Test your knowledge of Samuel Merritt University and our community with fun Centennial Trivia!
- In what year did the California State Department of Education approve Samuel Merritt College of Nursing as a degree-granting institution?
1981
- Who was the College's first Chancellor? And when was this person appointed?
Mr. Richard J. McCann was appointed the first Chancellor during an Inaugural Convocation held in 1982.
- When did the Western Association of Schools and Colleges grant initial accreditation to the Samuel Merritt College of Nursing? Why was this accreditation unique?
1984. Samuel Merritt College of Nursing was the only college ever accredited by WASC without benefit of a candidacy period.
- Who are the three people who have been awarded honorary diplomas or degrees by the College? And when were these presented?
Dr. Gordon Lamb and Richard Wickel were awarded Honorary Diplomas during the Samuel Merritt College/Saint Mary's College Intercollegiate Nursing Commencement on June 17, 1983. And, Barbara Bechtel Davies, a 1951 SMC alum, was awarded the College's first, and only to date, Honorary Doctorate in Nursing Humanities on May 27, 1984.
- What opened on campus in May of 1985? And what did it offer?
The Health Education Center offering 13 classrooms, a 250-seat auditorium, a nursing resource laboratory and the John A. Graziano Memorial Library.
- What was the College awarded by the Internal Revenue Service in 1986?
Exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Who were the members of the first Samuel Merritt College of Nursing Board of Regents?
Sharon Diaz; Gordon Frost; George Hill; Gordon Huber, Jr.; Dr. William S.T. Jackson, Richard J. McCann; and Marlene Settlemier.
- Who presented the hand-crafted grandfather clock to the College that is located in the Bechtel Hall Livingroom? And when was it presented?
The clock was presented to the College in March of 1986, by creator M. Bruce Dillashaw.
- When was the kinetic sculpture (Universalis Centralis) by Jerome Kirk placed in the lawn area of the Health Eduation Center? What is this formal name of this lawn area?
The Universalis Centralis was placed in "Towne Plaza of the Health Education Center" in 1987.
- What was dedicated on October 15, 1987?
Fontaine Auditorium.