The Evolution of First-Year Studies
- Late 1960s: First-Year Studies course scaled back.
- 1975: First-Year Studies discontinued.
- 1978: First-Year Studies re-instated.
- 1986: First-Year Studies restored to something like its original scope.
- 1997: First-Year Studies reviewed and extensively revised; faculty reaffirmed commitment and central purposes.
- Early 2000s: Students exposed to live professional productions of Shakespeare plays like Hamlet, Macbeth, and The Tempest; students performed musical works like Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Mozart's Marriage of Figaro.
- 2001: Lawrence received a $500,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities; with donations, a $2.5 million endowment for First-Year Studies was created, named in honor of President Pusey.