| June 26, 1956 |
LSUNO established by act of the Louisiana Legislature |
| December 14, 1957 |
LSU Board of Supervisors appoints Homer L. Hitt dean of proposed New Orleans branch |
| April 11, 1958 |
Homer L. Hitt announces first faculty appointments: Jack Carlton, chemistry; chairman of Division of Sciences; George Branam, English, chairman of the Division of Humanities; John M. Goudeau, librarian; Billy J. Good, physics, Mary L. Good, chemistry; Herbert J. Howe, geology. |
| April 11, 1958 |
LSU leases 178-acre tract from Orleans Levee Board as site of LSUNO for ($1 per year for 99 years). |
| September 5, 1958 |
LSUNO opening ceremonies |
| September 8, 1958 |
With a faculty of 63, LSUNO opens for registration; 1,498 students register. Full-time tuition is $15 per semester. |
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Judge Herbert Christenberry orders LSU to admit African-American students to LSUNO. |
| September 9, 1958 |
First two African-American students register at LSUNO. |
| September 12, 1958 |
LSUNO classes begin. |
| September 18, 1958 |
In response to two days of disordly conduct that included jeering at African-American students, Dean Homer L. Hitt issues a statement threatening suspension or expulsion of students attempting to disrupt “academic programs . . . (with) boisterousness and violence.” |
| May 15, 1959 |
First issue of LSUNO student newspaper, The Driftwood, is published. |
| 1961 |
Liberal Arts Building completed (first permanent structure on campus) |
| 1962 |
LSUNO Alumni Association organized |
| June 4, 1962 |
Board of Supervisors adopts resolution making the Vice President of LSUNO responsible directly to LSU President and to refine the
academic mission. |
| June 8, 1962 |
First LSUNO commencement; 115 students, including 73 admitted 1958, receive diplomas |
| 1963 |
Graduate School is established with first programs leading to master’s degrees in chemistry and physics |
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School of Education established |
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Evening Division established |
| 1964 |
UNO leases the former Camp Leroy Johnson site, now East Campus, from the Orleans Levee Board |
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Earl K. Long Library opens |
| 1965 |
First master’s degrees conferred |
| September 9, 1965 |
Hurricane Betsy strikes. Library is most heavily damaged building
on campus. |
| 1966 |
Urban Studies Institute established |
| April 2, 1966 |
LSU Board of Supervisors approves establishment of an LSUNO Ph.D. degree in chemistry |
| 1967 |
First doctorate degree conferred |
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University Center opens |
| December 1, 1969 |
Birth of (LS)UNO sports: Privateers men’s basketball team plays its first game, losing 68-63 to Louisiana College; goes on to 18-5 season. |
| 1971 |
Last remaining Navy building is vacated when the Workshop Theater moves into the new Drama Arts and Music Building (now the Performing Arts Center) |
| 1972 |
WWNO (89.9 FM) begins broadcasting |
| 1974 |
LSUNO’s name changes to University of New Orleans |
| 1976 |
UNO International Summer School acquires permanent home in
Innsbruck, Austria |
| 1977 |
UNO confers its 15,000th degree |
| Early 1980s |
Permanent off-campus centers are established in Jefferson Parish and downtown New Orleans, the latter emphasizing courses for the
business community |
| June 30, 1980 |
Founding Chancellor Homer L. Hitt retires; Leon J. Richelle succeeds him as UNO’s second chancellor |
| November 26, 1983 |
UNO Lakefront Arena on East Campus hosts its first games – women’s basketball and men’s basketball |
| 1984 |
Cooper Mackin becomes third chancellor |
| 1985 |
UNO opens first Women’s Studies program in Louisiana with the
Women’s Center |
| 1987 |
State Sen. Nat G. Kiefer’s name added to the UNO Lakefront Arena |
| June 11, 1988 |
Gregory O’Brien becomes UNO’s fourth chancellor, succeeding
Cooper Mackin |
| 1991 |
First distance learning courses leading to a bachelor’s degree are begun by UNO and the National Universities Degree Consortium (NUDC) |
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Levee Board and LSU Board of Supervisors approve development of Research and Technology Park |
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Benjamin Franklin High School relocates to UNO campus |
| 1994 |
UNO achieves Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
Four-Year II status |
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UNO becomes a member of Urban 13 |
| 1995 |
Slidell campus opens |
| 2002 |
Center for Energy Resource Management (CERM) opens in the UNO Research & Technology Park on the site formerly occupied by Pontchartrain Beach amusement park |
| 2003 |
Timothy P. Ryan becomes UNO’s fifth chancellor, succeeding
Gregory O’Brien |
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Ogden Museum of Southern Opens |
| 2004 |
Pierre A. Capdau School becomes first UNO Charter School |
| Aug. 29, 2005 |
Hurricane Katrina strikes |
| October 10, 2005 |
UNO reopens at the Jefferson Center becoming the first university in the New Orleans area to reopen following Hurricane Katrina. UNO offers 330 classes at the Jefferson Center and at other satellite locates and 860 more classes online. Enrollment numbers 7,000. |
| December 5, 2005 |
First post-Katrina classes on main campus are offered in mini-semester, composed of four-hour-per-day classes for two weeks. Eighty-one students enroll. |
| December 7, 2005 |
Former Presidents Bush and Clinton visit the UNO Campus to announce $90,000,000 in grants from their Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund; UNO is among the beneficiaries |
| January 20, 2006 |
UNO post-Katrina commencement ceremonies held at Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel; 788 students receive diplomas. |
| January 30, 2006 |
First post-Katrina regular semester begins on Lakefront Campus; some classes are held in a tent or other makeshift facilities. |
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