A Unique Campus History

Brick wall with the words "University of Minnesota Morris" written on the front.

Modern Era & Sustainability (2000s–Present)

Archival black-and-white photo from 1987 showing UMN Morris campus apartment buildings and surrounding grounds.
The on-campus apartments in 1987.
Historical black-and-white photo from 1983 showing UMN Morris students in canoes on campus water.
Students canoeing during an early thaw in 1983.
Archival black-and-white photo of students sitting on the campus mall lawn with Blakely and Gay Hall behind them.
Students sitting on Mall with Blakely Hall and Gay Hall at rear in ca. 1975.
Historical black-and-white photo of UMN Morris students sitting at desktop computer terminals in a computer lab.
Students use computer work stations in the computer center in the basement of Behmler Hall.

Campus Life, Traditions & Transition (1980s–1990s)

Historical black-and-white aerial view of UMN Morris graduates processing across the central campus green.
Commencement ceremony on the Mall in 1969. Note that the Mall's redesign (planned by landscape architect Roger Martin) is just being completed and trees are not yet installed in the planting circles.
Historical black-and-white photo of UMN Morris graduates seated during a commencement ceremony.
The first class graduates from the University of Minnesota Morris in 1964.

Founding of Morris Campus & Early Growth (1950s–1970s)

Historical black-and-white photo showing Herbert Croom, Rodney Briggs, and a student in a UMM cap circa 1960.
Herbert Croom (center) stamps papers while a student in a 1964 beanie (left) and Rodney Briggs (right) look on ca. 1960.
Archival black-and-white photo of UMN Morris administrators reviewing documents with students in 1961.
Provost Rodney Briggs speaks to three students and others during the opening of the University of Minnesota Morris ca. 1960. Pictured (L to R): Herb Croom, Ed Hennen, Ed Schmidt, Jeanne Smith, Floyd Elias, and Rodney Briggs.

West Central School of Agriculture Era

Early History & Boarding School Era