1971
October: The Esvelt Performing Arts center is dedicated.
CBC's baseball program is disbanded.
1972
28 October: The Technical Education Building (now the T building) is dedicated.
1973
11 January: The last issue of The Collegiate is published.
25 January: The first issue of The HawkEye is published.
October: The ASB Game Room arrives on campus.
1974
10 May: The first building of the CBC Richland Adult Education Center is dedicated. The building is designed by Pence Associates.
1976
February: Three students (Ginger Griffin, Bonnie O'Bannon, and Karl Pearson) win $50 for coming up with a name for the new student union building -- the Hawk Union Building (HUB).
15 October: Dedication of the Hawk Union Building (the HUB).
11 November: CBC's bicentennial committee puts together a time capsule to be opened at CBC's 50th anniversary in 2005. The capsule includes a scrapbook of CBC history, cassette tape recordings of CBC leadership, slides of the campus, student essays and surveys, and a few other items.
1977
Jim Corkrum, instructor at CBC, receives the "Tiger of Agriculture" award for his work in establishing an agri-chemical business course at CBC.
In fall quarter, a record 6,000 students register for classes.
1978
The Performing Arts Complex (P Building) designed by Brooks, Hensley & Creager Architects, is the recipient of a National American Institute of Architects Honor Award for "Exceptional Excellence in Architecture."
1979
15 May: The Grand Opening of the Howard Kartchner Ag-Tech Building is held. It is named after the Tri-City businessman who donated $40,000 for the building.
17 May: Walter Oberst, former CBC instructor, is recognized at the annual Governor's Writers Day in Olympia for his 1978 book entitled Railroads, Reclamation, and the River: A History of Pasco.
September: Enrollment rises to a record 8,000 students in CBC's 25th year.
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