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Southwestern Oklahoma State University company history timeline

1901

Southwestern Normal School was established by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature on March 8, 1901, to prepare teachers for the public schools.

1920

In 1920 Southwestern Normal School became a four-year institution under the name Southwestern State Teachers College.

In 1920, the preparatory part of the school closed and a four-year baccalaureate degree program replaced it.

1921

The first baccalaureate degrees were awarded in May, 1921.

1939

Other major changes in name and purposes occurred in 1939 when the institution was designated as Southwestern State College of Diversified Occupations.

In 1939, the school added a vocational training curriculum to its teacher-training mission.

1949

The Oklahoma State Legislature in 1949 again changed the name, this time to Southwestern State College, without altering the broad scope of its purposes and education objectives.

1987

On July 1, 1987, by an act of the Oklahoma Legislature, Sayre Junior College merged with Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

2001

Jerry G. Nye, Southwestern Oklahoma State University: The First 100 Years (Weatherford, Okla.: Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 2001).

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