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  Starts out as the Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute
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  School surpasses 1,000 undergraduate students
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  The school's first psychology clinic is established.
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  Central's first graduate courses are being offered.
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  The first large residence halls and marriage housing units are built.
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  The Insititute of Personal and Career Development is established.
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  The Industrial Engineering and Technology builiding is built to expand on CMU's academic programs.
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  CMU finally begins to offer its courses online.