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Campbellsville College 1959 -1996
Campbellsville University 1996 - 2006
Russell Creek Academy 1906 - 1924
1900
Russell Creek Association of Baptists forms a committee to draft a charter for the Russell Creek Academy (RCA).
1906
Charles R. Hoskins sells ten acres for the campus.
An Administration Building, with a 500-seat auditorium, eight classrooms, music and art rooms, and play area in the basement, is finished.
1907
J.S. Stapp Hall, a residence hall, is built.
RCA begins elementary and secondary classes in September. W.G. Welborn is appointed first Principal. Normal Teacher Training also begins.
1912
Warren M. Jones becomes President for one year.
1913
Institution is leased to Taylor County Board of Education for one year with J.P. Boling, Principal. Baptist men raise funds to retain school.
1914
Welborn returns as Principal. Fifty-two acre farm is bought to be used in agriculture courses and to provide jobs for students and food for the dining room.
1915
RCA is accredited by the State College Association. A.R. Abernathy becomes President.
1917
House on southeast corner of College and Hoskins streets is purchased for a boysí residence hall.
1918
Romulus Skaggs succeeds Abernathy as President.
1919
Presidentís home is purchased on the corner of Hoskins and Underwood streets. The campus expands to eighteen acres. Brickyard, managed by Walter Hoskins, is purchased. Its bricks, stamped RCA, are used in campus buildings.
1922
L. E. Curry succeeds Skaggs as President.
An annex to Stapp Hall with large porches is built.
1923
Gymnasium, now Student Activities Center, is built.
1924
Last RCA class graduates; Campbellsville College High School classes continue until 1938. First term of Campbellsville Junior College begins.
Campbellsville Junior College 1924 - 1959
1925
George J. Burnett succeeds Curry as President.
1926
Warren F. Jones succeeds Burnett as President. The college has elementary and secondary programs, two years of college courses, and Normal and Business departments.
1930
Denton J. Wright succeeds Jones as President.
The college farm property is sold.
1939
The Administration Building burns on April 14.
1940
New Administration Building opens on January 2.
1941
Warren F. Jones succeeds Wright as President.
Elementary grades are discontinued.
1943
Menís residence hall is sold.
1945
W.M. Caudill succeeds Jones as President.
1946
Student work program is initiated enabling students to work their way through school.
1949
John M. Carter succeeds Caudill as President.
1950
Menís residence hall, now Carter Hall, opens. College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Enrollment reaches 431.
1953
New Alumni Building opens. Womenís residence hall, named for D.L. Druien, is completed.
1955
Under the direction of Herb Keeton, the student work program becomes Campbellsville Industries.
1957
Graduating class reaches 100. School celebrates Golden Jubilee.
1958
House on the corner of College and Hoskins is repurchased and becomes the Music Building.
1959
The last class of the Junior College graduates.
Campbellsville College 1959 -1996
1960
Twenty-nine students graduate from four-year college.
1961
School opens its doors to students of all races. The New Library opens.
1963
Science and Student Union buildings open.
Kentucky Central Hotel is purchased for men's housing. The institution is accepted by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
1964
Outdoor amphitheater is completed. College-owned Campbellsville Industries successfully markets church steeples.
1965
Land is acquired at Industrial Park for steeple operations. The facility is to be called Goldfarb Industrial Center.
1966
South Hall, menís residence hall, opens.
1967
Old Stapp Hall is razed; new Stapp Hall opens.
The Kentucky Central Hotel is sold.
1968
The woodworking student-work program becomes Quality Displays, Inc. and continues until 1982.
J.K. Powell succeeds Carter as President.
1969
W. Randolph Davenport succeeds Powell as President.
J. K. Powell Athletic Center opens.
1971
Meditation Chapel is added to the campus.
1976
Paul G. Horner, beloved Bible-studies professor, retires.
1984
Montgomery Library renovations completed. School acquires Rosary Hospital, which later becomes Gosser Fine Arts Center.
1987
Football program resumes after fifty years.
1988
Kenneth W. Winters succeeds Davenport as President.
1989
Music program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
The College acquires a television station.
1990
Student Union Building, Gosser Fine Arts Center, Montgomery Library, Administration Building, Druien Hall, Music Annex, Old Gymnasium, and three residence halls are renovated.
1991
Enrollment reaches 1,010.
1992
Clock Carillon Tower is added to the campus. Master of Education Program is approved.
1995
Forty students participate in BSU Summer Missions. South Hall East, menís residence hall, opens.
Construction of Hoskins Street becoming a two-lane boulevard begins.
Campbellsville University 1996 - 2006
1996
Campbellsville College becomes Campbellsville University. University acquires Clay Hill Memorial Forest.
1997
American Civil War Institute holds first symposium.
1997
Gosser Fine Arts Center adds The Gheens Recital Hall. Presidentís home completed and named Betty Dobbins Heilman House. Carver School of Social Work is transferred to Campbellsville University and receives national accreditation. Air View Motel is purchased and renamed Broadway Hall. Brazilian enrollment increases because of Brazilian Baptist partnership.
1998
New academic structure is set up, Science Building addition completed and School of Theology established.
1999
Michael V. Carter succeeds Winters as President. Center for Bi-Vocational Ministry is established. First phase of Womenís Residence Village is completed. Second phase of Carter Hall completed.
2000
Technology Training Center opens. Student participation in missions increases. Kentucky Heartland Outreach program begins. Tiger Football Team plays in KWTO Bowl. Broadway Hall is renovated. American Civil War Band Festival is held. Life Long Learning Lab begins. Coach Donna Wise is named to NAIA Basketball Hall of Fame.
2001
Partnership with Baptist Seminary in Recife, Brazil is established. Louisville Extension Center opens. Kentucky Heartland Institute for Public Policy is created. First Pastors and Church Leaders Conference is held.
2002
CU receives Racial Harmony Award. Montgomery Library renovations begin. U.S. Education Dept. provides grant for Alternative Certification Programs in Learning and Behavior Disorders. Alexander Hoffmann walnut tree farm is acquired. Joan White Howell Environmental Ed. Center built. Extensive renovations to J.K. Powell Athletic Center completed.
2003
Second American Civil War Band Festival is held. Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards are awarded for first time. Tuggle-Morris Wellness Center and Hawkins Athletic Center open.
2004
Coca-Cola® Indoor Practice Center opens. Library renovation is completed. Archives, housing the A.B. Colvin, Carroll Hubbard, Sr., Clyde T. Francisco, U.S. Civil War, and Kentucky collections, opens. Basketball Coach Donna Wise is the first Kentucky woman to win 6oo games. Centennial Capital Campaign begins. Phase II of Womenís Residence Village opens. University graduates 335 students. Carver School of Social Work new building renovated. TV-4 moved to former Java Joeís building.
2005
E. Bruce Heilman Student Center, with Winters Dining Hall and Davenport Student Commons, is projected to open.
2006
Land is cleared for Ransdell Chapel. Nursing Program begun.