历史
我们的历史
Eastern Oregon Normal School opened its doors in 1929 on what was then known as Courthouse Hill. The two-year teacher’s college graduated its first class, boasting 88 seniors, the following year. From its start in Inlow Hall, campus grew next to include dormitories and Ackerman Elementary School. Teachers-in-training worked in the classrooms as a living laboratory to practice their skills as leaders and mentors to young students. Nearly a century later, EOU remains committed to its legacy of educating teachers.
School traditions arose throughout the 1940s and ’50s. 近40年来, students celebrated Evensong each spring on the Grand Staircase, which is listed on the National Historic Register. The annual pageant of song centered around the Queen of Knowledge, who lit each a candle in each graduate’s hand so they could take “the light of learning” to the world. Other traditions live on today. Ars当时 began as a celebration of literature and poetry, and still brings writers to campus each year. The “Sock and Buskin” theatre troop had its home at EOU, and modern performances follow in the footsteps of these early actors (although they no longer perform in Inlow Hall).
学术项目 grew as well, expanding to include secretarial sciences, business and philosophy. EOU has since embraced its role as a regional university, providing vital professional and liberal arts education online, on-site and on campus in La Grande.
EOU renewed its wrestling team in 2017 after an extended hiatus, and the Mountaineers boast 13 varsity teams competing in the blue and gold. Monty Mountaineer established his role as mascot, and has become a symbol of school and community pride.
Buildings and meeting rooms across campus stand for respected faculty members (Loso, 贝格利), advocates for education in rural Oregon (Hoke), 和大学领导(Inlow), 多尔蒂, Lund). Since its founding in 1966, the EOU基金会 has provided scholarships and funding for capital projects and programs that support the university’s mission. 专用的校友, long-standing traditions and a deep commitment to serving rural places connect EOU to its past and propel it toward the future.
“In a day a new center of cultural thought and activity sprang into being where none had been before. Classes met; assemblies convened; library and laboratory yielded truth and beauty; social organization emerged responsive to community need; ports and recreation contributed to the happy and forceful living; a purpose was born which was to find expression in ideals of service and standards of achievement.”
-H.E. Inlow
President of the Normal School
母校
“你好,东俄勒冈州”
Words and music by John McKinnon, 2001
冰雹,俄勒冈州东部
蓝色和金色的骄傲
我们站在陛下面前
和新老朋友在一起
你照耀着山坡
一个我们漫游的灯塔
Forever in our hearts and minds
你的山呼唤着我们的家
Hail Mountaineers, we sing to thee
我们的声音和谐地提高了
Send forth a cheer from East to West
Of loyal truths, and truths request
在你永不凋谢的美丽中
我们要让你坚强
We praise these hall of learning
我们的东俄勒冈
事件时间轴
1929
Oregon legislature officially establishes Eastern Oregon Normal School
1929年6月
First building, Inlow Hall complete, named after first president Harvey Inlow.
1929年6月
第一天上课
1936
Ackerman Laboratory School built.
1938
Dorian Hall built: female residency students.
1939
Name changed to Eastern Oregon College of Education
1943
Pre-nursing program added to curriculum.
1947
Hunt Hall built:male residency students.
1947
Hoke Hall established from a former officer’s club from the Pendleton Army Air Base.
1951
EOU图书馆开放.
1958
奎因体育馆建成
1958
“New” Dorion Hall built (once known as East Dorion).
1961
Name changed to Eastern Oregon College
1970
First PowWow hosted by Native American Club
1972
KEOL上线
1973
Name changed to Eastern Oregon State College
1973
霍克学院中心建成
1974
扎贝尔大厅建成
1984
社区体育馆落成
1989
罗索堂建成
1997
Name changed to Bet365
2013
Oregon University System begins creating independent boards for public universities
2015
Board of Trustees takes on governance of EOU
2018
政府. Kate Brown signs House Bill 4153, designating EOU as Oregon’s Rural University
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