Timeline
Explore 125 years of milestones and achievements.
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2019 – Lacrosse wins CSAC championship and heads to NCAA tournament
NDMU launches its 125th anniversary celebrations at Reunion Weekend
Women’s College reaches record enrollment of 538 students, the highest since 2006
NDMU becomes first Maryland university to offer art therapy bachelors and master’s degrees
Launch of the Women’s Leadership Institute of Baltimore (WLIB)
Volleyball wins conference championship in the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) and heads to NCAA tournament
NDMU becomes first Maryland university to join the Small World Initiative, which serves to support and source the discovery of new antibiotics
NDMU becomes first Maryland university to receive non-governmental organization (NGO) status from the United Nations
NDMU launches WOW (Women of the World) Baltimore and becomes one of two hosts in the nation
The University offers the first fully online programs
NDMU’s Visiting Ambassadors Program launched welcoming Romanian Ambassador Simona-Mirela Miculescu to campus
Maryland’s first Bonner Leaders program launched, pairing students with community organizations for all four years of college
The official mascot is redesigned and named “Gabby the Gator”
University status is granted to Notre Dame and the name is changed from College of Notre Dame of Maryland to Notre Dame of Maryland University
First Impressions program begins, helping students prepare for professional life
Trailblazers Program, designed for first-generation students in navigating the college experience, begins
The Schools of Arts and Sciences, Education, and Pharmacy established
The Honorable Kathleen “Katy” O’Ferrall Friedman ’62 – First lay Chair of the Board of Trustees
First Ph.D. program introduced: Instructional Leadership for Changing Populations
Beginning of the Accelerated College Program
The Busta Forum (Busta Lecture Series) is created, specifically designed to highlight the experiences of women business leaders
100th anniversary of the college celebrated
The Renaissance Institute for lifelong learning opens
Initiation of Graduate Studies Program, offering Master of Arts degree in management
The English Language Institute and the post-baccalaureate certificate are established
Elizabeth Morrissy Honors Program established
The Gator becomes the official college mascot
Mother Teresa of Calcutta visits campus to celebrate International Women’s Year and the “Weekend College” opens for women and men
Dedication of the Loyola Notre Dame Library
The Continuing Education Program for non-traditional college students launches
Dedication of Knott Science Center (classrooms, laboratories and auditorium)
Opening of Doyle Hall (residence and dining hall)
Construction of Fourier Hall (original use: library and classrooms)
Introduction of the student Honor Code
Notre Dame’s student newspaper, Columns, releases its first issue
Construction of LeClerc Hall (original use: auditorium, gymnasium, swimming pool, bowling alley, music studio)
Maryland grants certification in teaching to graduates completing prescribed education courses
Damozel, Notre Dame’s literary magazine, is launched (first in yearbook form, then later into magazine format)
Construction of College Hall, now Mary Meletia Hall (original use: residence and dining hall, administrative offices, classrooms, library and laboratories)
National Catholic Educational Association recognizes Notre Dame as a Catholic Institution of higher learning
June 14, six young women receive their baccalaureate degrees from James Cardinal Gibbons. Charles Bonaparte, grandnephew of Napoleon and later U.S. Secretary of the Navy and Attorney General, delivers the Commencement address
The Collegiate Institute of Notre Dame begins offering a four-year baccalaureate degree and Mother M. Theophila Bauer, SSND is appointed the college’s first president