Milestones at Reinhardt College
1883 Captain A. M. Reinhardt and his brother-in-law, Mr. John J.A. Sharp, ask the North Georgia Methodist Conference in Dalton, Georgia, to provide a teacher and preacher for the children of Cherokee County.
1884 Reinhardt Academy opens in a cabinet shop near the present campus in January. The school is named for Reinhardt’s father. The first pupils range from elementary to college ages.
1885 First administration building built.
1888 First commencement held. Early commencements are community events, lasting several days and including pageants and military drills.
1891 Academy is incorporated as Reinhardt Normal College.
1903 First business class offered.
1904 Telephone installed in Waleska at President’s Home.
1906 First car driven on Campus.
1911 Reinhardt becomes a college.
1912 Water system installed.
1916 Campus power plant built.
1924 The first issue of The Hiltonian, the student newspaper, was published in May.
1925 Public school system assumes responsibility for the grammar school, but the classes continue to meet on the Reinhardt campus until 1948.
1926 Dobbs Building built.
1927 Reinhardt is accredited as a junior college.
1929 Electricity from Georgia Power comes to Reinhardt. Stock and dairy barns built. Students often work on the College farm to pay their way.
1939 Paul Jones Hall built.
1942 Road paved from Canton to Waleska.
1949 U.S. Vice President comes to “Soil Conservation Day.” In one day, 1000 U.S. veterans and volunteers made almost $100,000 in improvements. 1951 Burgess Administration Building completed.
1956 High school grades transfer to Cherokee High School.
1957 Student government association founded.
1969 Hill Freeman Library, Cobb Hall and Roberts Hall built.
1975 Chatsworth Center opens.
1977 Hal B. Wansley President’s Home built.
1980 Lake Mullenix built.
1982 Brown Athletic Center built. Intercollegiate men’s basketball reinstated. The Eagle was selected as the College's official mascot
1983 Women’s basketball and softball added. Centennial Celebration held.
1985 W. Frank and Evelyn J. Gordy Center opens.
1986 Bratton Carillon Tower built.
1987 Hagan Chapel (Waleska United Methodist Church) built. North Fulton Center opened in Roswell.
1988 Joseph Baxter Recreation Center built. First A Day for Reinhardt raises scholarship funds for local students.
1989 Herbert I. and Lilla W. Gordy Hall completed. (Was named in 1994.)
1991 Evelyn Gordy Hospitality House moved from Atlanta to Campus. Intercollegiate soccer added.
1992 Baccalaureate program in business administration began. Innovative campus-wide computer/video/phone network installed.
1993 George M. Lawson Academic Center and McCamish Broadcast Center open.
1994 First two bachelor’s degrees awarded in business, and Reinhardt is accredited as a baccalaureate institution.
1995 North Fulton Center moves to Roswell Mall.
1996 Norman W. Paschall Plaza completed. Chatsworth Center closes. Dr. Newt Gingrich, who began co-teaching a Reinhardt history course in 1994, is named U.S. Speaker of the House.
1997 Baccalaureate programs in biology, communication and liberal studies added. Dobbs Science Building renovated. Cartersville Center opened.
1998 College switches to semesters. Baccalaureate program in education begins. $20 million Capital Campaign concludes and raises $30.5 million. William W. Fincher Jr. and Eunice L. Fincher Visual Arts Center built. 1999 Added baccalaureate programs in art and psychology, as well as accounting and information systems concentrations. Began athletic competition against other four-year schools and added tennis and cross country. Opened the F. James and Florrie G. Funk Heritage Center. Launched institutional and athletic logos.
2000 Added sociology, sports information and communications. North Fulton Center moves to Alpharetta, Ga. Women’s soccer added. Cartersville Center closed.
2001 Student programming expands to include outdoor program. Dedicated the Fred H. and Mozelle Bates Tarpley Education Center, the George M. McClure Water Treatment Plant and the renovated Varsity Room.
2002 The Floyd A. and Fay W. Falany Performing Arts Center opens. Added baccalaureate programs in English, history, music, religion, as well as a management concentration.
2003 Added women’s volleyball. Dedicated the renovated and expanded James & Sis Brown Athletic Center and the Jim & Syble Boring Sports Complex and the expanded and renamed Hill Freeman Library and Spruill Learning Center.
2004 Apartment-style residence halls open at capacity. Baseball and fast-pitch softball added.
2005 Added public relations and advertising; marketing; media, culture and society; and public safety leadership, thus bringing the number of degree programs to 33. The $15 million Capital Campaign announced.
2006 Ground broken for Hasty Student Life Center. New baccalaureate programs in biology, English and music education approved. Capital Campaign goal raised to $17 million. Recruiting begins for women’s golf team. Record number of new students welcomed to campus.
2007 SACS approved first graduate program – master of business administration. Hasty Student Life Center completed. Women’s golf added. First endowed faculty chair, the William W. Fincher, Jr. Chair of the Visual Arts, was funded. Baccalaureate programs in math and digital art and graphic design, and concentration in special education, added.
2008 Celebrates 125th anniversary and concludes an $18.7 million capital campaign. SACS reaffirms Reinhardt's undergraduate accreditation and, later in the year, accredits Reinhardt as a level III-graduate institution. Adds new programs in World Languages and Cultures, criminal justice, and professional communication leadership.
2009 Held 1st Convocation of Artists and Scholars, a weeklong celebration of student art, music, research, writing, and leader-ship. Announces Master of Music and Master of Arts in Teaching in Early Education. Adds associate degrees in criminal justice and fire management, a certificate program in homeland safety management, and a Public Safety Institute. Intercollegiate athletic teams switch to the Appalachian Athletic Conference, and adds men's lacrosse. Approves theatre program. Launches math secondary education program. Offers selected programs in Cartersville and Epworth, Ga. Recruiting begins for women's lacrosse, to launch in 2010.
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