President Collins Announces Resignation 1968 October President Evan R. Collins announces that he will step down in June after twenty years leading the school.
The Water Tower Is Accepted With Instillation Of The Carillon Scheduled For The Spring 1968 October 8 The Water Tower is accepted with instillation of the Carillon scheduled for the Spring.
Students Participate In Senate 1968 October The Faculty Senate allows students to participate and vote in all Senate policy making bodies. Students are made members of the eight deliberative councils. This is a major move in the student rights movement.
Education Opportunities Program Becomes Reality 1968 October 29 Students in the newly renamed Educational Opportunities Program begin courses at the university.
Chaperone And Curfew Policies Dropped 1968 November Requirements for chaperones at campus parties are dropped. Curfews for female students now apply only to freshmen (soon to be abolished), mandatory sign-outs for women abolished, 24 hour open house policy allowed
African History Course Cancelled 1968 December Announcement of the cancellation of African History course during the Spring semester sparks student protest. One hundred and forty-one students sign petition to reinstate the course.
Chancellor Gould and Student Association Pledge to Increase Efforts at Fighting Inequality 1968 December 17 During a meeting between Chancellor Gould and the presidents of the Student Associations of the Universities and Colleges of the State University of New York, economic opportunity programs and race relations are discussed and a consensus is reached that more should be done within the state system...