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The Jerome M. Sachs Administrative Building is built in 1960. Fondly referred to as “the Beehive,” the building is named for the first president of Northeastern Illinois University.
Northeastern alumnus and U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez makes remarks during the grand opening of El Centro on Sept. 30, 2014.
Workers prepare the sign for Northeastern Illinois State College in 1967.
Participants in the Black Heritage Awards pose at the Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies on Feb. 19, 2016.
Basketball courts were once located where the current Ronald Williams Library building now stands.
From left: Board of Trustees member Walter Dudycz, College of Business and Management Dean Amy Hietapelto, President Sharon Hahs and Karen Fredrickson of the Capital Development Board participate in the College of Business and Management ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Conrad Worrill (center) poses in front of the honorary street sign near the Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies with President Sharon Hahs and her husband, Billy Hahs, on Aug. 22, 2013.
TV journalist Bill Kurtis speaks with Northeastern students in July 1979.
Students walk past the Book Nook bookstore in 1979.
Students fill the cafeteria in the early 1960s in what is now the University bookstore.
The Campus Commuter Center is shown in 1982. It was later renovated and renamed the Student Union.
The exterior sign for Chicago Teachers College North is shown in the early 1960s.
From left: Alderman Rey Colón, Interim Director of El Centro Maria Luna-Duarte, Board of Trustees Chair Carlos Azcoitia, El Centro employee Alejandra Tafoya, Gov. Pat Quinn, President Sharon Hahs, State Rep. Iris Marinez and architect Juan Moreno participate in the ceremonial groundbreaking for El Centro.
The view from the Commuter Center is shown on a snowy day in the late 1970s. This south-facing view shows the library and a parking lot that is now the University Commons.
The Classroom Building is shown in the 1980s. The building is now called Lech Walesa Hall.
Vice President George H. W. Bush (center) speaks with Northeastern President Ronald Williams (center right) during a visit to the Main Campus on May 26, 1983.
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks is shown at Northeastern in the 1960s. Brooks, who was named Poet in Residence by President Jerome Sachs in May 1968, taught creative writing.
Northeastern President Jerome Sachs greets students in the cafeteria in the late 1960s or early 1970s.
Anthropologist Margaret Mead speaks at a March 16, 1972, campus event.
The library is constructed in 1976.
The Science Building is constructed in 1970. The building is now known as Bernard J. Brommel Hall.
The ribbon is cut on the new El Centro building on Sept. 30, 2014.
Students play pool in the basement game room of the Commuter Center in the late 1970s.
President James Mullen poses outside of the Science Building during its construction in the early 1970s.
Northeastern President Jerome Sachs poses with students during the January 1971 groundbreaking ceremony for the Classroom Building.
Jerome Sachs (right) and John Holm, project manager from Ralph H. Burke, Inc., hold a rendering of a proposed parking structure in the late 1960s.
Members of the School Board attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the North Side branch of Chicago Teachers College on North St. Louis Avenue on March 31, 1960.
Cars are parked on what is now the University Commons of the Main Campus during the 1960s.
The shelves of the old library are empty as the collection is relocated to the new library in 1976. In the mid-1970s, the University library occupied what is now the Office of Enrollment Management Services.
The sun rises over construction of The Nest residence hall in 2015.

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