1970: Professor evaluations introduced for the first time.
1980: Spring enrollment falls to 1,176 full-time students.
1981: Tuition raised to $1950 per semester.
1983: Engineering students start building “HERO I,” a kit robot and the first at any Pittsburgh college.
1984: Sno-ball dance held in Convention Center instead of William Penn Hotel no less expensive than previous dances.
1986: Journalistic approaches to the performing arts class offered for the first time.
1987: TV studio suffers repeated break-ins and thefts.
1988: Thayer Hall lobby construction planned with the hopes to make the college more attractive to new students.
1989: Lawrence Hall’s fourth floor lounge reconstructed after September fire. Thayer Hall also had a fire on Jan. 14.