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1868 |
The Detroit Medical College, forerunner of the School of Medicine, was established. |
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1881 |
The Detroit Normal Training School, forerunner of the College of Education, was established. |
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1917 |
The Detroit Junior College, offering a two-year program in general education, was established in Old Main and later developed into the College of Liberal Arts. |
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1923 |
The Detroit Normal Training School became a four-year degree-granting institution under the name of the Detroit Teachers College. The first degrees were granted in 1924. The Detroit Junior College became the College of the City of Detroit with four-year degree programs. The first degrees were conferred in 1925. |
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1924 |
The College of Pharmacy was organized. |
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1930 |
The first regular graduate courses were offered in liberal arts and education. The first master’s degrees were conferred in 1932. |
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1933 |
Frank Cody becomes the first president. The colleges of liberal arts, education, engineering and medicine and the graduate school were united into a university organization, temporarily called the Colleges of the City of Detroit. |
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1934 |
The name Wayne University was adopted, taken from Wayne County and ultimately from General Anthony Wayne. |
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1935 |
The School of Public Affairs and Social Work was organized. In 1950 it became the School of Social Work. |
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1937 |
The Law School, established in 1927 as Detroit City Law School, became part of the university. |
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1942 |
Warren E. Bow becomes the second president. |
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1945 |
David D. Henry becomes the third president. The first doctoral programs were authorized in chemistry, physiological chemistry and education. The College of Nursing, which began as a program in the College of the City of Detroit, became a separate college. |
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1946 |
The School of Business Administration became the 10th academic unit in the University. |
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1952 |
Charles B. Hilberry becomes the fourth president. |
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1956 |
Wayne University became Wayne State University by Act 183 of Michigan Public Acts of 1956. |
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1959 |
Wayne State University Board of Governors was established. |
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1963 |
Wayne State was designated one of Michigan's three constitutionally established universities. |
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1964 |
The Division of Urban Extension was established. |
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1965 |
William R. Keast becomes the fifth president. |
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1971 |
George E. Gullen Jr. becomes the sixth president. |
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1973 |
The College of LIfelong Learning was established to be a successor to the Division of Urban Extension. |
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1974 |
The College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions was formed. |
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1978 |
Thomas Bonner becomes the seventh president. |
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1982 |
David Adamany becomes the eight president. |
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1986 |
The College of Fine and Performing Arts (later changed to Fine, Performing and Communication Arts) and the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs was established. |
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1993 |
The College of Science was established. |
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2000 |
The name of the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions changed to the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. |
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2004 |
The College of Science and the College of Liberal Arts merged to form The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. |
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2005 |
The College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs joined the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. |
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2008 |
Jay Noren becomes the 10th president. The Irvin D. Reid Honors College was created. |
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2009 |
The School of Library and Information Science was created. |
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2011 |
Allan Gilmour becomes the 11th president. |
