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Announcement That The Department Of Chemistry Has Been Award Ed A $17,500 National Science Foundation Grant To Upgrade Laboratory Equipment In The Biochemestry Lab

1963 April

Announcement that the Department of Chemistry has been award- ed a $17,500 National Science Foundation Grant to upgrade laboratory equipment in the biochemestry lab for sophomores, juniors and seniors. The new equipment will allow students to isolate viruses, cytoplasmic particles, enzimes, etc....

Wsua, Am Student Radio Station, Signs On The Air

1963 February 22

WSUA, AM student radio station, signs on the air. The broadcast studio was a janitor’s closet in the basement of Brubacher Hall. The station was originally known as WSCA.

December Bids Received By Construction Fund For The Estimated $26 Million Academic I Complex

1963

December Bids received by Construction Fund for the estimated $26 million Academic I complex (the West end of the Podium including the Education Building, the Humanities Building, the Library, the Social Sciences Building) at the Uptown Campus. The contract went to Basic Construction.

New Name For School Yearbook Chosen, Torch, Replacing Pedagogue, The Yearbooks Name Since 1913

1963 May

New name for school yearbook chosen, Torch, replacing Pedagogue, the yearbooks name since 1913. The name was chosen by the members of Kappa Delta Sorority who received a gift certificate from the Co-op.

Students Stage First Tuition Protest

1963 February 5

Students stage first tuition protest, including a boycott of classes, a picket of the campus, and a march on the State Capital.

Enrollment At 4,711

1964 September

Enrollment 4,711: 1,219 freshmen, 298 transfers, 1,0436 graduate students (90 PHD candidates).

First Award Of The Scholarship From The Mr. & Mrs. Ben V. Smith Fund Established In Benevolent Association For Students In Science Courses

1964 December

-–First award of the scholarship from the Mr. & Mrs. Ben V. Smith Fund established in Benevolent Association for students in science courses following $350,000 bequest by Irma St. John Smith in honor of her late father, Joseph St. John, a State Normal School graduate, class of 1868, and faculty...

Dutch Quad Occupied By Female Students Staying At Thruway Motor Inn

1964 December 12 & 13

Dutch Quad occupied by female students staying at Thruway Motor Inn with aid of Kappa Beta Fraternity brothers.

Project Carillon Begun To Raise $40,000 For Alumni Carillon On Uptown Campus

1964 Fall

Project Carillon begun to raise $40,000 for Alumni Carillon on Uptown Campus.

Two Hundred Men Move Into Incomplete Rensselaer & Rywick Dorms

1964 October 24