipfel Catholic Studies Program and quickly becomes one of the largest and most respected programs in the United States.

2012 �� The 쮸떴쑹틔 enters into a first-of-its-kind collaborative agreement with Arizona State University (ASU) �� the largest public research university in the U.S. �� to offer ASU students the unprecedented opportunity to take courses in theological studies and Catholic studies.

2013 �� His Eminence, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, visits the 쮸떴쑹틔 and receives an honorary degree.

2014 �� The Higher Learning Commission awards the 쮸떴쑹틔 its second doctoral degree �� .

2014&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;In partnership with the National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), 쮸떴쑹틔 becomes one of a select few Catholic universities in the U.S. to offer a and the first in North Dakota.

2015&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;겐농깎 Higher Learning Commission awards the 쮸떴쑹틔 its third doctoral degree �� .

2015&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 announces innovative Year-Round Campus program �� where students have the option to get their degree in 2.6 years and master�셲 in four years.

2015&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 adds an engineering program.

2015&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 President Monsignor James P. Shea announces Vision 2030 Capital Campaign to raise $272 million for new programs and facilities.

2016&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 celebrates its first graduating class for the program.

2016&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 officially opens Roers Hall, a new residence hall in the center of campus.

2017&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 selected to lead the March for Life rally in Washington, DC.

2017&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 opens a new fieldhouse and wellness center.

2017&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 opens the Lumen Vitae University Center and the Warford Grotto.

2017&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔's premier occupational therapy program adds a Doctor of Occupational Therapy program.

2018&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 launches the Marauders Armada to fund athletic scholarships.

2018&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 unveils a new Marauders logo and brand.

2019&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 announces the new strategic plan for Marauders Athletics.

2019&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 announces plans to name its School of Health Sciences after Saint Gianna Beretta Molla.

2020&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 opens a new state-of-the-art School of Engineering facility.

2022&꾈끓끅김;��&꾈끓끅김;쮸떴쑹틔 announces the naming of the Hamm School of Engineering after Harold Hamm of Continental Resources.

2024 �� 쮸떴쑹틔 dedicates newly renovated, state-of-the-art Larry and EIleen Weigum Division of Nursing with advanced simulation labs to better prepare nurses for real-world care.

2025 �� 쮸떴쑹틔 opens the Butler Center for Early Learning and launches the to advance faith-based early childhood education.

2025 �� 쮸떴쑹틔 partners with the Diocese of Phoenix to provide academic formation for seminarians at Nazareth Seminary.