1980
13 May: Dr. Fred Esvelt receives Eastern Washington University's first President's Medal during CBC's 25th anniversary ceremony. The medal is intended for persons who have made important contributions in education, public service, business, industry, athletics, or creative arts.
October: CBC is on the receiving end of a $343,000 budget cut, forcing school officials to limit enrollment in some classes.
1982
December: In a 4-1 vote, the Board of Trustees votes to end the CBC football program.
1984
The CBC baseball program resumes, as does printing of the CBC newspaper, now called "The CBC Reporter."
1985
CBC's new state-of-the-art television studio opens. It houses the set for "CBC Today," on which a CBC public affairs insert is taped for the local NBC Today show.
1986
The CBC baseball team is assembled for the first time in 14 years.
21 May: Groundbreaking for construction on the Science Center occurs.
The CBC newspaper is renamed from The CBC Reporter back to The Hawkeye.
1987
6 April: The CBC Board of Trustees accepts the resignation of President Fred Esvelt, who has served for 21 years.
Summer: The new Math/Science building is completed, containing six laboratories, two future laboratories being used as classrooms, three lecture rooms, and sixteen faculty offices.
13 November: Groundbreaking ceremonies are held on the construction site of the expansion for the gym.
December: Marv Weiss is named the new President of CBC.
1988
The business (B) building in Pasco undergoes a remodel.
July: The Washington Library Commission grants $35,143 for a computer network system linking the CBC Library, Tri-Cities University Library, Mid-Columbia libraries and the Richland Public Library with libraries in seven other Western states. The system is limited to business and economics information.
22 September: The CBC gym addition is dedicated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, recognition of major donors, and a student sponsored barbecue at the gazebo.
December: CBC reaches an agreement with the Richland Public Library that allows students, staff, and faculty free use of the Richland Public Library even if they live elsewhere, owing to the Richland CBC campus.
1989
1 October: CBC gets a one-time $150,000 grant from the federal government to help women who are struggling with the demands of family and school and establishes the Women's Resource Center.
6 February: Jack Anderson, American newspaper columnist and winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, speaks in the CBC Performing Arts Center.
7 February: West Coast rock band Snail performs in the CBC theatre. Seattle band Rail opens.
21 February: Peter James, lecturer, author, physicist, and adventurer, presents "The Embryo of An American Police State," a talk designed to "give his audience the inside story of what today's 'spy' game is really all about."
3-7 March: CBC holds its second "Focus on Women Week."
7 May: Vance Packard, author of The People Seekers, speaks as part of CBC's Silver Jubilee Lecture Series.
8 May: Peter Alsop, singer, poet, and songwriter, performs at CBC before presenting workshops in some psychology and sociology courses.
30 November: Dorothy Jongeward, author, leads a seminar entitled "Choosing Success" as part of the CBC and Development Services Corporation management series.
6 & 7 April: Don McLeod and Macarena give two days of free workshops and performances at CBC.
22-24 April: The CBC Humanities Symposium is themed "New Age Survival: Communications." Speakers include Ruth Beebe Hill, author of "Hantha Yo"; Colleen McElroy, editor of the literary magazine Dark Waters; Terry Davis, author of historical novel Vision Quest; Mark Halperin, associate professor at Central Washington University; Allen Ginsberg, poet; Daniel Schorr, journalist (is scheduled to appear but cancels due to prior commitments); and William Stafford, poet. Ike Pappas, CBS news correspondent, also gives a talk.
30 April: Ecologist Anne LaBastille presents a lecture based on her book Women and Wilderness at CBC.
29-30 May: Opera singer Erich Parce joins the Tri-City singrs in a performance at CBC.
6 November: Juice Newton performs at Kennewick High School, sponsored by ASCBC.
19 February: Poet Colleen McElroy speaks at CBC and offers a workshop, sponsored by the Creative Writing Club at CBC.
8 March: Poet Marvin Bell gives a reading at CBC and offers a workshop, sponsored by the CBC Creative Writing Club.
6 May: Poet Richard Hugo gives a reading and conducts a workshop, also sponsored by the CBC Creative Writing Club.
11 June: Bettina Gregory, ABC news correspondent, serves as commencement speaker and presents a series of events under the theme "Strategies for Success."
20 January: The L.A. Four, jazz quartet, performs in the college theatre and then presents an educational clinic for music students.
6 February: Rick Nelson and his Stone Canyon Band perform in the Richland High School Auditorium, sponsored by the CBC ASB.
18 February: Free Flight, a classical-jazz improvisational quartet, gives a concert at the CBC theatre.
22 May: Maynard Ferguson presents a jazz concert in the Kennewick High auditorium, sponsored by CBC and Hanford High
8 July: Composer Stephen Paulus visits for a performance of his opera, "The Village Singer," performed by the CBC music department.
1 October: Comedian Pete Barbutti performs at "Celebration '83," a fundraiser for art scholarships sponsored by the CBC Foundation.
5 November: Buddy Schwimmer, choreographer, presents a modern dance workshop at the CBC gymnasium sponsored by ASB.
17 November: Jazz musician Bobby McFerrin performs in the CBC Theatre.
2 December: Author and professor Richard Shelton gives a poetry reading at the CBC Performing Arts Theatre, sponsored by the Creative Writing Club.
26 January: Jazz saxophonist Richie Cole performs with his Alto Madness jazz quartet at the CBC theatre.
8 February: ASB sponsors a debate on the "Militarization of Space," featuring Art Bozlee, president of the L5 Society, and Jim Stoffels, physicist.
28 February: Poet Carolyne Wright presents a reading and a workshop for students, sponsored by the Creative Writing Club
1 March: Marvin Bell, poet and essayist, presents a poetry reading and workshop sponsored by the Creative Writing Club.
14 March: Helen Fisher, anthropologist and research associate of the American Museum of Natural History, speaks on her book, The Sex Contract.
3-4 May: Poet David Wagoner reads at the CBC Library and holds a workshop for writing students in the HUB Senate Room, sponsored by the Creative Writing Club and ASB.
22 May: Author William Thourlby, the original "Marlboro Man," speaks on the importance of appearance and the phenomenon of instant judgment at the CBC theatre.
24 May: Mark Halperin, poet and teacher, gives a reading sponsored by the CBC Creative Writing Club.
24 May: Meyer Chessin, Fullbright lecturer and professor of botany, presents a lecture on life in the Soviet Union at the CBC Library.
5 April: Poet Henry Carlile reads from his work in the CBC Library, sponsored by the college's Creative Writing Club.
9-10 April: Tom Sullivan, blind singer, actor, writer, and motivational speaker shows the film "If You Could See What I Hear" in the CBC Library.
16-17 November: William Stafford presents a poetry reading and workshop sponsored by the Creative Writing Club.
22 October: Vincent Bugliosi, Jr., prosecuting attorney in the Manson murders, speaks in the Tri-Cities.
2 November: The CBC Creative Writing Club holds a special dinner at Hanford House to honor visiting guest poet Eve Triem.
7 February: Grant McCune, model maker, presents a lecture on "The Making of Star Wars" as part of the ASCBC Towne Hall Lecture Series.
12 February: Dr. Ruth Westheimer, international authority figure on sex, speaks as part of the CBC Lecture Series.
21 February: Classical guitarist Jim Greeninger performs in the CBC theatre, sponsored by the CBC ASB.
28 February: Poet Carolyne Wright gives a reading and a free workshop in the HUB.
5 March: Thomas Hampson, an accomplished baritone and Tri-Cities native, performs at Walla Walla College accompanied by pianist Armen Guzelimian.
19 March: Richard "Dick" Teresi, editor of Omni, is the fourth speaker in the ASCBC Towne Hall Lecture Series with a talk entitled "Wasn't the Future Wonderful?"
8 April: The Count Basie Orchestra presents "The Most Explosive Force in Jazz," sponsored by the CBC ASB in the Richland High School auditorium to kick off the year's Jazz Unlimited festival.
9 April: Congressman Sid Morrison speaks in the CBC Theatre.
? April: Poet Henry Carlile visits CBC and reads from his two books, The Rough-Hewn Table and Running Lights, as well as conducts a workshop.
19 April: Comedy team Murphy/St. Paul (Sue Murphy and Dan St. Paul) perform in the HUB, sponsored by the ASB.
25 April: Washington state's first female astronaut, Dr. Bonnie Dunbar visits CBC to show a film and discuss the Space Shuttle Program.
11 May: Fred Penner, rock musician turned children's entertainer, appears at the Performing Arts Theater, sponsored by the CBC Parent Education Department.
30 May: Poet and author David Wagoner visits CBC and gives a reading and workshop, "The Use of Language in Technical & Creative Writing."
30 May: Washington State Senator Slade Gorton speaks to a group of CBC administration, faculty, and students on a Senate holiday visit to the Tri-Cities.
8 October: G. Gordon Liddy speaks at the Performing Arts Theatre, discussing "Public Perception versus Reality."
14 January: Sociologist Jack Levin and his co-author, James Alan Fox, Criminal Justice Professor, speak as part of the Town Hall Lecture Series on their book, Mass Murder: America's Growing Menace.
30 January: Arnold Mukai, comedian, performs in the HUB.
18 February: Actor George Takei, most famous for his role as Sulu on Star Trek, visits CBC as part of the Towne Hall Lecture Series.
11 March: C. Brooks Peters, WWII correspondent for The New York Times, speaks at CBC as part of the Towne Hall Lecture Series.
1-3 May: CBC presents the Hispanic Festival of Arts, including a lecture on "Cross Cultural Humor in Art" by Ruben Trejo, an art exhibit of Chicano-Latino artists of the Pacific Northwest, and a performance by a dance troupe and salsa group.
14 October: Mike Farrell, actor who portrayed B.J. Hunnicut on M*A*S*H for seven years, speaks at the CBC Performing Arts Theatre.
15 January: Dr. Eddie Bonnemère performs with the Desertones in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
10 February: Cathy Rigby, Olympic gymnast and television commentator, speaks on balancing physical conditioning, health, and mental well-being at the CBC Theatre.
10 February: David Brown, photographer, diver, and researcher for The Costeau Society, visits and gives a talk as part of the Town Hall Lecture Series.
16 March: Comedians Stoddard and Longshore give a performance in the HUB, sponsored by ASB.
10 April: Dr. Darryl Inaba from the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic in San Francisco, California, puts on several presentations focusing on alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health, sponsored by CBC and Our Lady of Lourdes.
30 April-2 May: CBC presents a Hispanic Arts Festival, including a dance whose proceeds went toward the establishment of a scholarship fund for Hispanic students at CBC. Dr. Erasmo Gamboa gives the opening remarks.
8 September: Stanislav Levchenko, the highest-ranking KGB agent to defect from the Soviet Union, gives a talk at the CBC Theatre.
16 January: Jazz singer Dee Daniels performs at CBC as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration and Towne Hall Lecture Series.
9-13 January: CBC sponsors a drug and alcohol awareness week, including Chuck Neighbors, professional actor, performing a series of short one-man plays on issues surrounding drug and alcohol abuse.
5 May: The performance division presents a Hispanic Arts Festival featuring singer and radio talk-show host Roberto Mondragon, who had served twice as lieutenant governor of New Mexico; Spanish classical guitarist and composer Ron Hudson; and artist and author Betty LaDuke.
4 June: The CBC Foundation holds its second annual Festival on the Pasco campus.
23 June: Artist Marjett Schille teaches a painting seminar as part of the CBC Summer Arts showcase.
13 October: Award-winning Russian journalist, radio, television commentator, and political observer Vladimir Pozner, Jr. is the guest of the Towne Hall Lecture Series at the CBC gymnasium.
10 January: William F. Buckley, Jr., award-winning author, columnist, and television personality, tapes three programs at CBC for the television series Firing Line.
16 January: The Martin Luther King, Jr. monument is dedicated on the lawn of the CBC campus. The sculptor, Nancy Lewis of Prosser, is in attendance and gives a keynote speech. Jazz artist Dee Daniels performs at 8pm in the CBC Theatre.
31 January: Author, lecturer, consultant and mental health professional Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz lectures on The Superwoman Syndrome, her best-selling book, in the CBC Theatre.
10 February: Helen Szablya gives a talk on "Women in Marxist Countries" at the CBC HUB dining room.
28 February: Donald E. Chittick speaks about "The History of Evolution vs. Creationism" at 8pm in the CBC Theatre as part of the Towne Hall Lecture Series.
11 March: Tears of Joy Puppet Theater presents puppet plays about Native American myths at 1pm in the CBC Theatre.
23 April: CBC holds a two-hour telethon on KNDU television featuring live local entertainment to raise money for the CBC Foundation.
8 September: Members of the Silver Creek Cloggers entertain roughly 225 people during the CBC Foundation Fall Festival. The barbecue dinner and auction gross roughly $11,000.
10 October: Nancy Lewis, creator of the Martin Luther King, Jr. sculpture, speaks on Washington to Washington -- Women in Arts Today, in the CBC Theatre.
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