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Celebrating 125 Years of the University of Northern Colorado: Dorms

Exhibit Guide for the University's 125th Anniversary Gallery Show

Dorms

Students moving into McCowen Resident Hall on west campus. McCowen was designed as a prototype for other residence halls on campus. It housed 500 students, and it was noted that each room contained a “new kind of bed, which will convert into a couch for daytime use.” 1963

Lucille Harrison, a kindergarten teacher in laboratory school and author of a number of elementary English textbooks, greets students at the dedication of the residence hall named in her honor. 1966

Moving in has certainly changed!