The first indication we have of an active alumni body comes from the Maryland School Journal of 1877, edited by M. A. Newell, who served as the Maryland State Normal School (MSNS) principal from the day it opened in 1866 until 1890. From that one sentence, we can gather that this reunion was not the
In November, 89.7 WTMD, held a party to commemorate 15 years of its current iteration as Towson University’s FM radio station. However, TU’s exploration and experimentation with radio has been a story almost 50 years in the making and encompasses many more call letters than WTMD. An Idea In October 1970, a committee made up
A year after his arrival at the State Teachers College at Towson but before founding the theater program on campus, Dr. Dick Gillespie started a new student group. “A debating society is being formed this year,” reported the September 28, 1962 Towerlight. It “will be open to all students regardless of experience as an extracurricular
In the fall of 2015, I had the privilege of working with students from Professor Oluwatoyin Oduntan’s History 300 class. They came to the archives to learn how to use primary sources and include them in their research. At the end of the semester, I was invited to watch them present their work. Maria Zlotescu delved into
Calling all student groups AND history lovers! The Albert S. Cook Library is extremely excited to announce a new initiative to promote student group success while preserving Towson University’s unique and extensive history. Housed in Cook Library’s Special Collections Department, the University Archives is currently reaching out to student groups in an effort to gather
This history of student government at Towson University has been compiled using documents in the recently processed Student Government Association Records, 1921-2005 at Towson University Special Collections and Archives. If you would like to view the documents in this collection, or if you would like to contribute documents that would enhance our understanding of student
“Are you a Norm or are you a Pest?” Believe it or not, this isn’t really that unusual a question for students at the Maryland State Normal School, first incarnation of what is now Towson University. By 1876 — a decade after its creation — MSNS already had in place “literary societies”. There is no