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The New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair opens its doors. Governor John Franklin Fort attends the dedication ofHigherHall, the school’s first building. 1910. The school’s first graduating matriculation numbers just 45. 1915. Russ Hall, the college's first dormitory, opens. 1918. As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, the New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair has graduated a total of 1,464 teachers, increasingly than 1,200 of whom teach in New Jersey. 1919. The school’s yearbook, then tabbed The Palatine, is printed for the first time. It’s named for “that highest pinnacle of Rome, from whose height could be seen the panorama of the warmed-over world of learning.” 1920. Charles S. Chapin, the school’s first principal, expresses his snooping well-nigh flapper influences on campus. 1924.WithoutCharles S. Chapin’s death, Harry Sprague becomes principal. 1926. The school’s first student-run newspaper, The Montclairion, is launched. It changes its name to The Pelican in 1928. 1927. The school is renamed Montclair State TeachersHigherand offers a four-year teaching degree. Harry Sprague becomes president. 1928. A second dorm, Chapin Hall, opens. 1928. The college’s first men’s sports teams are formed, going by the name “Big Red.” The football squad finishes the season with a 0-4 record, while the basketball team finishes with a 3-6 record. 1929. One of Montclair’s first graduates, William O. Trapp, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism. 1929. The first men’s baseball team finishes its inaugural season with a 0-5 record. 1929. The school’s first fraternity, tabbed The Senate, is formed. 1932. Montclair is authorized to grant master’s degrees. It soon offers a master’s of fine arts. 1936. With the help of students and faculty, the Amphitheater is synthetic under the direction of the Works Progress Administration. 1937. Sprague Field is defended during a football game versus Hofstra University. 1947.Withoutthe end of World War II, so many veterans enroll at Montclair state that temporary classrooms are set up in wooden war-surplus buildings. 1947. Coach Chet Pittser leads the football team to its first undefeated season. Pittser Field is later named in his honor. 1949. The New Jersey School of Conservation, the environmental education field campus of Montclair State, is established. It remains the largest and oldest university-operated environmental education part-way in the nation. 1950. A story in Life magazine reports on the nationwide higher facilities shortage as GIs flock to higher without World War II. Montclair State’s Life Hall is defended to those who gave their lives serving their country. 1951. E. DeAlton Partridge becomes Montclair State’s third president. 1952. The nation’s first educational television programs are unconcentrated from the Montclair State campus. The studio is a converted bowling alley, with transmitters sending signals to New Jersey as well as parts of New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. 1954. Montclair State’s men’s basketball team sets a record for points scored in a single game while knocking off Bloomfield College, 120-102. 1958.Withouta merger with the Panzer School of Physical Education, Montclair StateHigheris born. 1966. Montclair State becomes a multi-purpose institution, whereas its first liberal arts students. 1969. The college’s first women’s basketball team ends its debut season with an impressive 9-3 record. 1973. Dr. David W.D. Dickson is named president, rhadamanthine the first African American to lead a four-year higher in New Jersey. 1976. The men’s wrestling team wins the national championship in 1976. It repeats that feat in 1986. 1978. The women’s basketball team, led by Carol Blazejowski, reaches the Final Four. Blazejowski scores over 3,100 points—the most by any collegiate player, male or female—before her graduation. 1982. For the 50th time, Montclair State takes on Trenton State in the oldest zippy collegiate football rivalry in the state of New Jersey.Increasinglythan 8,600 fans watch as Montclair State wins its ninth New JerseySturdyConference championship with a 25-13 victory. 1986. Montclair State receives two Governor's Challenge Grants: in the arts and hair-trigger thinking. The Institute forHair-triggerThinking is established the pursuit year. 1987. Montclair State’s baseball team captures its first NCAA crown.  It will repeat the victory in 1993 and 2000. 1989. The sturdy department changes its mascot to the Red Hawk. 1994. Montclair StateHigheris re-christened Montclair State University. 1995. Montclair State dedicates thePart-wayof Pedagogy, the first of its kind in the nation. 1998. Dr. Susan A. Cole becomes Montclair State's eighth president and the first woman to lead the University. 1998. Montclair State receives clearance from the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education to offer a doctor of education stratum in pedagogy, the first doctoral program in its 90-year history. 1999. Science Hall, which houses theHigherof Science and Mathematics, opens with 11 labs, three greenhouses and a student annex. 2004. MSU Softball Stadium, hailed as one of the finest on-campus softball facilities in the Northeast, opens its doors. 2004. The 500-seat Alexander Kasser Theater—a multi-use facility for performances of drama, musical theater, dance, orchestral concerts, solo recitals and chamber opera—opens to unconfined applause. 2006. The John J. Cali School of Music is established. 2008. With much fanfare, Montclair State University celebrates its centennial. 2009. Forbes magazine names Montclair State the "Best Public University in New Jersey.” 2010. The University launches a $650 million campus master plan. New facilities will include a School of Business, aPart-wayfor Environmental and Life Sciences, a Communication and Media Studies Center, and a Visual Arts and Design Center. 2011. The Heights, a state-of-the-art, 2,000-bed residential facility, opens at the north end of campus. Built through a public-private partnership, it is the largest university residence in New Jersey. 2011. Renovated Finley Hall is renamed in honor of alumnus distributor Conrad J. Schmitt. 2011.Part-wayfor Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health is established. 2012. The U.S. Department of State recognizes Montclair State as a top producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars. 2012. World's firstPart-wayfor Quantitative Obesity Research is established. 2012. Nation's first Guy Fieri on Campus restaurant opens in Blanton Hall supplies court. 2012. School of Communication and Media is established. 2012. The FelicianoPart-wayfor Entrepreneurship is established with a $1 million souvenir from Mimi and Edwin Feliciano. 2012. Field Hockey wins the NJAC Championship. and Men's Soccer are NJAC Regular-Season Champions. 2013. Women's Basketball are NJAC Champions and go onto the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time in the history of the University, and set the school record for most wins in one season finishing the season 26-0. 2013. Softball are NJAC Champions and NCAA Regional Champions. 2013. Ground is wrenched for two new wonk facilities: a new School of Business towers and thePart-wayfor Environmental and Life Sciences. 2014. Women’s Basketball are NJAC Champions and whop to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Championship Tournament for the first time in University history. 2014. Montclair State becomes the first public university in New Jersey to prefer an SAT/ACT Optional policy for undergraduate admissions. 2015. The University receives a $20 million unrecognized souvenir – the largest in its history – in support of the School of Business. 2015. Women’s Basketball are NJAC Champions and whop to the Final Four of the NCAA Championship Tournament, finishing third in the nation. 2015. The University opens two new buildings, thePart-wayfor Environmental and Life Sciences and the facility housing the School of Business, which is renamed the Feliciano School of Business in honor of longtime supporters and benefactors Mimi and Edwin Feliciano. 2016. For the first time, the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education recognizes Montclair State as a Research Doctoral University. 2016. The School of Nursing is established. 2016. Montclair State is designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education. 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