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1890-1900
1890 - State Land Grant College established
1891 - George Lilley, President (1891-1892)
1892 - State College opens - 29 students; 63 prep. Students: 5 faculty
1892 - John Heston, President (1892-93)
1893 - Enoc Bryan, President (1893-1915)
1894 - YMCA established (November)
1895 - YWCA established
1900-1910
1905 - College name changed to State College of Washington
1910-1920
1916 - Ernest Holland, President (1916-1944); enrollment reaches 2130
1919 - Cougar adopted as mascot
1920-1930
1922 ca. - Trinity Lutheran Campus Ministry established
1924 - Wesley Foundation established (April)
1924 - Enrollment reaches 3129
1930-1940
1936 - Enrollment reaches 4702
1938 - Campus based University Christian Mission Federal Council Student
Christian Movement (SCM)
1940-1950
1940 - Enrollment reaches 5114
1942 - Stan Rheiner, YMCA Director (1942 -1975)
1945 - Wilson Compton (wife Helen), President (1945-51)
1945 ca. - Cunningham, Wesley Staff-Methodist Campus Minister
1945 - Herb Schulze, Presbyterian Campus Minister (1945-55)
1945 - Westminister Foundation established
1946 - Inter-Varsity meets in Baptist Church
1946 ca. - Disciples join Presbyterian Church
1947 ca. - Quincy, Wesley Staff-Methodist Campus Minister
1948 - Wesley Building
1949 - Enrollment 7836
1950-1960
1951 - President Compton resigns
1951 - UCM
1952 - C. Clement French, President (1952-1966)
1953 - Roger Williams Foundation begins in response to Inter-Varsity
1954 - Myron Erickson, Baptist campus minister at Roger Williams House and
Buchanman House
1956 - Wally Toevs, Presbyterian campus minister (1956-62)
1957 ca. - Karl Ufer, ALC campus minsiter
1957 ca. - Dean Holt, Canterbury Club-Episcopal campus minister
1957 ca. - George Mink, Wesley-Methodist campus minister
1957 ca. - Religious Directors Association (RDA); "Food For Thought" campus
ministers develop close working relationship
1958 - Koinonia House puchased by the Presbyterian Synod from Alpha Chi
Omega
1959 - Bill Goding, Baptist campus minister - Roger Williams Foundation
1959 - WSC becomes WSU
1960-1970
1960 ca. - Faith and Life Community later joined by Baptists (1960-69)
Serendipity House (girls)
Roger Williams House (boys)
1961 - Hal Hargraves, Canterbury Club-Episcopal campus minister
1962 - Arland Fowler, Presbyterian campus minister
1962 - Bill Goding leaves over church struggle
1962 - Migrant Ministry Program with YWCA - George Mink
1962 - Faculty Forums (published papers) - Hal Hargraves
Roots of the COMMON MINISTRY
George Mink (Meth.)
Bill Goding (Bapt.)
Dean Holt (Epis.)
Wally Toevs (Presb.)
Hal Hargraves (Epis.)
Phil Engstrom (Luth.)
1964 - Earl Gosa, half-time Baptist campus minister
Harley Hunt, Student Intern (64-65)
1965 - THE COMMON MINISTRY established
Staff Covenant (Jan. 7, 1965)
Articles of Incorporation (Fall, 1965)
Ted Edquest, UCC Pastor
1965 - Tony Phillips, Staff Theologian - "Help the University be the University"
1967 - Glenn Terrell, President (1967-1985)
1967 - Dave Leach, half-time Baptist campus minister
Bob McCrory, Student Intern
1968 ca. - Lloyd Peterson, AG, stops worship in CUB
1968 ca. - 'SBLOOD' published by The Common Ministry
'SBLOOD' becomes 'SCORN'
1968 ca. - Coffeehouse opens in basement
1968 ca. - Fore-runner of Black Studies Program starts at K-house with YWCA
1968 - Fowler leaves, Mink leaves, Hargrave leaves - Staff is down to Phillips,
Sandy Kreiss (Luth.) And Leach
1968 ca. - CUB closed for remodeling for almost 2 years
1968 ca. - Free University begins
1969 - John Butler, Disciple, Director of The Common Ministry (1969-75)
Loren Rude, Lutheran campus ministry
1969 - Hildie Lewellen, Secretary (1969-70)
1969 - Anti-Vietnam War Protest and student unrest results in sit-in in
Placement Bureau and French Adm. - 3 week student strike
1969 - K-House becomes strike headquarters
1969 - Exchange program with Doshisha Hawaii Ryo - Masaaki Takashi &
John Robertson
1970-1976
1970 - Guns on campus, Black Activist movement, students with long hair
and beards attacked
1970 - University offers Racism Workshop
1970 - Rogers Field burns
1970 - K-House programs: racial involvement, shepherding, religious studies
Reconciling ministry, rebuilding credibility
1970 - Jo Ellen Savage, secretary (1970-73)
1971 - King Rockhill, Meth. Campus minister
1971 - Hunger Program & Rural Church Project
1971 - Ed Turner, SDA campus minister (1971-73)
1971 - Doshisha exchange program - Kazuhiko Nagatomo
1971 - Gay Awareness, Black Students, ADA Mothers use K-House as their
meeting place
1972 - Doshisha exchange - Takashi Nakamoto, Dean Reynolds, Dan Hunter
1973 - Living Faith Fellowship begins
1973 - Marva Sedore, Concordia Lutheran campus minister
1973 - Elaine Zinke, secretary (1973-75)
1973 - Doshisha exchange - Eiichi Iwaki and Myong Lee
1974 - King Rockhill leaves
1974 - Roger Pettenger, Lutheran campus minister (1974-1998)
1975 - Sue Lott, secretary (1975-76)
1975 - Rick Redman, UCC, Interm Director
1975 - Doshisha exchange - Moto Kabayshi and David Mullen
1975 - Bob Luhring, Concordia Lutheran campus minister
1976 - Ann Russell, secretary (1976-77)
1976 - Jim Nielsen, Presbyterian, Director of The Common Ministry
1976 - Doshisha exchange - Hideo Inove and Ron Kennedy
1977-1979
1977 - Marge Cameron, Office Manager (1977-81)
1977 - Bob Harvey, So. Baptist campus minister office at K-House
1977 - Programs: Life/Work Planning, Parenting, Marriage Preparation,
Assertiveness Training, Men's Issues, Crisis Line
1977 - Doshisha exchange - Hideo Ito
1978 - Crisis Line established and housed at K-House
1978 - Laurie Fox, Luth. Campus minster at U of I
1978 - Increased visibility of Fundamental religious groups
1978 - Doshisha exchange - Miko Kido, Tim Arnolk and Marc Modica
1979 - President Carter reactivates Draft Registration
1979 - Common Ministry organizes protest of Draft Registration and establishes
Whitman County Draft Counseling Service
1979 - Father/Infant Program (1979-83)
1979 - Doshisha exchange - Marc Modica
1980-1990
1980 - Increased conflict between religious groups and homosexuals
1980 - Referendum passed to remove Gay People's Alliance committee status,
G.P.A. evicted from CUB office
1980 - Common Ministry provides strong advocacy for G.P.A.
1980 - Maranatha Ministry begins
1980 - Enrollment reaches 17,468
1980 - President Reagan begins CIA directed Contra War in Nicaragua
1980 - Mt. St. Helens erupts
1981 - G.P.A. office moves to K-house
1981 - Advocates for Peace in Central America organized
Leslie Petterson-Scott
1981 - Heather Douglass, Meth. US-2 minister to students
1981 - Common Ministry brings play DAMIEN to campus
1981 - Lee Meier, Office Manager (1981-1990)
1981 - Doug Bosscher, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship office in K-House
1981-1984
1981 - WSU declares financial exigency - fear and distrust high
1981 - Common Ministry brings together faculty leadership to explore ways of
dealing with fear and distrust among the faculty
1982 - Common Ministry sponsors first all campus forum to address to fear
and distrust on campus
1982 - Doshisha exchange - Stuart Forsyth
1983 - "Reverse Mission - Latin America Experience" in Cuernavaca (Aug.)
1983 - Community Forum on "Aryan Nations" (Fall)
1984 - Jim Watson, Meth minister to students (1984-1991)
1984 - Doug Ammon, SDA campus minister - established Studio 7
1984 - Jo Hughes, Coordinator for Hunger Task Force/Bread for the World
1984 ca. - Demonstrations against Contra War
1984 ca. - CUB Board "evicts" YWCA
1984 ca. - YWCA moves office to K-House
1985-1990
1985 - Sam Smith, President (1985-2000)
1985 - "Reverse Mission-Latin America Experience II to Nacaragua
1985 - Leslie Petterson-Scott and Jim Nielsen nominated for 1st Annual
Palouse Prize
1985 - Beth Snyder, SDA - Studio 7 manager
1986 - Inter-Faith Dialogu group convenes
1986 - Becky Glaesner, SDA-Studio 7 manager (1986-88)
1986 - The Common Ministry nominated for 2nd Annual Palouse Peace Prize
1987 - Joseph Chen Ming-Hsien from Taiwan joins staff for Fall Semester as part
of a campus minister exchange
1988 - Jim Nielsen travels to Asia as part of a campus minister exchange
1988 - Mark Thomlison, SDA-Studio 7 manager (1988-89)
1988 - WSU Faculty Stress Study
1988 - Common Ministry begins process to establish a conflict Resolution
(Mediation) Center
1989 - Common Ministry begins process to establish a Service/Learning Center
1989 - Blodwyn Eckert, SDA-Studio 7 manager (1989-92)
1989 - Wanda Jo Johnson, YWCA director (1989-91)
1989 - Gail Stearns, Presbyterian - Campus minister for Spirituality and
Women's Concerns
1989 - 1st Annual progressive Dinner and Auction
1989 - Branch Campuses open
1990-1999
1990 - Tish Ryan, Office Manager/Minister to Those Living With AIDS
1990 - Gulf War
1990 - Whitman County Draft Counseling Service re-established; draft
information seminars offered
1990 - Inter-Faith Dialogue provides seminars on Middle East
1990 - Establishment of the Herb and Ruth Schulze Campus Ministry
Endowment Fund (Phyllis Thonney)
1990 - Participated in a joint venture with St. Thomas More in an
Alternative Spring Break "Urban Plunge"
1991 - AIDS Awareness seminars and programs begun
1991 - Peer Minister Program established
1992 - Mark Randall, Methodist Campus Minister to Sutdent (1992-98)
1992 - Marie Eldridge, SDA - Studio 7 Manager
1994 - Common Ministry declares itself "Open and Affirming"
1994 - Controversy over the dismissal of Dallas Barnes; racism concerns voiced
1995 - Baptists threaten to withhold money because of seminar on "The Bible and
Homosexuality"
1995 - Formal charges filed with the Presbytery against Jim Nielsen for
officiating at same-sex union
1995 - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Association granted ASWSU committee status
1995 - GLBA moves office from K-House to CUB after 15 year exile
1995 - Total enrollment 19,596
1996 - First Mexico Mission Trip-Alternative Christmas Break
1996 - Peace Pole planted
1997 - Tish Ryan named WSU Woman of Distinction
1997 - Morris Dees brought to campus by Inter-Faith Dialogue group
1997 - Wilhelmina Sarai-Clark, Episcopal campus pastor
1997 - Barbara Aston, Office Manager (1997-98)
1998 - WSU's first Rose Bowl appearance in 67 years
1998 - Riot on campus just before finals related to campus alcohol policies
1998 - Kathy Neary, United Methodist campus pastor
1998 - Doug Venn, Seventh-Day Adventist campus pastor
1998 - Julie Roberts, Office Manager
1998 - Roger Pettenger retires as Lutheran Campus Pastor
1998 - Janine Goodrich, Interim Lutheran Campus Pastor (1998 - 1999)
1999 - Jim Nielsen retires as Director of The Common Ministry
1999 - Gail Stearns, Presbyterian, Director of The Common Ministry
1999 - Randall Nicolai, Lutheran Campus Pastor
2000 - Present
2000 - V. Lane Rawlins, President WSU
2000 - Russ Leonard, House Manager
2000 - Common Ministry participates in WSU Council on Campus Climate
(2000-2001)
2000 - Debi Robinson Smith, YWCA Director (2000-2003)
2001 - Kelly Fields, House Manager
2001 - Common Ministry participates in WSU's First Annual Diversity Kick-Off
2001 - Common Ministry representation on Pullman Human Rights Commission
2001 - 9/11 Common Ministry staff and students organize series of Interfaith
gatherings
2001 - CM brings Dr. Mel White, co-founder of Soul Force, to campus
(October 10)
2002 - Development Campaign begins - in honor of former Director Jim Nielsen
2001 - CM works with Honors College and other campus organizations
to bring Parker Palmer to campus (March 6)
2003 - Tim Bartunek, House Manager
2003 - Kathy Neary moves to Seattle, Pastor of Green Lake UMC
2003 - Robert Hicks, United Methodist Campus Pastor
2003 - Common Ministry launches Koinonia House Campaign
2003 - Wilhelmina Sarai-Clark, Community Liaison
2003 - Betty Clark, YWCA Director (2003-2004)
2004 - Vegans becomes the Down and Out Cafe
2004 - CM brings Mark Potok of SPLC to campus in response to
Christ Church proslavery stand (February 5)
2004 - Clare Niemi, House Manager
2004 - Emily Sly, YWCA Director
2004 - Randall Nicolai and Lutheran Campus Ministry moves to
St. Thomas More Newman Center
2004 - Accessibility renovations to K-House begin in August
2004 - Director chairs one of three Faculty Senate task forces drafting an Academic Integrity Policy for WSU
2005 - Common Ministry and Interfaith Dialog sponsor talk by Imam Yahya Hendi of Georgetown University on Christian, Jewish and Muslim cooperation
2005 - Shari DeMaris, House Manager
2005 October - Common Ministry at WSU celebrates 40th anniversary
2006 September - Joan Opyr, YWCA Director
2008 Common Ministry recipient of WSU's Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Community Organization
2008 Alissa Bertsch Johnson, United Methodist Executive Director & Campus Pastor, Wesley Foundation
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