History
- 1870: Cleveland YMCA offered free classes
- 1881: YMCA program formalized
- 1906: Reorganized as the Association Institute and later the Cleveland Y.M.C.A. School of Technology
- 1929: Renamed Fenn College after Sereno Peck Fenn. Fenn College took over several buildings in the area including Fenn Tower, Stilwell Hall, and Foster Hall.
- 1964: Ohio founded The Cleveland State University
- 1965: Assumed Fenn College.
Industrialist James J. Nance served as the first Board of Trustees Chairperson. The name would later be changed to Cleveland State University.
President Michael Schwartz ended open admissions and implemented a vision to move from a U.S. News & World Report fourth tier university to a second tier university.
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