Van Derzee Hall Sold For $52,000 And Judge Newton B. Van Derzee Scholarship Established 1956 July 31 Van Derzee Hall sold for $52,000. Judge Newton B. Van Derzee Scholarship established by the Benevolent Association with funds from the sale.
Mu Lamda Alpha, Modern Languages Honorary Society, Founded 1956 Mu Lamda Alpha, modern languages honorary society, founded. Baseball goes intercollegiate.
East Hall, 358 Western Ave. & West Hall, 366 Western Ave. Acquired To House Women 1956 East Hall, 358 Western Ave. & West Hall, 366 Western Ave. acquired to house women. (Ibid.)
Commencement Held June 10, 1956 1956 June 10 New York State College for Teachers commencement held at the Alumni Quadrangle.
Richardson Hall Annex Opens 1956 September 20 Work on the Richardson Hall Annex began in the Fall of 1954 and took two years to complete. The annex was originally scheduled to open in the Spring of 1956, but a steelworkers strike that summer, work was not finished until the Fall. The Annex was originally planned to provide class room space,...
Van Derzee Scholarship Fund Established 1957 Van Derzee Scholarship Fund established by the Benevolent Association for needy undergraduates. Awards varied from $25 to $150. First scholarship awarded in January-June 1957 according to a news release for the January 1957 Alumni Quarterly found in the Van Derzee-Pierce Scholarship folder
Indonesian Program (Comparative Studies Development Center) Established 1957 Indonesian Program (Comparative Studies Development Center) established. Kappa Mu goes national, mathematics honorary.
Commencement Held June 16, 1957 1957 June 16 New York State College for Teachers commencement held at the Alumni Quadrangle.
Alden Hall State Dormitory Authority Funded 1958 September Alden Hall (State Dormitory Authority funded) opened and occupied by 200 women students. Briefly known as Women's Dormitory.
Commencement Held June 15, 1958 1958 June 15 New York State College for Teachers commencement held at the Alumni Quadrangle.