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1909

Northeastern Normal opened as a teacher training school in Tahlequah in September 1909.

1917

Good times for the school and country came to an abrupt halt in April 1917 when the United States declared war with Germany and entered World War I. Students responded immediately to the war effort and celebrated "Loyalty Day" on April 19, 1917.

1920

The headline of the April 1920 issue of the Exponent read, "NNIS To Become Teacher's College", making Foght's effort successful.

In 1920 enrollment exceeded one thousand for the first time.

1935

In 1935 Public Works Administration funding financed the construction of the first permanent dormitories, named after Ann Florence Wilson, matron of the Cherokee Female Seminary, and Charles N. Haskell, first governor of Oklahoma Territory.

1939

In 1939 the legislature renamed the school Northeastern State College.

NNIS could now award baccalaureate degrees, but not until 1939 did the state legislature change the school's name from Northern Normal and Industrial School to Northern State Teachers College.

1964

In response to NSTC's changing size and programs, in 1964 the state legislature changed its name to Northern State College.

1979

In 1979 the College of Optometry opened, making Northeastern one of fourteen schools in the United States to offer a doctorate in that field.

1984

Odie B. Faulk and Billy Mac Jones, Tahlequah, NSU, and the Cherokees (Tahlequah, Okla.: Northeastern State University Educational Foundation, 1984).

1989

On February 6, 1989, the state recognized this achievement and changed the name for the final time, from Northern State College to Northern State University.

2022

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