Charter issued by the State of North Carolina

Mount Allen Junior College opened at Cragmont Assembly (Lloyd Vernon, president)

Convention of Original Free Will Baptists (OFWB) authorized purchase of Mount Olive Elementary School building and relocation of College

W. Burkette Raper became president

First collegiate year in Mount Olive with 22 students

Convention of OFWB authorized name change to Mount Olive Junior College

State accreditation attained

Accreditation granted by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)

Henderson Building dedicated

Women’s Residence Hall Complex occupied (Griffin and Hart named)

Moye Library completed

Grantham Hall completed

Convention of OFWB authorized name change to Mount Olive College

Rodgers Chapel dedicated

First off-site campus opens at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base

Convention of OFWB authorized four-year program

Scarborough Field dedicated

Building located at 664 Henderson Street acquired from Southern Bank

Grand Opening of College Hall

College Apartments completed

First Baccalaureate degrees awarded

Senior college accreditation granted by SACSCOC

Administrative Building completed

Teresa Pelt Grubbs Art Gallery dedicated

Grand Opening of the Holmes and Lois K. Murphy Center

Grand Opening of Mount Olive College at New Bern

J. William Byrd, Ph.D. assumed duties as third president

Galloway Music Library dedicated

Jesse R. Laughinghouse Hall dedicated

Grand Opening of Mount Olive College at Wilmington

School of Business established

Grand Opening of Mount Olive College at Research Triangle Park

Poole Administrative Building named in honor of the Roy W. Poole Family

Alumni Crosswalk and the Nido and Mariana Qubein Garden House dedicated

Moore-Williams Fieldhouse dedicated

Nancy Chapman Cassell Softball Field dedicated

King Hall dedicated

John Neal Walker Tennis Center dedicated

Agribusiness Center ribbon cutting

Carillon in Rodgers Chapel dedicated in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Billy R. and Virginia B. Yawn

Milton Lownes, Jr. M.D. Student Health Center dedicated

George and Annie Dail Kornegay Arena dedicated (formerly College Hall)

Grand Opening of Mount Olive College at Washington

Communications Building completed

Pope Wellness Center dedicated

W. Burkette and Rose M. Raper Hall dedicated

Ray and Chris Amon Field dedicated

Lois G. Britt Agribusiness Center dedicated

NCAA Division II National Baseball Champions

Robert L. Tillman School of Business named

H. Don Scott Outdoor Classroom dedicated

Philip P. Kerstetter assumed duties as fourth president

Grand Opening of Mount Olive College at Jacksonville

Annie Mae Whitfield and Everette Herring Residence Halls dedicated

The Inn Residence Hall acquired

J. William and Marvis E. “Marcy” Byrd Building dedicated

Pender House purchased

Level III membership to offer Master of Business Administration approved by SACSCOC

Arboretum established

Board of Trustees approved name change to University of Mount Olive (effective January 1, 2014)

Goodson & Wells Building completed

The Big Rock Tournament Fieldhouse dedicated

President’s Home purchased

Hazel Waters Kornegay Assembly Hall dedicated

Station Street Commons completed

Ray McDonald, Sr. Sports Complex dedicated

Expansion to downtown Mount Olive for additional office space (later named Gene B. Mercer Building)

E. Lee Glover Center for Religious Studies and Rodgers Chapel renovations dedicated

Naming of Kerstetter Commons in honor of Dr. Philip P. and Mrs. Mary J. Kerstetter

David L. Poole, Ed.D. assumed duties as fifth president

Scarborough-Blackwelder House donated

UMO is first private University in North Carolina to offer Flight School

George R. Kornegay Student Farm, Donnie and Linda Lassiter Agricultural Campus, and Sandy Maddox Agriculture and Education Building dedicated

R. A. Bryan Hall named

School of Agriculture and Biological Sciences established

Adult and Graduate programs move to online format with later closing of additional locations

H. Edward Croom, Ed.D. assumed duties as sixth president

Nursing SIM Lab completed

Gary Fenton Barefoot Atrium dedicated

Jay Bundy Field House dedicated

North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission Agricultural Commodity Building dedicated

School of Arts and Sciences established

Carl Lancaster Training Facility dedicated

School of Education established

Level V membership to offer the Doctorate of Education: Educational Leadership (K-12 Supervision) approved by SACSCOC

Waylin Center Office Complex purchased

Groundbreaking for Educational Livestock Facility

Black Box Rehearsal Venue official opening

House of Raeford Farms School of Agriculture and Biological Science named