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| Franklin Pierce University Chronology |
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| 1962 |
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State Incorporation |
State of New Hampshire incorporates and charters Franklin Pierce College under the provisions of Chapter 292 R.S.A.
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| 1964 |
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Crestview, the first new dormitory is built |
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First Arrow |
Pierce Arrow is published
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| Winter Carnival celebrated for the first time |
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| Parents’ Weekend held for the first time |
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Catalog |
1964-1965 Catalog
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| 1966 |
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Commencement Program
Commencement Invitation
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First Commencement held, 11 students graduate
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A two semester academic program is held (Sep-Dec, Jan-Apr) with an optional two session summer semester (May-Aug) for students wishing to graduate in eight semesters.
White House is first women’s dormitory
Edgewater dormitory groundbreaking held
Professor Stellan Wollmar designs college seal from Pierce family coat-of-arms with date of college founding and motto.
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| 1968 |
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FP is accredited with eight major programs by NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges)
Enrollment reaches 900 students
Field House completed
Granite Hall Dormitory is built
Three scholarships are funded: Raymond Fogelman Memorial Scholarship and Sella Sweeting Fogelman Scholarship; Helen E. Small Memorial Scholarship, and Dean’s List Scholarship.
WFPR-AM 640 goes on the air |
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President's Report |
President’s Office issues The First Five Years
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1965 |
State of New Hampshire grants FP statutory authorization to grant B.A. and B.S. degrees, subject to continuation if favorably recommended by the Coordinating Board of Higher Education and Accreditation
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Statutory Authorization |
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472 students are enrolled representing 12 states and 3 foreign countries. More than half the student body is drawn from New York and New Jersey.
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Monadnock dormitory opens
DeGregorio is built
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Brochure |
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1967 |
Library groundbreaking held.
The 1967-68 Catalog describes the library: “on the first floor of The Manor, and consists of a large New England reading room overlooking the surrounding hills with Mount Monadnock in the distance. New stackrooms with both the classics and the most recent nonfiction adjoin the reading room. Holdings of the library are expanding daily to supplement the College curriculum and the professional requests of the faculty.” |
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A Core Curriculum of liberal arts studies is introduced
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Sawmill Apartments built
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1968-1969 Catalog Excerpt |
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1969 |
DiPietro Library Resource Center opens
Ravencroft Theatre opens
Mt. Washington and New Hampshire dormitories open
College colors change to crimson and gray from blue and gold.
Five intercollegiate teams are fielded, all are men’s teams
Faculty Senate started
The Core Curriculum is reviewed and approved by the faculty; students are required to take English Composition or Rhetoric, Foreign Language, Laboratory Science, Social Science Core (Introduction to History, introduction to another social science), Humanities Core (two humanities courses)
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