50 Years Ago:

  • Enrollment expected to reach 900, with about 250 of these living in private homes scattered throughout the city.
  • Contracts were awarded for the new $800,000 dormitory-student center (West Hall).

25 Years Ago:

  • Student Government announced a schedule of talks by Mercury Morris (football great), Dr. Benjamin Spock (author- Baby and Child Care), and Larry Linville (Major Frank Burns on TV Series M*A*S*H), and others.
  • HEADLINE: “Record enrollment fills NMC dorms to capacity.”  Of 3800 students, 510 were living on campus.  One student reported “it’s crowded massively.”

From the NMC Archives at the Osterlin Library