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James G. Gee Library in 2016 Sororities' & Women's Halls, with Kappa Delta in the foreground, in 2016. What is now Texas A&M University–Commerce was renamed East Texas State College (ETSC) in 1957, [1] [2] [3] after the Texas Legislature recognized the broadening scope of the institution, [2] in recognition of the school's expansion beyond its original mandate of teacher education.
East Texas State College (ETSC) was renamed East Texas State University (ETSU) with authorization from the Texas Legislature in 1965, [1] [2] after it began its first doctoral program in 1962. [1] [3] ETSU was also reorganized into three schools at this point, one each for the arts and sciences, education, and its graduate program. [1]
The McDowell Business Administration Building, built during the presidency of D. Whitney Halladay. East Texas State College (ETSC) was renamed East Texas State University (ETSU) on March 30, 1965, when Governor John Connally signed House Bill 333, [88] [92] [93] after the establishment of the institution's first doctoral program in 1962.
The institution was renamed East Texas State College in 1957, after the Texas Legislature recognized its broadening scope beyond teacher education. [ 12 ] [ 8 ] [ 14 ] [ 11 ] Following the inauguration of the institution's first doctoral program in 1962, [ 12 ] [ 8 ] its name was changed to East Texas State University (ETSU) in 1965.
The name East Texas A&M University will, officials hope, elevate the eminence of the institution known as "Old E.T." regionally and beyond. "This is long overdue, and it returns to the original ...
Aerial view of ETSTC in 1941. The history of East Texas State Teachers College (ETSTC) comprises the history of the university now known as East Texas A&M University from its renaming as East Texas State Teachers College in 1923 (to define its purpose "more clearly") to its renaming as East Texas State College in 1957 (to recognize its broadening scope).
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Professor Mayo's College: A History of East Texas State University. Commerce, Texas: East Texas State University Press. ISBN 0963709208. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04; Sawyer, William E. (1979). History of East Texas State University. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Publishing Company.