Volume 11 , Issue 5

Castle On the Hill - Alva OK

"The school's original primary function was to train teachers by providing two years of college-level classes. Early settlers in the area established numerous one-room schools, and the demand for teachers and better teacher training became critical.

Therefore, in 1919 Northwestern evolved into a four-year, degree-granting institution known as Northwestern State Teachers College." -- Oklahoma Historical Society's encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & culture, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, vol. pg. - Digital Library of OSU

In 1939 the facility became Northwestern State College. The institution continued to broaden and revise its programs, and its named changed to Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 1974. Branch campuses were established in Enid and in Woodward in 1996.

The annual enrollment hovered around two thousand, with the largest enrollment occurring in 1968 with 2,641 students.
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