50 Years Ago:
- The $800,000 Dorm-Student Center (West Hall) neared completion. It opened on Sept. 30, 1963, with “housing for 168 students, a cafeteria serving 325 … [and] recreation facilities including table tennis, shuffleboard (see photo below), and billiards.” NMC was the first community college in the state to provide such a dormitory for its students.
25 Years Ago:
- NMC began offering weekend classes. Subjects ranged “from Computer Literacy to Psychology.”
- Record enrollment announced for Fall – 4,307 – a 30% increase over the previous two years.
From the NMC Archives at the Osterlin Library
